Physical Activity, Air Pollution and the Brain

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1505-1518

  Bos, Inge ^a,b   De Boever, Patrick ^b,c   Int Panis, Luc ^b,c   Meeusen, Romain ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOKINES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84931036625     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0222-6     Document Type: Review

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