About this Research Topic
Since the global pandemic of started, 4 in 10 people in the US report suffering some form of anxiety. The goal of this Research Topic is to explore remedies for this mental health crisis by delving into our current understanding of the contributions of physical activity to enhance mental health across age groups, species and clinical conditions as well as the mechanisms that underlie that mental-health boosting effect. Specifically, we are interested in understanding the effects of physical activity on mental health as well as their mechanism of action.
We welcome preclinical as well as clinical research articles in two broad areas.
Area 1: Studies examining the effects of physical activity on the range of mental health states described below:
• Positive affect
• Negative affect
• Fear
• Threat
• Stress
• Fear/threat conditioning
• Chronic mood disorders in general, including anxiety, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder
Area 2: Studies exploring the physiological, cellular, molecular or genetic mechanisms of these physical activity-based, mental health boosting effects.
Keywords: Physical Activity, PA, depression, mood disorders, anxiety
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