ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2018
Exercise-Mediated Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus via BDNF.
Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06953648 (Remotely Monitored, Mobile Health-supported, High Intensity Interval Training Before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation), which is not on this map. Cited by 270 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Remotely Monitored, Mobile Health-supported, High Intensity Interval Training Before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (REMM-HIIT-HCT)
Who cites it
270 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mechanistic Investigation of Exercise Interventions in Rodent Models of Alzheimer's Disease and Prospects for Clinical Translation.Neural plasticity · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of a single nonpharmacological intervention on cognitive functioning in older adults with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025Pooled it
- Moderators of exercise effects on self-reported cognitive functioning in cancer survivors: an individual participant data meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Environmental enrichment: a systematic review on the effect of a changing spatial complexity on hippocampal neurogenesis and plasticity in rodents, with considerations for translation to urban and built environments for humans.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise induces structural brain changes and elevates irisin levels and enhances functional performance in multiple sclerosis a pilot randomized study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Effects of physical exercise during adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer on long-term tested and perceived cognition: results of a pragmatic follow-up study.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Trial
- Effects of Exercise on Structural and Functional Brain Patterns in Schizophrenia-Data From a Multicenter Randomized-Controlled Study.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Trial
- Acute Effects of High-Intensity Functional Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Cognitive Functions in Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effect of physical exercise on cognitive function after chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial (PAM study).Breast cancer research : BCR · 2022Trial
- The effect of the Mediterranean diet combined with physical activity on cognitive function in older adults: a scoping review.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Article
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in diabetes: A promising target for cognitive restoration.iScience · 2026Review
- Physical activity stimulates neurogenesis via sensory neuron activity in postembryonic zebrafish.iScience · 2026Article
- Voluntary Exercise and Hippocampal Memory Enhancement: Decoding the Molecular Blueprint.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Review
- BDNF and GSK-3β signaling in depression: molecular mechanisms underlying neural plasticity dysfunction.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Role Shift of Glial Cells from Physiology to Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease: The Regulatory Impact of Exercise.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Review
- Voluntary wheel running in male mice mitigates select hyperglycemia-induced depressive-like behaviors and modulates BDNF andBrain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between exercise duration and sleep quality and poor sleep outcomes among college students: a latent growth curve modeling study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Association of physical activity with incident dementia and cognitive decline among Australian older adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Neurocognitive Aging Following Acute Illness: Pathobiology and a Framework for Developing Neurotherapeutic Agents.Brain and behavior · 2026Review
- Audiovisual gamma stimulation restores hippocampal neurogenesis and neural circuit plasticity in aging mice.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
Exercise is known to have numerous neuroprotective and cognitive benefits, especially pertaining to memory and learning related processes. One potential link connecting them is exercise-mediated hippocampal neurogenesis, in which new neurons are generated and incorporated into hippocampal circuits. The present review synthesizes the extant literature detailing the relationship between exercise and hippocampal neurogenesis, and identifies a key molecule mediating this process, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). As a member of the neurotrophin family, BDNF regulates many of the processes within neurogenesis, such as differentiation and survival. Although much more is known about the direct role that exercise and BDNF have on hippocampal neurogenesis in rodents, their corresponding cognitive benefits in humans will also be discussed. Specifically, what is known about exercise-mediated hippocampal neurogenesis will be presented as it relates to BDNF to highlight the critical role that it plays. Due to the inaccessibility of the human brain, much less is known about the role BDNF plays in human hippocampal neurogenesis. Limitations and future areas of research with regards to human neurogenesis will thus be discussed, including indirect measures of neurogenesis and single nucleotide polymorphisms within the BDNF gene.
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