Improved frontoparietal white matter integrity in overweight children is associated with attendance at an after-school exercise program

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Krafft, Cynthia E ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^b   Schwarz, Nicolette F ^a   Chi, Lingxi ^a   Weinberger, Abby L ^a   Pierce, Jordan E ^a   Rodrigue, Amanda L ^a   Allison, Jerry D ^d   Yanasak, Nathan E ^d   Liu, Tianming ^c   Davis, Catherine L ^d   McDowell, Jennifer E ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Children; Cognition; Cognitive control; Diffusion tensor imaging; Overweight; Superior longitudinal fasciculus

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; ATTENTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; KINESIOTHERAPY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS;

CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OVERWEIGHT; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897110628     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356219     Document Type: Article

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