Aerobic exercise interacts with neurotrophic factors to predict cognitive functioning in adolescents

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-224

  Lee, Tatia M C ^a,b   Wong, Mark Lawrence ^a   Lau, Benson Wui Man ^c   Lee, Jada Chia Di ^a   Yau, Suk Yu ^d   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognition; Exercise; Frontal regions; Neurogenesis; Neurotrophic factors; Temporal regions

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; ADOLESCENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

COGNITION; EXERCISE; FRONTAL REGIONS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS; TEMPORAL REGIONS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84888053747     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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