The older adult brain is less modular, more integrated, and less efficient at rest: A systematic review of large‐scale resting‐state functional brain networks in aging

HA Deery, R Di Paolo, C Moran, GF Egan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The literature on large‐scale resting‐state functional brain networks across the adult
lifespan was systematically reviewed. Studies published between 1986 and July 2021 were …

Strategies and cognitive reserve to preserve lexical production in aging

M Baciu, S Banjac, E Roger, C Haldin… - GeroScience, 2021 - Springer
In the absence of any neuropsychiatric condition, older adults may show declining
performance in several cognitive processes and among them, in retrieving and producing …

Musicianship-related structural and functional cortical features are preserved in elderly musicians

OG Rus-Oswald, J Benner, J Reinhardt… - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Professional musicians are a model population for exploring basic auditory
function, sensorimotor and multisensory integration, and training-induced neuroplasticity …

Integration and segregation of dynamic functional connectivity states for mild cognitive impairment revealed by graph theory indicators

Z Jiao, P Gao, Y Ji, H Shi - Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate stage between normal aging and
dementia. Researchers tend to discuss its early state (early MCI, eMCI) due to its high …

Decreased dynamic segregation but increased dynamic integration of the resting-state functional networks during normal aging

L He, X Wang, K Zhuang, J Qiu - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
A hallmark of the aging process is increased connectivity between networks and decreased
connectivity within networks, which to some extent reflects the reorganization of the brain …

Virtual lesions in MEG reveal increasing vulnerability of the language network from early childhood through adolescence

BJ Williamson, HM Greiner, DS Kadis - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
In childhood, language outcomes following brain injury are inversely related to age.
Neuroimaging findings suggest that extensive representation and/or topological redundancy …

Age-associated differences of modules and hubs in brain functional networks

Y Zhang, Y Wang, N Chen, M Guo, X Wang… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Healthy aging is usually accompanied by changes in the functional modular organization of
the human brain, which may result in the decline of cognition and underlying brain …

Regional gray matter volume is associated with growth mindset: a voxel-based morphometry study

X Jia, L Hao, L He, P Li, M Liu, Y Zhang, J Qiu - Neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
A growth mindset refers to an individual's beliefs about the malleable nature of intelligence.
It plays an important role in motivation and achievement. However, few studies have …

Multivariate brain functional connectivity through regularized estimators

R Salvador, N Verdolini, B Garcia-Ruiz… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Functional connectivity analyses are typically based on matrices containing bivariate
measures of covariability, such as correlations. Although this has been a fruitful approach, it …

Exploration of resting‐state brain functional connectivity as preclinical markers for arousal prediction in prolonged disorders of consciousness: A pilot study based on …

Y Luo, L Wang, Y Yang, X Jiang, K Zheng… - Brain and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is no diagnostic assessment procedure with moderate or strong evidence
of use, and evidence for current means of treating prolonged disorders of consciousness …