Tag: neuroplasticity

A six-year study of older adults found that higher cerebrospinal fluid levels of the neuroplasticity marker GAP-43 predicted faster cognitive ...

A small randomized exploratory fMRI study reports that Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture plus medication was associated with better early motor recovery ...

A new narrative review synthesizes evidence that moderate-intensity aerobic exercise optimally activates the BDNF/PI3K/Akt neurorepair pathway after ischemic stroke, while ...

A narrative review maps how stroke disrupts large-scale brain networks and argues that connectome data could personalize cognitive rehabilitation, while ...

A narrative review synthesizes evidence that task-oriented circuit training improves walking endurance, gait speed and balance after stroke, and may ...

A new computational framework claims the best mean predictive performance across four English learner corpora, forecasting writing scores and speaking-proficiency ...

A rat study finds that treadmill exercise, especially at moderate intensity, partially restores memory and brain BDNF levels during morphine ...

A new review argues that lactate released during aerobic exercise could modify the neuronal protein α-tubulin and support neural remodeling ...

A randomized trial of 85 patients with post-stroke anomia found that adding scalp acupuncture to speech-language therapy was associated with ...

A 14-day study in male rats found that an ethanolic extract of Achillea fragrantissima reduced locomotor activity and grip strength ...

A new narrative review finds that transcranial direct current stimulation and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, when combined with intensive rehabilitation, ...

An exploratory secondary analysis of a randomized trial finds that infants with unilateral cerebral palsy who started intensive HABIT-ILE therapy ...

A review proposes a biomarker-based framework to reconcile conflicting theories of post-stroke recovery, guiding precision brain stimulation based on individual ...

A UC Santa Cruz study in mice shows psilocybin rapidly forms and matures dendritic spines, selectively restores stress-damaged circuits, and ...

A prospective pilot study of four acute-phase stroke patients in Japan found that gait training with the Hybrid Assistive Limb ...

A rodent study by University of Missouri researchers found that tongue exercise increased the activity of surviving motor neurons, but ...

A 2026 hypothesis paper proposes the Auxilium, an extracranial system that could connect surviving brain tissue with external or biological ...

A pilot study found that pairing cognitive training with active right-prefrontal tDCS selectively improved non-verbal reasoning and associative fluency in ...

The distinction between the well-characterized and poorly-characterized neurotransmitter effects of environmental enrichment deserves closer examination, because it reveals something important ...

A Mendelian randomization study of 191 brain imaging phenotypes and 1,270 stroke patients finds genetic evidence that triple-network connectivity causally ...