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  • Exercise Physiology
  • Brain Plasticity

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  • Long-term physical training is known to induce brain plasticity.
  • The specific neural adaptations across different training stages are underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the stage-dependent effects of endurance running on brain structure and resting-state function.
  • To compare neural adaptations in high-level runners, moderate-level runners, and sedentary controls over two years.

Main Methods:

  • Two-year longitudinal study with 30 healthy college students.
  • MRI scans (T1-weighted structural imaging, resting-state fMRI) at baseline and follow-up.
  • Participants categorized into high-level runners, moderate-level runners, and sedentary controls.

Main Results:

  • High-level runners: increased degree centrality (DC) in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC).
  • Moderate-level runners: increased gray matter volume (GMV) in prefrontal cortex, insula, putamen, temporo-parieto-occipital junction; decreased GMV in cerebellum. Also, altered DC and fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) in various regions.
  • Sedentary controls: no significant changes.

Conclusions:

  • Long-term endurance training induces distinct patterns of brain plasticity at different training stages.
  • More prominent and widespread brain changes occur during earlier phases of training.
  • Observed brain changes involve regions critical for executive control, sensorimotor integration, and motor coordination.