Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise
This study had the following two aims: First, 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 adul...
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| author | Chia-Liang eTsai Chun-Hao eWang Chien-Yu ePan Fu-Chen eChen Tsang-Hai eHuang Feng-Ying eChou Feng-Ying eChou |
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| description | This study had the following two aims: First, 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 minutes 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 minutes 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 d |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1e5e19fb48547f79c61d69bdf3c57652022-12-21T17:48:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532014-08-01810.3389/fnbeh.2014.0026291788Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exerciseChia-Liang eTsai0Chun-Hao eWang1Chien-Yu ePan2Fu-Chen eChen3Tsang-Hai eHuang4Feng-Ying eChou5Feng-Ying eChou6National Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung UniversityNational Kaohsiung Normal UniversityNational Pingtung University of Science and TechnologyNational Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung UniversityChi Mei Medical CenterThis study had the following two aims: First, 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 minutes 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 minutes 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 dhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00262/fullBehaviorCognitioncortisolelectrophysiological recordingsGHIGF-1 |
| spellingShingle | Chia-Liang eTsai Chun-Hao eWang Chien-Yu ePan Fu-Chen eChen Tsang-Hai eHuang Feng-Ying eChou Feng-Ying eChou Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience Behavior Cognition cortisol electrophysiological recordings GH IGF-1 |
| title | Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise |
| title_full | Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise |
| title_fullStr | Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise |
| title_full_unstemmed | Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise |
| title_short | Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise |
| title_sort | executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise |
| topic | Behavior Cognition cortisol electrophysiological recordings GH IGF-1 |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00262/full |
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