Aerobic exercise improves executive functions in females, but not males, without the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism

Highlights Aerobic training improves cognitive health and identifying biological moderators of aerobic training will maximize the precision of exercise as medicine for cognitive health. The common BDNFval66met polymorphism and biological sex interact to moderate the cognitive-enhancing effects of ae...

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Main Authors: Cindy K. Barha, Samantha Y. Starkey, G. Y. Robin Hsiung, Roger Tam, Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00499-7