Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and cerebral blood flow on cognitive outcomes in older women

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2047-2057

  Brown, Allison D ^a   McMorris, Carly A ^b   Longman, R Stewart ^c,d   Leigh, Richard ^a   Hill, Michael D ^a,d   Friedenreich, Christine M ^e   Poulin, Marc J ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Alberta Cancer Board ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Division of Population Health and Information   (Canada)

^f LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebrovascular circulation; Cognitive function; Exercise; Hypertension; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM CONDUCTANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650169105     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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