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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 Vitório
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • prefrontal cortex
  • lower limb
  • cerebral palsy