Reply to Gronwald et al.: Exercise intensity does indeed matter; maximal oxygen uptake is the gold-standard indicator

Kazuya Suwabe^{1

2}, Kyeongho Byun², Kazuki Hyodo¹, Zachariah M Reagh^{3

4}, Jared M Roberts^{3

4}, Akira Matsushita^{5

6}, Kousaku Saotome⁵, Genta Ochi¹, Takemune Fukuie¹, Kenji Suzuki⁵, Yoshiyuki Sankai⁵, Michael A Yassa^{7

3

4}, Hideaki Soya^{8

2}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan.
² Sports Neuroscience Division, Advanced Research Initiative for Human High Performance (ARIHHP), Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697.
⁴ Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697.
⁵ Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, 300-0394 Ibaraki, Japan.
⁷ Sports Neuroscience Division, Advanced Research Initiative for Human High Performance (ARIHHP), Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan; myassa@uci.edu soya.hideaki.gt@u.tsukuba.ac.jp.
⁸ Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan; myassa@uci.edu soya.hideaki.gt@u.tsukuba.ac.jp.

Comment

Kazuya Suwabe et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 18;115(51):E11892-E11893.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1818247115.

¹ Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan.
² Sports Neuroscience Division, Advanced Research Initiative for Human High Performance (ARIHHP), Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697.
⁴ Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697.
⁵ Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, 300-0394 Ibaraki, Japan.
⁷ Sports Neuroscience Division, Advanced Research Initiative for Human High Performance (ARIHHP), Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan; myassa@uci.edu soya.hideaki.gt@u.tsukuba.ac.jp.
⁸ Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305-8574 Ibaraki, Japan; myassa@uci.edu soya.hideaki.gt@u.tsukuba.ac.jp.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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