Neurodegenerative diseases: Exercising toward neurogenesis and neuroregeneration

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2010, Pages

  Ang, Eng Tat ^a   Tai, Yee Kit ^a   Lo, Shun Qiang ^a   Seet, Raymond ^b   Soong, Tuck Wah ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Exercise; Iron; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052669106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00025     Document Type: Review

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