Review
Neurosciences
Alexandra Gaillard, Daniel J. Fehring, Susan L. Rossell
Summary: Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of studies investigating sex differences in executive functions, with evidence suggesting males and females engage different strategies depending on task demands. However, due to methodological variability and the complexity of neural networks involved, a simple overarching statement regarding gender differences during executive control cannot be provided. Sex differences in neural mechanisms are present in the majority of tasks assessed, emphasizing the importance of considering gender in future research.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Terril L. Verplaetse, Kelly P. Cosgrove, Jody Tanabe, Sherry A. McKee
Summary: Over the past decade, rates of alcohol use disorder and high-risk drinking have increased significantly in women compared to men, highlighting the need to investigate the underlying neural mechanisms contributing to problematic alcohol consumption across genders.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Zhaoyun Luo, Rongxue Wei, Yongqiang Teng, Rong Ning, Lili Bai, Cangcang Lu, Donghang Deng, Mariama Abdulai, Liang Li, Hehe Liu, Shengqiang Hu, Shouhai Wei, Bo Kang, Hengyong Xu, Chunchun Han
Summary: The study found that overfeeding geese with different types of sugar did not significantly impact meat quality. There were no significant differences in muscle fiber diameter, fiber density, pH levels, meat color, cooking loss, drip loss, shear force, and dry matter content between groups fed corn flour and three different sugars.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Arianna Vecchio, Elisa Roberti, Sayreth Giovannetti Pulido, Marika Orlandi, Livio Provenzi, Martina Mensi
Summary: The Rorschach inkblot test is widely used in clinical psychology and psychiatry to access psychological processes that are not easily captured by self-report measures. Research on the neural correlates of the test using fMRI, EEG, and fNIRS has provided valuable insights into the underlying perceptual-cognitive processes and potential neuroimaging markers of psychopathology risk. This paper systematizes the available literature on the topic and summarizes the findings on the visual, social, and emotional processes related to the Rorschach inkblot test.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Agnes Norbury, Saren H. Seeley, M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, Adriana Feder
Summary: Resilience refers to the ability to adapt successfully following stressful life events, and several key psychological factors have been consistently linked to it in functional MRI studies. These factors include emotion regulation, reward responsivity, and cognitive control. Additionally, emerging areas of study such as social cognition, active coping, and fear extinction may further facilitate resilience. The ongoing issues in neuroimaging study design need to be addressed to improve treatments for post-traumatic stress syndromes.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Hunter R. Schone, Roni O. Maimon-Mor, Chris I. Baker, Tamar R. Makin
Summary: The study found that expert tool users do not incorporate their tools into their neural representation of the body as much as novices, preferring to differentiate between hands and tools. These findings suggest an alternative framework to the prominent tool embodiment theory.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Didac Vidal-Pineiro, Markus H. Sneve, Inge K. Amlien, Hakon Grydeland, Athanasia M. Mowinckel, James M. Roe, Oystein Sorensen, Lars H. Nyberg, Kristine B. Walhovd, Anders M. Fjell
Summary: It is suggested that specific forms of cognition in older age rely largely on late-life specific mechanisms. However, using task-fMRI, researchers found that the functional foundations of successful episodic memory encoding adhere to a principle of lifespan continuity, with no evidence of age-specific mechanisms. The study provides novel support for a broader perspective on memory aging that considers maintenance and decay of episodic memory throughout life rather than just in old age.
Article
Statistics & Probability
Emily L. Morris, Kevin He, Jian Kang
Summary: Neuroimaging studies are interested in learning the association between brain connectivity networks and clinical characteristics. This study develops a new regression model that can accurately predict clinical symptoms by leveraging known network structure and subnetwork markers.
ANNALS OF APPLIED STATISTICS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Debbrata K. Saha, Vince D. Calhoun, Yuhui Du, Zening Fu, Soo Min Kwon, Anand D. Sarwate, Sandeep R. Panta, Sergey M. Plis
Summary: Privacy concerns and other constraints may prevent data pooling for analysis at a single site. To address this, we propose two algorithms, dSNE and DP-dSNE, which use differential privacy to protect data privacy and metrics to evaluate algorithm performance.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Macia Buades-Rotger, Martin Gottlich, Ronja Weiblen, Pauline Petereit, Thomas Scheidt, Brian G. Keevil, Ulrike M. Kraemer
Summary: The study shows that lower-ranking teams are more likely to commit fouls in soccer, ice hockey, and basketball men's leagues, which is consistent with the findings in laboratory experiments. Neuroimaging research reveals the potential neural basis of status-dependent aggressive behavior.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Johannah Bashford-Largo, Joseph Aloi, Ru Zhang, Sahil Bajaj, Erin Carollo, Jaimie Elowsky, Amanda Schwartz, Matthew Dobbertin, Robert James R. Blair, Karina S. Blair
Summary: This study found that adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) exhibit reduced differential responsiveness to reinforcement in reward-related brain regions, which may exacerbate their anxiety symptoms.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Zachery D. Morrissey, Liang Zhan, Olusola Ajilore, Alex D. Leow
Summary: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) is widely used in connectomics to study the functional relationships between brain regions, facing challenges in modeling negative correlations. The new method rest2vec uses embedding techniques to transform connectomes into low-dimensional vector spaces, aiding in understanding the functional organization of the brain.
Article
Neurosciences
Bin Lu, Chao-Gan Yan
Summary: Quality control is crucial in fMRI studies, as it helps to eliminate images without adequate quality. In this study, we used DPABI pipelines to preprocess an open-available dataset and illustrated the QC procedure. Results showed that 8.6% of participants were excluded and 5.8% were categorized as uncertain after the QC procedure. While automatic QC tools are needed in the big-data era, visually inspecting images is still essential.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Michael Marxen, Mark J. Jacob, Lydia Hellrung, Philipp Riedel, Michael N. Smolka
Summary: Our study investigated the correlation between BOLD activity and RTs in the context of emotional distractor effects. Results showed significant regression coefficients in regions such as the anterior insula, supplementary motor cortex, medial precentral regions, and sensory-motor areas, but not in the amygdala. Subjects exhibiting a stronger RT distractor effect across trials also showed a stronger BOLD valence contrast in the right anterior insula but not in the amygdala.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Ekaterina Lunkova, Guido Guberman, Alain Ptito, Rajeet Singh Saluja
Summary: This review discusses various imaging methods for concussion, including fMRI, SWI, dMRI, and ASL, highlighting their benefits and drawbacks. A multimodal approach is recommended for a comprehensive understanding of mild traumatic brain injury mechanisms.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Jessica A. Mollick, Luke J. Chang, Anjali Krishnan, Thomas E. Hazy, Kai A. Krueger, Guido K. W. Frank, Tor D. Wager, Randall C. O'Reilly
Summary: This study focuses on negative prediction error signals and examines the pathway through the lateral habenula in humans using high-resolution functional MRI. Results show activations in midbrain dopamine regions, insula, and orbitofrontal cortex during reward presentation and reward-predictive cues, but uncorrected activity in the habenula requires further replication. Pallidum and putamen regions of the basal ganglia showed modulations of activity for the inhibitor that did not survive the corrected threshold.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Tiffany A. Brown, Megan E. Shott, Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: This study compared females with AN and matched healthy controls on a perceptual size estimation task, finding that individuals with AN were more likely to overestimate their body size. Body dissatisfaction was found to have a significant impact on this overestimation.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Guido K. W. Frank, Megan E. Shott, Lot C. Sternheim, Skylar Swindle, Tamara L. Pryor
Summary: The study found that adolescent girls showed stronger reward processing and temperament associations compared to adult women. This is important for understanding the development of adaptive or maladaptive behavior patterns during the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY-COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING
(2022)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Clinical
Guido K. W. Frank, Neville H. Golden, Helen Burton Murray
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Clinical
Natasha L. Burke, Guido K. W. Frank, Anja Hilbert, Thomas Hildebrandt, Kelly L. Klump, Jennifer J. Thomas, Tracey D. Wade, B. Timothy Walsh, Shirley B. Wang, Ruth Striegel Weissman
Summary: This editorial advocates for increased application of open science practices in eating disorders research, including preregistration, registered reports, and the sharing of materials, data, and code. Updates and research are needed to determine the value and efficient strategies for implementing these practices.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Guido K. W. Frank, Megan E. Shott, Joel Stoddard, Skylar Swindle, Tamara L. Pryor
Summary: The study found that in participants with eating disorders, the prediction error response was elevated and inversely correlated with body mass index, indicating the importance of food intake control circuitry in the brain.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: Research indicates that the environmental ambience and brain neural circuitry play crucial roles in the food avoidance behaviors of anorexia nervosa. Animal and human studies support fear conditioning to food in anorexia nervosa patients, as well as alterations in brain function and dopamine response.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lot C. Sternheim, Miriam Wickham, Unna N. Danner, Todd W. Maddox, Vincent J. Filoteo, Megan E. Shott, Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: Cognitive disturbances such as impairments in learning are thought to play a role in adult Anorexia Nervosa (AN). It is remains unclear to what extent these disturbances result from starvation of the brain. This study found that individuals with AN, relative to their healthy peers, may be quicker in forming automatic responses and behaviors to cues, and that depression and anxiety did not influence their learning performance.
JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Aaron Keshen, Sara Bartel, Guido K. W. Frank, Nils Erik Svedlund, Abraham Nunes, Laura Dixon, Sarrah Ali, Allan S. Kaplan, Phillipa Hay, Stephan Touyz, Francisco Romo-Nava, Susan L. McElroy
Summary: The article suggests a new approach to treating eating disorders with stimulants, discussing research directions and risks. It emphasizes the importance of future research in this area.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Sasha Gorrell, Megan E. Shott, Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: This study found that aerobic exercise can enhance the functioning of the brain's reward circuitry, particularly in response to rewards and value computation. These findings help to explain individual differences in exercise participation and maintenance and may have therapeutic applications for conditions associated with altered brain salience response.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Guido K. W. Frank, Megan E. Shott, Tamara Pryor, Skylar Swindle, Joel Stoddard
Summary: This study found elevated taste prediction error response in individuals with AN, which was largely absent after weight restoration. Changes in BMI and sweet taste perception were independent moderators of change in brain salience response in adolescents and young adults with AN. The study suggests that food-related and nonfood-related reward processing adapts to illness state in AN.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Guido K. W. Frank, Megan E. Shott, Tamara Pryor, Skylar Swindle, Tyler Nguyen, Joel Stoddard
Summary: This study examined the relationship between anxious traits and neurobiology in individuals with eating disorders (EDs). The results showed that amygdala sucrose expectation response was elevated in anorexia nervosa and this relationship was negatively moderated by trait anxiety across EDs. The findings suggest that trait anxiety may play an important role in driving taste stimulus receipt brain response and food approach in individuals with EDs.
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Lori Calabrese, Barbara Scolnick, Beth Zupec-Kania, Caroline Beckwith, Kayla Costello, Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: This study investigated the use of a ketogenic diet and ketamine treatment for adults with chronic anorexia nervosa. The results showed significant improvements in clinical impairment, eating disorder symptoms, and acceptance of self and body. The treatment appears to be safe and effective in reducing AN-related psychopathology.
EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Lisa Adler, Tiffany A. Brown, Megan E. Shott, Skylar Swindle, Guido K. W. Frank
Summary: Individuals with anorexia and bulimia nervosa often have a fear of loss of control during eating, with differing levels of self-perceived control over food intake. Anxious traits may contribute to this fear, and intolerance of uncertainty is correlated with these issues in healthy controls specifically.
EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Terry Schwartz, Mary Ellen Trunko, David Feifel, Emily Lopez, Danika Peterson, Guido K. W. Frank, Walter Kaye
Summary: Ketamine treatment shows promise in improving depression in patients with treatment-resistant depression and enduring eating disorders.
CLINICAL CASE REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Radwa H. Lutfy, Sherine Abdel Salam, Haitham S. Mohammed, Marwa M. Shakweer, Amina E. Essawy
Summary: Insufficient sleep is associated with impaired hypothalamic activity and declined attentional performance. This study found that near-infrared (NIR) laser therapy can alleviate the effects of sleep deprivation on the hypothalamus, enhance antioxidant status, suppress neuroinflammation, and regulate cellular activity.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Durmus Ali Aslanlar, Emin Fatih Visneci, Mehmet Oz, K. Esra Nurullahoglu Atalik
Summary: Mood disorders caused by chemotherapy have become more important as cancer patients' survival increases. This study used methotrexate to induce mood disorders in rats and found that treatment with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) can alleviate anxiety and depression-like behaviors, increase antioxidant capacity, reduce oxidative stress and inflammatory response, and regulate brain chemistry. The findings suggest that NAC treatment could be an effective strategy in revising the treatment for individuals suffering from chemotherapy-induced mood disorders.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Yunfan Zhang, Yunbin Zhang, Zhuangfei Chen, Ping Ren, Yu Fu
Summary: This study systematically investigated the effects of extremely low intensity HF-rTMS on cognition in mice and found that 40 Hz rTMS significantly impaired exploratory behavior and spatial memory at both 10 mT and 1 mT conditions. Additionally, 40 Hz stimulation had remarkably different effects on exploratory behavior depending on intensity, compared to 10 Hz stimulation.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Xuan Xuan, Guangling Zheng, Wenjia Zhu, Qionghua Sun, Yawei Zeng, Juan Du, Xusheng Huang
Summary: This study examines the functional characteristics of the cerebellum in individuals with sALS and their correlation with clinical data. The results show changes in both local and global functional connectivity in the cerebellum of sALS patients, suggesting a pathophysiological role of the cerebellum in sALS.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Mehdi Rezaei, Mohammad Mahdi Shariat Bagheri
Summary: This study examined the efficacy of tDCS for PTSD and related symptoms, as well as the factors that may predict response to tDCS. The results showed that tDCS had a positive effect in reducing symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and anhedonia. The severity of symptoms at baseline may also predict the response to tDCS.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Huimin Wu, Yiqun Guo, Yaoyao Zhang, Le Zhao, Cheng Guo
Summary: Aggression can have serious consequences, but little is known about its personality and neurological origins in children. This study investigated the relationship between self-esteem, aggression, and brain structure in healthy children, and found that self-esteem was negatively associated with aggression. The study also revealed that increased cortical thickness in certain brain areas may be a potential mechanism linking low self-esteem to aggression in children.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Xinmei Deng, Kexin Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Lin Zhang, Mingping Lin, Xiaoqing Li, Qiufeng Gao
Summary: Parental involvement affects the relationship and communication between parents and adolescents. This study found that high parental involvement is associated with stronger brain-to-brain synchrony during shared positive emotional experiences, while low parental involvement is associated with stronger synchrony during shared negative emotional experiences.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Xin Deng, I. -Shuo Huang, Kourtlin Williams, Marcy L. Wainwright, Paul Zimba, Riccardo Mozzachiodi
Summary: Food deprivation can lead to neurological dysfunctions, including memory impairment. This study used Aplysia as an animal model to investigate the memory deficits caused by prolonged food deprivation. The results showed that 14 days of food deprivation decreased the level of 5-HT in the hemolymph, which contributed to the lack of sensitization and its cellular correlates. However, exogenous application of 5-HT partially induced sensitization in the food deprived animals.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ihori Kobayashi, Patrick A. Forcelli
Summary: The study found that intervention with the dual orexin receptor antagonist suvorexant did not have the expected effects on extinction memory and sleep. Higher percentages of REM sleep were associated with poorer extinction memory recall and stronger fear responses. Additionally, the fear extinction training protocol used in this study did not lead to complete fear extinction.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jiyan Xu, Xinlu Chen, Shuai Liu, Ziqi Wei, Minhui Xu, Linhao Jiang, Xue Han, Liangyu Peng, Xiaoping Gu, Tianjiao Xia
Summary: This study investigated the effects of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) on oxidative stress and cognitive function in postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) mice. The results showed that NMN pretreatment reduced oxidative stress damage and alleviated cognitive impairment in POCD mice.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Song Liu, Qiang Wu, Liyue Wang, Cong Xing, Junrui Guo, Baicao Li, Hongpeng Ma, Hao Zhong, Mi Zhou, Shibo Zhu, Rusen Zhu, Guangzhi Ning
Summary: In this study, a systematic assessment indicator was developed to objectively evaluate hindlimb motor function recovery in rats after thoracic contusion SCI. By screening CatWalk XT gait parameters and using exploratory factor analysis, 38 suitable parameters for assessing motor function were identified. A reliable Coordinated Function Index (CFI) was proposed based on these parameters and simplified for improved assessment efficacy.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Kyosuke Shiga, Shota Miyaguchi, Yasuto Inukai, Naofumi Otsuru, Hideaki Onishi
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on microscale learning in implicit motor tasks. Contrary to expectations, the results showed that the stimulation protocol had no significant effects on microscale learning, revealing a novel aspect of microscale learning in implicit motor tasks.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Cahide Aslan, Rahime Aslankoc, Ozlem Ozmen, Buse Nur Suluk, Oguzhan Kavrik, Nurhan Gumral
Summary: This study examined the negative effects of high fructose corn syrup on prefrontal cortex damage in adolescent rats, as well as the protective role of vitamin D.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Matin Baghani, Arad Bolouri-Roudsari, Reyhaneh Askari, Abbas Haghparast
Summary: The study suggests that the orexinergic system in the dentate gyrus region of the brain may act as an endogenous pain control system and a potential target for treating stress-related disorders.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Sen Zhou, Yang Liu, Binbin Xue, Peigen Yuan
Summary: This study confirmed that low-dose Esketamine alleviates LPS-induced depressive symptoms by regulating the GSK-3 beta/NLRP3 pathway. Appropriate doses of Esketamine are essential for the treatment of depression in the clinical setting.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2024)
