Effects of aerobic fitness training on human cortical function: a proposal.
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.
Kramer
Arthur F
AF
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA. akramer@uiuc.edu
Colcombe
Stanley
S
Erickson
Kirk
K
Belopolsky
Artem
A
McAuley
Edward
E
Cohen
Neal J
NJ
Webb
Andrew
A
Jerome
Gerald J
GJ
Marquez
David X
DX
Wszalek
Tracey M
TM
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