Publications

(last updated: 12/02/2024)

Featured Publications

Van Malderen, S., Hehl, M., Verstraelen, S., Swinnen, S.P., Cuypers, K. with Cuypers, K. (corresp. author) (2022). Dual-site TMS as a tool to probe effective interactions within the motor network: a review. REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES. doi: 10.1515/revneuro-2022-0020

Cuypers, K., Marsman, A. with Marsman, A. (corresp. author) (2021). Transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Opportunities for a bimodal approach in human neuroscience. NEUROIMAGE, 224, Art.No. ARTN 117394. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117394 Open Access

Cuypers, K., Hehl, M., van Aalst, J., Chalavi, S., Mikkelsen, M., Van Laere, K., Dupont, P., Mantini, D., Swinnen, S.P. with Cuypers, K. (corresp. author) (2021). Age-related GABAergic differences in the primary sensorimotor cortex: A multimodal approach combining PET, MRS and TMS. NEUROIMAGE, 226, Art.No. ARTN 117536. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117536 Open Access

2024

Hehl, M., Van Malderen, S., Geraerts, M., Meesen, R.L.J., Rothwell, J.C., Swinnen, S.P., Cuypers, K. (2024). Probing intrahemispheric interactions with a novel dual-site TMS setup. Clin Neurophysiol, 158, 180-195. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.12.128

2023

Hehl, M., & Cuypers, K. (2023). Topic of concern in TMS research: Cases of mismatch between indicated and actual current direction of TMS coils and proposal of preventive measures. Brain stimulation, 16(3), 712–714. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.04.002

Rasooli, A., Adab, H. Z., Van Ruitenbeek, P., Weerasekera, A., Chalavi, S., Cuypers, K., Levin, O., Dhollander, T., Peeters, R., Sunaert, S., Mantini, D., & Swinnen, S. P. (2023). White matter and neurochemical mechanisms underlying age-related differences in motor processing speed. iScience, 26(6), 106794. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106794

Magalhães Ferreira, S., Cuypers, K., Hehl, M. (2023). Studying lateralization changes in the aging brain. Aging (Albany NY), 15 (4), 884-886. doi: 10.18632/aging.204550

Rodriguez-Nieto, G., Levin, O., Hermans, L., Weerasekera, A., Sava, A.C., Haghebaert, A., Huybrechts, A., Cuypers, K., Mantini, D., Himmelreich, U., Swinnen, S.P. with Rodriguez-Nieto, G. (corresp. author) (2023). Organization of neurochemical interactions in young and older brains as revealed with a network approach: Evidence from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). NEUROIMAGE, 266, Art.No. ARTN 119830. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119830

2022

Van Ruitenbeek, P., Santos Monteiro, T., Chalavi, S., King, B.R., Cuypers, K., Sunaert, S., Peeters, R., Swinnen, S.P. with Van Ruitenbeek, P. (corresp. author) (2022). Interactions between the aging brain and motor task complexity across the lifespan: balancing brain activity resource demand and supply. CEREBRAL CORTEX. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac514

Van Hoornweder, S., Blanco-Mora, D.A., Depestele, S., van Dun, K., Cuypers, K., Verstraelen, S., Meesen, R. with Meesen, R. (corresp. author) (2022). Aging and Complexity Effects on Hemisphere-Dependent Movement-Related Beta Desynchronization during Bimanual Motor Planning and Execution. BRAIN SCIENCES, 12 (11), Art.No. ARTN 1444. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12111444

Hehl, M., Swinnen, S.P., Van Malderen, S., Cuypers, K. with Cuypers, K. (corresp. author) (2022). No evidence for a difference in lateralization and distinctiveness level of transcranial magnetic stimulation-derived cortical motor representations over the adult lifespan. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE, 14, Art.No. 971858. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.971858

Van Hoornweder, S., Mora, D.A B., Depestele, S., Frieske, J., van Dun, K., Cuypers, K., Verstraelen, S., Meesen, R. with Van Hoornweder, S. (corresp. author) (2022). Age and Interlimb Coordination Complexity Modulate Oscillatory Spectral Dynamics and Large-scale Functional Connectivity. NEUROSCIENCE, 496, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.06.008

Frieske, J., Pareto, D., Garcia-Vidal, A., Cuypers, K., Meesen, R.L J., Alonso, J., Arevalo, M.J., Galan, I., Renom, M., Vidal-Jordana, A., Auger, C., Montalban, X., Rovira, A., Sastre-Garriga, J. with Pareto, D. (corresp. author) (2022). Can Cognitive training Reignite Compensatory Mechanisms in Advanced Multiple Sclerosis Patients? An Explorative Morphological Network Approach. NEUROSCIENCE, 495, 86-96. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.03.031

Maes, C., Cuypers, K., Peeters, R., Sunaert, S., Edden, R.A E., Gooijers, J., Swinnen, S.P. with Swinnen, S.P. (corresp. author) (2022). Task-Related Modulation of Sensorimotor GABA plus Levels in Association with Brain Activity and Motor Performance: A Multimodal MRS-fMRI Study in Young and Older Adults. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 42 (6), 1119-1130. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1154-21.2021 Open Access

2021

Verstraelen, S., Cuypers, K., Maes, C., Hehl, M., Van Malderen, S., Levin, O., Mikkelsen, M., Meesen, R.L J., Swinnen, S.P. (2021). Neurophysiological modulations in the (pre)motor-motor network underlying age-related increases in reaction time and the role of GABA levels – a bimodal TMS-MRS study. NEUROIMAGE, 243, Art.No. ARTN 118500. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118500 Open Access

Hui, S.C N., Mikkelsen, M., Zollner, H.J., et al. (2021). Frequency drift in MR spectroscopy at 3T. NEUROIMAGE, 241, Art.No. ARTN 118430. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118430 Open Access

Van Hoornweder, S., Vanderzande, L., Bloemers, E., Verstraelen, S., Depestele, S., Cuypers, K., van Dun, K., Strouwen, C., Meesen, R. (2021). The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on upper-limb function post-stroke: A meta-analysis of multiple-session studies. CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 132 (8), 1897-1918. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.05.015

Van Hoornweder, S., Debeuf, R., Verstraelen, S., Meesen, R., Cuypers, K. (2021). Unravelling Ipsilateral Interactions Between Left Dorsal Premotor and Primary Motor Cortex: A Proof of Concept Study. NEUROSCIENCE, 466, 36-46. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.04.033

Maes, C., Cuypers, K., Heise, K.F., Edden, R.A E., Gooijers, J., Swinnen, S.P. with Gooijers, J. (joint last author), Swinnen, S.P. (joint last author), Maes, C. (corresp. author) (2021). GABA levels are differentially associated with bimanual motor performance in older as compared to young adults. Neuroimage, 231 (May 2021), Art.No. 117871. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117871 Open Access

Verstraelen, S., van Dun, K., Depestele, S., Van Hoornweder, S., Jamil, A., Ghasemian-Shirvan, E., Nitsche, M.A., Van Malderen, S., Swinnen, S.P., Cuypers, K., Meesen, R.L J. (2021). Dissociating the causal role of left and right dorsal premotor cortices in planning and executing bimanual movements – A neuro-navigated rTMS study. BRAIN STIMULATION, 14 (2), 423-434. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.02.006 Open Access

2020

Santos Monteiro, T., Zivariadab, H., Chalavi, S., Gooijers, J., King, B., Cuypers, K., Mantini, D., Swinnen, S. with Santos Monteiro, T. (corresp. author) (2020). Reduced Modulation of Task-Related Connectivity Mediates Age-Related Declines in Bimanual Performance. Cerebral Cortex, 30 (8), 4346-4360. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa021

Weerasekera, A., Levin, O., Clauwaert, A., Heise, K., Hermans, L., Peeters, R., Peeters, R., Mantini, D., Cuypers, K., Leunissen, I., Himmelreich, U., Swinnen, S.P. with Weerasekera, A. (joint first author), Levin, O. (joint first author), Himmelreich, U. (joint last author), Swinnen, S.P. (joint last author), Levin, O. (corresp. author) (2020). Neurometabolic Correlates of Reactive and Proactive Motor Inhibition in Young and Older Adults: Evidence from Multiple Regional 1H-MR Spectroscopy. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1, Art.No. tgaa028, 1-16. doi: 10.1093/texcom/tgaa028 (professional oriented) Open Access

Verstraelen, S., van Dun, K., Duque, J., Fujiyama, H., Levin, O., Swinnen, S.P., Cuypers, K., Meesen, R.L J. (2020). Induced Suppression of the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Favorably Changes Interhemispheric Communication During Bimanual Coordination in Older Adults-A Neuronavigated rTMS Study. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE, 12, Art.No. ARTN 149. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00149 Open Access

Povazan, M., Mikkelsen, M., Berrington, A., Bhattacharyya, P.K., Brix, M.K., Buur, P.F., Cecil, K.M., Chan, K.L., Chen, D.Y T., Craven, A.R., Cuypers, K., Dacko, M., Duncan, N.W., Dydak, U., Edmondson, D.A., Ende, G., Ersland, L., Forbes, M.A., Gao, F., Greenhouse, I. (2020). Comparison of Multivendor Single-Voxel MR Spectroscopy Data Acquired in Healthy Brain at 26 Sites. RADIOLOGY, 295 (1), 171-180. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020191037 Open Access

Hehl, M., Swinnen, S.P., Cuypers, K. (2020). Alterations of hand sensorimotor function and cortical motor representations over the adult lifespan. AGING-US, 12 (5), 4617-4640. doi: 10.18632/aging.102925 Open Access

Cuypers, K., Verstraelen, S., Maes, C., Hermans, L., Hehl, M., Heise, K-F., Chalavi, S., Mikkelsen, M., Edden, R., Levin, O., Sunaert, S., Meesen, R., Mantini, D., Swinnen, S.P. (2020). Task-related measures of short-interval intracortical inhibition and GABA levels in healthy young and older adults: A multimodal TMS-MRS study. NEUROIMAGE, 208, Art.No. ARTN 116470. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116470 Open Access

2019

Broeder, S., Nackaerts, E., Cuypers, K., Meesen, R., Verheyden, G., Nieuwboer, A. (2019). tDCS-Enhanced Consolidation of Writing Skills and Its Associations With Cortical Excitability in Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study. NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR, 33 (12), Art.No. ARTN 1545968319887684, 1050-1060. doi: 10.1177/1545968319887684 Open Access

Levin, O., Weerasekera, A., King, B.R., Heise, K.F., Sima, D.M., Chalavi, S., Maes, C., Peeters, R., Sunaert, S., Cuypers, K., Van Huffel, S., Mantini, D., Himmelreich, U., Swinnen, S.P. with Weerasekera, A. (joint first author), Himmelreich, U. (joint last author), Levin, O. (corresp. author) (2019). Sensorimotor cortex neurometabolite levels as correlate of motor performance in normal aging: evidence from a 1H-MRS study. Neuroimage, 202, Art.No. 116050. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116050

Mikkelsen, M., Rimbault, D.L., Barker, P.B., et al. (2019). Big GABA II: Water-referenced edited MR spectroscopy at 25 research sites. NEUROIMAGE, 191, 537-548. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.02.059 Open Access

Severijns, D., Cuypers, K., Meesen, R., Feys, P., Zijdewind, I. (2019). Force decline after low and high intensity contractions in persons with multiple sclerosis. CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 130 (3), 359-367. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.11.027 Hermans, L., Maes, C., Pauwels, L., Cuypers, K., Heise, K., Swinnen, S., Leunissen, H.P. (2019). Age-related alterations in the modulation of intracortical inhibition during stopping of actions. Aging-US, 11 (2), 371-385. doi: 10.18632/aging.101741 Open Access

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