Environmental influences on cognitive and brain plasticity during aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 940-957

  Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Bherer, Louis ^b   Colcombe, Stanley J ^a   Dong, Willie ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; LEARNING; LEISURE; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 5644297023     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.9.m940     Document Type: Review

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