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11 October 2025
Winning Stroke
This study in a mouse model uncovers the molecular mechanisms underlying how exercise benefits recovery following a stroke. Cells of the immune system called regulatory T cells are found to be key – they're mobilised by exercise and their IL-10 molecular signalling pathway reduces neuronal hyperexcitability found in the stroke-affected region of the brain.
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- Image from work by A. Schmidt-Pogoda and colleagues
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Nature Communications, October 2025
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