Assessing cognitive decline in the aging brain: Lessons from rodent and human studies

DVC Brito, F Esteves, AT Rajado, N Silva, I Araújo… - npj Aging, 2023 - nature.com
As life expectancy continues to increase worldwide, age-related dysfunction will largely
impact our societies in the future. Aging is well established to promote the deterioration of …

The role of aberrant neural oscillations in the hippocampal-medial prefrontal cortex circuit in neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders

N Shing, MC Walker, P Chang - Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 2022 - Elsevier
The hippocampus (HPC) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) have well-established roles in
cognition, emotion, and sensory processing. In recent years, interests have shifted towards …

Cerebellar coordination of neuronal communication in cerebral cortex

SS McAfee, Y Liu, RV Sillitoe, DH Heck - Frontiers in systems …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive processes involve precisely coordinated neuronal communications between
multiple cerebral cortical structures in a task specific manner. Rich new evidence now …

Periaxonal and nodal plasticities modulate action potential conduction in the adult mouse brain

CL Cullen, RE Pepper, MT Clutterbuck, KA Pitman… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Central nervous system myelination increases action potential conduction velocity.
However, it is unclear how myelination is coordinated to ensure the temporally precise …

Virtual reality video game improves high-fidelity memory in older adults

PE Wais, M Arioli, R Anguera-Singla, A Gazzaley - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Therapeutic interventions have not yet been shown to demonstrate restorative effects for
declining long-term memory (LTM) that affects many healthy older adults. We developed a …

Hippocampal theta phases organize the reactivation of large-scale electrophysiological representations during goal-directed navigation

L Kunz, L Wang, D Lachner-Piza, H Zhang… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Humans are adept in simultaneously following multiple goals, but the neural mechanisms for
maintaining specific goals and distinguishing them from other goals are incompletely …

Protective effect of PDE4B subtype-specific inhibition in an App knock-in mouse model for Alzheimer's disease

P Armstrong, H Güngör, P Anongjanya… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data has implicated PDE4B in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of senile dementia. PDE4B …

Prenatal alcohol exposure exacerbates acute sensorimotor deficits and impedes long‐term behavioral recovery from the effects of an adult‐onset cerebrovascular …

S Bake, DA Hurst, RC Miranda… - Alcoholism: Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is a significant risk factor for developmental
disability, although its health consequences across the lifespan are poorly understood …

Reaching the goal: Superior navigators in late adulthood provide a novel perspective into successful cognitive aging

R Zhou, T Belge, T Wolbers - Topics in Cognitive Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Normal aging is typically associated with declines in navigation and spatial memory abilities.
However, increased interindividual variability in performance across various …

Cannabidiol exposure during the mouse adolescent period is without harmful behavioral effects on locomotor activity, anxiety, and spatial memory

JS Kaplan, JK Wagner, K Reid… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-intoxicating phytocannabinoid whose purported therapeutic
benefits and impression of a high safety profile has promoted its increasing popularity …