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| Title |
Physical exercise in overweight to obese individuals induces metabolic- and neurotrophic-related structural brain plasticity
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00372 |
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| Authors |
Karsten Mueller, Harald E. Möller, Annette Horstmann, Franziska Busse, Jöran Lepsien, Matthias Blüher, Michael Stumvoll, Arno Villringer, Burkhard Pleger |
| Abstract |
Previous cross-sectional studies on body-weight-related alterations in brain structure revealed profound changes in the gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) that resemble findings obtained from individuals with advancing age. This suggests that obesity may lead to structural brain changes that are comparable with brain aging. Here, we asked whether weight-loss-dependent improved metabolic and neurotrophic functioning parallels the reversal of obesity-related alterations in brain structure. To this end we applied magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) together with voxel-based morphometry and diffusion-tensor imaging in overweight to obese individuals who participated in a fitness course with intensive physical training twice a week over a period of 3 months. After the fitness course, participants presented, with inter-individual heterogeneity, a reduced body mass index (BMI), reduced serum leptin concentrations, elevated high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), and alterations of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) concentrations suggesting changes of metabolic and neurotrophic function. Exercise-dependent changes in BMI and serum concentration of BDNF, leptin, and HDL-C were related to an increase in GM density in the left hippocampus, the insular cortex, and the left cerebellar lobule. We also observed exercise-dependent changes of diffusivity parameters in surrounding WM structures as well as in the corpus callosum. These findings suggest that weight-loss due to physical exercise in overweight to obese participants induces profound structural brain plasticity, not primarily of sensorimotor brain regions involved in physical exercise, but of regions previously reported to be structurally affected by an increased body weight and functionally implemented in gustation and cognitive processing. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 9 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Croatia | 1 | 2% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| Comoros | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 26 | 59% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 29 | 66% |
| Scientists | 12 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 140 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 8% |
| Researcher | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 16% |
| Unknown | 36 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 16% |
| Psychology | 22 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 15 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 48 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 February 2017.
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