Executive function and endocrinological responses to acute resistance exercise

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Tsai, Chia Liang ^a   Wang, Chun Hao ^a   Pan, Chien Yu ^b   Chen, Fu Chen ^c   Huang, Tsang Hai ^a   Chou, Feng Ying ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Cortisol; Electrophysiological; GH; IGF 1; Resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACUTE RESISTANCE EXERCISE; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FACILITATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY READINESS QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84905270884     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00262     Document Type: Article

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