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Mitchel Stokkermans, Teodoro Solis-Escalante, Michael X. Cohen, Vivian Weerdesteyn
Summary: Stepping is a common strategy for recovering postural stability and maintaining balance. This study investigated the role of cortical midfrontal theta dynamics in balance monitoring during different standing postures. The results showed that theta power was modulated by postural threat and perturbation intensity. Understanding cortical mechanisms of balance control is crucial for studying balance impairments related to aging and neurological conditions.
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Clinical Neurology
Taylor J. Bosch, Stefan Kammermeier, Christopher Groth, Matt Leedom, Elizabeth K. Hanson, Patti Berg-Poppe, Arun Singh
Summary: This study highlights the involvement of mid-frontal and mid-cerebellar regions in postural stability during a balance task and emphasizes the important role of theta oscillations therein for postural control in PD. These findings suggest that neural oscillations may be associated with postural instability in PD patients.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Arnd Gebel, Aglaja Busch, Christine Stelzel, Tibor Hortobagyi, Urs Granacher
Summary: This study examined the acute effects of physical fatigue (PF) and mental fatigue (MF) on postural sway and cortical activity in young adults. The results showed that PF increased postural sway and altered cortical activity, while MF led to changes in postural sway.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Vu Phan, Daniel S. Peterson, Hyunglae Lee
Summary: This study introduces a new approach for calculating virtual time-to-contact (VTC) called directional VTC, which expands the evaluation of balance to include temporal, spatial, and control aspects. Through three case studies, preliminary results not only provided a closer look at balance control with multiple aspects, but also showed the effects of neurological diseases or challenging standing environments on balance.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Olivia M. Fischer, Kyle J. Missen, Craig D. Tokuno, Mark G. Carpenter, Allan L. Adkin
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of postural threat on sample entropy and traditional balance measures, as well as the role of physiological arousal, perceived anxiety, attention focus, and biological sex. The results showed that participants had increased physiological arousal, anxiety, and attention focus when threatened, and there were changes in sample entropy, anterior-posterior displacement, and balance frequency. Males and females responded similarly to threat, but males had significantly higher attention to balance and high-frequency sway. Increased sample entropy when threatened may reflect a shift to more automatic control, while directing more attention to balance may act to constrain these automatic changes.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
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Biology
A. H. Dewolf, Y. P. Ivanenko, R. M. Mesquita, P. A. Willems
Summary: Elephants, as the largest legged animals, face challenges for stable standing but their postural oscillations are comparable to those of smaller animals like dogs and other species, suggesting that some aspects of sensorimotor postural control are not dependent on size.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Ewa Beldzik, Markus Ullsperger, Aleksandra Domagalik, Tadeusz Marek
Summary: Both conflict and error processing are associated with an increase in midfrontal theta power and hemodynamic activity in the anterior midcingulate cortex. This study used simultaneous EEG-fMRI technique to investigate the relationship between theta power and hemodynamic activity during conflict tasks. The results showed a negative correlation between conflict pre-response theta and BOLD signal in the midline area 9, while error-related theta showed a positive relationship with activity in the anterior midcingulate cortex.
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Behavioral Sciences
Chun-Ling Lin, Ya-Wen Hsieh, Hui-Ya Chen
Summary: This study found that elderly individuals exhibit different patterns of brain activity compared to young individuals when dealing with eye closure and misleading somatosensory information. Elderly participants showed sustained efforts in all sensory conditions, but may lack the efficacy in redistributing relative sensory weights when dealing with eye closure.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Amel Cherif, Jacopo Zenzeri, Ian Loram
Summary: This study examines the contribution and sensitivity of different delay processes to balance. The results indicate that variable delay processes have the largest contribution to balance and are sensitive to historical context as well as current states.
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
So Jung Lee, Eun Chae Lee, Muhyun Kim, Sung-Hwa Ko, Sungchul Huh, Woosik Choi, Yong-Il Shin, Ji Hong Min
Summary: This randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of dance therapy using telerehabilitation on trunk control and balance training in patients with stroke. The study found that dance therapy significantly improved trunk control and was comparable to conventional rehabilitation treatment. These results suggest that remote dance programs may be an effective alternative for stroke patients.
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Neurosciences
Mari S. Messel, Liisa Raud, Per Kristian Hoff, Jan Stubberud, Rene J. Huster
Summary: The study found that FM-theta activity can be dissociated into several mechanisms associated with proactive control, response initiation, and response inhibition processes. Results indicate that participants adjusted their behavior proactively, with increasing go-trial reaction times following increasing stop-signal probability, and theta activity was higher in stop-trials than go-trials and modulated by probability.
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Rehabilitation
Rosalee M. Dewar, Kylie Tucker, Andrew P. Claus, Robert S. Ware, Leanne M. Johnston
Summary: The study evaluated the clinical criteria of Kids-BESTest in children with cerebral palsy, showing that the FRTFORWARD had face, concurrent, and content validity. FRTLATERAL(P/NP) demonstrated concurrent validity, but partial face and content validity.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Neil Anderson, Chris Button, Peter Lamb
Summary: The proficiency of fundamental movement skill (FMS) is influenced by both maturation and diverse perceptual-motor experiences during childhood. This study investigates the potential changes to postural control in children after an educational gymnastics course. The results show that educational gymnastics enables children to make more rapid improvements to postural performance and control. Additionally, there are differences in postural control changes between males and females over a 3-month period.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Camila Dias, Diana Costa, Teresa Sousa, Joao Castelhano, Veronica Figueiredo, Andreia C. Pereira, Miguel Castelo-Branco
Summary: Error monitoring is a metacognitive process that allows us to detect and signal errors after a response has been made. This study investigated the neural substrates of error monitoring during the integration of facial expression cues using electroencephalography (EEG). The results showed that theta band activity in the midfrontal region is not only an index of error monitoring, but also a requisite for success.
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Psychology, Biological
Christopher Stolz, Alan D. Pickering, Erik M. Mueller
Summary: In this study, participants underwent a reward-based and a punishment-based reversal learning task. The results showed that FM theta was more amplified to negative feedback in the reward task compared to the punishment task. This suggests that FM theta may be less sensitive to the processing of events with direct relevance for fear and anxiety in reinforcement learning tasks.
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Sport Sciences
Thorben Hulsdunker, Heiko K. Struder, Andreas Mierau
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2018)
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Sport Sciences
Axel Przyklenk, Boris Gutmann, Thorsten Schiffer, Wildor Hollmann, Heiko K. Strueder, Wilhelm Bloch, Andreas Mierau, Sebastian Gehlert
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2017)
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Biology
Gaspar Epro, Andreas Mierau, Jonas Doerner, Julian A. Luetkens, Lukas Scheef, Guido M. Kukuk, Henning Boecker, Constantinos N. Maganaris, Gert-Peter Brueggemann, Kiros Karamanidis
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2017)
Review
Sport Sciences
Thorben Huelsduenker, Heiko K. Strueder, Andreas Mierau
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2018)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Christoph Schmidt, Diana Piper, Britta Pester, Andreas Mierau, Herbert Witte
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEURAL SYSTEMS
(2018)
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Physiology
Gaspar Epro, Christopher McCrum, Andreas Mierau, Michael Leyendecker, Gert-Peter Brueggemann, Kiros Karamanidis
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
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Neurosciences
G. Epro, A. Mierau, C. McCrum, M. Leyendecker, G-P Brueggemann, K. Karamanidis
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
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Sport Sciences
Axel Przyklenk, Thorben Aussieker, Boris Gutmann, Thorsten Schiffer, Christian Brinkmann, Heiko K. Strueder, Wilhelm Bloch, Andreas Mierau, Sebastian Gehlert
JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH
(2020)
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Neurosciences
Boris Gutmann, Thorben Huelsduenker, Julia Mierau, Heiko K. Strueder, Andreas Mierau
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2018)
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Neurosciences
B. Gutmann, P. Zimmer, T. Huelsduenker, J. Lefebvre, S. Binneboessel, M. Oberste, W. Bloch, H. K. Strueder, A. Mierau
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2018)
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Medicine, Research & Experimental
Dominik Wolf, Oliver Tuescher, Stefan Teipel, Andreas Mierau, Heiko Strueder, Alexander Drzezga, Bernhard Baier, Harald Binder, Andreas Fellgiebel
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Physiology
D. Holzer, G. Epro, C. McCrum, J. Doerner, J. A. Luetkens, L. Scheef, G. M. Kukuk, H. Boecker, A. Mierau, G. -P. Brueggemann, C. N. Maganaris, K. Karamanidis
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
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Physiology
Thorben Huelsduenker, Clara Rentz, Diemo Ruhnow, Hannes Kaesbauer, Heiko K. Strueder, Andreas Mierau
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
(2019)
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Neurosciences
Thorben Huelsduenker, Heiko K. Strueder, Andreas Mierau
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2018)
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Clinical Neurology
Andreas Mierau, Britta Pester, Thorben Huelsduenker, Karin Schiecke, Heiko K. Strueder, Herbert Witte
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Neurosciences
Song Xue, Feng Kong, Yiying Song, Jia Liu
Summary: This study used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore the relationship between individual's spontaneous neural activity and social interaction anxiety in a nonclinical population. The results showed that social interaction anxiety was correlated with the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in several brain regions, and that emotional intelligence partially mediated this relationship. This study provides evidence for the neural basis of social interaction anxiety in the normal population and highlights the role of emotional intelligence in this anxiety.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Katsuyuki Yamaguchi, Takuya Yazawa
Summary: This study provides morphometric data on the development of the human medullary arcuate nucleus (AN) by examining the brains of preterm and perinatal infants. The results show that AN morphology demonstrates asymmetry and individual variability during the fetal period. The volume and neuronal number of AN increase exponentially with age, while neuronal density decreases exponentially. The AN may undergo neuron death and neuroblasts production after mid-gestation.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Zhan Zhou, Weixin Dai, Tianxiao Liu, Min Shi, Yi Wei, Lifei Chen, Yubo Xie
Summary: Studies have shown that propofol-induced neurotoxicity is caused by disruption of mitochondrial fission and fusion, leading to an energy supply imbalance for developing neurons. Healthy mitochondria released by astrocytes can migrate to compromised neurons to mitigate propofol-induced neurotoxicity, but the exact mechanisms involved still need further clarification.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
An Chen, Song Hao, Yongpeng Han, Yang Fang, Yibei Miao
Summary: This study explores the efficacy of two forms of BCI attention training games and finds that physical games may be more effective than video games. The research also offers valuable insights for future game design from a neuroscience perspective.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Lina Liu, Luran Liu, Yunting Lu, Tianyuan Zhang, Wenting Zhao
Summary: This study reveals that GDI1 serves as a potential diagnostic biomarker for AD and inhibition of GDI1 can attenuate Aβ-induced neurotoxicity. The findings offer new insights for the treatment of AD.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Zahra Gholami, Ava Soltani Hekmat, Ali Abbasi, Kazem Javanmardi
Summary: This study investigated the effects of alamandine on allodynia in a rat model and found the presence of MrgD receptors in the vlPAG and RVM regions. Microinjection of alamandine resulted in a significant increase in paw withdrawal threshold and could be blocked by an MrgD receptor antagonist. Upregulation of MrgD receptor expression following allodynia induction suggests a potential compensatory mechanism in response to pain.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Mingliang Xu, Lei Xia, Junjie Li, Yehong Du, Zhifang Dong
Summary: This study found that DHF effectively alleviates sevoflurane-induced cognitive impairment in developing mice by restoring the balance between tau O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation. Therefore, DHF has the potential to be a therapeutic agent for treating cognitive impairment associated with anesthetics, such as sevoflurane.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Tsubasa Mitsutake, Hisato Nakazono, Takanori Taniguchi, Hisayoshi Yoshizuka, Maiko Sakamoto
Summary: The posterior parietal cortex plays a crucial role in postural stability, and transcranial electrical stimulation of this region can modulate physical control responses. This study found that cathodal stimulation significantly decreased joint angular velocity in multiple directions, while there were no significant differences with transcranial random noise stimulation.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Xishuai Yang, Wei Zhang, Xueli Chang, Zuopeng Li, Runquan Du, Junhong Guo
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of low-dose rituximab (RTX) in patients with muscle-specific kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis (MuSK-MG). The results showed that low-dose RTX treatment led to significant improvements in clinical symptoms and quality of life for patients with MuSK-MG.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Jian Zhang, Shunyuan Guo, Rong Tao, Fan Wang, Yihong Xie, Huizi Wang, Lan Ding, Yuejian Shen, Xiaoli Zhou, Junli Feng, Qing Shen
Summary: This study established an Alzheimer's disease (AD) model of zebrafish induced by AlCl3 and found that marine-derived plasmalogens (Pls) could alleviate cognitive impairments of AD zebrafish by reversing athletic impairment and altering the expression levels of genes related to oxidative stress, ferroptosis, synaptic dysfunction, and apoptosis.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Lu Li, Jiaqi Ren, Qi Fang, Liqiang Yu, Jintao Wang
Summary: ICU-AW is a common and severe neuromuscular complication in critically ill patients. Electrophysiological examination is essential for accurate diagnosis and early prediction of the disease. This study aimed to establish and validate an ICU-AW predictive model in SIRS patients, providing a practical tool for early clinical prediction.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Ahmad Alipour, Roghayeh Mohammadi
Summary: The present study aimed to investigate the separate and combined effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (F3) regions on pain relief in patients with type-2 diabetes suffering from neuropathic pain (NP). The results showed that tDCS had the potential to induce pain relief in patients with type-2 diabetes suffering from NP. The mean perceived pain intensity in the posttest was lower in the M1 stimulation group than in the F3 stimulation group. However, more trials with larger sample sizes are necessary to define clinically relevant effects.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Eduardo J. Fusse, Franciele F. Scarante, Maria A. Vicente, Mariana M. Marrubia, Flavia Turcato, Davi S. Scomparin, Melissa A. Ribeiro, Maria J. Figueiredo, Tamires A. V. Brigante, Francisco S. Guimaraes, Alline C. Campos
Summary: Repeated exposure to psychosocial stress alters the endocannabinoid system and affects brain regions associated with emotional distress. Enhancing the effects of endocannabinoids through pharmacological inhibition induces an anti-stress behavioral effect, possibly mediated by the mTOR signaling pathway.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Giulia Agostoni, Luca Bischetti, Federica Repaci, Margherita Bechi, Marco Spangaro, Irene Ceccato, Elena Cavallini, Luca Fiorentino, Francesca Martini, Jacopo Sapienza, Mariachiara Buonocore, Michele Francesco D'Incalci, Federica Cocchi, Carmelo Guglielmino, Roberto Cavallaro, Marta Bosia, Valentina Bambini
Summary: This study found a general impairment in humor comprehension in individuals with schizophrenia, with mental jokes being more difficult for both patients and controls. Humor comprehension was closely associated with the patients' overall pragmatic and linguistic profile, while the association with Theory of Mind (ToM) was minimal. Another notable finding was the increased appreciation of humor in individuals with schizophrenia, who rated jokes as funnier than controls did, regardless of whether they were correctly or incorrectly completed. The funniness ratings were not predicted by any measure, suggesting a dimension of humor untied to cognition or psychopathology.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)
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Neurosciences
Xiuping Gong, Qi Li, Yang Liu
Summary: This study demonstrates that Sev targets CREBBP to inhibit ALG13 transcription, leading to hippocampal damage and cognitive impairment.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2024)