ReviewNeural plasticity2022
Aerobic Exercise and Human Visual Cortex Neuroplasticity: A Narrative Review.
Review in Neural plasticity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Interleaved periods of exercise do not enhance visual perceptual learning.Journal of vision · 2025Trial
- Environmental enrichment as a mitochondria-targeting systems strategy across neurodegenerative diseases and retinal dystrophies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Environmental Enrichment Enhances Visual Function in Adult Amblyopia: Association With miR-132/HDAC3 Regulation.Neural plasticity · 2026Article
- An anti-Hebbian model for binocular visual plasticity and its attentional modulation.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Aerobic exercise, an effective intervention for cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- The impact of physical exercise with additional visual tasks on self-esteem in children: the mediating role of visual acuity.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exercise Influences the Brain's Metabolic Response to Chronic Cocaine Exposure in Male Rats.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation over multiple brain areas with non-zero phase delays other than 180 degrees modulates visuospatial working memory performance.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Leveraging neural plasticity for the treatment of amblyopia.Survey of ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
There is compelling evidence from animal models that physical exercise can enhance visual cortex neuroplasticity. In this narrative review, we explored whether exercise has the same effect in humans. We found that while some studies report evidence consistent with exercise-induced enhancement of human visual cortex neuroplasticity, others report no effect or even reduced neuroplasticity following exercise. Differences in study methodology may partially explain these varying results. Because the prospect of exercise increasing human visual cortex neuroplasticity has important implications for vision rehabilitation, additional research is required to resolve this discrepancy in the literature.
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