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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm9041136
Keywords
physical exercise; BDNF; lactate; neuroplasticity
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- EU Joint Program-Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) project CIRCPROT - BMBF [643417]
- EU Joint Program-Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) project CIRCPROT - EU Horizon 2020 [643417]
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Accumulating evidence from animal and human studies supports the notion that physical exercise can enhance neuroplasticity and thus reduce the risk of several neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., dementia). However, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of exercise induced neuroplasticity are still largely unknown. One potential mediator of exercise effects is the neurotrophin BDNF, which enhances neuroplasticity via different pathways (e.g., synaptogenesis, neurogenesis, long-term potentiation). Current research has shown that (i) increased peripheral lactate levels (following high intensity exercise) are associated with increased peripheral BDNF levels, (ii) lactate infusion at rest can increase peripheral and central BDNF levels and (iii) lactate plays a very complex role in the brain's metabolism. In this review, we summarize the role and relationship of lactate and BDNF in exercise induced neuroplasticity.
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