The influence of diet and physical activity on brain repair and neurosurgical outcome

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-335

  Gomez Pinilla, Fernando ^a   Kostenkova, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Curcumin; Exercise; Neural regeneration; Neurotrophin; Omega 3 fatty acids; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CAFFEINE; CURCUMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51549113588     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.05.023     Document Type: Editorial

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