Can exercise training teach us how to treat Alzheimer's disease?
Ageing Res Rev
; 75: 101559, 2022 03.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34999248
ABSTRACT
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and there is currently no cure. Novel approaches to treat AD and curb the rapidly increasing worldwide prevalence and costs of dementia are needed. Physical inactivity is a significant modifiable risk factor for AD, estimated to contribute to 12.7% of AD cases worldwide. Exercise interventions in humans and animals have shown beneficial effects of exercise on brain plasticity and cognitive functions. In animal studies, exercise also improved AD pathology. The mechanisms underlying these effects of exercise seem to be associated mainly with exercise performance or cardiorespiratory fitness. In addition, exercise-induced molecules of peripheral origin seem to play an important role. Since exercise affects the whole body, there likely is no single therapeutic target that could mimic all the benefits of exercise. However, systemic strategies may be a viable means to convey broad therapeutic effects in AD patients. Here, we review the potential of physical activity and exercise training in AD prevention and treatment, shining light on recently discovered underlying mechanisms and concluding with a view on future development of exercise-free treatment strategies for AD.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Alzheimer
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ageing Res Rev
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article