Cognitive training with and without additional physical activity in healthy older adults: Cognitive effects, neurobiological mechanisms, and prediction of training success

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Rahe, Julia ^a,b   Becker, Jutta ^b   Fink, Gereon R ^b,c   Kessler, Josef ^b   Kukolja, Juraj ^b,c   Rahn, Andreas ^d   Rosen, Jan B ^a   Szabados, Florian ^e   Wirth, Brunhilde ^b   Kalbe, Elke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Fachbereich Geriatrie   (Germany)

^e Laboratory Services Laborarztpraxis Osnabrück   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined lifestyle intervention; Moderator; Motivation; Neurobiological mechanisms; Predictor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE PHYSICAL TRAINING; COGNITIVE TRAINING; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 84946568100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00187     Document Type: Article

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