Aerobic exercise intervention, cognitive performance, and brain structure: Results from the Physical Influences on Brain in Aging (PHIBRA) Study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Jonasson, Lars S ^a,b   Nyberg, Lars ^a,b   Kramer, Arthur F ^c,d   Lundquist, Anders ^b,e   Riklund, Katrine ^a,b   Boraxbekk, Carl Johan ^a,b,f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Cognition; Executive function; Freesurfer; Hippocampus; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 85012146158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00336     Document Type: Article

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