Acute effects of aerobic exercise promote learning

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Perini, Renza ^a   Bortoletto, Marta ^b   Capogrosso, Michela ^a   Fertonani, Anna ^b   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTICITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THUMB; UPREGULATION; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXERCISE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84966454805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25440     Document Type: Article

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