Exercise Intervention Associated with Cognitive Improvement in Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with the syndrome of cognitive and functional decline. Pharmacotherapy has always been in a dominant position for the treatment of AD. However, in most cases, drug therapy is accompanied with clinical delays when older adults h...

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Publié dans:Neural plasticity. - 1998. - 2018(2018) vom: 30., Seite 9234105
Auteur principal: Cui, Meng Ying (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Lin, Yang, Sheng, Ji Yao, Zhang, Xuewen, Cui, Ran Ji
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2018
Accès à la collection:Neural plasticity
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review
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Résumé:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with the syndrome of cognitive and functional decline. Pharmacotherapy has always been in a dominant position for the treatment of AD. However, in most cases, drug therapy is accompanied with clinical delays when older adults have suffered from cognitive decline in episodic memory, working memory, and executive function. On the other hand, accumulating evidence suggests that exercise intervention may ameliorate the progression of cognitive impairment in aging ones while the standard strategy is lacking based on different levels of cognitive decline especially in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD. MCI is the preclinical stage of AD in which neurodegeneration may be reversed via neuroplasticity. Therefore, taking exercise intervention in the early stage of MCI and healthy aging at the risk of AD could slow down the process of cognitive impairment and provide a promising cost-effective nonpharmacological therapy to dementia
Description:Date Completed 11.12.2018
Date Revised 11.12.2018
published: Electronic-eCollection
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1687-5443
DOI:10.1155/2018/9234105