Impact of aerobic exercise training on cognitive functions and affect associated to the COMT polymorphism in young adults

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-372

  Stroth, S ^a,b   Reinhardt, Ralf K ^b   Thöne, Jan ^c   Hille, Katrin ^b   Schneider, Matthias ^d   Härtel, Sascha ^d   Weidemann, Wolfgang ^b   Bös, Klaus ^d   Spitzer, Manfred ^b  

^a Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Cognition; Dopamine; Executive functions; Exercise; Learning

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RUNNING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RUNNING;

EID: 77957232061     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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