On aerobic exercise and behavioral and neural plasticity

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 709-744

  Swain, Rodney A ^a   Berggren, Kiersten L ^a   Kerr, Abigail L ^b   Patel, Ami ^a   Peplinski, Caitlin ^a   Sikorski, Angela M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TEXARKANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Anxiety; Brain; Depression; Experience dependent plasticity; Learning and memory; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SERTRALINE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AFFECT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84928232566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2040709     Document Type: Review

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