Physical and motor fitness are both related to cognition in old age

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-176

  Voelcker Rehage, Claudia ^a   Godde, Ben ^a   Staudinger, Ursula M ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Cognition; Exercise; FMRI; Human; Motor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 72949098297     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07014.x     Document Type: Article

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