Sarah Nicole Kraeutner

Motor Imagery Improves Force Control in Older and Young Females

This study shows that a single session of motor imagery training improves force steadiness in both young and older females, with greater improvements in older females.

Females versus males exhibit greater brain activation in sensorimotor regions during motor imagery after stroke

This study finds sex differences in brain activation during motor imagery after stroke, with females showing greater sensorimotor activation and males greater cerebellar and parietal activation.

Concurrent action observation but not motor imagery modulates interhemispheric inhibition during physical execution

The paper examines how action observation and motor imagery affect interhemispheric inhibition during physical execution, finding that action observation reduces inhibition when preceded by motor imagery.

Experience-dependent learning and myelin plasticity in individuals with stroke

This study examines how skilled motor practice affects myelin plasticity in stroke patients using multi-component relaxation imaging, finding increased myelin water fraction in specific brain regions after training.

Multiple bouts of high-intensity interval exercise reverse age-related functional connectivity disruptions without affecting motor learning in older adults

Exercise improves resting state functional connectivity in older adults without enhancing motor learning.