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The hormone irisin is found to confer benefits of exercise on cognitive function
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The hormone irisin is found to confer benefits of exercise on cognitive function

by Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck,  Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The novel hormone irisin has the ability to drive the cognitive benefits of exercise, and therefore holds great promise for treating cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. In a study published in Nature Metabolism, the team reported that irisin, secreted...