Part 1. Theoretical Background, Animal Models, and Basic Sciences
Exercise and the Brain: Neurogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity, Spine Density, and Angiogenesis / Zejun Wang and Henriette van Praag
Molecular Mechanisms for the Ability of Exercise Supporting Cognitive Abilities and Counteracting Neurological Disorders / Fernando Gómez-Pinilla and Cameron Feng
Opioids and Exercise: Animal Models / Rod K. Dishman and Philip V. Holmes
The Monoaminergic System in Animal Models of Exercise / Romain Meeusen and Vinciane Fontenelle
Part 2. Methods for Human Neuroimaging in Exercise and Sport Sciences: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects
Methods for Measurement of Physical Fitness and Training Recommendations in Studies on Humans / Wildor Hollmann, Helge Knigge, Axel Knicker and Heiko K. Strüder
Psychological Assessments in Physical Exercise / Marcel Daamen and Markus Raab
Assessing Somatosensory Profiles and Autonomic Nervous System Responses in Physical Exercise Studies / Michael Valet, Till Sprenger, Lukas Scheef and Henning Boecker
Humoral Factors in Humans Participating in Different Types of Exercise and Training / Sandra Rojas Vega, Wildor Hollmann and Heiko K. Strüder
EEG: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects / Stefan Schneider and Heiko K. Strüder
NIRS: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects / Matthias Kohl-Bareis
Theoretical Background of MR Imaging / Lukas Scheef and Frank Träber
Functional and Structural MRI: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects / Lukas Scheef and Henning Boecker
PET: Theoretical Background and Practical Aspects / Isabelle Miederer and Henning Boecker
Part 3. Effects of Exercise on Brain Perfusion, Metabolism, and Structure
NIRS for Measuring Cerebral Hemodynamic Responses During Exercise / Stéphane Perrey
PET Studies of Brain Metabolism in Exercise Research / Manabu Tashiro, Toshihiko Fujimoto, Mohammad Mehedi Masud, Sabina Khondkar and Shoichi Watanuki, et al.
Physical Exercise and the Resting Brain / Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Paul J. Laurienti and Jonathan H. Burdette
Structural Plasticity Induced by Physical Exercise / Destiny L. Miller, Andrea M. Weinstein and Kirk I. Erickson
Part 4. Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Processing
The Relation of ERP Indices of Exercise to Brain Health and Cognition / Charles H. Hillman, Keita Kamijo and Matthew B. Pontifex
Relationship Between Exercise and Cognitive Processing Studied by MRI in Elderly People / Kirk I. Erickson, Sarah E. Banducci and Stephanie L. Akl
Cross-sectional Studies on the Influence of Exercise on Brain Structure, Functional Activation, and Cognition in Health and Disease / Agnes Flöel and Stefan Knecht
Part 5. Effects of Exercise on Affective Processing
The Effects of Exercise on Brain Cortical Function and Its Implication on Mental Health and Mood / Stefan Schneider and Heiko K. Strüder
Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Mood and Human Opioidergic Activation Measured by Positron Emission Tomography / Henning Boecker, Thomas R. Tölle, Michael Valet and Till Sprenger.