Functional Neuroimaging in Exercise and Sport Sciences

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Boecker, Henning (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hillman, Charles H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scheef, Lukas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Strüder, Heiko K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Radiology.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Imaging / Radiology.

Regular physical exercise is associated with substantial health benefits. Recent evidence not only holds for cardiovascular effects promoting "physical health", but also for the central nervous system believed to promote "brain health”. Moderate physical exercise has been found to imp...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface: Scope of the book
• Exercise and the Brain: Neurogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity, Spine Density and Angiogenesis
• Molecular Mechanisms for the Ability of Exercise Supporting Cognitive Abilities and Counteracting Neurological Disorders
• Opioids and Exercise: Animal Models
• The Monoaminergic System in Animal Models of Exercise
• Methods for measurement of physical fitness and training recommendations in studies on humans
• Psychological Assessments in Physical Exercise
• Assessing Somato-Sensory Profiles and Autonomic Nervous System Responses in Physical Exercise Studies
• Humoral factors in humans participating in different types of exercise and training
• EEG: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects
• EEG: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects
• The theoretical background of MR-Imaging
• Functional and Structural MRI:  Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects
• PET:  Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects
• NIRS for measuring cerebral hemodynamic responses during exercise
• PET Studies of Brain Metabolism in Exercise Research
• Physical exercise and the resting brain
• Structural Plasticity Induced by Physical Exercise
• The Relation of ERP Indices of Exercise to Brain Health and Cognition
• Relationship Between Exercise and Cognitive Processing Studied by MRI in Elderly People
• Cross-sectional Studies on the Influence of Exercise on Brain Structure, Functional Activation, and Cognition in Health and Disease
• The effects of exercise on brain cortical function and its implication on mental health and mood
• Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Mood and Human Opioidergic Activation Measured by Positron Emission Tomography.