[HTML][HTML] Fixel-based analysis of diffusion MRI: methods, applications, challenges and opportunities

T Dhollander, A Clemente, M Singh, F Boonstra… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI has provided the neuroimaging community with a powerful tool to acquire in-
vivo data sensitive to microstructural features of white matter, up to 3 orders of magnitude …

Neural mechanisms mediating cross education: with additional considerations for the ageing brain

GHM Calvert, RG Carson - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract CALVERT, GHM, and CARSON, RG Neural mechanisms mediating cross
education: With additional considerations for the ageing brain. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV …

Six months of piano training in healthy elderly stabilizes white matter microstructure in the fornix, compared to an active control group

K Jünemann, D Marie, F Worschech… - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
While aging is characterized by neurodegeneration, musical training is associated with
experience-driven brain plasticity and protection against age-related cognitive decline …

Fiber-specific age-related differences in the white matter of healthy adults uncovered by fixel-based analysis

A Han, T Dhollander, YL Sun, JA Chad, JJ Chen - Neurobiology of Aging, 2023 - Elsevier
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging studies often investigate white matter (WM)
microstructural degeneration in aging by probing WM regions that exhibit negative age …

Interactions between the aging brain and motor task complexity across the lifespan: balancing brain activity resource demand and supply

P Van Ruitenbeek, T Santos Monteiro… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Compensation Related Utilization of Neural Circuits Hypothesis (CRUNCH)
proposes a framework for understanding task-related brain activity changes as a function of …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging cognition and action: executive functioning mediates the relationship between white matter fiber density and complex motor abilities in older adults

C Seer, HZ Adab, J Sidlauskaite, T Dhollander… - Aging (Albany …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging may be associated with motor decline that is attributed to deteriorating white matter
microstructure of the corpus callosum (CC), among other brain-related factors. Similar to …

[HTML][HTML] White matter fiber-specific degeneration in older adults with metabolic syndrome

C Andica, K Kamagata, W Uchida, K Takabayashi… - Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as a complex of interrelated risk
factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including glucose intolerance …

[HTML][HTML] Cognition and action: a latent variable approach to study contributions of executive functions to motor control in older adults

C Seer, J Sidlauskaite, F Lange… - Aging (Albany …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging is associated with profound alterations in motor control that may be exacerbated by
age-related executive functioning decline. Executive functions span multiple facets including …

White matter structural bases for phase accuracy during tapping synchronization

P Garcia-Saldivar, C de León, FAM Salcido, L Concha… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
We determined the intersubject association between the rhythmic entrainment abilities of
human subjects during a synchronization-continuation tapping task (SCT) and the macro …

Aging, brain plasticity, and motor learning

J Gooijers, L Pauwels, M Hehl, C Seer… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Motor skill learning, the process of acquiring new motor skills, is critically important across
the lifespan, from early development through adulthood and into older age, as well as in …