Aerobic exercise increases hippocampal volume in older women with probable mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 248-254

  Ten Brinke, Lisanne F ^a   Bolandzadeh, Niousha ^b,c   Nagamatsu, Lindsay S ^b   Hsu, Chun Liang ^b,c   Davis, Jennifer C ^b   Miran Khan, Karim ^d   Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^b,c,d,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ORGAN SIZE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921931130     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093184     Document Type: Article

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