Exercise-induced neuroplasticity: a mechanistic model and prospects for promoting plasticity

J El-Sayes, D Harasym, CV Turco… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Aerobic exercise improves cognitive and motor function by inducing neural changes
detected using molecular, cellular, and systems level neuroscience techniques. This review …

The beneficial effects of different types of exercise interventions on motor and cognitive functions in older age: a systematic review

O Levin, Y Netz, G Ziv - European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, 2017 - Springer
The decline in cognitive and motor functions with age affects the performance of the aging
healthy population in many daily life activities. Physical activity appears to mitigate this …

Exercise training for neural recovery in a restricted sample of pediatric brain tumor survivors: a controlled clinical trial with crossover of training versus no training

L Riggs, J Piscione, S Laughlin, T Cunningham… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Exercise promotes repair processes in the mouse brain and improves
cognition in both mice and humans. It is not known whether these benefits translate to …

TMS-induced silent periods: A review of methods and call for consistency

KE Hupfeld, CW Swanson, BW Fling… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-induced silent periods provide an in vivo measure
of human motor cortical inhibitory function. Cortical silent periods (cSP, also sometimes …

Aging and motor inhibition: a converging perspective provided by brain stimulation and imaging approaches

O Levin, H Fujiyama, MP Boisgontier… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
The ability to inhibit actions, one of the hallmarks of human motor control, appears to decline
with advancing age. Evidence for a link between changes in inhibitory functions and poor …

The influence of a single bout of aerobic exercise on short-interval intracortical excitability

AE Smith, MR Goldsworthy, T Garside… - Experimental brain …, 2014 - Springer
Regular physical activity can have positive effects on brain function and plasticity. Indeed,
there is some limited evidence that even a single bout of exercise may promote plasticity …

[HTML][HTML] Embodiment in the aging mind

E Kuehn, MB Perez-Lopez, N Diersch, J Döhler… - Neuroscience & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bodily awareness is a central component of human sensation, action, and cognition. The
human body is subject to profound changes over the adult lifespan. We live in an aging …

GABA levels and measures of intracortical and interhemispheric excitability in healthy young and older adults: an MRS-TMS study

L Hermans, O Levin, C Maes, P van Ruitenbeek… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation
(TMS) have often been used to study the integrity of the GABAergic neurotransmission …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise training improves physical function and fitness in long-term paediatric brain tumour survivors treated with cranial irradiation

PJ Piscione, E Bouffet, B Timmons… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aims We examined the efficacy of exercise training for improving physical functioning and
cardiopulmonary fitness in survivors of paediatric brain tumours (BTs) treated with cranial …

Effects of a 12-week aerobic spin intervention on resting state networks in previously sedentary older adults

KM McGregor, B Crosson, LC Krishnamurthy… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Objective: We have previously demonstrated that aerobic exercise improves upper extremity
motor function concurrent with changes in motor cortical activity using task-based functional …