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Int J Sports Med 2021; 42(04): 377-385
DOI: 10.1055/a-1198-8465
Behavioural Sciences

Hemodynamic Changes in Response to Aerobic Exercise: Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

Hee Jin Kim 
1   Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
,
Sujin Bae
1   Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
,
Jung Hun Huh
2   Department of Human Motor Behavior, Chung-Ang University, An-seong, Korea (the Republic of)
,
Jea Woog Lee
3   Department of Information & Technology in Sport, Chung-Ang University, An-seong, Korea (the Republic of)
,
Doug Hyun Han
1   Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
› Author Affiliations Funding: This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018S1A5B6070270)
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Abstract

This study aimed to determine the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the effects of aerobic exercise, which influence brain O2 consumption, on cognitive enhancement. Sixteen healthy men were asked to complete a 2-back test at rest and after moderate and high-intensity aerobic exercise. During the 2-back test, hemodynamic changes within the prefrontal cortex were assessed using high-density functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Scores of the 2-back test, regardless of the exercise intensity, were positively correlated with the hemodynamic changes within the right and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). During an 2-back test, there were differences in the hemodynamic changes within the DLPFC with moderate and high-intensity exercise conditions. In the 2-back condition, the accumulated oxyhemoglobin within the right DLPFC after moderate intensity exercise was 7.9% lower than that at baseline, while the accumulated oxyhemoglobin within the left DLPFC was 14.6% higher than that at baseline after high-intensity exercise. In response to the 2-back test, the accumulated oxygenated hemoglobin within the left DLPFC after high-intensity exercise increased more significantly than that observed after moderate intensity exercise. These results show that the right DLPFC consumes O2 more efficiently in response to moderate intensity aerobic exercise than in response to high-intensity aerobic exercise.

Key words

aerobic exercise - near-infrared spectroscopy - oxygenated hemoglobin - dorsolateral prefrontal cortex


Publication History

Received: 09 January 2020

Accepted: 03 June 2020

Article published online:
19 October 2020

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