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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2020

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

Shanshan Li, Qianjin Wu, Cheng Tang, Zichao Chen, Li Liu

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05529368 (Effect of Conventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise in College Students With Internet Addiction), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT05529368 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Conventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise in College Students With Internet Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorXueqing ZhangRan2022 to 2022Enrolled93ConditionsInternet Addiction, Exercise, Tai Chi, Randomized Clinical TrialArmsConventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise interventions
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Shanshan LiInstitute of Sport Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Qianjin WuInstitute of Sport Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Cheng TangInstitute of Sport Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zichao ChenInstitute of Sport Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Li LiuInstitute of Sport Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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 exercise-based interventions can be effective in this regard. The available evidence suggests that exercise can increase the levels of neurotrophic factors, cortisol, and neurotransmitters; improve the morphology of specific parts of the central nervous system, such as by stimulating hippocampal neurogenesis; protect the autonomic nervous system; and control the reward urge. In other words, exercise appears to mitigate internet addiction by regulating the neurobiology of the central and autonomic nervous systems. In this way, exercise-based interventions can be recommended for reducing internet addiction.

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exercise-based interventionsinternet addictionneurobiologyneuropsychologyreview

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PMID32670157
PMCPMC7330165

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