The effects of physical activity, education, and body mass index on the aging brain

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1371-1382

  Ho, April J ^a   Raji, Cyrus A ^b   Becker, James T ^b   Lopez, Oscar L ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^c   Hua, Xue ^b   Dinov, Ivo D ^a   Stein, Jason L ^a   Rosano, Caterina ^c   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index; Brain structure; Education; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051565693     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21113     Document Type: Article

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