Abstract Normal aging is associated with both structural changes in many brain regions and functional declines in several cognitive domains with advancing age. Advanced neuroimaging techniques enable explorative analyses of structural alterations that can be used as...
Aging
Explore the latest research on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to treat Aging.
Extivita maintains an extensive publication database for Aging and various other indications with therapies such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Neurofeedback, Nutritional IV Therapy, Infrared Sauna, and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy. Explore our database on Acne and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy aka, HBOT, below.
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Sleep and Human Aging
Abstract Older adults do not sleep as well as younger adults. Why? What alterations in sleep quantity and quality occur as we age, and are there functional consequences? What are the underlying neural mechanisms that explain age-related sleep disruption? This review...
The Disconnected Brain and Executive Function Decline in Aging
Abstract Higher order speeded cognitive abilities depend on efficient coordination of activity across the brain, rendering them vulnerable to age reductions in structural and functional brain connectivity. The concept of "disconnected aging" has been invoked,...
EEG-Neurofeedback as a Tool to Modulate Cognition and Behavior: A Review Tutorial
Abstract Neurofeedback is attracting renewed interest as a method to self-regulate one's own brain activity to directly alter the underlying neural mechanisms of cognition and behavior. It not only promises new avenues as a method for cognitive enhancement in healthy...
The effect of aging on the cutaneous microvasculature
Abstract Aging is associated with a progressive loss of function in all organs. Under normal conditions the physiologic compensation for age-related deficits is sufficient, but during times of stress the limitations of this reserve become evident. Explanations for...
Changes in whole-brain functional networks and memory performance in aging
Abstract We used resting-functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 98 healthy older adults to analyze how local and global measures of functional brain connectivity are affected by age, and whether they are related to differences in memory performance....
Enhancing sleep quality and memory in insomnia using instrumental sensorimotor rhythm conditioning
Abstract EEG recordings over the sensorimotor cortex show a prominent oscillatory pattern in a frequency range between 12 and 15 Hz (sensorimotor rhythm, SMR) under quiet but alert wakefulness. This frequency range is also abundant during sleep, and overlaps with the...
Neurofeedback training induces changes in white and gray matter
Abstract The main objective of this structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study was to investigate, using diffusion tensor imaging, whether a neurofeedback training (NFT) protocol designed to improve sustained attention might induce structural changes in white...
Neurofeedback in healthy elderly human subjects with electroencephalographic risk for cognitive disorder
Abstract In normal elderly subjects, the best electroencephalogram (EEG)-based predictor of cognitive impairment is theta EEG activity abnormally high for their age. The goal of this work was to explore the effectiveness of a neurofeedback (NFB) protocol in reducing...