Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Phys Ed: Getting to the Root of Runner's High - NYTimes.com

Phys Ed: Getting to the Root of Runner's High - NYTimes.com: "It turned out that, as expected, the humans had shown significantly increased levels of endocannabinoids after running. So had the dogs, suggesting, for the first time, that they, too, experience a runner’s high.

But neither species had developed increased endocannabinoid levels after walking.

And the ferrets didn’t show higher endocannabinoid levels after either session. They gained, it seems, no neurobiological pleasure from running."

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