Movement impairment: Focus on the brain

Physical activity, body mass index, and brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease

(2015) Christina P. Boyle et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Effect of actual long-term spaceflight on BDNF, TrkB, p75, BAX and BCL-XL genes expression in mouse brain regions

(2015) V.S. Naumenko et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Microgravity Reduces the Differentiation and Regenerative Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells

(2015) Elizabeth A. Blaber et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Circulating irisin detection: Does it really work?

(2015) Fabian Sanchis-Gomar et al.   TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Irisin – a myth rather than an exercise-inducible myokine

(2015) Elke Albrecht et al.   Scientific Reports

Aging and Exercise Affect Hippocampal Neurogenesis via Different Mechanisms

(2015) Ting-Ting Yang et al.   PLoS One

The effects of multimodal exercise on cognitive and physical functioning and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in older women: a randomised controlled trial

(2014) Sue Vaughan et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Irisin and FGF21 Are Cold-Induced Endocrine Activators of Brown Fat Function in Humans

(2014) Paul Lee et al.   Cell Metabolism

Exercise-Induced Irisin Secretion Is Independent of Age or Fitness Level and Increased Irisin May Directly Modulate Muscle Metabolism Through AMPK Activation

(2014) Joo Young Huh et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Exercise, Energy Intake, Glucose Homeostasis, and the Brain

(2014) H. van Praag et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Physical activity attenuates age-related biomarker alterations in preclinical AD

(2014) O. C. Okonkwo et al.   NEUROLOGY

Chronic Exercise Increases Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels, Pancreatic Islet Size, and Insulin Tolerance in a TrkB-Dependent Manner

(2014) Alberto Jiménez-Maldonado et al.   PLoS One

Running Rescues Defective Adult Neurogenesis by Shortening the Length of the Cell Cycle of Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells

(2014) Stefano Farioli-Vecchioli et al.   STEM CELLS

Disrutpted resting-state functional architecture of the brain after 45-day simulated microgravity

(2014) Yuan Zhou et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

The effects of exercise on cognition in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review

(2014) Danielle K Murray et al.   Translational Neurodegeneration

Cessation of voluntary wheel running increases anxiety-like behavior and impairs adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice

(2013) Takeshi Nishijima et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Exercise Induces Hippocampal BDNF through a PGC-1α/FNDC5 Pathway

(2013) Christiane D. Wrann et al.   Cell Metabolism

Beneficial effects of physical exercise on neuroplasticity and cognition

(2013) Kirsten Hötting et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Evidence against a Beneficial Effect of Irisin in Humans

(2013) Silja Raschke et al.   PLoS One

Morphological and Physiological Changes in Mature In Vitro Neuronal Networks towards Exposure to Short-, Middle- or Long-Term Simulated Microgravity

(2013) Giuseppe Pani et al.   PLoS One

Physical Exercise Habits Correlate with Gray Matter Volume of the Hippocampus in Healthy Adult Humans

(2013) William D. S. Killgore et al.   Scientific Reports

Evaluation of Gene, Protein and Neurotrophin Expression in the Brain of Mice Exposed to Space Environment for 91 Days

(2012) Daniela Santucci et al.   PLoS One

Involvement of PGC-1α in the formation and maintenance of neuronal dendritic spines

(2012) Aiwu Cheng et al.   Nature Communications

The Cerebrospinal Fluid Provides a Proliferative Niche for Neural Progenitor Cells

(2011) Maria K. Lehtinen et al.   NEURON

Identification of evolutionarily conserved non-AUG-initiated N-terminal extensions in human coding sequences

(2011) Ivaylo P. Ivanov et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Nutrition-Responsive Glia Control Exit of Neural Stem Cells from Quiescence

(2010) James M. Chell et al.   CELL

Long-term dry immersion: review and prospects

(2010) Nastassia M. Navasiolava et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Exercise modulates insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent and -independent effects on adult hippocampal neurogenesis and behaviour

(2010) María LLorens-Martín et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Exercise and time-dependent benefits to learning and memory

(2010) N.C. Berchtold et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Aerobic Exercise and Neurocognitive Performance: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

(2010) Patrick J. Smith et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Evidence for a release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor from the brain during exercise

(2009) Peter Rasmussen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

IGF-IR in neuroprotection and brain tumors

(2009) Elisa Gualco   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Neuronal release of proBDNF

(2009) Jianmin Yang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neurodegenerative diseases

(2009) Chiara Zuccato et al.   Nature Reviews Neurology