Trial reportTranslational psychiatry2020
Exercise as a protective mechanism against the negative effects of oxidative stress in first-episode psychosis: a biomarker-led study.
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- Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Pooled it
- The Effects of Treatment in Psychotic Disorders-Changes in BDNF Levels and Clinical Outcomes: Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- γ-Glutamylcysteine alleviates hypertension and vascular remodeling in SHR by suppressing oxidative stress through Keap1 S-glutathionylation.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2026Article
- The Pathobiological Underpinnings of Psychosis: From the Stress-Related Hypothesis to a Multisystemic Approach.NeuroSci · 2025Review
- Social and health disparities associated with healthy brain ageing in Brazil and in other Latin American countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Article
- Targeting Ferroptosis/Nrf2 Pathway Ameliorates AlClInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The impact of acute and chronic aerobic and resistance exercise on stem cell mobilization: A review of effects in healthy and diseased individuals across different age groups.Regenerative therapy · 2024Article
- Value of gym-based group exercise versus usual care for young adults receiving antipsychotic medication: study protocol for the multicenter randomized controlled Vega trial.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Gait Alterations in the Prediction of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study With PODOSmart ® Insoles.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Exercise training complementary to specialised early intervention in patients with first-episode psychosis: a feasibility randomised trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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Abstract
First-episode psychosis (FEP) is a psychiatric disorder, characterised by positive and negative symptoms, usually emerging during adolescence and early adulthood. FEP represents an early intervention opportunity for intervention in psychosis. Redox disturbance and subsequent oxidative stress have been linked to the pathophysiology of FEP. Exercise training can perturb oxidative stress and rebalance the antioxidant system and thus represents an intervention with the potential to interact with a mechanism of disease. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of exercise on markers of redox status in FEP. Twenty-two young men were recruited from Birmingham Early Intervention services and randomised to either a 12-week exercise programme or treatment as usual (control). Measures of blood and brain glutathione (GSH), markers of oxidative damage, inflammation, neuronal health, symptomology and habitual physical activity were assessed. Exercise training was protective against changes related to continued psychosis. Symptomatically, those in the exercise group showed reductions in positive and general psychopathology, and stable negative symptoms (compared to increased negative symptoms in the control group). Peripheral GSH was increased by 5.6% in the exercise group, compared to a significant decrease (24.4%) (p = 0.04) in the control group. Exercise attenuated negative changes in markers of neuronal function (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), lipid damage (thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances) and total antioxidant capacity. C-reactive protein and tumour necrosis factor-α also decreased in the exercise group, although protein and DNA oxidation were unchanged. Moderate-intensity exercise training has the ability to elicit changes in markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant concentration, with subsequent improvements in symptoms of psychosis.
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