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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2014

Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise.

Chia-Liang Tsai, Chun-Hao Wang, Chien-Yu Pan, Fu-Chen Chen, Tsang-Hai Huang, Feng-Ying Chou

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Chia-Liang TsaiInstitute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan.
Chun-Hao WangInstitute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan.
Chien-Yu PanDepartment of Physical Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Fu-Chen ChenDepartment of Recreational Sport and Health Promotion, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Pingtung, Taiwan.
Tsang-Hai HuangInstitute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan.
Feng-Ying ChouInstitute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan ; Chi Mei Medical Center Tainan, Taiwan.

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Abstract

THIS STUDY HAD THE FOLLOWING TWO

aimsFirst, to explore the effects of acute resistance exercise (RE, i.e., using exercise machines to contract and stretch muscles) on behavioral and electrophysiological performance when performing a cognitive task involving executive functioning in young male adults; Second, to investigate the potential biochemical mechanisms of such facilitative effects using two neurotrophic factors [i.e., growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)] and the cortisol levels elicited by such an exercise intervention mode with two different exercise intensities. Sixty young male adults were recruited and randomly assigned to a high-intensity (HI) exercise group, moderate-intensity (MI) exercise group, and non-exercise-intervention (NEI) group. Blood samples were taken, and the behavioral and electrophysiological indices were simultaneously measured when individuals performed a Go/No-Go task combined with the Erikson Flanker paradigm at baseline and after either an acute bout of 30 min of moderate- or high-intensity RE or a control period. The results showed that the acute RE could not only benefit the subjects' behavioral (i.e., RTs and accuracy) performance, as found in previous studies, but also increase the P3 amplitude. Although the serum GH and IGF-1 levels were significantly increased via moderate or high intensity RE in both the MI and HI groups, the increased serum levels of neurotrophic factors were significantly decreased about 20 min after exercise. In addition, such changes were not correlated with the changes in cognitive (i.e., behavioral and electrophysiological) performance. In contrast, the serum levels of cortisol in the HI and MI groups were significantly lower after acute RE, and the changes in cortisol levels were significantly associated with the changes in electrophysiological (i.e., P3 amplitude) performance. The findings suggest the beneficial effects of acute RE on executive functioning could be due to changes in arousal, possibly modulated by the serum cortisol levels.

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behaviorcognitioncortisolelectrophysiologicalGHIGF-1resistance exercise

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