Cerebral hemodynamics of the aging brain: Risk of Alzheimer disease and benefit of aerobic exercise

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 JAN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tarumi, Takashi ^a,b   Zhang, Rong ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral hemodynamics; Regular aerobic exercise; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893572848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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