Interaction between serum BDNF and aerobic fitness predicts recognition memory in healthy young adults

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 259, Issue , 2014, Pages 302-312

  Whiteman, Andrew S ^a   Young, Daniel E ^b   He, Xuemei ^c   Chen, Tai C ^c   Wagenaar, Robert C ^a   Stern, Chantal E ^a   Schon, Karin ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cardiovascular fitness; Hippocampus; IGF 1; Recognition memory; V O2 max

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECOGNITION MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ACSM; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE; BDNF; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS; DELAYED MATCHING-TO-SAMPLE; DMS; ELISA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IGF-1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1; MAX; MAXIMUM OBSERVED RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE RATIO; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBES; MTL; OLS; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PEAK; PEAK RATE OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN ML PER KG OF BODY WEIGHT PER MIN, MEASURED DURING TEST; RATE OF MAXIMAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN ML PER KG OF BODY WEIGHT PER MIN; RECOGNITION MEMORY; RER; RERMAX; RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE RATIO; SMT; SUBSEQUENT MEMORY TEST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VEGF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889569206     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.11.023     Document Type: Article

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