Physical activity can treat and prevent depressive symptoms, but its antidepressant
mechanisms are yet to be established. In this review, we comprehensively assess key …

“Frailty” is a term used to refer to a state characterized by enhanced vulnerability to, and
impaired recovery from, stressors compared with a nonfrail state, which is increasingly …

Although there is no unanimity, growing evidence supports the value of regular physical
exercise to prevent Alzheimer's disease as well as cognitive decline in affected patients …

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 …

Depression is a syndrome of stress-and emotion-dysregulation, involving compromised
structural integrity of frontal-limbic networks. Meta-analytic evidence indicates that volumetric …

Aerobic exercise improves cognitive and motor function by inducing neural changes
detected using molecular, cellular, and systems level neuroscience techniques. This review …

Purpose The goal of this meta-analysis was to aggregate available empirical studies on the
effects of physical exercise on executive functions in preadolescent children (6–12 years of …

Scientific evidence based on neuroimaging approaches over the last decade has
demonstrated the efficacy of physical activity improving cognitive health across the human …

Physical exercise can convey a protective effect against cognitive decline in ageing and
Alzheimer's disease. While the long-term health-promoting and protective effects of exercise …

The purpose of this study was to summarize the effects of physical activity and exercise on
peripheral brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in healthy humans. Experimental and …