Neuroscience of exercise: From neurobiology mechanisms to mental health

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Portugal, Eduardo Matta Mello ^a,b   Cevada, Thais ^a,c   Sobral Monteiro Junior, Renato ^a,b   Teixeira Guimarães, Thiago ^a   Da Cruz Rubini, Ercole ^a,b,d,e   Lattari, Eduardo ^a   Blois, Charlene ^a,c   Camaz Deslandes, Andrea ^a  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UGF   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Faculty of Dentistry   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adherence; Depression; Mood; Neurobiology of exercise; Physical training

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NORADRENALIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOOD; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; SELF ESTEEM; SPORTS SCIENCE;

AFFECT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN;

EID: 84878942559     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350946     Document Type: Review

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