03-04-2008, 01:27 PM
Throughout the world, amateurs, experts and the media agree that prolonged jogging raises people's spirits. And many believe that the body's own opioids, so called endorphins, are the cause of this. But this has never been proven until now. Researchers have now succeeded in demonstrating the existence of an 'endorphin driven runner's high'. In an imaging study they were able to show, for the first time, increased release of endorphins in certain areas of the athletes' brains during a two-hour jogging session. These results are also relevant for patients suffering from chronic pain.
Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...101110.htm
Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...101110.htm