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Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability

Acute physical exercise works as an activator of the responses of the human organism to stress. This is based on the activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, affecting physical, physiological and psychological levels. This study aimed to analyse the effects of a single bout of hi...

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Autores principales: Bermejo, José-Luis, Valldecabres, Raúl, Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel, Monfort-Torres, Gonzalo, Marco-Ahulló, Adrià, Ribeiro Do Couto, Bruno
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8957269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345590
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13000
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author Bermejo, José-Luis
Valldecabres, Raúl
Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel
Monfort-Torres, Gonzalo
Marco-Ahulló, Adrià
Ribeiro Do Couto, Bruno
author_facet Bermejo, José-Luis
Valldecabres, Raúl
Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel
Monfort-Torres, Gonzalo
Marco-Ahulló, Adrià
Ribeiro Do Couto, Bruno
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description Acute physical exercise works as an activator of the responses of the human organism to stress. This is based on the activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, affecting physical, physiological and psychological levels. This study aimed to analyse the effects of a single bout of high-intensity resistance exercise on cognitive-behavioural responses: visuo-spatial path learning and memory, as well as physiological responses (salivary cortisol levels). Nineteen healthy male military-trained powerlifting subjects were tested in a within-subject design on two experimental days with an interval of 48 h. The stress and cognitive variables were measured by cortisol levels and Ruff–Light trail-learning test (RULIT) test scores, respectively. The results showed the immediate influence of acute exercise on cortisol, with significantly higher cortisol levels found in subjects after completion of the acute resistance exercise. In addition, this study found a significant deterioration of memory and learning ability after a dose of intense resistance exercise. In conclusion, the study highlights the relative effects of resistance exercise on cortisol and cognitive performance depending on the intensity and type of the exercise, the moment of measurement and the cerebral areas implicated.
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spelling pubmed-89572692022-03-27 Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability Bermejo, José-Luis Valldecabres, Raúl Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel Monfort-Torres, Gonzalo Marco-Ahulló, Adrià Ribeiro Do Couto, Bruno PeerJ Kinesiology Acute physical exercise works as an activator of the responses of the human organism to stress. This is based on the activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, affecting physical, physiological and psychological levels. This study aimed to analyse the effects of a single bout of high-intensity resistance exercise on cognitive-behavioural responses: visuo-spatial path learning and memory, as well as physiological responses (salivary cortisol levels). Nineteen healthy male military-trained powerlifting subjects were tested in a within-subject design on two experimental days with an interval of 48 h. The stress and cognitive variables were measured by cortisol levels and Ruff–Light trail-learning test (RULIT) test scores, respectively. The results showed the immediate influence of acute exercise on cortisol, with significantly higher cortisol levels found in subjects after completion of the acute resistance exercise. In addition, this study found a significant deterioration of memory and learning ability after a dose of intense resistance exercise. In conclusion, the study highlights the relative effects of resistance exercise on cortisol and cognitive performance depending on the intensity and type of the exercise, the moment of measurement and the cerebral areas implicated. PeerJ Inc. 2022-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8957269/ /pubmed/35345590 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13000 Text en © 2022 Bermejo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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Bermejo, José-Luis
Valldecabres, Raúl
Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel
Monfort-Torres, Gonzalo
Marco-Ahulló, Adrià
Ribeiro Do Couto, Bruno
Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
title Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
title_full Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
title_fullStr Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
title_full_unstemmed Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
title_short Increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
title_sort increased cortisol levels caused by acute resistance physical exercise impair memory and learning ability
topic Kinesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8957269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345590
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13000
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