Publications

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2020 - Present

  1. Bray, N. W., Pieruccini-Faria, F., Witt, S. T., Bartha, R., Doherty, T. J., Nagamatsu, L. S., Almeida, Q. J., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Bherer, L., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2023). Combining exercise with cognitive training and vitamin D3 to improve functional brain connectivity (FBC) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Results from the SYNERGIC trial. GeroScience, 1–19. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-00805-6
  2. Furlano, J. A., Horst, B. R., Petrella, R. J., Shoemaker, J. K., & Nagamatsu, L. S. (2023). Changes in Cognition and Brain Function After 26 Weeks of Progressive Resistance Training in Older Adults at Risk for Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Canadian journal of diabetes, 47(3), 250–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.01.004
  3. Nagamatsu, L. S., & Heyn, P. C. (2023). Introduction From the New Editors. Journal of aging and physical activity, 31(2), 173. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2023-0006
  4. Marshall, S., Gabiazon, R., Persaud, P., & Nagamatsu, L. S. (2023). What do functional neuroimaging studies tell us about the association between falls and cognition in older adults? A systematic review. Ageing research reviews, 85, 101859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2023.101859
  5. Bray, N. W., Pieruccini-Faria, F., Witt, S. T., Rockwood, K., Bartha, R., Doherty, T. J., Nagamatsu, L. S., Almeida, Q. J., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Bherer, L., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2023). Frailty and functional brain connectivity (FBC) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): baseline results from the SYNERGIC Trial. GeroScience, 45(2), 1033–1048. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00702-4
  6. Barha, C. K., Falck, R. S., Best, J. R., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsiung, G. R., Sheel, A. W., Hsu, C. L., Kramer, A. F., Voss, M. W., Erickson, K. I., Davis, J. C., Shoemaker, J. K., Boyd, L., Crockett, R. A., Ten Brinke, L., Bherer, L., Singer, J., Galea, L. A. M., Jacova, C., Bullock, A., … Liu-Ambrose, T. (2022). Reshaping the path of mild cognitive impairment by refining exercise prescription: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial to understand the "what," "for whom," and "how" of exercise to promote cognitive function. Trials, 23(1), 766. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06699-7
  7. Horst, B. R., Furlano, J. A., Wong, M. Y. S., Ford, S. D., Han, B. B., & Nagamatsu, L. S. (2021). Identification of Demographic Variables Influencing Dementia Literacy and Risk Perception Through a Global Survey. Frontiers in public health, 9, 660600. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.660600
  8. Bray, N. W., Pieruccini-Faria, F., Bartha, R., Doherty, T. J., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2021). The effect of physical exercise on functional brain network connectivity in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. A systematic review. Mechanisms of ageing and development, 196, 111493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2021.111493
  9. Furlano, J. A., Horst, B. R., & Nagamatsu, L. S. (2021). Brain deficits in prediabetic adults: A systematic review. Journal of neuroscience research, 99(7), 1725–1743. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24830
  10. Titus, J., Bray, N. W., Kamkar, N., Camicioli, R., Nagamatsu, L. S., Speechley, M., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2021). The role of physical exercise in modulating peripheral inflammatory and neurotrophic biomarkers in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mechanisms of ageing and development, 194, 111431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2021.111431
  11. Furlano, J. A., & Nagamatsu, L. S. (2021). Feasibility of a 26-Week Exercise Program to Improve Brain Health in Older Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study. Canadian journal of diabetes, 45(6), 546–552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.11.001
  12. Boa Sorte Silva, N. C., Gill, D. P., Nagamatsu, L. S., Owen, A. M., & Petrella, R. J. (2020). Systolic blood pressure dipping may be associated with mobility impairment and brain volume in community-dwelling older adults: An exploratory study. Experimental gerontology, 141, 111100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111100
  13. Boa Sorte Silva, N. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., Gill, D. P., Owen, A. M., & Petrella, R. J. (2020). Memory Function and Brain Functional Connectivity Adaptations Following Multiple-Modality Exercise and Mind-Motor Training in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia: An Exploratory Sub-Study. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 12, 22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00022

2015 - 2019

  1. Nagamatsu, L. S., & Ford, S. D. (2019). Can meditation improve attention in older adults? study protocol for a 4-week proof-of-concept intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0413-x
  2. Guitar, N. A., Connelly, D. M., Nagamatsu, L. S., Orange, J. B., & Muir-Hunter, S. W. (2018). The effects of physical exercise on executive function in community-dwelling older adults living with alzheimer’s-type dementia: A systematic review. Ageing Research Reviews, 47, 159–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2018.07.009
  3. Hsu, C. L., Best, J. R., Davis, J. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., Wang, S., Boyd, L. A., Hsiung, G. R., Voss, M. W., Eng, J. J., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2017). Aerobic exercise promotes executive functions and impacts functional neural activity among older adults with vascular cognitive impairment. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(3), 184–191. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096846
  4. Barha, C. K., Falck, R. S., Davis, J. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2017). Sex differences in aerobic exercise efficacy to improve cognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in older rodents. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 46, 86–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.06.001
  5. Barha, C. K., Davis, J. C., Falck, R. S., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2017). Sex differences in exercise efficacy to improve cognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in older humans. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 46, 71–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.04.002
  6. Barha, C. K., Galea, L. A., Nagamatsu, L. S., Erickson, K. I., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2016). Personalising exercise recommendations for Brain Health: Considerations and Future Directions. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(8), 636–639. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096710
  7. Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., Davis, J. C., Best, J. R., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2016). White matter volume mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and mobility in older women. Experimental Aging Research, 42(5), 460–470. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073x.2016.1224657
  8. Hsu, C. L., Best, J. R., Chiu, B. K., Nagamatsu, L. S., Voss, M. W., Handy, T. C., Bolandzadeh, N., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2016). Structural neural correlates of impaired mobility and subsequent decline in executive functions: A 12-month prospective study. Experimental Gerontology, 80, 27–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2016.04.001
  9. Nagamatsu, L. S., Weinstein, A. M., Erickson, K. I., Fanning, J., Awick, E. A., Kramer, A. F., & McAuley, E. (2016). Exercise mode moderates the relationship between mobility and basal ganglia volume in healthy older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(1), 102–108. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13882
  10. Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., Voss, M. W., Chan, A., Bolandzadeh, N., Handy, T. C., Graf, P., Beattie, B. L., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2016). The neurocognitive basis for impaired dual-task performance in senior fallers. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00020
  11. Bolandzadeh, N., Tam, R., Handy, T. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., Davis, J. C., Dao, E., Beattie, B. L., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2015). Resistance training and white matter lesion progression in older women: Exploratory analysis of a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63(10), 2052–2060. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13644
  12. Best, J. R., Chiu, B. K., Liang Hsu, C., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2015). Long-term effects of resistance exercise training on cognition and brain volume in older women: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21(10), 745–756. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617715000673
  13. Davis, J. C., Best, J., Hsu, C. L., Nagamatsu, L. S., Dao, E., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2015). Examining the effect of the relationship between falls and mild cognitive impairment on mobility and executive functions in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63(3), 590–593. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13290

2010 - 2014

  1. Ten Brinke, L. F., Bolandzadeh, N., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., Davis, J. C., Miran-Khan, K., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2014). Aerobic exercise increases hippocampal volume in older women with probable mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(4), 248–254. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-093184
  2. Nagamatsu, L. S., Munkacsy, M., Liu-Ambrose, T., & Handy, T. C. (2013). Altered visual-spatial attention to task-irrelevant information is associated with falls risk in older adults. Neuropsychologia, 51(14), 3025–3032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.10.002
  3. Nagamatsu, L. S., Kam, J. W. Y., Liu-Ambrose, T., Chan, A., & Handy, T. C. (2013). Mind-wandering and falls risk in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 28(3), 685–691. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034197
  4. Nagamatsu, L. S., Handy, T. C., Hsu, C. L., Voss, M., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2012). Resistance training promotes cognitive and functional brain plasticity in seniors with probable mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month randomized controlled trial. Archives of Internal Medicine, 172(8), 666–668. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.379
  5. Nagamatsu, L. S., Flicker, L., Kramer, A. F., Voss, M. W., Erickson, K. I., Hsu, C. L., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2014). Exercise is medicine, for the body and the brain. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(12), 943–944. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-093224
  6. Nagamatsu, L. S., Chan, A., Davis, J. C., Beattie, B. L., Graf, P., Voss, M. W., Sharma, D., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2013). Physical activity improves verbal and spatial memory in older adults with probable mild cognitive impairment: a 6-month randomized controlled trial. Journal of Aging Research, 2013, 861893. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/861893
  7. Nagamatsu, L., Boyd, L., Hsu, C. L., Handy, T., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2013). Overall reductions in functional brain activation are associated with falls in older adults: an fMRI study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 5. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00091
  8. Liu-Ambrose, T., Nagamatsu, L. S., Voss, M. W., Khan, K. M., & Handy, T. C. (2012). Resistance training and functional plasticity of the aging brain: a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Neurobiology of Aging, 33(8), 1690–1698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.05.010
  9. Liu-Ambrose, T., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., & Bolandzadeh, N. (2013). Emerging Concept: ‘Central Benefit Model’ of Exercise in Falls Prevention. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(2), 115–117. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2011-090725
  10. Kam, J. W. Y., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Handy, T. C. (2014). Visual asymmetry revisited: Mind wandering preferentially disrupts processing in the left visual field. Brain and Cognition, 92C, 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2014.10.002
  11. Hsu, C. L., Voss, M. W., Handy, T. C., Davis, J. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., Chan, A., Bolandzadeh, N., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2014). Disruptions in brain networks of older fallers are associated with subsequent cognitive decline: a 12-month prospective exploratory study. PloS One, 9(4), e93673. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093673
  12. Hsu, C. L., Nagamatsu, L. S., Davis, J. C., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2012). Examining the relationship between specific cognitive processes and falls risk in older adults: a systematic review. Osteoporosis International: A Journal Established as Result of Cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 23(10), 2409–2424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-1992-z
  13. Davis, J. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., Beattie, B. L., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2012). Self-efficacy is independently associated with brain volume in older women. Age and Ageing, 41(4), 495–501. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs029
  14. Dao, E., Davis, J. C., Sharma, D., Chan, A., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2013). Change in body fat mass is independently associated with executive functions in older women: a secondary analysis of a 12-month randomized controlled trial. PloS One, 8(1), e52831. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052831
  15. Best, J. R., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2014). Improvements to executive function during exercise training predict maintenance of physical activity over the following year. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 353. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00353

2009 and Earlier

  1. Liu-Ambrose, T., Katarynych, L. A., Ashe, M. C., Nagamatsu, L. S., & Hsu, C. L. (2009). Dual-task gait performance among community-dwelling senior women: The role of balance confidence and executive functions. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 64A(9), 975–982. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glp063
  2. Nagamatsu, L. S., Liu-Ambrose, T. Y. L., Carolan, P., & Handy, T. C. (2009). Are impairments in visual-spatial attention a critical factor for increased falls risk in seniors? an event-related potential study. Neuropsychologia, 47(13), 2749–2755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.05.022
  3. Liu-Ambrose, T. Y., Nagamatsu, L. S., Handy, T. C., & Leghari, A. (2008). Does impaired cerebellar function contribute to risk of falls in seniors? A pilot study using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(11), 2153–2155. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01984.x