Capitalizing on cortical plasticity: influence of physical activity on cognition and brain function

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 342-348

  Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICAL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NEUROLOGY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ESTROGEN;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LITERATURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 34447545556     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.06.009     Document Type: Review

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