Impact of the Baltimore Experience Corps Trial on cortical and hippocampal volumes

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1340-1348

  Carlson, Michelle C ^a,b   Kuo, Julie H ^a   Chuang, Yi Fang ^a,c,m   Varma, Vijay R ^a,b   Harris, Greg ^b   Albert, Marilyn S ^d   Erickson, Kirk I ^e   Kramer, Arthur F ^f   Parisi, Jeanine M ^a   Xue, Qian Li ^b,d   Tan, Eriwn J ^g   Tanner, Elizabeth K ^b,h   Gross, Alden L ^a,b   Seeman, Teresa E ⁱ   Gruenewald, Tara L ^j   McGill, Sylvia ^k   Rebok, George W ^a,b   Fried, Linda P ^l  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

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

^g Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Greater Homewood Community Corporation   (United States)

^l Department of Medicine   (United States)

^m NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Brain aging; Cognitive activity; Cortical volume; Hippocampus; MRI; Neuroimaging; Physical activity; Randomized controlled trial; Social activity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGING; ATROPHY; MARYLAND; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; BALTIMORE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84947863589     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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