Publications List

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)

Sleep health in tactical athletes enrolled in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and its association with performance and motivation (2019)

Immediate and Residual Effects of Sleep Extension on Cognitive and Motor Performance and Motivation in Tactical Athletes (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)

Motor timing intraindividual variability in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and cognitively intact elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease (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)

Interactive effects of physical activity and APOE-ε4 on white matter tract diffusivity in healthy elders (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)

Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease alters the five-year trajectory of semantic memory activation in cognitively intact elders (2015)

The influence of sport goggles on visual target detection in female intercollegiate athletes (2015)

Concurrent and longitudinal relationships between cognitive activity, cognitive performance, and brain volume in older women (2014)

Physical activity reduces hippocampal atrophy in elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease (2014)

Performance variability during a multitrial list-learning task as a predictor of future cognitive decline in healthy elders (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)

Comparison of semantic and episodic memory BOLD fMRI activation in predicting cognitive decline in older adults (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)

Functional magnetic resonance imaging of semantic memory as a presymptomatic biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease risk (2012)

Tagging cortical networks in emotion: a topographical analysis (2012)

Does physical activity influence semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment? (2011)

Interactive effects of physical activity and APOE-ε4 on BOLD semantic memory activation in healthy elderly (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)

Detecting changes in human cerebral blood flow after acute exercise using arterial spin labeling: Implications for fMRI (2010)

The contributions of self-efficacy, trait anxiety, and fear of falling to physical activity behavior among residents of continuing care retirement communities (2010)

Measures of Physical Ability Older Adults (2009)

Both Predator and Prey: Emotional Arousal in Threat and Reward (2008)

Electrocortical and electrodermal responses covary as a function of emotional arousal: A single-trial analysis (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)

Physical activity does not disturb the measurement of startle and corrugator responses during affective picture viewing (2003)

Emotional responsiveness after low- and moderate-intensity exercise and seated rest (2002)