Physical activity and depression: Towards understanding the antidepressant mechanisms of physical activity

A Kandola, G Ashdown-Franks, J Hendrikse… - Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Physical activity can treat and prevent depressive symptoms, but its antidepressant
mechanisms are yet to be established. In this review, we comprehensively assess key …

The gut microbiome in Alzheimer's disease: what we know and what remains to be explored

S Chandra, SS Sisodia, RJ Vassar - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, results in a
sustained decline in cognition. There are currently few effective disease modifying therapies …

[HTML][HTML] Human hippocampal neurogenesis persists throughout aging

M Boldrini, CA Fulmore, AN Tartt, LR Simeon, I Pavlova… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis declines in aging rodents and primates. Aging humans are
thought to exhibit waning neurogenesis and exercise-induced angiogenesis, with a resulting …

Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function

MR Islam, S Valaris, MF Young, EB Haley, R Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Identifying secreted mediators that drive the cognitive benefits of exercise holds great
promise for the treatment of cognitive decline in ageing or Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here …

Role of inactivity in chronic diseases: evolutionary insight and pathophysiological mechanisms

FW Booth, CK Roberts, JP Thyfault… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
This review proposes that physical inactivity could be considered a behavior selected by
evolution for resting, and also selected to be reinforcing in life-threatening situations in …

Blood factors transfer beneficial effects of exercise on neurogenesis and cognition to the aged brain

AM Horowitz, X Fan, G Bieri, LK Smith… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Reversing brain aging may be possible through systemic interventions such as exercise. We
found that administration of circulating blood factors in plasma from exercised aged mice …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of aerobic exercise on hippocampal volume in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Firth, B Stubbs, D Vancampfort, F Schuch… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Hippocampal volume increase in response to aerobic exercise has been consistently
observed in animal models. However, the evidence from human studies is equivocal. We …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental cognitive neuroscience using latent change score models: A tutorial and applications

RA Kievit, AM Brandmaier, G Ziegler… - Developmental cognitive …, 2018 - Elsevier
Assessing and analysing individual differences in change over time is of central scientific
importance to developmental neuroscience. However, the literature is based largely on …

Dose-response relationship between exercise and cognitive function in older adults with and without cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LMJ Sanders, T Hortobagyi, S la Bastide-van Gemert… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the dose-response relationship
between exercise and cognitive function in older adults with and without cognitive …

Dance training is superior to repetitive physical exercise in inducing brain plasticity in the elderly

K Rehfeld, A Lüders, A Hökelmann, V Lessmann… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Animal research indicates that a combination of physical activity and sensory enrichment
has the largest and the only sustaining effect on adult neuroplasticity. Dancing has been …