The Effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. extract use with aerobic training on inflammatory factors and cognitive state in elderly with mild cognitive impairment

Introduction The population aged over 60 years in Iran will reach around 10 million in 2020 and over 26 million in 2050 that will be 23% of the total population (1). Cognitive impairment represents one of the common disorders in the elderly such that around 35% of them present with it at different severities. Alzheimer disease is the progressive stage of this disorder (2). In cognitive impairment, attention, memory, language, orientation, actions, executive performance, judgement, and problem-solving are impaired mostly due to brain memory loss (3). The normal functioning of the various brain systems is responsible for cognitive function, and cognitive impairments arise as the age increases and the elements involved in these systems develop. In Journal homepage: http://www.herbmedpharmacol.com