Not only cardiovascular, but also coordinative exercise increases hippocampal volume in older adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Niemann, Claudia ^a   Godde, Ben ^a   Voelcker Rehage, Claudia ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Cardiovascular fitness; Hippocampus; Motor fitness; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXERCISE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COORDINATION TRAINING; FITNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR FITNESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT SPEED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 84904536653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00170     Document Type: Article

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