BDNF mediates improvements in executive function following a 1-year exercise intervention

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Leckie, Regina L ^a,b   Oberlin, Lauren E ^a,b   Voss, Michelle W ^c   Prakash, Ruchika S ^d   Szabo Reed, Amanda ^e   Chaddock Heyman, Laura ^f   Phillips, Siobhan M ^g   Gothe, Neha P ^h   Mailey, Emily ⁱ   Vieira Potter, Victoria J ^f   Martin, Stephen A ^f   Pence, Brandt D ^f   Lin, Mingkuan ^j   Parasuraman, Raja ^j   Greenwood, Pamela M ^j   Fryxell, Karl J ^j   Woods, Jeffrey A ^f   McAuley, Edward ^f   Kramer, Arthur F ^f   Erickson, Kirk I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; BDNF; Cognition; Executive function; Exercise; Mediation analysis; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING;

EID: 84933680164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00985     Document Type: Article

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