Mechanisms underlying the relationship between physical activity and anxiety: Animal data

Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 130-142

  Greenwood, Benjamin N ^a   Fleshner, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203132678-17     Document Type: Chapter

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