Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with brain structure, cognition, and mood in a middle-aged cohort at risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 639-649

  Boots, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Schultz, Stephanie A ^a,b   Oh, Jennifer M ^a,b   Larson, Jordan ^a,b   Edwards, Dorothy ^b,c   Cook, Dane ^c   Koscik, Rebecca L ^b   Dowling, Maritza N ^b   Gallagher, Catherine L ^a,b   Carlsson, Cynthia M ^a,b   Rowley, Howard A ^b   Bendlin, Barbara B ^a,b   LaRue, Asenath ^b   Asthana, Sanjay ^a,b   Hermann, Bruce P ^b   Sager, Mark A ^b   Johnson, Sterling C ^a,b   Okonkwo, Ozioma C ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cognition; Mood; MRI; Preclinical Alzheimer s disease; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING HEART RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; VEIN PUNCTURE; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECT; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY; FITNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFFECT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84942372318     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9325-9     Document Type: Article

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