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Responsiveness of dentate neurons generated throughout adult life is associated with resilience to cognitive aging

Aging Cell • June 29, 2020

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is abundant in neurologically healthy subjects and drops sharply in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Nature • March 25, 2019

Rapid stimulation of human dentate gyrus function with acute mild exercise

PNAS • September 24, 2018

Yoga, Meditation and Mind-Body Health: Increased BDNF, Cortisol Awakening Response, and Altered Inflammatory Marker Expression after a 3-Month Yoga and Meditation Retreat

Frontiers in Neuroscience • June 26, 2017

Palatable Hyper-Caloric Foods Impact on Neuronal Plasticity

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience • February 14, 2017

A ketogenic diet rescues hippocampal memory defects in a mouse model of Kabuki syndrome

PNAS • November 20, 2016

Physical exercise induces hippocampal neurogenesis and prevents cognitive decline

October 13, 2016

Hippocampal and Cerebral Blood Flow after Exercise Cessation in Master Athletes

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience • August 5, 2016

Longitudinal Relationships between Caloric Expenditure and Gray Matter in the Cardiovascular Health Study

IOS Press • March 11, 2016

Butyrate, neuroepigenetics and the gut microbiome: Can a high fiber diet improve brain health?

Neuroscience Letters • February 8, 2016

Systemic lipopolysaccharide administration impairs retrieval of context–object discrimination, but not spatial, memory: Evidence for selective disruption of specific hippocampus-dependent memory functions during acute neuroinflammation

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity • October 19, 2014

Modulatory effect of coffee fruit extract on plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in healthy subjects

British Journal of Nutrition • October 30, 2012

Sexual Experience Promotes Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus Despite an Initial Elevation in Stress Hormones

PLOS One • July 14, 2010

Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus

Nature Medicine • November 1, 1998

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