Effects of virtual reality-based motor rehabilitation: a systematic review of fMRI studies

JA Feitosa, CA Fernandes, RF Casseb… - Journal of neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Background. The use of virtual reality (VR) as a rehabilitation tool has been shown to induce
motor and cognitive improvements in different populations. Functional magnetic resonance …

Current state and trends of the research in exergames for the elderly and their impact on health outcomes: a scoping review

IH López-Nava, MD Rodriguez… - Journal of Ambient …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years there has been significant interest in assessing the impact of exergames on
the healthcare of older adults. This scoping review aims to present an overview of the …

Effects of ayahuasca on the recognition of facial expressions of emotions in naive healthy volunteers: a pilot, proof-of-concept, randomized controlled trial

JM Rocha, GN Rossi, F de Lima Osório… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background The recognition of emotions in facial expressions (REFE) is a core aspect of
social cognition. Previous studies with the serotonergic hallucinogens lysergic acid …

The immunomodulary effects of systematic exercise in older adults and people with Parkinson's disease

J Szymura, J Kubica, M Wiecek, J Pera - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
We sought to investigate whether regular balance training of moderate intensity (BT) has an
effect on changes in selected cytokines, neurotrophic factors, CD200 and fractalkine in …

Effectiveness of motor imagery and action observation on functional variables: An umbrella and mapping review with meta-meta-analysis

A Herranz-Gómez, C Gaudiosi… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
To assess the current evidence on motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) and their
influence on functional variables. We conducted 3 meta-meta-analyses (MMA) to determine …

Age‐related decline in GABAergic intracortical inhibition can be counteracted by long‐term learning of balance skills

YA Kuhn, S Egger, M Bugnon… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ageing induces a decline in GABAergic intracortical inhibition, which seems to be
associated not only with decremental changes in well‐being, sleep quality, cognition and …

Changes of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels after different exercise protocols: a systematic review of clinical studies in Parkinson's disease

A Paterno, G Polsinelli, B Federico - Frontiers in Physiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) serum levels are reduced in
patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of …

Neural Correlates of Balance Skill Learning in Young and Older Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

LBM Bakker, CJC Lamoth, T Vetrovsky, M Gruber… - Sports Medicine …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite the increasing number of research studies examining the effects of age
on the control of posture, the number of annual fall-related injuries and deaths continues to …

[PDF][PDF] The Effect of Aerobic Exercise in Neuroplasticity, Learning, and Cognition: A Systematic Review

SGR Herrera, JE Leon-Rojas, SGR Herrera - Cureus, 2024 - cureus.com
This systematic review aims to examine the association between physical activity,
neuroplasticity, and cognition. We analyzed an initial dataset consisting of 9935 articles …

[HTML][HTML] (Interfering) Cortical mechanisms of standing balance and cognition in old-age depression: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study

P Thönnessen, LC Bollheimer, M Luehrs… - Psychiatry Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging Major depressive disorder in old age can cause
changes in the cerebral cortex that might lead to postural imbalance and thus increase fall …