Improved cerebral oxygenation response and executive performance as a function of cardiorespiratory fitness in older women: A fNIRS study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Albinet, Cédric T ^a   Mandrick, Kevin ^b   Bernard, Pierre Louis ^b   Perrey, Stéphane ^b   Blain, Hubert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Aging; Executive functions; Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS); Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84949116807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00272     Document Type: Article

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