Effects of aerobic fitness on aging-related changes of interhemispheric inhibition and motor performance

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  McGregor, Keith M ^a,b   Nocera, Joe R ^a,b   Sudhyadhom, Atchar ^c,d   Patten, Carolynn ^c,e   Manini, Todd M ^e   Kleim, Jeffrey A ^f   Crosson, Bruce ^a,b   Butler, Andrew J ^a,g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Diabetes Center of Excellence   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f Arizona State University   (United States)

^g GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging neuroscience; Dexterity; FMRI; Interhemispheric communication; Negative BOLD; Physical fitness; TMS

Indexed keywords

9 HOLE PEGBOARD TEST; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AEROBIC FITNESS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COIN ROTATION TASK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL MOTOR DEXTERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HALSTEAD FINGER TAP; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC INHIBITION; IPSILATERAL SILENT PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY READINESS QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE; POFFENBERGER CROSSED AND UNCROSSED CONDITION; PRECISION GRIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895806506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00066     Document Type: Article

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