ReviewJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2023
Early-stage Alzheimer's disease: are skeletal muscle and exercise the key?
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- Association of tongue, handgrip, and pinch strength with blood-based phosphorylated-tau 181 in cognitively healthy older adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- A peripheral perspective on brain health: vascular and skeletal muscle contributions.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026Review
- Vocal Fold Atrophy in an Alzheimer's Disease Rat Model.The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- Combined effects of tactile stimulation and aerobic exercise on BDNF-related pathways and neurofunctional outcomes in an early-stage 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Automated volumetric MRI quantification of body fat and skeletal muscle in the UK Biobank: technical validation against expert manual segmentations and comparison with single-slice techniques.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Immediate and Long-Term Effectiveness of a Therapeutic Exercise Protocol in Patients with Dementia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Tideglusib improves novel object recognition memory in the preclinical DBA/2JFrontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Physical exercise mitigates motor and muscular deficits in the 3xTg-AD model of Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Short-term daily deflazacort decreases membrane permeability and increases maximum force inAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2025Article
- Electrical Stimulation-Induced Muscle Damage Alters Hippocampal BDNF Signaling.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Human skeletal muscle mitochondrial pathways are impacted by a neuropathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.Neurobiology of disease · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review Evaluating Diet and Exercise as Complementary Medicine for the Management of Alzheimer's Disease.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Nutritional and physical pathways from feeding difficulty to sarcopenia in Alzheimer's dementia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Eight weeks of creatine monohydrate supplementation is associated with increased muscle strength and size in Alzheimer's disease: data from a single-arm pilot study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Body Composition and Alzheimer's Disease: A Holistic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Hindlimb immobilization induces insulin resistance and elevates mitochondrial ROS production in the hippocampus of female rats.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Skeletal muscle proteome differs between youngFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
- Neuromuscular Dysfunction Precedes Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.Function (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Screening for Mild Cognitive Impairment with Speech Interaction Based on Virtual Reality and Wearable Devices.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia affecting approximately 6.5 million people in the United States alone. The development of AD progresses over a span of years to possibly decades before resulting in cognitive impairment and clinically diagnosed AD. The time leading up to a clinical diagnosis is known as the preclinical phase, a time in which recent literature has noted a more severe loss of body mass and more specifically lean muscle mass and strength prior to diagnosis. Mitochondria dysfunction in neurons is also closely associated with AD, and mitochondrial dysfunction has been seen to occur in skeletal muscle with mild cognitive impairment prior to AD manifestation. Evidence from animal models of AD suggests a close link among skeletal muscle mass, mitochondria function, and cognition. Exercise is a powerful stimulus for improving mitochondria function and muscle health, and its benefits to cognition have been suggested as a possible therapeutic strategy for AD. However, evidence for beneficial effects of exercise in AD-afflicted populations and animal models has produced conflicting results. In this mini-review, we discuss these findings and highlight potential avenues for further investigation that may lead to the implementation of exercise as a therapeutic intervention to delay or prevent the development of AD.
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