Pregnant Mothers’ Aerobic Activity Enhances Brain Development in Animal and Human Fetuses

The following two posts demonstrate a link between a pregnant mother’s aerobic activity and the brain development of the gestating fetus(es) in both animals and humans.

This first post is about how pregnant rats can enhance the neurological development of their unborn pups by running regularly on a motorized treadmill.

In this second post about humans, pregnant moms who jog or walk regularly can pass along to their developing babies critical neurochemicals that give their newborns a leg up in their cognitive abilities.