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Thomas R. Wójcicki
Researcher at Bellarmine University
Publications - 59
Citations - 9728
Thomas R. Wójcicki is an academic researcher from Bellarmine University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Physical fitness & Cardiorespiratory fitness. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 58 publications receiving 8574 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas R. Wójcicki include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & University of Louisville.
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Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
Kirk I. Erickson,Michelle W. Voss,Ruchika Shaurya Prakash,Chandramallika Basak,Amanda N. Szabo,Laura Chaddock,Jennifer S. Kim,Susie Heo,Heloisa Alves,Siobhan M. White,Thomas R. Wójcicki,Emily L. Mailey,Victoria J. Vieira,Stephen A. Martin,Brandt D. Pence,Jeffrey A. Woods,Edward McAuley,Arthur F. Kramer +17 more
TL;DR: It is shown that aerobic exercise training increases the size of the anterior hippocampus, leading to improvements in spatial memory, and that increased hippocampal volume is associated with greater serum levels of BDNF, a mediator of neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus.
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Aerobic fitness is associated with hippocampal volume in elderly humans
Kirk I. Erickson,Ruchika Shaurya Prakash,Michelle W. Voss,Laura Chaddock,Liang Hu,Katherine S. Morris,Siobhan M. White,Thomas R. Wójcicki,Edward McAuley,Arthur F. Kramer +9 more
TL;DR: Investigating whether individuals with higher levels of aerobic fitness displayed greater volume of the hippocampus and better spatial memory performance than individuals with lower fitness levels found a triple association such that higher fitness levels were associated with larger left and right hippocampi after controlling for age, sex, and years of education.
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Plasticity of Brain Networks in a Randomized Intervention Trial of Exercise Training in Older Adults
Michelle W. Voss,Ruchika Shaurya Prakash,Kirk I. Erickson,Chandramallika Basak,Laura Chaddock,Jennifer S. Kim,Heloisa Alves,Susie Heo,Amanda N. Szabo,Siobhan M. White,Thomas R. Wójcicki,Emily L. Mailey,Neha P. Gothe,Erin A. Olson,Edward McAuley,Arthur F. Kramer +15 more
TL;DR: This study provides the first evidence for exercise-induced functional plasticity in large-scale brain systems in the aging brain, using functional connectivity techniques, and offers new insight into the role of aerobic fitness in attenuating age-related brain dysfunction.
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The influence of aerobic fitness on cerebral white matter integrity and cognitive function in older adults: results of a one-year exercise intervention
Michelle W. Voss,Susie Heo,Ruchika Shaurya Prakash,Kirk I. Erickson,Heloisa Alves,Laura Chaddock,Amanda N. Szabo,Emily L. Mailey,Thomas R. Wójcicki,Siobhan M. White,Neha P. Gothe,Edward McAuley,Bradley P. Sutton,Arthur F. Kramer +13 more
TL;DR: Novel evidence is provided for correlated change in training‐induced aerobic fitness, WM integrity, and cognition among healthy older adults.
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Neurobiological markers of exercise-related brain plasticity in older adults
Michelle W. Voss,Kirk I. Erickson,Ruchika Shaurya Prakash,Laura Chaddock,Jennifer S. Kim,Heloisa Alves,Amanda N. Szabo,Siobhan M. Phillips,Thomas R. Wójcicki,Emily L. Mailey,Erin A. Olson,Neha P. Gothe,Victoria J. Vieira-Potter,Stephen A. Martin,Brandt D. Pence,Marc D. Cook,Jeffrey A. Woods,Edward McAuley,Arthur F. Kramer +18 more
TL;DR: Results are consistent with animal models of exercise and the brain, but are the first to show in humans that exercise-induced increases in temporal lobe functional connectivity are associated with changes in growth factors and may be augmented by greater baseline VEGF.