TY - T1 - Physical activity, aerobic fitness, and brain white matter: Their role for executive functions in adolescence SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/316230 T3 - A1 - Ruotsalainen, Ilona; Gorbach, Tetiana; Perkola, Jaana; Renvall, Ville; Syväoja, Heidi J.; Tammelin, Tuija H.; Karvanen, Juha; Parviainen, Tiina A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Physical activity and exercise beneficially link to brain properties and cognitive functions in older adults, but the findings concerning adolescents remain tentative. During adolescence, the brain undergoes significant changes, which are especially pronounced in white matter. Studies provide contradictory evidence regarding the influence of physical activity or aerobic-exercise on executive functions in youth. Little is also known about the link between both fitness and physical activity with t... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 315 Sport and fitness sciences; Diffusion tensor imaging; Executive functions; Fitness; Fractional anisotropy; Physical activity; White matter; VOLUME; PUBERTAL CHANGES; INTEGRITY; OBJECTIVE MEASURES; DISTORTION CORRECTION; CORPUS-CALLOSUM; COGNITIVE CONTROL; MICROSTRUCTURE; WORKING-MEMORY; PLASTICITY N1 - PP - ER -