A Critical Systematic Review of Current Evidence on the Effects of Physical Exercise on Whole/Regional Grey Matter Brain Volume in Populations at Risk of Neurodegeneration.

Lars Grøndahl HvidDylan L HarwoodSimon Fristed Eskildsen Ulrik Dalgas

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)

Altogether, the current evidence on the effects of physical exercise on whole/regional grey matter brain volume appear sparse and inconclusive, and does not support that physical exercise is as potent as previously proposed when it comes to affecting brain grey matter volume.

Keyphrases

white matter
systematic review
resting state
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cerebral ischemia
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial
blood brain barrier
neural network