Brain electrocortical activity during and after exercise: A quantitative synthesis

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 563-574

  Crabbe, James B ^a,b   Dishman, Rod K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b New Jersey Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Hemispheric asymmetry; Meta analysis; Physical activity; Review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 3042799539     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00176.x     Document Type: Review

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