The impact of physical and mental activity on cognitive aging

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 273-291

  Jak, Amy J ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; SEROTONIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXERCISE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIPID OXIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84881542684     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_141     Document Type: Article

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