Author(s): Potvin-Jutras Z; Intzandt B; Mohammadi H; Liu P; Chen JJ; Gauthier CJ;

Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) and cerebral pulsatility (CP) are important indicators of cerebrovascular health and have been shown to be associated with physical activity (PA). Sex differences have been shown to influence the impact of PA on cerebrovascular health. However, the sex-specific effects of PA on CP and CVR, particularly in relation to inten ...

Article GUID: 39416007

Author(s): Wearn A; Tremblay SA; Tardif CL; Leppert IR; Gauthier CJ; Baracchini G; Hughes C; Hewan P; Tremblay-Mercier J; Rosa-Neto P; Poirier J; Villeneuve S; Schmitz TW; Turner GR; Spreng RN;

The neuromodulatory subcortical nuclei within the isodendritic core (IdC) are the earliest sites of tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease (AD). They project broadly throughout the brain's white matter. We investigated the relationship between IdC microstructure and whole-brain white matter mic ...

Article GUID: 38830849

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Alasmar Z; Pirhadi A; Carbonell F; Iturria-Medina Y; Gauthier CJ; Steele CJ;

Multivariate approaches have recently gained in popularity to address the physiological unspecificity of neuroimaging metrics and to better characterize the complexity of biological processes underlying behavior. However, commonly used approaches are biased by the intrinsic associations between variables, or they are computationally expensive and may be m ...

Article GUID: 38463982

Author(s): Zhou J; Wearn A; Huck J; Hughes C; Baracchini G; Tremblay-Mercier J; Poirier J; Villeneuve S; Tardif CL; Chakravarty MM; Daugherty AM; Gauthier CJ; Turner GR; Spreng RN;

Elevated iron deposition in the brain has been observed in older adult humans and persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and has been associated with lower cognitive performance. We investigated the impact of iron deposition, and its topographical distribution across hippocampal subfields and ...

Article GUID: 38388425

Author(s): Jäger AP; Bailey A; Huntenburg JM; Tardif CL; Villringer A; Gauthier CJ; Nikulin V; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

Decreased long-range temporal correlations (LRTC) in brain signals can be used to measure cognitive effort during task execution. Here, we examined how learning a motor sequence affects long-range temporal memory within resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging signal. Using the Hurst e ...

Article GUID: 38124341

Author(s): Huck J; Jäger AT; Schneider U; Grahl S; Fan AP; Tardif C; Villringer A; Bazin PL; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;

Resting-state (rs) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is used to detect low-frequency fluctuations in the blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal across brain regions. Correlations between temporal BOLD signal fluctuations are commonly used to infer functional connectivity. However, ...

Article GUID: 37498014

Author(s): Percie du Sert O; Unrau J; Gauthier CJ; Chakravarty M; Malla A; Lepage M; Raucher-Chéné D;

Introduction: Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) represent one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and are usually underpinned by neurodevelopmental brain abnormalities observed on a structural and functional level. Nuclear medicine imaging studies of cerebral blood ...

Article GUID: 36341843

Author(s): Jäger AP; Huntenburg JM; Tremblay SA; Schneider U; Grahl S; Huck J; Tardif CL; Villringer A; Gauthier CJ; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

In motor learning, sequence specificity, i.e. the learning of specific sequential associations, has predominantly been studied using task-based fMRI paradigms. However, offline changes in resting state functional connectivity after sequence-specific motor learning are less well understood. Previo ...

Article GUID: 34704176

Author(s): Sabra D; Intzandt B; Desjardins-Crepeau L; Langeard A; Steele CJ; Frouin F; Hoge RD; Bherer L; Gauthier CJ;

It is well established that sex differences exist in the manifestation of vascular diseases. Arterial stiffness (AS) has been associated with changes in cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) and cognitive decline in aging. Specifically, older adults with increased AS show a decline on executive functi ...

Article GUID: 34582484

Author(s): Intzandt B; Vrinceanu T; Huck J; Vincent T; Montero-Odasso M; Gauthier CJ; Bherer L;

Aging is associated with cognitive decline. Importantly cognition and cerebral health is enhanced with interventions like cognitive (CT) and exercise training (ET). However, effects of CT and ET interventions on brain magnetic resonance imaging outcomes have never been compared systematically. Here, the primary objective was to critically and systematical ...

Article GUID: 34245760

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Jäger AT; Huck J; Giacosa C; Beram S; Schneider U; Grahl S; Villringer A; Tardif CL; Bazin PL; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;

Efficient neural transmission is crucial for optimal brain function, yet the plastic potential of white matter (WM) has long been overlooked. Growing evidence now shows that modifications to axons and myelin occur not only as a result of long-term learning, but also after short training periods. ...

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