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Journal article

The neurobiology of brain and cognitive reserve: Mental and physical activity as modulators of brain disorders

Jess Nithianantharajah, Anthony J Hannan

Progress in Neurobiology | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.10.001

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Anthony Hannan Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

AJH is supported by project grants from the NHMRC and a Pfizer Australia Research Fellowship.

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Keywords

Brain
Sex Characteristics
Adult Neurogenesis
Synaptogenesis
Motor Activity
Science & Technology
Neurosciences
Psychiatric Disorders
Neuronal Plasticity
Animals
Environment Enrichment
Environment
Memory Decline
Brain Reserve
Neurobiology
Brain Diseases
Long-Term Potentiation
Disease Models, Animal
Gene-Environment Interactions
Cognition
Enrichment Improves Cognition
Signal Transduction
Mental Activity
Brain Disorders
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Experience-Dependent Plasticity
Physical Activity
Exercise
Nerve Growth Factors
Neurons
Cognitive Reserve
Humans
Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Huntingtons-Disease
Neurosciences & Neurology
Neurological Diseases
Synaptic Plasticity
Sized Spiny Neurons
Cat Visual-Cortex
Mice
Transgenic Mouse Model

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