ReviewNutrients2018
Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements in Adults: A Review on the Effects of Dietary Factors and Exercise.
Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07177781 (Longer-term Effects of Wild Blueberry Consumption on Brain Function in Older Men and Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Longer-term Effects of Wild Blueberry Consumption on Brain Function in Older Men and Women
Who cites it
65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Long-term effects of almond consumption on cognitive performance and brain vascular function: a randomized crossover trial in overweight/obese adults with prediabetes.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Trial
- A randomized controlled trial to unveil the influence of an exercise intervention on brain integrity and gut microbiome structure in individuals with HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Long-term effects of an egg-protein hydrolysate on cognitive performance and brain vascular function: a double-blind randomized controlled trial in adults with elevated subjective cognitive failures.European journal of nutrition · 2024Trial
- Short-term Aronia melanocarpa extract supplementation improves cognitive performance: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study in healthy young adults.European journal of nutrition · 2024Trial
- Hesperetin-7-Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Trial
- Acute inorganic nitrate intake increases regional insulin action in the brain: Results of a double-blind, randomized, controlled cross-over trial with abdominally obese men.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2022Trial
- Effects of food supplementation on cognitive function, cerebral blood flow, and nutritional status in young children at risk of undernutrition: randomized controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Trial
- Taekwondo Enhances Cognitive Function as a Result of Increased Neurotrophic Growth Factors in Elderly Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Endocrine modulation of cortical and retinal baseline perfusion across the menstrual cycle.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026Article
- The Liver-brain Axis: A Three-stage Model Linking MASLD to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Review
- Mediators of the association between rheumatoid arthritis and depression.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors Involved in Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Considering the Effects of Cannabinoids and Exercise on the Brain: A Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Targeting mitochondria with natural polyphenols for treating Neurodegenerative Diseases: a comprehensive scoping review from oxidative stress perspective.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Western diet since adolescence impairs brain functional hyperemia at adulthood in mice: rescue by a balanced ω-3:ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Salivary-Gland-Mediated Nitrate Recirculation as a Modulator for Cardiovascular Diseases.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- The U.S. POINTER neurovascular ancillary study: Study design and methods.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Exercise as a Therapeutic Strategy to Improve Cerebrovascular Function and Cognition in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Improving cerebrovascular function may be a key mechanism whereby a healthy lifestyle, of which a healthy diet combined with increased physical activity levels is a cornerstone, protects against cognitive impairments. In this respect, effects on cerebral blood flow (CBF)—a sensitive physiological marker of cerebrovascular function—are of major interest. This review summarizes the impact of specific dietary determinants and physical exercise on CBF in adults and discusses the relation between these effects with potential changes in cognitive function. A limited number of randomized controlled trials have already demonstrated the beneficial effects of an acute intake of nitrate and polyphenols on CBF, but evidence for a relationship between these effects as well as improvements in cognitive functioning is limited. Moreover, long-term trans-resveratrol supplementation has been shown to increase CBF in populations at increased risk of accelerated cognitive decline. Long-term supplementation of
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