Obesity reduces cognitive and motor functions across the lifespan

C Wang, JSY Chan, L Ren, JH Yan - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Due to a sedentary lifestyle, more and more people are becoming obese nowadays. In
addition to health‐related problems, obesity can also impair cognition and motor …

Endurance exercise as an “endogenous” neuro-enhancement strategy to facilitate motor learning

M Taubert, A Villringer, N Lehmann - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Endurance exercise improves cardiovascular and musculoskeletal function and may also
increase the information processing capacities of the brain. Animal and human research …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced tactile acuity in chronic low back pain is linked with structural neuroplasticity in primary somatosensory cortex and is modulated by acupuncture …

H Kim, I Mawla, J Lee, J Gerber, K Walker, J Kim… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Prior studies have shown that patients suffering from chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP) have
impaired somatosensory processing including reduced tactile acuity, ie reduced ability to …

A 12-week cycling training regimen improves gait and executive functions concomitantly in people with Parkinson's disease

A Nadeau, O Lungu, C Duchesne… - Frontiers in human …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background: There is increasing evidence that executive functions and attention are
associated with gait and balance, and that this link is especially prominent in older …

Colocalized white matter plasticity and increased cerebral blood flow mediate the beneficial effect of cardiovascular exercise on long-term motor learning

N Lehmann, A Villringer, M Taubert - Journal of Neuroscience, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Cardiovascular exercise (CE) is a promising intervention strategy to facilitate cognition and
motor learning in healthy and diseased populations of all ages. CE elevates humoral …

轻度认知功能障碍向痴呆进展的危险因素及保护因素研究

周媛媛, 周香莲, 王杰, 王丽娜 - 中国全科医学, 2018 - chinagp.net
随着社会人口老龄化的进展, 痴呆的患病率逐年增加. 由于痴呆中晚期治疗效果欠佳,
早期识别认知功能障碍已成为老年医学领域研究的焦点. 既往认知功能障碍归因学研究多集中于 …

Impacts of sleep loss versus waking experience on brain plasticity: parallel or orthogonal?

R Havekes, SJ Aton - Trends in neurosciences, 2020 - cell.com
Recent studies on the effects of sleep deprivation on synaptic plasticity have yielded
discrepant results. Sleep deprivation studies using novelty exposure as a means to keep …

Hippocampal, whole midbrain, red nucleus, and ventral tegmental area volumes are increased by selective breeding for high voluntary wheel-running behavior

MP Schmill, Z Thompson, D Lee, L Haddadin… - Brain Behavior and …, 2023 - karger.com
Uncovering relationships between neuroanatomy, behavior, and evolution are important for
understanding the factors that control brain function. Voluntary exercise is one key behavior …

Theanine, the main amino acid in tea, prevents stress-induced brain atrophy by modifying early stress responses

K Unno, A Sumiyoshi, T Konishi, M Hayashi, K Taguchi… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chronic stress can impair the health of human brains. An important strategy that may prevent
the accumulation of stress may be the consumption of functional foods. When senescence …

Effects of early-life exposure to Western diet and voluntary exercise on adult activity levels, exercise physiology, and associated traits in selectively bred High Runner …

MD Cadney, L Hiramatsu, Z Thompson, M Zhao… - Physiology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exercise behavior is under partial genetic control, but it is also affected by numerous
environmental factors, potentially including early-life experiences whose effects persist into …