It's called the hippocampus. When we're depressed, that area actually can atrophy, get weak, stop generating new neurons. And we know that exercise wakes up that area of the brain, that hippocampus.

Even light-intensity activities such as walking can reduce one’s risk for clinical depression. So, what are the most common ...

Researchers have found that you only need to workout for a short amount of time to make SAD symptoms much more manageable. The days are starting to get shorter again, with those dreary early ...

But exercise can help to dial that emotion down ... least twice times a week were found to experience significantly less depression, anger, cynical distrust and stress. As well as having long ...

The effect of exercise was also the same whether you had mild or severe depression. However, the intensity of the activity ...

Higher levels of physical activity provide protection against clinical depression ... Other tips to help find precious time for exercise is to incorporate physical activity to your daily routine.

When you have depression or anxiety, exercise often seems like the last thing you want to do. But once you get started and keep going, exercise can make a big difference. Exercise helps prevent ...

Background—Several reports indicate that physical activity can reduce the severity of symptoms in depressed patients. Some data suggest that even a single exercise bout may result in a substantial ...

There are various ways that exercise might help to improve depression ... the effects of exercise and antidepressants on self-reported severity of depression such as, “Does exercise reduce depression ...

PEDro is a free, web-based database of evidence relevant to physiotherapy. Cooney GM, Dwan K, Greig CA, et al. Exercise for depression (Cochrane review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;9:CD004366.

On this week's Surgery on Radio 1, Gemma Cairney and Dr Radha will be talking about the importance of exercise and why it does ... can help deal with issues such as anxiety and depression ...