Acute exercise and motor memory consolidation: Does exercise type play a role?

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1523-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Thomas ◽  
M. Flindtgaard ◽  
K. Skriver ◽  
S. S. Geertsen ◽  
L. Christiansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Exercise Type

scholarly journals Acute Exercise as an Intervention to Trigger Motor Performance and EEG Beta Activity in Older Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Hübner ◽  
Ben Godde ◽  
Claudia Voelcker-Rehage
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Motor Control ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Fine Motor Control ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Frontal Brain

Acute bouts of exercise have been shown to improve fine motor control performance and to facilitate motor memory consolidation processes in young adults. Exercise effects might be reflected in EEG task-related power (TRPow) decreases in the beta band (13–30 Hz) as an indicator of active motor processing. This study aimed to investigate those effects in healthy older adults. Thirty-eight participants (65–74 years of age) were assigned to an experimental (EG, acute exercise) or a control group (CG, rest). Fine motor control was assessed using a precision grip force modulation (FM) task. FM performance and EEG were measured at (1) baseline (immediately before acute exercise/rest), (2) during practice sessions immediately after, (3) 30 minutes, and (4) 24 hours (FM only) after exercise/rest. A marginal significant effect indicated that EG revealed more improvement in fine motor performance immediately after exercise than CG after resting. EG showed enhanced consolidation of short-term and long-term motor memory, whereas CG revealed only a tendency for short-term motor memory consolidation. Stronger TRPow decreases were revealed immediately after exercise in the contralateral frontal brain area as compared to the control condition. This finding indicates that acute exercise might enhance cortical activation and thus, improves fine motor control by enabling healthy older adults to better utilize existing frontal brain capacities during fine motor control tasks after exercise. Furthermore, acute exercise can act as a possible intervention to enhance motor memory consolidation in older adults.

scholarly journals Acute Exercise and Motor Memory Consolidation: The Role of Exercise Intensity

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e0159589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Thomas ◽  
Line K. Johnsen ◽  
Svend S. Geertsen ◽  
Lasse Christiansen ◽  
Christian Ritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Intensity ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Motor Memory

scholarly journals Acute Exercise and Motor Memory Consolidation: The Role of Exercise Timing

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Thomas ◽  
Mikkel Malling Beck ◽  
Rune Rasmussen Lind ◽  
Line Korsgaard Johnsen ◽  
Svend Sparre Geertsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Exercise Bout ◽  
Procedural Memory ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Temporal Proximity ◽  
Exercise Timing ◽  
Motor Practice

High intensity aerobic exercise amplifies offline gains in procedural memory acquired during motor practice. This effect seems to be evident when exercise is placed immediately after acquisition, during the first stages of memory consolidation, but the importance of temporal proximity of the exercise bout used to stimulate improvements in procedural memory is unknown. The effects of three different temporal placements of high intensity exercise were investigated following visuomotor skill acquisition on the retention of motor memory in 48 young (24.0 ± 2.5 yrs), healthy male subjects randomly assigned to one of four groups either performing a high intensity (90% Maximal Power Output) exercise bout at 20 min (EX90), 1 h (EX90+1), 2 h (EX90+2) after acquisition or rested (CON). Retention tests were performed at 1 d (R1) and 7 d (R7). At R1 changes in performance scores after acquisition were greater for EX90 than CON (p<0.001) and EX90+2 (p=0.001). At R7 changes in performance scores for EX90, EX90+1, and EX90+2 were higher than CON (p<0.001,p=0.008, andp=0.008, resp.). Changes for EX90 at R7 were greater than EX90+2 (p=0.049). Exercise-induced improvements in procedural memory diminish as the temporal proximity of exercise from acquisition is increased. Timing of exercise following motor practice is important for motor memory consolidation.

scholarly journals Acute Exercise Improves Motor Memory Consolidation in Preadolescent Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Lundbye-Jensen ◽  
Kasper Skriver ◽  
Jens B. Nielsen ◽  
Marc Roig
Keyword(s):  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Preadolescent Children

scholarly journals The Beneficial Effect of Acute Exercise on Motor Memory Consolidation is Modulated by Dopaminergic Gene Profile

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lasse Christiansen ◽  
Richard Thomas ◽  
Mikkel M. Beck ◽  
Jessica Pingel ◽  
Jeppe D. Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Clinical Tool ◽  
Endogenous Dopamine ◽  
Motor Practice ◽  
Dopamine Content ◽  
Exercise Induced

When aerobic exercise is performed following skilled motor practice, it can enhance motor memory consolidation. Previous studies have suggested that dopamine may play a role in motor memory consolidation, but whether it is involved in the exercise effects on consolidation is unknown. Hence, we aimed to investigate the influence of dopaminergic pathways on the exercise-induced modulation of motor memory consolidation. We compared the effect of acute exercise on motor memory consolidation between the genotypes that are known to affect dopaminergic transmission and learning. By combining cluster analyses and fitting linear models with and without included polymorphisms, we provide preliminary evidence that exercise benefits the carriers of alleles that are associated with low synaptic dopamine content. In line with previous reports, our findings implicate dopamine as a modulator of the exercise-induced effects on motor memory consolidation, and suggest exercise as a potential clinical tool to counteract low endogenous dopamine bioavailability. Further experiments are needed to establish causal relations.

scholarly journals Acute Exercise Following Skill Practice Promotes Motor Memory Consolidation in Parkinson’s Disease

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Wanner ◽  
Martin Winterholler ◽  
Heiko Gaßner ◽  
Jürgen Winkler ◽  
Jochen Klucken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Motor Learning ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Dopaminergic System ◽  
Exercise Bout ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Offline Learning

AbstractAcute cardiovascular exercise has shown to promote neuroplastic processes, and thus to improve the consolidation of newly acquired motor skills in healthy adults. First results suggest that this concept may be transferred to populations with motor and cognitive dysfunctions. In this context, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is highly relevant since patients demonstrate deficits in motor learning. Hence, in the present study we sought to explore the effect of a single post-practice exercise bout on motor memory consolidation in PD patients.For this purpose, 17 PD patients (Hoehn and Yahr: 1 – 2.5, age: 60.1 ± 7.9 y) practiced a whole-body task followed by either (i) a moderate-intense bout of cycling, or (ii) seated rest for a total of 30 minutes. The motor task required the participants to balance on a tiltable platform (stabilometer) for 30 seconds. During skill practice, patients performed 15 trials followed by a retention test 1 day and 7 days later. We calculated time in balance (platform within ± 5° from horizontal) for each trial and within- and between-group differences in memory consolidation (i.e. offline learning = skill change from last acquisition block to retention tests) were analyzed.Groups revealed similar improvements during skill practice (F4,60 = .316, p = .866), but showed differences in offline learning, which was only evident after 7 days (F1,14 = 5.602, p = .033).Our results suggest that a single post-practice exercise bout is effective in enhancing long-term motor memory consolidation in a population with motor learning impairments. This may point at unique promoting effects of exercise on dopamine neurotransmission involved in memory formation. Future studies should investigate the potential role of exercise-induced effects on the dopaminergic system.HighlightsAcute exercise enhanced motor memory consolidation in PDEffects were evident only at 7-day retentionResults may indicate unique exercise-effects on the dopaminergic systemFindings show promising potential of exercise for motor rehabilitation

scholarly journals Acute exercise following skill practice promotes motor memory consolidation in parkinson’s disease

2020 ◽  
pp. 107366
Author(s):  
Philipp Wanner ◽  
Martin Winterholler ◽  
Heiko Gaßner ◽  
Jürgen Winkler ◽  
Jochen Klucken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Motor Memory

scholarly journals Medial Prefrontal-Hippocampal Connectivity and Motor Memory Consolidation in Depression and Schizophrenia

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Genzel ◽  
Martin Dresler ◽  
Marion Cornu ◽  
Eugen Jäger ◽  
Boris Konrad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Motor Memory

Contribution of the Premotor Cortex to Consolidation of Motor Sequence Learning in Humans During Sleep

2010 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 2603-2614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Nitsche ◽  
Michaela Jakoubkova ◽  
Nivethida Thirugnanasambandam ◽  
Leonie Schmalfuss ◽  
Sandra Hullemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Rem Sleep ◽  
Sequence Learning ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Primary Motor Cortex ◽  
Premotor Cortex ◽  
Reaction Time Task ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Motor Sequence

Motor learning and memory consolidation require the contribution of different cortices. For motor sequence learning, the primary motor cortex is involved primarily in its acquisition. Premotor areas might be important for consolidation. In accordance, modulation of cortical excitability via transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS) during learning affects performance when applied to the primary motor cortex, but not premotor cortex. We aimed to explore whether premotor tDCS influences task performance during motor memory consolidation. The impact of excitability-enhancing, -diminishing, or placebo premotor tDCS during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep on recall in the serial reaction time task (SRTT) was explored in healthy humans. The motor task was learned in the evening. Recall was performed immediately after tDCS or the following morning. In two separate control experiments, excitability-enhancing premotor tDCS was performed 4 h after task learning during daytime or immediately before conduction of a simple reaction time task. Excitability-enhancing tDCS performed during REM sleep increased recall of the learned movement sequences, when tested immediately after stimulation. REM density was enhanced by excitability-increasing tDCS and reduced by inhibitory tDCS, but did not correlate with task performance. In the control experiments, tDCS did not improve performance. We conclude that the premotor cortex is involved in motor memory consolidation during REM sleep.

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