TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hortobagyi, Tibor
A1  - Granacher, Urs
A1  - Fernandez-del-Olmo, Miguel
A1  - Howatson, Glyn
A1  - Manca, Andrea
A1  - Deriu, Franca
A1  - Taube, Wolfgang
A1  - Gruber, Markus
A1  - Marquez, Gonzalo
A1  - Lundbye-Jensen, Jesper
A1  - Colomer-Poveda, David
T1  - Functional relevance of resistance training-induced neuroplasticity in health and disease
JF  - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews : official journal of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
N2  - Repetitive, monotonic, and effortful voluntary muscle contractions performed for just a few weeks, i.e., resistance training, can substantially increase maximal voluntary force in the practiced task and can also increase gross motor performance. The increase in motor performance is often accompanied by neuroplastic adaptations in the central nervous system. While historical data assigned functional relevance to such adaptations induced by resistance training, this claim has not yet been systematically and critically examined in the context of motor performance across the lifespan in health and disease. A review of muscle activation, brain and peripheral nerve stimulation, and imaging data revealed that increases in motor performance and neuroplasticity tend to be uncoupled, making a mechanistic link between neuroplasticity and motor performance inconclusive. We recommend new approaches, including causal mediation analytical and hypothesis-driven models to substantiate the functional relevance of resistance training-induced neuroplasticity in the improvements of gross motor function across the lifespan in health and disease.
KW  - Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)
KW  - strength training
KW  - Electromyography (EMG)
KW  - Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS)
KW  - Electroencephalography (EEG)
KW  - Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
KW  - athletic performance
KW  - aging
KW  - Parkinson's disease
KW  - Multiple sclerosis
KW  - stroke
KW  - directed acyclic graphs
KW  - causal mediation analysis
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.12.019
SN  - 0149-7634
SN  - 1873-7528
VL  - 122
SP  - 79
EP  - 91
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rossi, Sonja
A1  - Telkemeyer, Silke
A1  - Wartenburger, Isabell
A1  - Obrig, Hellmuth
T1  - Shedding light on words and sentences near-infrared spectroscopy in language research
JF  - Brain & language : a journal of the neurobiology of language
N2  - Investigating the neuronal network underlying language processing may contribute to a better understanding of how the brain masters this complex cognitive function with surprising ease and how language is acquired at a fast pace in infancy. Modern neuroimaging methods permit to visualize the evolvement and the function of the language network. The present paper focuses on a specific methodology, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), providing an overview over studies on auditory language processing and acquisition. The methodology detects oxygenation changes elicited by functional activation of the cerebral cortex. The main advantages for research on auditory language processing and its development during infancy are an undemanding application, the lack of instrumental noise, and its potential to simultaneously register electrophysiological responses. Also it constitutes an innovative approach for studying developmental issues in infants and children. The review will focus on studies on word and sentence processing including research in infants and adults.
KW  - Language
KW  - Language acquisition
KW  - Word processing
KW  - Sentence processing
KW  - Lateralization
KW  - Optical imaging (OI)
KW  - Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
KW  - Electroencephalography (EEG)
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2011.03.008
SN  - 0093-934X
VL  - 121
IS  - 2
SP  - 152
EP  - 163
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  -