Aerobic exercise improves hippocampal function and increases BDNF in the serum of young adult males

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 934-941

  Griffin, Éadaoin W ^a,b   Mullally, Sinéad ^b   Foley, Carole ^b   Warmington, Stuart A ^a,c   O'Mara, Shane M ^b   Kelly, Áine M ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BDNF; Exercise; Hippocampus; Learning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACE NAME MATCHING; FITNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STROOP WORD COLOUR TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXERCISE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053053528     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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