Fig. 2

Effects of resistance exercise on body weight and cognitive performance. a Body weight of mice. (paired Student’s t test, n = 7 for SED group and 8 for RE group, respectively; compared to baseline). b Performance in the NOR test as assessed by the discrimination index. (unpaired Student’s t test, n = 14 for SED group and 16 for RE group, respectively). c, d Y-maze training and test were performed before and at the end resistance exercise training respectively. Cognitive performance was assessed by the number of error and escape latency. (unpaired Student’s t test, n = 14 for SED group and 16 for RE group, respectively). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, data present as mean ± SEM. SED sedentary, RE resistance exercise