Different circulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor responses to acute exercise between physically active and sedentary subjects.

Abstract

In maximal exercise test, the pattern of change in the serum BDNF concentration was different between the groups.While the serum BDNF level for the sedentary group returned to the baseline level during the recovery phase, the BDNF levels for the active group decreased below the baseline level after the maximal exercise test.No group differences were observed in the pattern of serum BDNF change for moderate or low exercise tests.No group differences were observed in the pattern of plasma BDNF change for all exercise tests.