Acute Exercise Improves Large-Scale Brain Network Segregation in Healthy Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Age-related cognitive decline and mental health problems are accompanied by changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) indices, such as reduced brain network segregation. Meanwhile, exercise can improve cognition, mood, and neural network function in older adults. Studies on effects of exercise on rsFC outcomes in older adults have chiefly focused on changes after exercise training and suggest improved network segregation through enhanced within-network connectivity. However, effects of acute exercise on rsFC measures of neural network integrity in older adults, which presumably underlie changes observed after exercise training, have received less attention. In this study, we hypothesized that acute exercise in older adults would improve functional

SUBMITTER: Kommula Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12425117 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature