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Michelle W. Voss is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience and related subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology and Imaging, Physiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's published work covers a range of topics, notably in Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Physical Activity and Health, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michelle W. Voss include the following:

  • White matter plasticity in healthy older adults: The effects of aerobic exercise (2021, NeuroImage)
  • Acute and Chronic Exercise Effects on Human Memory: What We Know and Where to Go from Here (2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • Brain Structure and Function Predict Adherence to an Exercise Intervention in Older Adults (2022, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)
  • Sensor-measured sedentariness and physical activity are differentially related to fluid and crystallized abilities in aging (2020, Psychology and Aging)
  • Occupational Physical Stress Is Negatively Associated With Hippocampal Volume and Memory in Older Adults (2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)

Frequent co-authors include Arthur F. Kramer, Edward McAuley, Shivangi Jain, Jason Fanning, and Elizabeth A. Salerno.

Michelle W. Voss often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Journal of Applied Physiology, and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory

    Kirk I. Erickson;Michelle W. Voss;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Chandramallika Basak

  • Aerobic fitness is associated with hippocampal volume in elderly humans

    Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika S. Prakash;Michelle W. Voss;Laura Chaddock

  • Can training in a real-time strategy video game attenuate cognitive decline in older adults?

    Chandramallika Basak;Walter R. Boot;Michelle W. Voss;Arthur F. Kramer

  • Bridging animal and human models of exercise-induced brain plasticity.

    Michelle W. Voss;Carmen Vivar;Arthur F. Kramer;Henriette van Praag

  • Plasticity of Brain Networks in a Randomized Intervention Trial of Exercise Training in Older Adults

    Michelle W. Voss;Ruchika S. Prakash;Kirk I. Erickson;Chandramallika Basak

  • A neuroimaging investigation of the association between aerobic fitness, hippocampal volume, and memory performance in preadolescent children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Jennifer S. Kim

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Is Associated with Age-Related Decline in Hippocampal Volume

    Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Michelle W. Voss;Laura Chaddock

  • Exercise, brain, and cognition across the life span.

    Michelle W. Voss;Lindsay S. Nagamatsu;Teresa Liu-Ambrose;Teresa Liu-Ambrose;Arthur F. Kramer

  • Are expert athletes 'expert' in the cognitive laboratory? A meta-analytic review of cognition and sport expertise

    Michelle W. Voss;Arthur F. Kramer;Chandramallika Basak;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash

  • 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 S. Prakash;Kirk I. Erickson

  • Basal Ganglia Volume Is Associated with Aerobic Fitness in Preadolescent Children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Matt VanPatter

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness and the flexible modulation of cognitive control in preadolescent children

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Lauren B. Raine;Christopher R. Johnson;Laura Chaddock

  • Neurobiological markers of exercise-related brain plasticity in older adults

    Michelle W. Voss;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Laura Chaddock

  • Resistance training promotes cognitive and functional brain plasticity in seniors with probable mild cognitive impairment.

    Lindsay S. Nagamatsu;Todd C. Handy;C. Liang Hsu;Michelle Voss

  • Resistance training and functional plasticity of the aging brain: a 12-month randomized controlled trial

    Teresa Liu-Ambrose;Teresa Liu-Ambrose;Lindsay S. Nagamatsu;Lindsay S. Nagamatsu;Michelle W. Voss;Karim M. Khan;Karim M. Khan

  • The association between aerobic fitness and executive function is mediated by prefrontal cortex volume.

    Andrea M. Weinstein;Michelle W. Voss;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Laura Chaddock

  • Physical Activity and Cognitive Vitality

    Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Michelle W. Voss;Kirk I. Erickson;Arthur F. Kramer

  • The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention.

    Laura Chaddock-Heyman;Kirk I. Erickson;Michelle W. Voss;Anya M. Knecht

  • Evidence for Neurocognitive Plasticity in At-Risk Older Adults: The Experience Corps Program

    Michelle C. Carlson;Kirk I. Erickson;Arthur F. Kramer;Michelle W. Voss

  • BDNF mediates improvements in executive function following a 1-year exercise intervention.

    Regina L. Leckie;Lauren E. Oberlin;Michelle W. Voss;Ruchika S. Prakash

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University
Kirk I. Erickson
Kirk I. Erickson University of Pittsburgh
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash The Ohio State University
Edward McAuley
Edward McAuley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Teresa Liu-Ambrose University of British Columbia
Todd C. Handy
Todd C. Handy University of British Columbia
Walter R. Boot
Walter R. Boot Florida State University
Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
Matthew B. Pontifex
Matthew B. Pontifex Michigan State University
Melissa C. Duff
Melissa C. Duff Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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