A Review of the Relation of Aerobic Fitness and Physical Activity to Brain Structure and Function in Children

Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory

(2011) K. I. Erickson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A neuroimaging investigation of the association between aerobic fitness, hippocampal volume, and memory performance in preadolescent children

(2010) Laura Chaddock et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Basal Ganglia Volume Is Associated with Aerobic Fitness in Preadolescent Children

(2010) Laura Chaddock et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

Low Aerobic Fitness and Obesity Are Associated with Lower Standardized Test Scores in Children

(2010) Christian K. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Aerobic Fitness and Executive Control of Relational Memory in Preadolescent Children

(2010) LAURA CHADDOCK et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Aerobic Exercise and Neurocognitive Performance: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

(2010) Patrick J. Smith et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Influence of Chronic Exercise on the Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release and Neurodegeneration in the Striatum of the Rat

(2009) Elsa Marques et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Development of and change in cognitive control: A comparison of children, young adults, and older adults

(2009) D. Friedman et al.   COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Aerobic fitness is associated with hippocampal volume in elderly humans

(2009) Kirk I. Erickson et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2006

(2009) Susan B. Sisson et al.   International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Exercise increases BDNF levels in the striatum and decreases depressive-like behavior in chronically stressed rats

(2009) Lelanie Marais et al.   METABOLIC BRAIN DISEASE

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC): A randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity and diminish overweight and obesity in elementary school children

(2009) Joseph E. Donnelly et al.   PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Age, physical fitness, and attention: P3a and P3b

(2009) Matthew B. Pontifex et al.   PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Habits, Rituals, and the Evaluative Brain

(2008) Ann M. Graybiel   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Exercise and cognition in older adults: is there a role for resistance training programmes?

(2008) T Liu-Ambrose et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Functional Connectivity of Human Striatum: A Resting State fMRI Study

(2008) A. Di Martino et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Downhill training upregulates mice hippocampal and striatal brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels

(2008) Aderbal S. Aguiar et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

Evidence for Segregated and Integrative Connectivity Patterns in the Human Basal Ganglia

(2008) B. Draganski et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Is There a Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement? Positive Results From Public School Children in the Northeastern United States

(2008) Virginia R. Chomitz et al.   JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH

Fitness and action monitoring: Evidence for improved cognitive flexibility in young adults

(2008) J.R. Themanson et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Be smart, exercise your heart: exercise effects on brain and cognition

(2007) Charles H. Hillman et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE