Reply to Coen et al.: Exercise, hippocampal volume, and memory

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Erickson, Kirk ^a   Voss, Michelle ^b   Prakash, Ruchika ^c   Basak, Chandramilika ^d   Szabo, Amanda ^b   Chaddock, Laura ^b   White, Siobhan ^b   Wojcicki, Thomas ^b   Mailey, Emily ^b   McAuley, Edward ^b   Kramer, Arthur F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TRAINING;

EID: 79956293560     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103059108     Document Type: Letter

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