Hearts and minds: Linking vascular rigidity and aerobic fitness with cognitive aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 304-314

  Gauthier, Claudine Joëlle ^a,b,c   Lefort, Muriel ^d   Mekary, Saïd ^a,b   Desjardins Crépeau, Laurence ^b,e   Skimminge, Arnold ^f   Iversen, Pernille ^f   Madjar, Cécile ^b,g   Desjardins, Michèle ^d,h,i   Lesage, Frédéric ^d,h   Garde, Ellen ^f   Frouin, Frédérique ^d   Bherer, Louis ^b,e,j   Hoge, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CRIUGM   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Aortic rigidity; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cerebrovascular function; Cerebrovascular reactivity; Executive functions; Healthy aging; Stroop; VO2 max

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; BRODMANN AREA 2; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PULSE WAVE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROOP TEST; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; AORTA; COGNITION; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84920481252     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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