Transient hypofrontality as a mechanism for the psychological effects of exercise

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Dietrich, Arne ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognition; Consciousness; Depression; Emotion; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; TRANSIENT HYPOFRONTALITY HYPOTHESIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 33750725095     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.07.033     Document Type: Article

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