Association of cardiorespiratory fitness and morphological brain changes in the elderly: Results of the Austrian stroke prevention study

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 135-137

  Sen, Abhijit ^a   Gider, Pierre ^a   Cavalieri, Margherita ^b   Freudenberger, Paul ^a   Farzi, Aitak ^d   Schallert, Michael ^a   Reichmann, Florian ^d   Watzinger, Norbert ^c   Zweiker, Robert ^c   Schmidt, Reinhold ^b   Schmidt, Helena ^a,b,d  

^a Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry   (Austria)

^b Department of Neurology   (Austria)

^c Clinical Section of Cardiology   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cerebral small vessel disease; Exercise ECG; Physical activity; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PARENCHYMAL FRACTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84860224570     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334760     Document Type: Article

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