Won J, Gogniat M, and Smith JC (2025). Age and Sex-related Differences in Neuroprotective Effects of Cardiovascular Endurance on Cortical Thickness and Brain Volume in Adults Across Age. Brain & Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.
Kommula Y, Callow DD, Purcell JJ, and Smith JC (2024). Acute exercise improves large-scale brain network segregation in healthy older adults. Brain Connectivity. PMID: 38888008 https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.
Callow DD, Spira AP, Bakker A, and Smith JC (2024). Sleep quality moderates associations between fitness and hippocampal and entorhinal structure in middle-aged and older adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 56, 1740-1746. PMID: 38742864; PMCID: PMC11326995; https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.
Won J, Callow DD, Purcell JJ, and Smith JC (2024). Hippocampal functional connectivity mediates the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function in healthy young adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 30, 199-208. PMID: 37646336 https://doi.org/10.1017/
Venezia AC, Weiss LR, Nielson KA, and Smith JC (2023). Moderate-to-vigorous intensity cycling exercise immediately after visual learning enhances delayed recognition memory performance. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 69, 102498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Purcell JJ, Wiley R, Won J§, Callow DD§, Weiss LR§, Alfini AJ§, Wei Y, and Smith JC (2023). Increased neural differentiation after a single session of aerobic exercise in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 132, 67-84. PMID: 37742442 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Callow DD, Kommula Y, Stark CEL, and Smith JC (2023). Acute cycling exercise and hippocampal subfield function and microstructure in healthy older adults. Hippocampus 33(10), 1123–1138. PMID: 37526119; PMCID: PMC10543457; https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.
Kommula Y, Purcell JJ, Callow DD, Won J, Pena GS, and Smith JC (2023). Emotion processing and positive affect after acute exercise in healthy older adults. Psychophysiology, 60, e14357. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.
Won J, Zaborszky L, Purcell JJ, Ranadive SM, Gentili RJ, and Smith JC (2023). Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, cognition, and basal forebrain functional connectivity in healthy older women. Brain Imaging & Behavior; PMID: 37273101; https://doi.org/10.1007/
Won J, Nielson KA, and Smith JC (2023). Large-scale network connectivity and cognitive function changes after exercise training in older adults with intact cognition and mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports, 12, 399-413. PMID: 37220620 PMCID: PMC10200248; https://doi.org/10.3233/adr-
Won J, Nielson KA, and Smith JC (2023). Large-scale network connectivity and cognitive function changes after exercise training in older adults with intact cognition and mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports, 12, 399-413. PMID: 37220620 PMCID: PMC10200248; https://doi.org/10.3233/adr-
Callow DD and Smith JC (2023). Aging, physical fitness, and structural network efficiency of brain connections across the lifespan. Neuropsychologia, 182, 15, 108527. PMID: 36871816; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Callow DD, Pena GS, Stark CEL, and Smith JC (2023). Effects of acute aerobic exercise on mnemonic discrimination performance in older adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29, 519-528. PMID: 35968853; https://www.doi.org/10.1017/
Pena GS, Evans WS, Callow DD§, Prior SJ, and Smith JC (2022). Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, monocyte polarization, and exercise-related changes in mnemonic discrimination performance in older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 169, 111973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Alfini AJ, Won J, Weiss LR, Nyhuis CC, Spira AP, Liu-Ambrose T, Shackman AJ, and Smith JC (2022). Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Moderator of Sleep-Related Associations with Hippocampal Volume and Cognition. Brain Sciences, 12(10), 1360. https://www.doi.org/10.3390/
Won J, Nielson KA, and Smith JC (2022). Subjective well-being and anterior insular functional connectivity after exercise intervention in older adults with MCI. Frontiers in Neuroscience: Preventing Late-Onset Dementia: Mechanisms, Modifiable Risk Factors, and Intervention. PMCID: PMC9128803; https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.
Gogniat MA, Won J, Callow DD, and Smith JC (2022). Mean arterial pressure, fitness, and executive function in middle age and older adults. Cerebral Circulation – Cognition and Behavior, 3, 100135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Callow DD, Won J, Purcell JJ, and Smith JC (2022). Neurite dispersion and density mediates the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and cognition in healthy younger adults. Neuropsychologia, 169:108207. PMID: 35259402; PMCID: PMC8985444; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Won J, Callow DD, Purcell JJ, and Smith JC (2022). Differential associations of regional cerebellar volume with gait speed and working memory. Scientific Reports, 12, 2355. PMID: 35149757; PMCID: PMC8837608; https://doi.org/10.1038/
Won J, Callow DD, Pena GS, Gogniat MA, Jordan LS, Kommula Y, Arnold-Nedimala NA, and Smith JC (2021 in press). Evidence for Exercise-Related Plasticity in Functional and Structural Neural Network Connectivity. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.013
Won J, Alfini AJ, and Smith JC (2021). Cardiovascular Endurance Modifies the Link between Subjective Sleep Quality and Entorhinal Cortex Thickness in Younger Adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53, 2131-2139.
https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000002697
Callow DD, Won J, Alfini AJ, Purcel JJ, Weiss LR, Zhan W, and Smith JC (2021). Microstructural plasticity in the hippocampus of healthy older adults following acute exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53, 1928-1936 https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002666
Won J, Callow DD, Pena G, Jordan LS, Arnold-Nedimala NA, Nielson KA, and Smith JC (2021). Hippocampal connectivity and cognitive performance after exercise intervention in older adults with MCI. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 82, 1015-1031. PMID: 34151792; PMCID pending; https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-210051
Kadey KR, Woodard JL, Moll A, Nielson KA, Smith JC, Durgerian S, and Rao SM (2021). Five-year change in body mass index predicts conversion to mild cognitive impairment or dementia only in APOE e4 allele carriers. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 81, 189-199. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-201360
Callow et al. (2021). Exercise training related changes in cortical gray matter diffusivity and cognitive function in mild cognitive impairment and healthy older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.645258
Won et al. (2021). Blood Pressure-related Differences in Brain Health Between Young African Americans and Caucasian Americans. Physiological Reports, 9, e14819. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14819
Jordan et al. (2021). Forward-Focused Coping Predicts Better Mental Health Outcomes in Older Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic. Aging and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1897523
Won et al. (2021). Cerebellar functional connectivity is associated with verbal fluency improvement after exercise training in older adults. The Cerebellum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-020-01218-3
Stillman Dahal E et al. (2020). Label-free x-ray estimation of brain amyloid burden. Scientific Reports, 10:20505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77554-5
Won et al. (2020). Greater semantic memory activation after exercise training cessation in older endurance trained athletes. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2020-0183
Alfini et al. (2020). Impact of exercise on older adults’ mood is moderated by sleep and mediated by altered brain connectivity. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 15, 1238-1251. PMID: 33201227; https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa149
Callow et al. (2020). The mental health benefits of physical activity in older adults survive the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28, 1046-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.024
Abraham M et al. (2020). Episodic memory and hippocampal volume predict 5-year MCI conversion in healthy APOE ε4 carriers. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 26, 733-738. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617720000181
Won et al. (2019). Caudate volume mediates the interaction between total sleep time and executive function after acute exercise in healthy older adults. Brain Plasticity, 5, 69-82. https://doi.org/10.3233/BPL-190087
Won et al. (2019). Brain activation during executive control after acute exercise in older adults. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 146, 240-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.10.002
A single bout of hard RPE-based cycling exercise increases salivary alpha-amylase (2019)
Semantic memory activation after acute exercise in healthy older adults (2019)
Resting cerebral blood flow after exercise training in mild cognitive impairment (2019)
Differential 5-Year brain atrophy rates in cognitively declining and stable APOE-e4 elders (2018)
Are optimism and cynical hostility associated with smoking cessation in older women? (2017)
Exercise training and functional connectivity changes in MCI and healthy elders (2017)
Executive function and the P300 after treadmill exercise and futsal in college soccer players (2017)
Five-year longitudinal brain volume change in healthy elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease (2017)
Diffusion tensor imaging predictors of cognitive decline in healthy older adults (2016)
Hippocampal and cerebral blood flow after exercise cessation in master athletes (2016)
Predictors of optimal cognitive aging in 80+ women: The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (2016)
Introduction to the JINS Special Issue: Physical Activity and Brain Plasticity (2015)
Increased cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with increased cortical thickness in MCI (2015)
The influence of sport goggles on visual target detection in female intercollegiate athletes (2015)
Physical activity reduces hippocampal atrophy in elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease (2014)
Semantic memory fMRI and cognitive function after exercise intervention in mild cognitive impairment (2013)
Effects of emotional exposure on state anxiety after acute exercise (2013)
Physical activity and brain function in older adults at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease (2013)
Recognition of famous names predicts cognitive decline in healthy elders (2013)
Lifestyle and genetic contributions to cognitive decline and hippocampal integrity in healthy aging (2012)
Tagging cortical networks in emotion: a topographical analysis (2012)
Does physical activity influence semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment? (2011)
Visual threat detection during moderate and high intensity exercise (2011)
Attentional bias to emotional stimuli is altered during moderate but not high intensity exercise (2011)
Prediction of cognitive decline in healthy older adults using fMRI (2010)
Measures of Physical Ability Older Adults (2009)
Both Predator and Prey: Emotional Arousal in Threat and Reward (2008)
Rapid Picture Presentation and Affective Engagement (2006)
Methodology in Psychophysicological Studies: Applications in Physical Activity (2005)
State anxiety and affective physiology: effects of sustained exposure to affective pictures (2005)
Emotional responsiveness after low- and moderate-intensity exercise and seated rest (2002)