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ReviewExperimental gerontology2017

The influence of vitamins E and C and exercise on brain aging.

J Thomas Mock, Kiran Chaudhari, Akram Sidhu, Nathalie Sumien

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Review in Experimental gerontology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

J Thomas MockCenter for Neuroscience Discovery, Institute for Healthy Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Kiran ChaudhariCenter for Neuroscience Discovery, Institute for Healthy Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Akram SidhuCenter for Neuroscience Discovery, Institute for Healthy Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Nathalie SumienCenter for Neuroscience Discovery, Institute for Healthy Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA. Electronic address: nathalie.sumien@unthsc.edu.

Funding

Protein Targets of Oxidative Brain AgingP01AG022550 · NIA · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI SIMPKINS, JAMES W. · 2003 to 2013
$15.7M
ROLE OF MITHOCHONDRIAL ERB IN NEURONAL VULNDERABILITY TO NEUROTOXIC STRESSP01AG027956 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI SINGH, MEHARVAN · 2007 to 2017
$11.3M
Training in the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseT32AG020494 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI ROBERT Clinton BARBER, NATHALIE SUMIEN · 2002 to 2026
$6.9M
Brain aging and antioxidant supplementationR01AG027353 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI FORSTER, MICHAEL J. · 2006 to 2010
$1.4M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG022550NIA NIH HHS P01 AG027956NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027353NIA NIH HHS T32 AG020494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related declines in motor and cognitive function have been associated with increases in oxidative stress. Accordingly, interventions capable of reducing the oxidative burden would be capable of preventing or reducing functional declines occurring during aging. Popular interventions such as antioxidant intake and moderate exercise are often recommended to attain healthy aging and have the capacity to alter redox burden. This review is intended to summarize the outcomes of antioxidant supplementation (more specifically of vitamins C and E) and exercise training on motor and cognitive declines during aging, and on measures of oxidative stress. Additionally, we will address whether co-implementation of these two types of interventions can potentially further their individual benefits. Together, these studies highlight the importance of using translationally-relevant parameters for interventions and to study their combined outcomes on healthy brain aging.

Indexed as

ExerciseAge FactorsAgingAnimalsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidBrainCognitive AgingHealthy AgingHumansOxidative StressVitamin EAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidVitamin EAgingAntioxidantsBrain functionCognitionExerciseMotor functionVitamin CVitamin E

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PMID27939444
PMCPMC5466517

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