Exercise fails to improve neurocognition in depressed middle-aged and older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1344-1352

  Hoffman, Benson M ^a,c   Blumenthal, James A ^a   Babyak, Michael A ^a   Smith, Patrick J ^a   Rogers, Sharon D ^b   Doraiswamy, P Murali ^a   Sherwood, Andrew ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Depression; Executive function; Fitness

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPEECH; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SERTRALINE;

EID: 66149151370     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816b877c     Document Type: Article

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