title: Effects of aerobic fitness training on human cortical function: a proposal.
abstract: We briefly review the extant human and animal literature on the influence of fitness training on brain, cognition and performance. The animal research provides clear support for neurochemical and structural changes in brain with fitness training. The human literature suggests reliable but process specific changes in cognition with fitness training for young and old adults. We describe a research program which examines the influence of aerobic fitness training on the functional activity of the human using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging, of humans in fitness interventions.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA. akramer@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Arthur F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colcombe
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Artem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belopolsky
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McAuley
authors.forename: Neal J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Gerald J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Jerome
authors.forename: David X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Marquez
authors.forename: Tracey M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wszalek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010809:Physical Fitness