Continued neurogenesis in the hippocampus of aging brains. Even in 90+year old and at a reduced rate in Individuals with MCI and AD.

Lifestyle intervention alters fMRI activation compared to control in regions associated with reward processing and inhibitory control when shown high caloric vs no food images onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

A study of 1000+ older adults by Daniel Callow and colleagues found that those engaged in physical activity under social distancing guidelines may have lower rates of negative mood symptoms. More strenuous activity may confer greater benefits ow.ly/gp5G50AmOiM

Happy I got to work on this paper with my dad. Timely and in a field my mom was passionate about in her research career (gerontology). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… @sgsmgr

Our paper on the mental health benefits of physical activity in older adults during the early stages of COVID-19 is now available. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Am Jnl of Geriatric Psych E4BH Lab umdnacs

New work from the lab using a new (to us) method. Punchline: hippocampal diffusion was a better predictor of age and memory performance than volume in 4-8 yr olds. Thanks Daniel Callow Dr. Kelsey Canada for all your work on this!! frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Very tough run but officially an ultra marathoner now at the Patapsco Valley 50k. Dad also met his goal of doing a 50k before 50. I guess hard work pays off! Although it also hurts, my legs will be feeling it for a while.

What does being in your 40's do to your memory and can playing video games like Minecraft help? Sign up to be a research volunteer and help us answer this! forms.gle/QjZTruEE5hUkqj…

Paper from the E4BH Lab looking at how "Forward-focused coping predicts better mental health outcomes in mid- to late-life during the COVID-19 pandemic" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excited our work is out. We found 12-weeks of exercise training altered Cortical Gray Matter Diffusivity, which was associated with improvements in Cognitive Function in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Older Adults frontiersin.org/article/10.338… Frontiers - Neuroscience umdnacs E4BH Lab

Excited that this paper which was a part of my umdnacs first-year project is finally out. We found acute aerobic exercise increased hippocampal diffusion in older adults. Possibly resulting from neuroinflammation/upregulation of neurotrophic factors. journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abst…

Microstructural Plasticity in the Hippocampus of Healthy Older Adults after Acute Exercise ow.ly/DYex50GdGWH

New review from our lab on evidence for exercise induced plasticity in functional and structural networks. Particularly enjoyed leading the lab in writing the structural plasticity half! authors.elsevier.com/c/1dylcY3M3WcC…

authors.elsevier.com/c/1ejT~6TBFwL0… New paper showing a relationship between fitness, gray and white matter neurite dispersion and density, and cognition in younger adults from the human connectome project.

Second dissertation paper published. Effects of acute aerobic exercise on mnemonic discrimination performance in older adults bit.ly/3ATD3Hv

New paper using network science approaches - structural brain network efficiency mediates the relationship between fitness and cognition across the lifespan using the aging HCP News dataset. authors.elsevier.com/c/1gjQA6TBF~98Z

Postdoc slots in the Stark Lab at UC Irvine for projects using multi-modal MRI in humans and animal models our ADRC, MODEL-AD and several other grants. Particular emphasis in multi-shell diffusion MRI. Plz RT! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07578 MODEL-AD UCI MIND

Happy to share that my final dissertation project, which was the focus of my F31, is finally out. Effects of acute cycling on hippocampal subfield function and microstructure in older adults. umdnacs UMD Public Health onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HH7NMMEE…

Actigraphy estimated sleep moderates the relationship between physical... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Synergistic benefits of physical activity and sleep for more resilient brain networks in aging and preclinical Alzheimer’s disease sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Editorial team - Neuroimage Clinical