Time-Dependent Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Memory

Marc Roig; Richard Thomas; Cameron S Mang; Nicholas J Snow; Fatemeh Ostadan; Lara A Boyd; Jesper Lundbye-Jensen

doi:10.1249/JES.0000000000000078

Time-Dependent Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Memory

Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2016 Apr;44(2):81-8. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000078.

Authors

Marc Roig¹, Richard Thomas, Cameron S Mang, Nicholas J Snow, Fatemeh Ostadan, Lara A Boyd, Jesper Lundbye-Jensen

Affiliation

¹ 1School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal; 2Memory and Motor Rehabilitation Laboratory (MEMORY-LAB), Feil and Oberfeld Research Centre, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Montreal Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Laval, Quebec, Canada; 3Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 4Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia; 5Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and 6Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 26872291
DOI: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000078

Abstract

We present new evidence supporting the hypothesis that the effects of cardiovascular exercise on memory can be regulated in a time-dependent manner. When the exercise stimulus is coupled temporally with specific phases of the memory formation process, a single bout of cardiovascular exercise may be sufficient to improve memory.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Brain / physiology
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena*
Exercise / psychology*
Humans
Memory / physiology*
Time Factors