Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 551.e5-551.e12 , March 2011

Role of BDNF val66met polymorphism on the association between physical activity and incident dementia

  • Jae-Min Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Center for Aging & Geriatrics (BK21 Program), Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Robert Stewart

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Epidemiology (Box 60), De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Kyung-Yeol Bae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Center for Aging & Geriatrics (BK21 Program), Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Wan Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Center for Aging & Geriatrics (BK21 Program), Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Su-Jin Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Center for Aging & Geriatrics (BK21 Program), Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kee-Hyung Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
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  • Il-Seon Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Center for Aging & Geriatrics (BK21 Program), Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jin-Sang Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Center for Aging & Geriatrics (BK21 Program), Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 62 220 6142; fax: +82 62 225 2351.

Received 28 April 2009 ,Revised 12 November 2009 ,Accepted 29 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.01.018

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 551.e5-551.e12 , March 2011

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