Acute high-intensity exercise-induced cognitive enhancement and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in young, healthy adults.
Abstract
Acute exercise can positively impact cognition. The present study examined the effect of acute high-intensity aerobic exercise on prefrontal-dependent cognitive performance and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Fifty-eight young adults were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups: (a) an acute bout of high-intensity exercise (n=29) or (b) a non-exercise control (n=29). Participants in the exercise group improved performance on inhibitory control in Stroop interference and on cognitive flexibility in Trail Making Test (TMT) Part-B compared with participants in the control group and increased BDNF immediately after exercise. There was a significant relationship between BDNF and TMT Part-B on the pre-post change following exercise. These findings provide support for the association between improved prefrontal-dependent cognitive performance and increased BDNF in response to acute exercise. We conclude that the changes in BDNF concentration may be partially responsible for prefrontal-dependent cognitive functioning following an acute bout of exercise.
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Serum levels of BDNF are directly linked to cognitive performance after an acute bout of high-intensity endurance exercises.
“serum levels of BDNF have been shown to be directly linked to cognitive performance after an acute bout of high-intensity endurance exercises (Hwang et al., 2016)”
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- Authors
- Hwang, J., Brothers, R. M., Castelli, D. M., Glowacki, E. M., Chen, Y. T., Salinas, M. M., Kim, J., Jung, Y., & Calvert, H. G.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Castelli, Darla M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Neuroscience Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 630
- Pages
- 247-253
- ISSN
- 0304-3940 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2500057151
- Cited by
- 126
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 10.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuroscience Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- aerobic exercise, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, cognitive enhancement, prefrontal cortex, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, Stroop interference, Trail Making Test Part B, young adults
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Trail Making Test, Exercise, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Young Adult, Executive Function, Stroop Test
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