Brain plasticity and motor practice in cognitive aging

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Cai, Liuyang ^a   Chan, John S Y ^b   Yan, Jin H ^a,c   Peng, Kaiping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Geriatric rehabilitation; Motor performance; Movement dependent neural plasticity; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MINDFULNESS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKILL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84897929363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00031     Document Type: Review

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