Motor training-induced neuroplasticity

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 189-197

  Bezzola, Ladina ^a   Mérillat, Susan ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

motor learning; motor training; neuroimaging; neuroplasticity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYNAMICS; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84870600187     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000070     Document Type: Review

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