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  • Neuroscience
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Cognitive Health

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  • Exercise benefits brain function and may prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
  • The hippocampus, vital for learning and memory, is significantly affected by physical activity.
  • Understanding exercise's impact on the brain is crucial for cognitive health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the central and peripheral mechanisms of exercise's beneficial effects on the hippocampus.
  • To focus on running-induced changes in hippocampal neurogenesis, neural circuitry, and plasticity.
  • To highlight the role of systemic factors from peripheral organs in brain health.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing research on exercise and hippocampal function in rodents and humans.
  • Analysis of running-induced changes in neurogenesis, neural circuitry, neurotrophins, synaptic plasticity, neurotransmitters, and vasculature.
  • Examination of systemic factors (myokines, hepatokines, adipokines) released during exercise.

Main Results:

  • Exercise, especially running, positively modulates hippocampal structure and function.
  • Key changes include enhanced adult hippocampal neurogenesis and improved neural circuitry.
  • Peripheral factors released during exercise play a significant role in hippocampal plasticity and memory.

Conclusions:

  • Exercise confers neuroprotective benefits by enhancing hippocampal plasticity through central and peripheral mechanisms.
  • The body-brain axis, involving systemic factors from organs like muscle and liver, is critical for exercise-induced cognitive benefits.
  • Further understanding of this axis is needed to fully elucidate how exercise improves hippocampal function and cognition.