PMID- 22554780 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121026 LR - 20220409 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Print) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 215 DP - 2012 Jul 26 TI - Differential effects of acute and regular physical exercise on cognition and affect. PG - 59-68 LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.056 [doi] AB - The effects of regular exercise versus a single bout of exercise on cognition, anxiety, and mood were systematically examined in healthy, sedentary young adults who were genotyped to determine brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) allelic status (i.e., Val-Val or Val66Met polymorphism). Participants were evaluated on novel object recognition (NOR) memory and a battery of mental health surveys before and after engaging in either (a) a 4-week exercise program, with exercise on the final test day, (b) a 4-week exercise program, without exercise on the final test day, (c) a single bout of exercise on the final test day, or (d) remaining sedentary between test days. Exercise enhanced object recognition memory and produced a beneficial decrease in perceived stress, but only in participants who exercised for 4 weeks including the final day of testing. In contrast, a single bout of exercise did not affect recognition memory and resulted in increased perceived stress levels. An additional novel finding was that the improvements on the NOR task were observed exclusively in participants who were homozygous for the BDNF Val allele, indicating that altered activity-dependent release of BDNF in Met allele carriers may attenuate the cognitive benefits of exercise. Importantly, exercise-induced changes in cognition were not correlated with changes in mood/anxiety, suggesting that separate neural systems mediate these effects. These data in humans mirror recent data from our group in rodents. Taken together, these current findings provide new insights into the behavioral and neural mechanisms that mediate the effects of physical exercise on memory and mental health in humans. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Hopkins, M E AU - Hopkins ME AD - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. FAU - Davis, F C AU - Davis FC FAU - Vantieghem, M R AU - Vantieghem MR FAU - Whalen, P J AU - Whalen PJ FAU - Bucci, D J AU - Bucci DJ LA - eng GR - R01 MH080716/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH082893/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01MH082893/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01MH080716/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120430 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - AE28F7PNPL (Methionine) RN - HG18B9YRS7 (Valine) SB - IM MH - Activities of Daily Living MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Affect/*physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics MH - Cognition/*physiology MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Genetic Testing MH - Humans MH - Methionine/genetics MH - Mood Disorders/diagnosis/genetics MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics MH - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales MH - Recognition, Psychology/physiology MH - Stress, Psychological/genetics/psychology MH - Valine/genetics MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC3374855 MID - NIHMS373827 EDAT- 2012/05/05 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/27 06:00 PMCR- 2013/07/26 CRDT- 2012/05/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/04/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/05/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0306-4522(12)00418-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.056 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2012 Jul 26;215:59-68. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.056. Epub 2012 Apr 30.