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| Title |
Aerobic Exercise as a Tool to Improve Hippocampal Plasticity and Function in Humans: Practical Implications for Mental Health Treatment
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00373 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Aaron Kandola, Joshua Hendrikse, Paul J. Lucassen, Murat Yücel |
| Abstract |
Aerobic exercise (AE) has been widely praised for its potential benefits to cognition and overall brain and mental health. In particular, AE has a potent impact on promoting the function of the hippocampus and stimulating neuroplasticity. As the evidence-base rapidly builds, and given most of the supporting work can be readily translated from animal models to humans, the potential for AE to be applied as a therapeutic or adjunctive intervention for a range of human conditions appears ever more promising. Notably, many psychiatric and neurological disorders have been associated with hippocampal dysfunction, which may underlie the expression of certain symptoms common to these disorders, including (aspects of) cognitive dysfunction. Augmenting existing treatment approaches using AE based interventions may promote hippocampal function and alleviate cognitive deficits in various psychiatric disorders that currently remain untreated. Incorporating non-pharmacological interventions into clinical treatment may also have a number of other benefits to patient well being, such as limiting the risk of adverse side effects. This review incorporates both animal and human literature to comprehensively detail how AE is associated with cognitive enhancements and stimulates a cascade of neuroplastic mechanisms that support improvements in hippocampal functioning. Using the examples of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, the utility and implementation of an AE intervention to the clinical domain will be proposed, aimed to reduce cognitive deficits in these, and related disorders. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |
| Australia | 2 | 9% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 11 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 73% |
| Scientists | 5 | 23% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 315 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 312 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 56 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 50 | 16% |
| Researcher | 36 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 47 | 15% |
| Unknown | 74 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 16% |
| Neuroscience | 32 | 10% |
| Sports and Recreations | 28 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 11% |
| Unknown | 94 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 216. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 July 2022.
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