Thinking, walking, talking: integratory motor and cognitive brain function

G Leisman, AA Moustafa, T Shafir - Frontiers in public health, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In this article, we argue that motor and cognitive processes are functionally related and most
likely share a similar evolutionary history. This is supported by clinical and neural data …

Get a grip: individual variations in grip strength are a marker of brain health

RG Carson - Neurobiology of aging, 2018 - Elsevier
Demonstrations that grip strength has predictive power in relation to a range of health
conditions—even when these are assessed decades later—has motivated claims that hand …

Psychosocial versus physiological stress—Meta-analyses on deactivations and activations of the neural correlates of stress reactions

L Kogler, VI Müller, A Chang, SB Eickhoff, PT Fox… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Stress is present in everyday life in various forms and situations. Two stressors frequently
investigated are physiological and psychosocial stress. Besides similar subjective and …

Cognitive-motor interactions of the basal ganglia in development

G Leisman, O Braun-Benjamin… - Frontiers in systems …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neural circuits linking activity in anatomically segregated populations of neurons in
subcortical structures and the neocortex throughout the human brain regulate complex …

Strategies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease: beyond dopamine

A Iarkov, GE Barreto, JA Grizzell… - Frontiers in aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-leading cause of dementia and is characterized by a
progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra alongside the presence of …

Cholinergic interneurons in the dorsal and ventral striatum: anatomical and functional considerations in normal and diseased conditions

KK Gonzales, Y Smith - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Striatal cholinergic interneurons (ChIs) are central for the processing and reinforcement of
reward‐related behaviors that are negatively affected in states of altered dopamine …

Synaptic inputs from stroke-injured brain to grafted human stem cell-derived neurons activated by sensory stimuli

D Tornero, O Tsupykov, M Granmo, C Rodriguez… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Transplanted neurons derived from stem cells have been proposed to improve function in
animal models of human disease by various mechanisms such as neuronal replacement …

How the motor system integrates with working memory

CL Marvel, OP Morgan, SI Kronemer - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2019 - Elsevier
Working memory is vital for basic functions in everyday life. During working memory, one
holds a finite amount of information in mind until it is no longer required or when resources …

Effects of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome on the functional brain networks of non-hospitalized individuals

NW Churchill, E Roudaia, JJ Chen, A Gilboa… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The long-term impact of COVID-19 on brain function remains poorly understood,
despite growing concern surrounding post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS). The goal of …

The neuropsychology of basal ganglia

D Riva, M Taddei, S Bulgheroni - european journal of paediatric neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Basal ganglia are subcortical structures specialized at very early age, functionally different
according to the right or left side. They are part of complex distributed network composed by …