Linking brains and brawn: exercise and the evolution of human neurobiology

Selective breeding for endurance running capacity affects cognitive but not motor learning in rats

(2012) Jan Wikgren et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Postnatal Decrease in Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Low Brain Volumes in Very Preterm Infants

(2011) Ingrid Hansen-Pupp et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Aerobic exercise improves hippocampal function and increases BDNF in the serum of young adult males

(2011) Éadaoin W. Griffin et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Relationship between Exercise Capacity and Brain Size in Mammals

(2011) David A. Raichlen et al.   PLoS One

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

Blood BDNF concentrations reflect brain-tissue BDNF levels across species

(2010) Anders B. Klein et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Aerobic Fitness and Executive Control of Relational Memory in Preadolescent Children

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

Effects of aerobic exercise training on cognitive function and cortical vascularity in monkeys

(2010) I.J. Rhyu et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

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

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

Role of exercise-induced brain-derived neurotrophic factor production in the regulation of energy homeostasis in mammals

(2009) Bente K. Pedersen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Voxel-based morphometry reveals an association between aerobic capacity and grey matter density in the right anterior insula

(2009) J. Peters et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Infants

(2009) Rakesh Rao et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Physical activity: The present in the context of the past

(2008) Robert M. Malina et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY

A natural history of the human mind: tracing evolutionary changes in brain and cognition

(2008) Chet C. Sherwood et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Endocranial volumes of primate species: scaling analyses using a comprehensive and reliable data set

(2008) Karin Isler et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Physical Activity and the Regulation of Neurogenesis in the Adult and Aging Brain

(2008) Klaus Fabel et al.   NEUROMOLECULAR MEDICINE

Neurogenesis and Exercise: Past and Future Directions

(2008) Henriette van Praag   NEUROMOLECULAR MEDICINE

Gene expression profiling of skeletal muscle in exercise-trained and sedentary rats with inborn high and low VO2max

(2008) Anja Bye et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

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

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