Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence.

ABSTRACT: With the increase in the number of internet users, the problems associated with excessive internet use have become increasingly obvious. Internet addiction can alter neurobiology, and its symptoms can be alleviated through exercise, but whether exercise exerts these effects through neurobiological pathways is unclear. Here, we reviewed the neurobiological mechanisms of exercise-based interventions against internet addiction by searching PubMed and Google Scholar for relevant research using such keywords as "exercise", "internet addiction", "hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis", "neurotrophin", and "dopamine". This review summarizes advances in our understanding of the neurobiological processes through which exercise can reduce internet addiction, and our analysis strengthens the idea that

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330165 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature