TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise and mental health
AU - Mikkelsen, Kathleen
AU - Stojanovska, Lily
AU - Polenakovic, Momir
AU - Bosevski, Marijan
AU - Apostolopoulos, Vasso
N1 - Funding Information:
VA was supported by the Centre for Chronic Disease and all authors acknowledge the support of the College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Australia . VA was supported by the Victoria University start-up funds .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the positive effects of exercise on mood states such as anxiety, stress and depression, through physiological and biochemical mechanisms, including endorphins, mitochondria, mammalian target of rapamycin, neurotransmitters and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and via the thermogenic hypothesis. In addition, psychological mechanisms influence the effects of exercise on mood states, as suggested by both the distraction hypothesis and the self-efficacy hypothesis. Exercise has also been shown to reduce inflammation via several different processes (inflammation, cytokines, toll-like receptors, adipose tissue and via the vagal tone), which can contribute to better health outcomes in people suffering from mood disorders.
AB - There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the positive effects of exercise on mood states such as anxiety, stress and depression, through physiological and biochemical mechanisms, including endorphins, mitochondria, mammalian target of rapamycin, neurotransmitters and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and via the thermogenic hypothesis. In addition, psychological mechanisms influence the effects of exercise on mood states, as suggested by both the distraction hypothesis and the self-efficacy hypothesis. Exercise has also been shown to reduce inflammation via several different processes (inflammation, cytokines, toll-like receptors, adipose tissue and via the vagal tone), which can contribute to better health outcomes in people suffering from mood disorders.
KW - Exercise
KW - Immune system
KW - Inflammation
KW - Mental health
KW - Mood stress
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U2 - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.09.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29150166
AN - SCOPUS:85029121404
SN - 0378-5122
VL - 106
SP - 48
EP - 56
JO - Maturitas
JF - Maturitas
ER -