Cerebral blood flow and executive function changes in response to active and passive aerobic exercise
Alma Rahimidarabad, Azar Ayaz, Gianna Jeyarajan, Lian Buwadi, Matthew Heath · FENS Forum 2024
A single bout of 'active' aerobic exercise increases cerebral blood flow (CBF), and this change has been linked to improved executive function (EF). Interestingly, passive exercise, wherein an individual’s limbs are moved via an external force, similarly increases CBF and provides a postexercise EF benefit. The CBF change during passive exercise is attributed to mechanoreceptive feedback to the primary somatosensory cortex that increases cardiac output and stroke volume. This research examined whether the frequency of afferent stimulation during passive exercise impacts the magnitude of a CBF
ePoster · Neuroscience