Physical activity and aerobic fitness in relation to local and interhemispheric functional connectivity in adolescents' brains.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adolescents have experienced decreased aerobic fitness levels and insufficient physical activity levels over the past decades. While both physical activity and aerobic fitness are related to physical and mental health, little is known concerning how they manifest in the brain during this stage of development, characterized by significant physical and psychosocial changes. The aim of the study is to examine the associations between both physical activity and aerobic fitness with brains' functional connectivity.

Methods

Here, we examined how physical activity and aerobic fitness are associated with local and interhemispheric functional connectivity of the adolescent brain (n = 59), as measured with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Physical acti

SUBMITTER: Ruotsalainen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7882164 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature