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Synergistic Benefits of Combined Aerobic and Cognitive Training on Fluid Intelligence and the Role of IGF-1 in Chronic Stroke.

Michelle PloughmanGail A EskesLiam P KellyMegan C KirklandAugustine J DevasahayamElizabeth M WallackBeraki AbrahaS M Mahmudul HasanMatthew B DownerLaura KeelerGraham WilsonElaine SkeneIshika SharmaArthur R ChavesMarie E CurtisEmily BedfordGeorge S RobertsonCraig S MooreJason McCarthyMarilyn Mackay-Lyons
Published in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (2019)
Aerobic exercise combined with cognitive training improved fluid intelligence by almost 50% in patients >6 months poststroke. Participants with more robust improvements in cognition were able to upregulate higher levels of serum IGF-1 suggesting that this neurotrophin may be involved in behaviorally induced plasticity.
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