Involuntary, forced or voluntary exercise can ameliorate the cognitive deficits by enhancing levels of hippocampal NMDAR1, pAMPAR1 and pCaMKII in a model of vascular dementia.

Conclusion: Exercise induced by electrical stimulation has beneficial effects comparable to those of other types of exercise for alleviating the cognitive deficits of vascular dementia. PMID: 33393454 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33393454?dopt=Abstract

Source: Neurological Research - January 5, 2021 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurol Res Source Type: research

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