Aerobic fitness is associated with greater hippocampal cerebral blood flow in children

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-58

  Chaddock Heyman, Laura ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^b   Chappell, Michael A ^c   Johnson, Curtis L ^a   Kienzler, Caitlin ^a   Knecht, Anya ^a   Drollette, Eric S ^a   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Scudder, Mark R ^a   Kao, Shih Chun ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Childhood; Development; Hippocampus; Perfusion; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC FITNESS; AGE; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIN LABELING; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84978532521     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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