期刊
NEUROIMAGE
卷 239, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118305
关键词
Aging; White matter; Aerobic exercise; Plasticity; Clinical trial
资金
- National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health [R37 AG025667]
- Abbott Nutrition through the Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory at the University of Illinois
- Translational Medicine Institute Translational Acceleration Program, Colorado State University
This study found that aerobic exercise training can improve white matter integrity in older adults, especially in late-myelinating regions. Additionally, the T1w/T2w signal may be a useful measure for studying white matter plasticity and deterioration in adults.
White matter deterioration is associated with cognitive impairment in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease. It is critical to identify interventions that can slow down white matter deterioration. So far, clinical trials have failed to demonstrate the benefits of aerobic exercise on the adult white matter using diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Here, we report the effects of a 6-month aerobic walking and dance interventions (clinical trial NCT01472744) on white matter integrity in healthy older adults ( n = 180, 60-79 years) measured by changes in the ratio of calibrated T1-to T2-weighted images (T1w/T2w). Specifically, the aerobic walking and social dance interventions resulted in positive changes in the T1w/T2w signal in late-myelinating regions, as compared to widespread decreases in the T1w/T2w signal in the active control. Notably, in the aerobic walking group, positive change in the T1w/T2w signal correlated with improved episodic memory performance. Lastly, intervention induced increases in cardiorespiratory fitness did not correlate with change in the T1w/T2w signal. Together, our findings suggest that white matter regions that are vulnerable to aging retain some degree of plasticity that can be induced by aerobic exercise training. In addition, we provided evidence that the T1w/T2w signal may be a useful and broadly accessible measure for studying short-term within-person plasticity and deterioration in the adult human white matter.
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