Active Brain and Body with Lifetime Physical Exercise for a Healthier Aging

Dear Colleagues,

Analyzing the relationship between the movement of the human body and the brain in the search for optimizing health, quality of life, and performance is extremely important for human beings. Knowing that cognitive and neuromotor capacities have an enormous preponderance for human development, it becomes fundamental to analyze all of their adaptive factors throughout life. The cardiovascular and skeletal muscle systems are intrinsically interconnected, sharing the goal of delivering oxygen to metabolically active tissues. Anomalies in these systems can affect oxygen delivery to tissues during physical activity and/or exercise, as these are events that occur frequently with advancing age. Together, these systems form a complex network that relies on effective communication to coordinate oxygen delivery, extraction, and utilization in muscles. Thus, it becomes central to understand the role of exercise and physical activity in promoting wellness, the understanding of diseases, including mental health and dementia, and ways to manage pacing, fatigue, and motivation.

This being the case, the goal of this Special Issue is to promote knowledge concerning the following:

• Healthy brain aging;
• Oxygen consumption in the prefrontal cortex;
• High performance;
• Fatigue;
• Self-motivation.

We invite our colleagues to submit their works on this Special Issue’s topics. The following formats are welcome: original epidemiology or clinical and experimental research, short reports, reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.

Prof. Dr. Ana De Fátima Pereira
Prof. Dr. Luis Leitão
Guest Editors

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• fatigue
• healthy brain aging
• high performance
• motivation
• oxygen consumption in the prefrontal cortex
• older adults
• strength training