Not only cardiovascular, but also coordinative exercise increases hippocampal volume in older adults

Not only cardiovascular, but also coordinative exercise increases hippocampal volume in older adults

Cardiovascular activity has been shown to be positively associated with grey and white matter volume of, amongst others, frontal and temporal brain regions in older adults. This is particularly true for the hippocampus, a brain structure that plays an important role in learning and memory, and whose...

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Main Authors: Claudia eNiemann, Ben eGodde, Claudia eVoelcker-Rehage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Hippocampus
physical activity
Brain aging
cardiovascular fitness
motor fitness
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00170/full

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