May BDNF Be Implicated in the Exercise-Mediated Regulation of Inflammation? Critical Review and Synthesis of Evidence

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 521-539

  Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D E ^a   Miltiadous, Panagiota ^a   Karanikola, Maria N ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

brain derived neurotrophic factor; cholinergic anti inflammatory pathway; critical illness; early progressive mobility; exercise; immunity; inflammation; parasympathetic nervous system; physical activity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84941054681     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800414555411     Document Type: Article

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