Intense physical activity is associated with cognitive performance in the elderly

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brown, B M ^a,b,c   Peiffer, J J ^a,d   Sohrabi, H R ^a,b,c   Mondal, A ^a,c   Gupta, V B ^a,c   Rainey Smith, S R ^a,c   Taddei, K ^a,c   Burnham, S ^e   Ellis, K A ^f,g   Szoeke, C ^f   Masters, C L ^f   Ames, D ^f,g   Rowe, C C ^h   Martins, R N ^a,b,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognition; exercise; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIGIT SYMBOL CODING; FEMALE; FINGER SPAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REY COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; REY FIGURE TEST 30 MIN RECALL TEST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84870843169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.118     Document Type: Article

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