Physical activity, fitness, and gray matter volume

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL.2, 2014, Pages

  Erickson, Kirk I ^a   Leckie, Regina L ^a   Weinstein, Andrea M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Exercise; Gray matter volume; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AEROBIC CAPACITY; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FITNESS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WALKING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL STUDY; VOLUMETRY; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903734896     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.03.034     Document Type: Review

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