A 3-Month Aerobic Training Program Improves Brain Energy Metabolism in Mild Alzheimer's Disease: Preliminary Results from a Neuroimaging Study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1459-1468

  Castellano, Christian Alexandre ^a,b   Paquet, Nancy ^b   DIonne, Isabelle J ^a,b   Imbeault, Hélène ^a   Langlois, Francis ^a   Croteau, Etienne ^a,b   Tremblay, Sébastien ^c   Fortier, Mélanie ^a   Matte, J Jacques ^d   Lacombe, Guy ^a,b   Fülöp, Tamás ^a,b   Bocti, Christian ^a,b   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetoacetate; Aerobic training; Alzheimer's disease; Brain energy; Cognition; Ketones; Neuroimaging; PET

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETATE C 11; ACETOACETIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DONEPEZIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALANTAMINE; GLUCOSE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PRAVASTATIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RIVASTIGMINE; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLUX RATE CONSTANT; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PET-CT SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; KINESIOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACETOACETATES; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS AND DEMENTIA TESTS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 85013379962     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-161163     Document Type: Article

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