2024
Interplay between preclinical indices of obesity and neural signatures of fluid intelligence in youth
Ward T, Schantell M, Dietz S, Ende G, Rice D, Coutant A, Arif Y, Wang Y, Calhoun V, Stephen J, Heinrichs-Graham E, Taylor B, Wilson T. Interplay between preclinical indices of obesity and neural signatures of fluid intelligence in youth. Communications Biology 2024, 7: 1285. PMID: 39379610, PMCID: PMC11461743, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06924-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbstract reasoning taskFluid intelligenceAbstract reasoningBrain regionsNeural activityReasoning tasksLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexLeft temporoparietal junctionDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHigher-order cognitionWhole-brain correlationHigh-density magnetoencephalographySignificant oscillatory responsesYouth aged 9Prefrontal cortexTemporoparietal junctionNeural signaturesTheta oscillationsResponse scaleWhole-brainNeurobehavioral functionNeural dynamicsAged 9CognitionReaction time
2023
Testosterone levels mediate the dynamics of motor oscillatory coding and behavior in developing youth
Killanin A, Taylor B, Embury C, Picci G, Wang Y, Calhoun V, Stephen J, Heinrichs-Graham E, Wilson T. Testosterone levels mediate the dynamics of motor oscillatory coding and behavior in developing youth. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 61: 101257. PMID: 37236034, PMCID: PMC10232658, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotor performanceEffects of ageSalivary testosterone samplesMotor sequence taskMultiple mediation modelMovement-related beta activityBeta oscillatory dynamicsMeasures of motor performanceYouth aged 9Complex motor performanceLeft primary motor cortexPubertal transition periodBeta activitySequencing taskTestosterone samplesMediation modelMotor planningMotor regionsTask behaviorPrimary motor cortexDevelopmental changesBehavior indexYoung adulthoodTestosterone levelsAged 9