ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2019
Aerobic Exercise Training Improves Cerebral Blood Flow and Executive Function: A Randomized, Controlled Cross-Over Trial in Sedentary Older Men.
Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03272061 (The Effects of Aerobic-based Exercise on Brain Vascular Function in Elderly Men), which is not on this map. Cited by 100 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Aerobic-based Exercise on Brain Vascular Function in Elderly Men
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effortful and effortless training of executive functions improve brain multiple demand system activities differently: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of exercise intervention on executive function of middle-aged and elderly people: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Guideline
- A randomised controlled trial of physical activity and cognitive training in older adults: the PhABHeaD study.Trials · 2026Trial
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- The Effects of a Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Brain Function and Its Relation With Immunometabolic Markers and Intestinal Health in Older Adults at Risk of Cognitive Decline: Study Design and Baseline Characteristics of the HELI Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Trial
- The effects of early childhood dancesport intervention on executive function in preschool children: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- 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
- The effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive function in individuals with stroke-induced mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled pilot study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- Acute Effects of Augmented Reality Exergames versus Cycle Ergometer on Reaction Time, Visual Attention, and Verbal Fluency in Community Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Aerobic exercise training improves not only brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilatation but also carotid artery reactivity: A randomized controlled, cross-over trial in older men.Physiological reports · 2022Trial
- Cognitive-motor multitasking in older adults: a randomized controlled study on the effects of individual differences on training success.BMC geriatrics · 2022Trial
- Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and cerebrovascular reactivity to a breath-hold stimulus in older adults: influence of aerobic exercise training.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022Trial
- Tai Chi versus conventional exercise for improving cognitive function in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
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- 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
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity may attenuate age-related cognitive decline by improving cerebrovascular function. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate effects of aerobic exercise training on cerebral blood flow (CBF), which is a sensitive physiological marker of cerebrovascular function, in sedentary older men.
methodsSeventeen apparently healthy men, aged 60-70 years and with a BMI between 25 and 35 kg/m
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conclusionAerobic exercise training improves regional CBF in sedentary older men. These changes in CBF may underlie exercise-induced beneficial effects on executive function, which could be partly mediated by improvements in glucose metabolism. This clinical trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03272061.
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