Effects of Exercise on Anxiety and Depression Disorders: Review of Meta-Analyses and neurobiological mechanisms

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1002-1014

  Wegner, Mirko ^a   Helmich, Ingo ^b   Machado, Sergio ^c,d,e   Nardi, Antonio E ^c,d   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^f,g   Budde, Henning ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d National Institute for Translational Medicine INCT TM   (Brazil)

^e SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^g Hospital General Ajusco Medio   (Mexico)

^h University of Applied Sciences and Medical University   (Germany)

ⁱ REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Exercise; Meta analysis; Mood; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MONOAMINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADAPTATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTUAL DATABASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANXIETY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84922973475     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527313666140612102841     Document Type: Article

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