Brain Can Experience Fatigue During Exercise

The National Academy of Sciences reports that the brain may play a role in a person’s physical fatigue during exercise. Known as “central fatigue”, the brain’s braking mechanism is said to affect the brain and nervous system instead of affecting the muscles.

Researchers hope that mapping out the mechanism could likely identify methods to control serotonin, which is said to trigger the brain’s braking mechanism. For more information, click here to read the full story.