Prefrontal Cortex Activity During Walking: Effects of Aging and Associations With Gait and Executive Function.
Priscila Nóbrega-SousaLilian Teresa Bucken GobbiDiego Orcioli-SilvaNúbia Ribeiro da ConceiçãoVictor Spiandor BerettaRodrigo VitórioPublished in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (2020)
Aging causes a gradual increase in PFC activity during walking. This compensatory mechanism may reach the resource ceiling in the 70s, when reduced executive function limits its efficiency and gait impairments are observed.