Dancing combines the essence for successful aging

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Olsson, C J ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DANCING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84870912614     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00155     Document Type: Note

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