Aging, aerobic activity and interhemispheric communication

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-648

  McGregor, Keith M ^a,b   Heilman, Kenneth M ^c,d   Nocera, Joe R ^a,b   Patten, Carolynn ^c,d   Manini, Todd M ^d   Crosson, Bruce ^a,b   Butler, Andrew J ^a,e  

^a Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Training Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Veteran's Affairs Brain Rehabilitation and Research Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dexterity; Interhemispheric communication; Physical fitness; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HANDEDNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84895804219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2040634     Document Type: Article

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