Gunma University, Teikyo University, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and the University of Tokyo have discovered that the motor circuit in the brain of a professional boxer is structurally enhanced before the game.It is considered to be proof that it has been said that weight loss before the game improves the sharpness of the body.
The research team took images of 21 active professional boxers with MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain one month before the game, just before the game, and one month after the game, and observed the changes.
According to it, among the motor circuits responsible for learning and mastering movement in the brain, the structural connection from the striatal putamen to the first motor cortex was significantly strengthened from one month before the game to just before the game. It turned out that there was.After the match, the structural connections were shrinking.
Athletes have empirically said that weight loss training before the game not only removes excess body fat but also improves body sharpness, but the research team has scientifically proved that. I think it came out.
It is known that the human brain changes its function and structure by learning and environment.In recent years, it has become possible to capture the changes by imaging them with MRI, and the results of this research have clarified the effects of pre-match weight loss training on the brain.
Paper information:[Scientific Reports] Enhanced structural connectivity within the motor loop in professional boxers prior to a match
