Neurocognitive aging and cardiovascular fitness: Recent findings and future directions

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Colcombe, Stan J ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   McAuley, Edward ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^a   Scalf, Paige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Cognitive; Fitness; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARIETAL LOBE; TAI CHI; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 16544362766     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/jmn:24:1:009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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