Exercise therapy, cardiorespiratory fitness and their effect on brain volumes: A randomised controlled trial in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 675-685

  Scheewe, Thomas W ^a   van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   Sarkisyan, Gayane ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^a,b   Brouwer, Rachel M ^a,b   de Glint, Maria ^a,b   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a,b   Backx, Frank J G ^a   Kahn, René S ^a   Cahn, Wiepke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Diagnostic Expertise Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cortical thickness; Exercise therapy; MRI; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; FITNESS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THICKNESS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84878826149     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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