Fish and Preserved Brain Volume

• Fish consumption and brain structure: a comprehensive systematic review of observational studies.

  • 2026-04-11
  • Systematic Review · n = 24
  • Aging clinical and experimental research 38(1)
  • • Justyna Godos
    • Giuseppe Caruso
    • Agnieszka Micek
    • Alberto Dolci
    • Zoltan Ungvari
    • Andrea Lehoczki
    • Lisandra Leon
    • Evelyn Frias-Toral
    • Andrea Di Mauro
    • Mario Siervo
    • Michelino Di Rosa
    • Giuseppe Grosso

  • PubMed: 41963547
  • DOI: 10.1007/s40520-026-03363-x

  5 Insights on

  • Preserved Brain Volume

  • High evidence
  • Elderly

  preservation of certain brain areas volumes (i.e., hippocampus, temporal lobe and periventricle white matter) and cortical thickness of specific areas (i.e., precuneus, parietal, and cingulate grey matter), among others, compared to lower intake.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  not specified (dietary fish consumption)