Influence of BDNF Val66Met on the relationship between physical activity and brain volume

Belinda M Brown¹, Pierrick Bourgeat¹, Jeremiah J Peiffer¹+16

• ¹From the Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care (B.M.B., S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., K.T., R.N.M.), School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (B.M.B., K.T., R.N.M.), University of Western Australia, Perth; McCusker Alzheimer's Research Foundation (B.M.B., S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., K.T., R.N.M.), Perth; CSIRO Preventative Health National Research Flagship (P.B.), The Australian e-Health Research Centre-BioMedIA, Herston; School of Psychology and Exercise Science (J.J.P.), Murdoch University, Perth; CSIRO (S.B.), Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, Floreat, Australia; Departament de Psiquiatria i Psicobiologia Clínica (D.B.-F.), Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Catalonia, Spain; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (V.L.V., A.R., A.B., K.A.E., C.L.M., P.M.), The University of Melbourne, Parkville; National Ageing Research Institute (K.A.E., D.A.), Parkville; CSIRO (S.L.M.), Preventative Health Flagship, CMSE, Parkville; Department of Nuclear Medicine & Centre for PET (V.L.V., C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age (K.A.E., D.A.), Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Aged Psychiatry Service, St. George's Hospital, Victoria; and CogState Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia.+1