The Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on the Functional Connectivity of Human Brain Networks.

ABSTRACT: Although there is promising evidence that regular physical activity could counteract age-related decline in cognitive and brain function, the mechanisms for this neuroprotection remain unclear. The acute effects of exercise can provide insight into the mechanisms by which the brain adapts to habitual exercise by reflecting transient modulations of systems that would subsequently accumulate long-term adaptations through repeated training sessions. However, methodological limitations have hindered the mechanistic insight gained from previous studies examining acute exercise effects on the human brain. In the current study, we tested the plasticity of functional brain networks in response to a single stimulus of aerobic exercise using resting-state functional connectivity analyses. In a sampl

SUBMITTER: Weng TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928541 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature