title: Exercising Control Over Memory Consolidation.
abstract: Exercise can improve human cognition. A mechanistic connection between exercise and cognition has been revealed in several recent studies. Exercise increases cortical excitability and this in turn leads to enhanced memory consolidation. Together these studies dovetail with our growing understanding of memory consolidation and how it is regulated through changes in motor cortical excitability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: edwin.robertson@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Edwin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takacs
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D000069077:Memory Consolidation; D009048:Motor Skills
keywords: consolidation; cortical excitability; exercise; motor skill; offline processing