Effects of non-pharmacological or pharmacological interventions on cognition and brain plasticity of aging individuals

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Pieramico, Valentina ^a   Esposito, Roberto ^a   Cesinaro, Stefano ^a   Frazzini, Valerio ^a   Sensi, Stefano L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Cognitive enhancing drugs; Cognitive enrichment; Neuronal plasticity; Non pharmacological interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906908307     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00153     Document Type: Review

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