New frontiers for the understanding of aging: the power and possibilities of studying the cerebellum

JA Bernard, KM McOwen, AT Huynh - Current Opinion in Behavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•The cerebellum plays an important role in aging as a scaffold for
function.•Cerebellar differences with aging influence both motor and cognitive …

Cerebello-Hippocampal Interactions in the Human Brain: A New Pathway for Insights Into Aging

JA Bernard - The Cerebellum, 2024 - Springer
The cerebellum is recognized as being important for optimal behavioral performance across
task domains, including motor function, cognition, and affect. Decades of work have …

Age‐related differences in functional network segregation in the context of sex and reproductive stage

HK Ballard, TB Jackson, AC Symm… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Age is accompanied by differences in the organization of functional brain networks, which
impact behavior in adulthood. Functional networks become less segregated and more …

Severe menopausal symptoms linked to cognitive impairment: an exploratory study

A Calle, JE Blümel, P Chedraui, MS Vallejo… - Menopause, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Methods This was a subanalysis of a cross-sectional, observational study conducted among
women attending gynecological consultations across nine Latin American countries. The …

Network segregation in aging females and evaluation of the impact of sex steroid hormones

TH Hicks, TNC Magalhães, HK Ballard… - Frontiers in human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Males and females show differential patterns in connectivity in resting-state networks (RSNs)
during normal aging, from early adulthood to late middle age. Age-related differences in …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships of functional connectivity of motor cortex, primary somatosensory cortex, and cerebellum to balance performance in middle-aged and older …

A Sansare, TNC Magalhaes, JA Bernard - Neurobiology of Aging, 2025 - Elsevier
Connectivity of somatosensory cortex (S1) and cerebellum with the motor cortex (M1) is
critical for balance control. While both S1-M1 and cerebellar-M1 connections are affected …

Hormone-sleep interactions predict cerebellar connectivity and behavior in aging females

HK Ballard, TB Jackson, TH Hicks, SJ Cox… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sex hormones fluctuate over the course of the female lifespan and are associated with brain
health and cognition. Thus, hormonal changes throughout female adulthood, and with …

Sex-steroid hormones relate to cerebellar structure and functional connectivity across adulthood

TNC Magalhães, TH Hicks, TB Jackson, HK Ballard… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging involves complex biological changes that affect disease susceptibility and aging
trajectories. Although females typically live longer than males, they have a higher …

Idiosyncrasy and generalizability of contraceptive-and hormone-related functional connectomes across the menstrual cycle

KL Bottenhorn, T Salo, EG Jacobs, L Pritschet… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Neuroendocrinology has received little attention in human neuroscience research, resulting
in a dearth of knowledge surrounding potent and dynamic modulators of cognition and …

Relationships between balance performance and connectivity of motor cortex with primary somatosensory cortex and cerebellum in middle aged and older adults

A Sansare, TNC Magalhaes, JA Bernard - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Connectivity of somatosensory cortex (S1) and cerebellum with the motor cortex (M1) is
critical for balance control. While both S1-M1 and cerebellar-M1 connections are affected …