Omega-3 fatty acids moderate effects of physical activity on cognitive function

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-111

  Leckie, Regina L ^a,b   Manuck, Stephen B ^a   Bhattacharjee, Neha ^a   Muldoon, Matthew F ^c   Flory, Janine M ^d   Erickson, Kirk I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DHA; Logical memory; Omega 3; Physical activity; Task switching; Working memory

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGICAL MEMORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY; N BACK TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901058328     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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