Correlation between moderate daily physical activity and neurocognitive variability in healthy elderly people

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-117

  Kimura, Ken ^a   Yasunaga, Akitomo ^b   Wang, Li Qun ^a  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain activation; Cognition; MRI; Older adult; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; WALKING;

AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84869499777     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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