Purpose: Physical activity (PA) is known to improve cognitive and brain function, but debate
continues regarding the consistency and magnitude of its effects, populations and cognitive …

Physical activity (PA) may be therapeutic for people with severe mental illness (SMI) who
generally have low PA and experience numerous life style-related medical complications …

Background Exercise may improve neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms in people with
mental disorders, but the totality of the evidence is unclear. We conducted a meta-review of …

Background Impairment in a wide range of cognitive abilities has been consistently reported
in individuals with schizophrenia. Both neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits are …

Aging is the major risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, accelerated by excessive
calorie consumption and sedentary lifestyles. Bioenergetic challenges such as intermittent …

Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) has been linked to cognitive symptoms of
schizophrenia, which has been documented in previous reviews by several authors …

Severe mental illnesses (SMI), including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and
schizophrenia, are associated with increased inflammation. Given diet's role in modulating …

Physical exercise and cognitive remediation represent the psychosocial interventions with
the largest basis of evidence attesting their effectiveness in improving cognitive performance …

Importance Objective physical fitness measures, such as handgrip strength, are associated
with physical, mental, and cognitive outcomes in the general population. Although people …

Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disease that is associated with neurobiological
alterations in multiple brain regions and peripheral organs. Negative symptoms and …