A transferable high-intensity intermittent exercise improves executive performance in association with dorsolateral prefrontal activation in young adults

NeuroImage

Volumn 169, Issue , 2018, Pages 117-125

  Kujach, Sylwester ^a,c   Byun, Kyeongho ^b   Hyodo, Kazuki ^a   Suwabe, Kazuya ^b   Fukuie, Takemune ^a   Laskowski, Radoslaw ^a,b,c   Dan, Ippeita ^d   Soya, Hideaki ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT   (Poland)

^d CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Executive function; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; High intensity intermittent exercise; Prefrontal cortex; Stroop interference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CYCLING; DECISION MAKING; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WARM UP; YOUNG ADULT; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIGH-INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037995292     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.003     Document Type: Article

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