Resistance, but not endurance exercise training, induces changes in cerebrovascular function in healthy young subjects
Hannah J. Thomas, Channa E. Marsh, Louise H. Naylor, Philip N. Ainslie, Kurt J. Smith, Howard H. Carter, Daniel J. Green
Abstract
Three months of endurance exercise did not elicit adaptation in any domain of cerebrovascular function in young healthy inactive volunteers. However, resistance training induced decreased pulsatility in the extracranial arteries and increased indices of cerebrovascular resistance in cerebral arteries. This increase in cerebrovascular resistance, apparent at baseline and in response to both hypercapnia and acute exercise, may reflect a protective response in the face of changes in arterial pressure during resistance exercise.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCerebral autoregulationCardiologyMiddle cerebral arteryInternal medicineCerebral arteriesHypercapniaArterial stiffnessTranscranial DopplerCerebral blood flowVascular resistanceBlood pressureHemodynamicsEndurance trainingAutoregulationIschemiaAcidosisCardiovascular Health and Disease PreventionTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases