Exercise and the aging mind: Buffing the baby boomer's body and brain

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Marks, Bonita L ^a   Katz, Laurence M ^b   Smith, J Keith ^b  

^a Allied Health Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Baby boomers; Brain health; Exercise

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 75749098869     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/PSM.2009.04.1692     Document Type: Article

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