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Kell Grandjean da Costa

Assistant Professor at Colby-Sawyer College
Verified email at colby-sawyer.edu
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Modulation of cortical and subcortical brain areas at low and high exercise intensities

EB Fontes, H Bortolotti, KG da Costa… - British journal of sports …, 2020 - bjsm.bmj.com
Introduction The brain plays a key role in the perceptual regulation of exercise, yet
neuroimaging techniques have only demonstrated superficial brain areas responses during …

[HTML][HTML] Phase angle is associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in children aged between 9 and 11 years

RD Langer, KG da Costa, H Bortolotti… - Physiology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase angle (PhA) is a marker of health and cellular integrity and is used as a tool for
predicting nutritional status in children with various health conditions. Even though physical …

[HTML][HTML] Drug abusers have impaired cerebral oxygenation and cognition during exercise

K Grandjean da Costa, V Soares Rachetti… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) have lower baseline metabolic
activity of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) associated with impairment of cognitive functions in …

Cognitive reappraisal mitigates affective valence declines during exercise at the ventilatory threshold

K Grandjean da Costa, HL Urry, EB Fontes… - … Journal of Sport and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Affective valence during exercise is thought to switch from positive to negative at the
ventilatory threshold (VT). The emotion regulation strategy cognitive reappraisal (CR) can be …

Effects of cognitive over postural demands on upright standing among young adults

KG Costa, EK Hussey, EB Fontes… - … and Motor Skills, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of research has shown that static stance control (eg, body sway) is
influenced by cognitive demands (CD), an effect that may be related to competition for …

[HTML][HTML] Fat mass predicts food-specific inhibitory control in children

KG da Costa, M Price, H Bortolotti… - Physiology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background/objectives Impaired inhibitory control has been associated with obesity, high
blood pressure and lack of physical fitness. These impairments are thought to be related to …

[HTML][HTML] Improving cerebral oxygenation, cognition and autonomic nervous system control of a chronic alcohol abuser through a three-month running program

DA Cabral, KG da Costa, AH Okano… - Addictive Behaviors …, 2017 - Elsevier
The abusive use of alcohol has shown to be associated to cerebral damage, impaired
cognition, poor autonomic nervous control, impaired cardiovascular health, increased levels …

Insular cortex activity during food-specific inhibitory control is associated with academic achievement in children

KG da Costa, H Bortolotti, DA Cabral, ML Rêgo… - Physiology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background/objectives Inhibitory control (IC) is usually poorer in children with overweight
and obesity and has been associated with unhealthy eating behaviors and lower academic …

Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts greater vagal autonomic activity in drug users under stress

DAR Cabral, KG da Costa… - Substance Abuse …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
While drug use has been shown to impair cardiac autonomic regulation, exercise might
overcome some of the damage. Herein, we describe how individuals with substance use …

Exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function in individuals with substance use disorders: a pilot study

KG da Costa, JF Barbieri, R Hohl, EC Costa… - Sport Sciences for …, 2017 - Springer
Study design After conducting explanatory talks of the possible benefits of running on SUD,
an initial screening was done by assessing blood pressure (systolic blood pressure (SBP) …