The effect of midlife physical activity on structural brain changes in the elderly

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1927-1936

  Rovio, Suvi ^a   Spulber, Gabriela ^b   Nieminen, Lasse J ^b   Niskanen, Eini ^b   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^c,d,e   Nissinen, Aulikki ^c   Soininen, Hilkka ^b,f   Kivipelto, Miia ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Physical activity; Voxel based morphometry; WML

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DENSITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEISURE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77956895789     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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