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

Cognitive and emotional influences in anterior cingulate cortex

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Healthy People 2010.

1998 • 4,152 citations

Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus

1999 • 3,805 citations

The BDNF val66met Polymorphism Affects Activity-Dependent Secretion of BDNF and Human Memory and Hippocampal Function

2003 • 3,746 citations

Fitness Effects on the Cognitive Function of Older Adults

2003 • 3,561 citations

Running enhances neurogenesis, learning, and long-term potentiation in mice

1999 • 2,829 citations

Exercise: a behavioral intervention to enhance brain health and plasticity

2002 • 2,571 citations

Years of Life Lost Due to Obesity

2003 • 2,471 citations

Exercise builds brain health: key roles of growth factor cascades and inflammation

2007 • 2,048 citations

Exercise Enhances Learning and Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Aged Mice

2005 • 2,005 citations

Aerobic Exercise Training Increases Brain Volume in Aging Humans

2006 • 1,991 citations

A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century

2005 • 1,923 citations

Cardiovascular fitness, cortical plasticity, and aging

2004 • 1,612 citations

Hippocampal BDNF mediates the efficacy of exercise on synaptic plasticity and cognition

2004 • 1,345 citations

Participation in Cognitively Stimulating Activities and Risk of Incident Alzheimer Disease

2002 • 1,297 citations

An in vivo correlate of exercise-induced neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus

2007 • 1,288 citations

The Timing of Action-Monitoring Processes in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

2002 • 1,274 citations

The Relationship between Physical Activity and Cognition in Children: A Meta-Analysis

2003 • 1,234 citations

The effects of exercise training on elderly persons with cognitive impairment and dementia: A meta-analysis11No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

2004 • 1,206 citations

Learning causes synaptogenesis, whereas motor activity causes angiogenesis, in cerebellar cortex of adult rats.

1990 • 1,142 citations

Leisure-time physical activity at midlife and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

2005 • 1,043 citations

Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Mediates Exercise-Induced Increases in the Number of New Neurons in the Adult Hippocampus

2001 • 976 citations

Effects of acute bouts of exercise on cognition

2003 • 976 citations

Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Third- and Fifth-Grade Students

2007 • 845 citations

Enriched environment and physical activity stimulate hippocampal but not olfactory bulb neurogenesis

2003 • 788 citations

Voluntary Exercise Decreases Amyloid Load in a Transgenic Model of Alzheimer's Disease

2005 • 769 citations

The Effect of Acute Exercise on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels and Cognitive Function

2007 • 769 citations

The Influence of Physical Fitness and Exercise upon Cognitive Functioning: A Meta-Analysis

1997 • 747 citations

Economic costs of obesity and inactivity

1999 • 736 citations

A meta-regression to examine the relationship between aerobic fitness and cognitive performance

2006 • 710 citations

Physical Activity, APOE Genotype, and Dementia Risk: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study

2005 • 661 citations

Effect of Physical Education and Activity Levels on Academic Achievement in Children

2006 • 607 citations

Developmental Changes in Mental Arithmetic: Evidence for Increased Functional Specialization in the Left Inferior Parietal Cortex

2005 • 583 citations

Mental, Physical and Social Components in Leisure Activities Equally Contribute to Decrease Dementia Risk

2005 • 521 citations

BDNF val66met polymorphism is associated with modified experience-dependent plasticity in human motor cortex

2006 • 516 citations

Effects of Health-Related Physical Education on Academic Achievement: Project SPARK

1999 • 502 citations

Aerobic Fitness and Neurocognitive Function in Healthy Preadolescent Children

2005 • 482 citations

Exercise primes a molecular memory for brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein induction in the rat hippocampus

2005 • 455 citations

Voluntary exercise alters the cytoarchitecture of the adult dentate gyrus by increasing cellular proliferation, dendritic complexity, and spine density

2005 • 453 citations

Social isolation delays the positive effects of running on adult neurogenesis

2006 • 452 citations

Acute cardiovascular exercise and executive control function

2003 • 421 citations

Neuroanatomy (Text and Atlas)

1990 • 419 citations

The economic burden of physical inactivity in Canada.

2000 • 415 citations

Insulin-like growth factor I is required for vessel remodeling in the adult brain

2004 • 375 citations

Clinical application of the P300 event-related brain potential

2004 • 346 citations

Exercise reverses the harmful effects of consumption of a high-fat diet on synaptic and behavioral plasticity associated to the action of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

2003 • 337 citations

Higher Direct Medical Costs Associated With Physical Inactivity

2000 • 324 citations

Physical Fitness, Aging, and Psychomotor Speed: A Review

1980 • 318 citations

Reaction and Movement Time as a Function of age and Physical Activity Level

1975 • 317 citations

School-Based Physical Activity Does Not Compromise Children's Academic Performance

2007 • 309 citations

The functional neuroanatomy of comprehension and memory: the importance of prior knowledge

1999 • 309 citations

Exercise induces angiogenesis but does not alter movement representations within rat motor cortex

2002 • 307 citations

Prevalence of physical activity, including lifestyle activities among adults - United States, 2000-2001.

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Basal serum levels and reactivity of nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor to standardized acute exercise in multiple sclerosis and controls

2003 • 296 citations

Neuroanatomy: Text and Atlas

1989 • 295 citations

Revenge of the “Sit”: How lifestyle impacts neuronal and cognitive health through molecular systems that interface energy metabolism with neuronal plasticity

2006 • 291 citations

Physical activity and cognitive function in a cross-section of younger and older community-dwelling individuals.

2006 • 283 citations

Age-related Changes in the Activation of the Intraparietal Sulcus during Nonsymbolic Magnitude Processing: An Event-related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

2006 • 280 citations

Physical activity and cognitive decline, the role of the apolipoprotein e4 allele

2001 • 262 citations

Aging, exercise, and attention.

1992 • 249 citations

Neuroanatomical correlates of aging, cardiopulmonary fitness level, and education

2008 • 237 citations

Age and fitness effects on EEG, ERPs, visual sensitivity, and cognition

1990 • 230 citations

Exercise pre-conditioning reduces brain damage in ischemic rats that may be associated with regional angiogenesis and cellular overexpression of neurotrophin

2004 • 222 citations

Exercise is positively related to adolescents' relationships and academics.

2001 • 219 citations

Replication of Age and Physical Activity Effects on Reaction and Movement Time

1978 • 215 citations

A cross-sectional examination of age and physical activity on performance and event-related brain potentials in a task switching paradigm

2006 • 201 citations

Physical Activity and Executive Control: Implications for Increased Cognitive Health during Older Adulthood

2004 • 194 citations

Event Related Potentials and EEG Components in a Semantic Memory Search Task

1992 • 192 citations

Response-Selection-Related Parietal Activation during Number Comparison

2004 • 190 citations

Exercise training and depression in older adults

2005 • 178 citations

Cardiorespiratory fitness and acute aerobic exercise effects on neuroelectric and behavioral measures of action monitoring

2006 • 169 citations

The relationship of age and cardiovascular fitness to cognitive and motor processes

2002 • 158 citations

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Antidepressant Activity

2005 • 151 citations

Interactive effects of fitness and hormone treatment on brain health in postmenopausal women

2006 • 146 citations

Age and physical activity influences on action monitoring during task switching

2005 • 146 citations

Role of Aerobic Fitness and Aging on Cerebral White Matter Integrity

2007 • 146 citations

Maternal swimming during pregnancy enhances short-term memory and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of rat pups

2005 • 145 citations

Organization of cognitive abilities and neuropsychological variables across the lifespan

2005 • 138 citations

Cardiorespiratory fitness: A predictor of cortical plasticity in multiple sclerosis

2006 • 135 citations

The influence of maternal treadmill running during pregnancy on short‐term memory and hippocampal cell survival in rat pups

2007 • 130 citations

Academic performance of Korean children is associated with dietary behaviours and physical status.

2003 • 124 citations

Cognitive Performance in Older Women Relative to ApoE-ε4 Genotype and Aerobic Fitness

2007 • 121 citations

Physically Active Subjects Should Be the Control Group

2006 • 118 citations

P300 and long-term physical exercise

1997 • 116 citations

The impact of aerobic activity on cognitive function in older adults: A new synthesis based on the concept of executive control

2001 • 112 citations

Systematic Aerobic Exercise and Components of Reaction Time in Older Women

1988 • 111 citations

The Physical Activity Participation–Academic Performance Relationship Revisited: Perceived and Actual Performance and the Effect of Banding (Academic Tracking)

2002 • 107 citations

Movement Time, Reaction Time and Age

1958 • 93 citations

EEG changes from long-term physical exercise

1996 • 88 citations

Power spectral analysis and cortical coupling of EEG for young and old normal adults

1985 • 70 citations

Potential Genetic Causes of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects

2007 • 61 citations

Cardiorespiratory health, reaction time and aging.

1979 • 50 citations

Age, Physical Fitness, and Mental Processing Speed

1990 • 45 citations

The Relation of Reaction Time, Speed, and Agility of Big Muscle Groups to Certain Sport Skills

1937 • 35 citations

Measuring Reaction Time of Athletes

1936 • 26 citations

Psychology of coaching.

1951 • 17 citations

Healthy People 2010 Online

2000 • 15 citations

Physical Activity, Aging, and Executive Control

2004 • 4 citations

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1955 • 0 citations