Neural effects of multisensory dance training in Parkinson's disease: evidence from a longitudinal neuroimaging single case study.

Dance is associated with beneficial outcomes in motor and non-motor domains in Parkinson's disease (PD) and regular participation may help delay symptom progression in mild PD. However, little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms of dance interventions for PD. The present case study explored potential neuroplastic changes in a 69-year-old male with mild PD participating in regular dance classes over 29 weeks.

Beyond the absence of sleep disorder: spotlighting the cardiovascular benefits of sleep health.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. Among the objectives of preventive cardiology is the design to understand and neutralise the clinical overlap between disordered sleep and CVDs. Seldom do studies measure 'sleep health' beyond the absence of disease.

Altered Circulating MicroRNA Profiles After Endurance Training: A Cohort Study of Ultramarathon Runners.

Background: Despite the positive effects of endurance training on the cardiovascular (CV) system, excessive exercise induces not only physiological adaptations but also adverse changes in CV system, including the heart. We aimed to evaluate the selected miRNAs expression based on bioinformatic analysis and their changes before and after an ultramarathon run.

Materials And Methods: Cardiac tissue-specific targets were identified with the Tissue 2.

Deformation Parameters of the Heart in Endurance Athletes and in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy-A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study.

A better understanding of the left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV) functioning would help with the differentiation between athlete's heart and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We aimed to analyse deformation parameters in endurance athletes relative to patients with DCM using cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT). The study included males of a similar age: 22 ultramarathon runners, 22 patients with DCM and 21 sedentary healthy controls (41 ± 9 years).

Football spectatorship and selected acute cardiovascular events: lack of a population-scale association in Poland.

Background: The status of football spectatorship-induced emotional stress as a risk factor for acute cardiovascular events remains a matter of dispute.              Aims: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between football spectatorship and the incidenceof selected acute cardiovascular events in the Polish male population.

Methods: Events that occurred in male patients aged 35 years and older in Poland during 3 tournaments(2012 and 2016 European Championships and 2018 World Cup) were retrospectively analyzed based onhospital admission codes (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision [ICD‑10]) obtained from the Polish National Health Fund (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia).

Improved cryotolerance and developmental potential of in vitro and in vivo matured mouse oocytes by supplementing with a glutathione donor prior to vitrification.

Study Question: Can supplementation of media with a glutathione (GSH) donor, glutathione ethyl ester (GEE), prior to vitrification protect the mouse oocyte from oxidative damage and critical changes in redox homeostasis, and thereby improve cryotolerance?

Summary Answer: GEE supplementation supported redox regulation, rapid recovery of spindle and chromosome alignment after vitrification/warming and improved preimplantation development of mouse metaphase II (MII) oocytes.

What Is Known Already: Cryopreservation may affect mitochondrial functionality, induce oxidative stress, and thereby affect spindle integrity, chromosome segregation and the quality of mammalian oocytes. GEE is a membrane permeable GSH donor that promoted fertilization and early embryonic development of macaque and bovine oocytes after IVM.