Mind over matter - What do we know about neuroplasticity in adults?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 891-909

  Valkanova, Vyara ^a   Eguia Rodriguez, Rocio ^b   Ebmeier, Klaus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

aerobic exercise; cognitive training; diffusion tensor imaging; functional MRI; gray matter; magnetic resonance imaging; white matter; working memory

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANGIOGENESIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMBASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LEARNING; MEDITATION; MEDLINE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TIME PERCEPTION; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899945059     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002482     Document Type: Review

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