Changes in brain volume and cognition in a randomized trial of exercise and social interaction in a community-based sample of non-demented chinese elders

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 757-766

  Mortimer, James A ^a   Ding, Ding ^b   Borenstein, Amy R ^a   Decarli, Charles ^c   Guo, Qihao ^b   Wu, Yougui ^a   Zhao, Qianhua ^b   Chu, Shugang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; exercise; intervention studies; magnetic resonance imaging; pilot study; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; BRAIN SIZE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MATTIS DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAI CHI; TRAILMAKING TEST A; TRAILMAKING TEST B; WALKING;

EID: 84862981862     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120079     Document Type: Article

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