Improved working memory following novel combinations of physical and cognitive activity

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 523-532

  Langdon, Kristopher D ^a   Corbett, Dale ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; cognition; cognitive rehabilitation; exercise; learning and memory; radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLATED CYCLIC APM RESPONSE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEBB WILLIAMS MAZE TRAINING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RADIAL ARM MAZE TRAINING; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860852625     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311425919     Document Type: Article

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