Aerobic exercise training increases brain volume in aging humans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1166-1170

  Colcombe, Stanley J ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^a   Scalf, Paige E ^a   Kim, Jenny S ^a   Prakash, Ruchika ^a   McAuley, Edward ^a   Elavsky, Steriani ^a   Marquez, David X ^a   Hu, Liang ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAINING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33845943769     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.11.1166     Document Type: Article

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