# A Single 30-Minute Exercise Session Has an Immediate Antidepressant Effect

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/a-single-30-minute-exercise-session-has-an-immediate-antidepressant-effect/
- Published: 2025-11-29T09:30:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo credit: Ridhwan Nordin via Unsplash. Article by Michelle Starr. ScienceAlert – November 29, 2025. Research article: Molecular Psychiatry. A single, half-hour session of moderate exercise is enough to confer an immediate mood-boosting effect, and now scientists have figured out why. In mice – and likely humans – that boost comes from the release of a hormone called adiponectin, which travels into the brain and sparks activity in a region associated with emotional regulation. The result is a lift in mood that could hang around for hours, although the duration has yet to be measured in humans. […] Click here to view original web page at www.sciencealert.com