Age-related changes in cardiovascular system, autonomic functions, and levels of BDNF of healthy active males: role of yogic practice

R Pal, SN Singh, A Chatterjee, M Saha - Age, 2014 - Springer
Aging is associated with decline in cardiovascular, autonomic function, and brain-derived
neurotropic factor (BDNF). Reports are scanty regarding whether yoga can improve age …

The emerging neuroprotective roles of exerkines in Alzheimer's disease

T Rody, JA De Amorim, FG De Felice - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite the extensive knowledge of the beneficial effects of physical exercise, a sedentary
lifestyle is still a predominant harm in our society. Sedentarism is one of the major modifiable …

Reduced brain somatostatin in mood disorders: a common pathophysiological substrate and drug target?

LC Lin, E Sibille - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Our knowledge of the pathophysiology of affect dysregulation has progressively increased,
but the pharmacological treatments remain inadequate. Here, we summarize the current …

Microstructural white matter changes, not hippocampal atrophy, detect early amnestic mild cognitive impairment

L Zhuang, PS Sachdev, JN Trollor, S Reppermund… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is generally considered to be characterized by
pathology in gray matter of the brain, but convergent evidence suggests that white matter …

Impact of diet and exercise interventions on cognition and brain health in older adults: A narrative review

MN Key, AN Szabo-Reed - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ability to preserve cognitive function and protect brain structure from the effects of the
aging process and neurodegenerative disease is the goal of non-pharmacologic, lifestyle …

Relationship between hippocampal volume, serum BDNF, and depression severity following electroconvulsive therapy in late-life depression

F Bouckaert, A Dols, L Emsell, FL De Winter… - …, 2016 - nature.com
Recent structural imaging studies have described hippocampal volume changes following
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It has been proposed that serum brain-derived …

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in traumatic brain injury–related mortality: interrelationships between genetics and acute systemic and central nervous …

MD Failla, YP Conley… - … and neural repair, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Older adults have higher mortality rates after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)
compared to younger adults. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling is altered in …

Neurogenesis in the normal ageing hippocampus: a mini-review

DRM Seib, A Martin-Villalba - Gerontology, 2015 - karger.com
New neurons are continuously generated and added to neural circuits in the adult brain.
However, increasing age imposes changes in neural progenitor cells and their …

Evolutionary aspects of human exercise—born to run purposefully

MP Mattson - Ageing research reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
This article is intended to raise awareness of the adaptive value of endurance exercise
(particularly running) in the evolutionary history of humans, and the implications of the …

Effects of Curcumin (Curcuma longa) on Learning and Spatial Memory as Well as Cell Proliferation and Neuroblast Differentiation in Adult and Aged Mice by …

SM Nam, JH Choi, DY Yoo, W Kim, HY Jung… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Aging is a progressive process, and it may lead to the initiation of neurological diseases. In
this study, we investigated the effects of wild Indian Curcuma longa using a Morris water …