Exercise/physical activity and health outcomes: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

P Posadzki, D Pieper, R Bajpai, H Makaruk… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Sedentary lifestyle is a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases such as
cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. It has been estimated that approximately 3.2 …

Exercise and mental health

K Mikkelsen, L Stojanovska, M Polenakovic… - Maturitas, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the positive effects of exercise on mood
states such as anxiety, stress and depression, through physiological and biochemical …

Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive functions, including working memory

A Diamond, DS Ling - Cognitive and working memory training …, 2020 - books.google.com
Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive
functions, including working memory Page 166 8 Review of the Evidence on, and Fundamental …

The effects of acute exercise on mood, cognition, neurophysiology, and neurochemical pathways: a review

JC Basso, WA Suzuki - Brain Plasticity, 2017 - content.iospress.com
A significant body of work has investigated the effects of acute exercise, defined as a single
bout of physical activity, on mood and cognitive functions in humans. Several excellent …

Comparing the effectiveness of blood flow restriction and traditional heavy load resistance training in the post-surgery rehabilitation of anterior cruciate ligament …

L Hughes, B Rosenblatt, F Haddad, C Gissane… - Sports Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background We implemented a blood flow restriction resistance training (BFR-RT)
intervention during an 8-week rehabilitation programme in anterior cruciate ligament …

The effects and mechanisms of exercise on the treatment of depression

Y Xie, Z Wu, L Sun, L Zhou, G Wang, L Xiao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: It is necessary to seek alternative therapies for depression, because side
effects of medications lead to poor adherence and some patients do not achieve a clinical …

Association between current physical activity and current perceived anxiety and mood in the initial phase of COVID-19 confinement

R López-Bueno, J Calatayud, Y Ezzatvar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a world pandemic due to COVID-19,
and several enacted measures such as compulsory confinement may have collateral …

[HTML][HTML] Conclusions about interventions, programs, and approaches for improving executive functions that appear justified and those that, despite much hype, do not

A Diamond, DS Ling - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The 'Executive Functions'(EFs) of inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive
flexibility enable us to think before we act, resist temptations or impulsive reactions, stay …

Circulating endocannabinoids: from whence do they come and where are they going?

CJ Hillard - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018 - nature.com
The goal of this review is to summarize studies in which concentrations of circulating
endocannabinoids in humans have been examined in relationship to physiological …

From phytocannabinoids to cannabinoid receptors and endocannabinoids: pleiotropic physiological and pathological roles through complex pharmacology

A Ligresti, L De Petrocellis… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Apart from having been used and misused for at least four millennia for, among others,
recreational and medicinal purposes, the cannabis plant and its most peculiar chemical …