A 16-Week Aerobic Exercise Intervention Does Not Affect Hippocampal Volume and Cortical Thickness in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease

A 16-Week Aerobic Exercise Intervention Does Not Affect Hippocampal Volume and Cortical Thickness in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease

Introduction: Brain imaging studies in healthy elderly subjects suggest a positive effect of aerobic exercise on both brain structure and function, while the effects of aerobic exercise in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has been scarcely investigated.Methods: In a single-blinded randomized MRI study, we a...

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Main Authors: Kristian Steen Frederiksen, Christian Thode Larsen, Steen Gregers Hasselbalch, Anders Nymark Christensen, Peter Høgh, Lene Wermuth, Birgitte Bo Andersen, Hartwig Roman Siebner, Ellen Garde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Alzheimer’s disease
physical exercise
aerobic exercise
MRI
dementia
hippocampus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2018.00293/full

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