摘要
Theeffectsofexerciseondecision-makingperformancehavebeenstudiedusingawidevarietyofcognitivetasksandexerciseinterventions.Althoughthecurrentliteraturesupportsabeneficialinfluenceofacuteexerciseoncognitiveperformance,themechanismsunderlyingthisphenomenonhavenotyetbeenelucidated.Wereviewstudiesthatusedsingle-pulsetranscranialmagneticstimulation(TMS)toprobetheexcitabilityofmotorstructuresduringwhole-bodyexerciseandpresentaframeworktoaccountforthefacilitatingeffectsofacuteexerciseonmotorprocesses.Recentresultssuggestthat,evenintheabsenceoffatigue,theincreaseincorticospinalexcitabilityclassicallyreportedduringsubmaximalandexhaustingexercisesmaybeaccompaniedbyareductioninintracorticalinhibition.Weproposethatreducedintracorticalinhibitionelicitsanadaptivecentralmechanismthatcounteractstheprogressivereductioninmuscleresponsivenesscausedbyperipheralfatigue.Suchareductionwouldrenderthemotorcortexmoresensitivetoupstreaminfluences,thuscausingincreasedcorticospinalexcitability.Furthermore,reductionofintracorticalinhibitionmayaccountforthemoreefficientdescendingdriveandfortheimprovementofreactiontimeperformanceduringexercise.Theadaptivemodulationinintracorticalinhibitioncouldbeimplementedthroughageneralincreaseinreticularactivationthatwouldfurtheraccountforenhancedsensorysensitivity.
出版日期
2015年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
