Revitalizing the Aged Brain

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-475

  Desai, Abhilash K ^a  

^a SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; Fitness; Health; Memory; Older

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COUNSELING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955583974     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.03.002     Document Type: Review

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