@article{ref1,
title="Changes in cerebral oxyhaemoglobin levels during and after a single 20-minute bout of moderate-intensity cycling",
journal="Advances in experimental medicine and biology",
year="2018",
author="Tsubaki, Atsuhiro and Morishita, Shinichiro and Tokunaga, Yuta and Sato, Daisuke and Tamaki, Hiroyuki and Yamazaki, Yudai and Qin, Weixiang and Onishi, Hideaki",
volume="1072",
number="",
pages="127-131",
abstract="Aerobic exercise produces changes in cerebral oxyhaemoglobin (O<sub>2</sub>Hb) concentration; however, the effects of exercise on O<sub>2</sub>Hb during the post-exercise period remain to be established. The aim of the present study was to evaluate O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels during and after a 20-min bout of moderate-intensity cycling exercise. After a 3-min rest period, 12 healthy volunteers (9 women, 3 men) cycled for 20 min at an intensity corresponding to 50% of their VO<sub>2</sub>max, after which they were monitored during a 15-min post-exercise rest period. O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels in the right (R-PFC) and left prefrontal cortices (L-PFC), right (R-PMA) and left premotor areas (L-PMA), supplementary motor area (SMA), and primary motor cortex (M1) were measured using near-infrared spectroscopy. A one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to compare mean pre-exercise O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels with O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels during the last 5 min of exercise and the last 5 min of the post-exercise rest period. O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels increased significantly (p < 0.01) between the pre-exercise rest period and the last 5 min of the exercise session for each region of interest (range: 0.040-0.085 mM·cm). O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels did not return to pre-exercise values during the 15-min post-exercise rest period. O<sub>2</sub>Hb levels during the last 5 min of the post-exercise rest period were significantly higher than pre-exercise values in the L-PFC, L-PMA, SMA, and M1 (p < 0.01). Our results indicate that cortical oxygenation persists for at least 15 min following a 20-min bout of moderate-intensity cycling, and that aerobic exercise may facilitate neuroplasticity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0065-2598",
doi="10.1007/978-3-319-91287-5_20",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91287-5_20"
}