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Evidence for structural plasticity in humans: comment on Thomas and Baker (2012)Kirk I Erickson
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Neuroimage 73:237-8; discussion 265-7. 2013..Overall, although this area of research is in need of circumspection, it also could have transformative implications if structural brain plasticity in humans is possible...
Physical activity, brain plasticity, and Alzheimer's diseaseKirk I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Arch Med Res 43:615-21. 2012..In addition to summarizing this literature we provide recommendations for future research on physical activity and brain health...- The aging hippocampus: interactions between exercise, depression, and BDNFKirk I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Neuroscientist 18:82-97. 2012..These conclusions are interpreted in relation to age-related memory impairment and preventions for hippocampal atrophy... - Physical activity predicts gray matter volume in late adulthood: the Cardiovascular Health StudyK I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Neurology 75:1415-22. 2010.... - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is associated with age-related decline in hippocampal volumeKirk I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
J Neurosci 30:5368-75. 2010..Caudate nucleus volume was unrelated to BDNF levels or spatial memory performance. Our results identify serum BDNF as a significant factor related to hippocampal shrinkage and memory decline in late adulthood... - Striatal volume predicts level of video game skill acquisitionKirk I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Cereb Cortex 20:2522-30. 2010..These findings suggest a neuroanatomical basis for the superiority of training strategies that promote cognitive flexibility and transfer to untrained tasks... - A cross-sectional study of hormone treatment and hippocampal volume in postmenopausal women: evidence for a limited window of opportunityKirk I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
Neuropsychology 24:68-76. 2010..Our results provide support for a limited window of opportunity for hormone treatment to influence hippocampal volume, yet the degree to which these effects translate to improved memory performance is uncertain... - Aerobic fitness is associated with hippocampal volume in elderly humansKirk I Erickson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Hippocampus 19:1030-9. 2009..Our results clearly indicate that higher levels of aerobic fitness are associated with increased hippocampal volume in older humans, which translates to better memory function... - Resting hippocampal blood flow, spatial memory and agingSusie Heo
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL, USA
Brain Res 1315:119-27. 2010..These results demonstrate a region-specific CBF-cognition relationship and thereby offer new insight into the complex connection between the aging brain and behavior... - Basal ganglia volume is associated with aerobic fitness in preadolescent childrenLaura Chaddock
Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Dev Neurosci 32:249-56. 2010..Because children are becoming increasingly overweight, unhealthy and unfit, understanding the neurocognitive benefits of an active lifestyle during childhood has important public health and educational implications... 
Aerobic exercise training increases brain volume in aging humansStanley J Colcombe
Beckman Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1166-70. 2006..Furthermore, these results suggest a strong biological basis for the role of aerobic fitness in maintaining and enhancing central nervous system health and cognitive functioning in older adults...- Age-related differences in the involvement of the prefrontal cortex in attentional controlRuchika Shaurya Prakash
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, USA
Brain Cogn 71:328-35. 2009..These results suggest a limitation in older adults' capabilities for flexibly recruiting the attentional network in response to increasing attentional demands... - Age-related differences in regional brain volumes: a comparison of optimized voxel-based morphometry to manual volumetryKristen M Kennedy
Institute of Gerontology, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Neurobiol Aging 30:1657-76. 2009..It may be beneficial to use VBM as a first-pass strategy, followed by manual measurement of anatomically defined regions... - Memory enhancement by a semantically unrelated emotional arousal source induced after learningKristy A Nielson
Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
Neurobiol Learn Mem 84:49-56. 2005..Potential reasons for contradictory findings in some previous studies, such as the timing of "delayed" memory tests, are discussed...