Trait impulsivity and impaired prefrontal impulse inhibition function in adolescents with internet gaming addiction revealed by a Go/No-Go fMRI study
Conclusions:
Our data suggest that the prefrontal cortex may be involved in the circuit modulating impulsivity, while its impaired function may relate to high impulsivity in adolescents with IGA, which may contribute directly to the Internet addiction process. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - May 30, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Wei-na DingJin-hua SunYa-wen SunXue ChenYan ZhouZhi-guo ZhuangLei LiYong ZhangJian-rong XuYa-song Du Source Type: research
The neural mobilization technique modulates the expression of endogenous opioids in the periaqueductal gray and improves muscle strength and mobility in rats with neuropathic pain
Conclusion:
These data provide evidence that a non-pharmacological NM technique facilitates pain relief by endogenous analgesic modulation. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - May 13, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Fabio SantosLeandro GreccoMarcelo PereiraMara OliveiraPriscila RochaJoyce SilvaDaniel Oliveira MartinsElen MiyabaraMarucia Chacur Source Type: research
Does the amygdala response correlate with the personality trait `harm avoidance¿ while evaluating emotional stimuli explicitly?
Conclusions:
Our results indicate that the left amygdala response to explicit processing of affective stimuli does correlate with HA. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - May 7, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Peter Van SchuerbeekChris BaekenRobert LuypaertRudi De RaedtJohan De Mey Source Type: research
Does the amygdala response correlate with the personality trait 'harm avoidance' while evaluating emotional stimuli explicitly?
Conclusions:
Our results indicate that the left amygdala response to explicit processing of affective stimuli does correlate with HA. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - May 7, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Peter Van SchuerbeekChris BaekenRobert LuypaertRudi De RaedtJohan De Mey Source Type: research
Prefrontal cortical and striatal transcriptional responses to the reinforcing effect of repeated methylphenidate treatment in the spontaneously hypertensive rat, animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Conclusion:
Together, these changes indicate methylphenidate-induced neurotoxicity, altered synaptic and neuronal plasticity, energy metabolism and ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation in the brains of methylphenidate-treated SHRs, which showed methylphenidate CPP and self-administration. In addition, these findings may also reflect cognitive impairment associated with chronic methylphenidate use as demonstrated in preclinical studies. Future studies are warranted to determine the clinical significance of the present findings with regard to long-term recreational methylphenidate use or abuse in individuals with ADHD. (S...
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - May 6, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Ike dela PeñaHee KimAeree SohnJong RyuChan ShinMinsoo NohJae Cheong Source Type: research
Does IQ influence Associations between ADHD Symptoms and other Cognitive Functions in young Preschoolers?
Conclusions:
Level of IQ-score affected the relation between ADHD symptoms and teacher-reported expressive language, whereas associations between ADHD symptoms and working memory and response inhibition, respectively, were significant and of similar sizes regardless of IQ-score. Thus, in preschoolers, working memory and response inhibition should be considered during an ADHD assessment regardless of IQ-score, while language skills of young children are especially important to consider when IQ-scores are average or low. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - May 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Nina Rohrer-BaumgartnerPål ZeinerJens EgelandKristin GustavsonAnnette SkoganTed Reichborn-KjennerudHeidi Aase Source Type: research
A key role for an impaired detoxification mechanism in the etiology and severity of autism spectrum disorders
Conclusion:
This study confirms earlier studies that implicate toxic metal accumulation as a consequence of impaired detoxification in autism and provides insight into the etiological mechanism of autism. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 28, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Altaf AlabdaliLaila Al-AyadhiAfaf El-Ansary Source Type: research
Physiological changes in response to apnea impact the timing of motor representations: A preliminary study
Conclusions:
Physiological arousal affected the durations of MI through its effects on internal clock processes and by impacting the congruency in physiological body states between overt and covert motor performance. Present findings have potential implications with regards to the possibility of preventing underestimation of durations spent under a state of reduced physiological arousal. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 28, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Franck Di RienzoNady HoyekChristian ColletAymeric Guillot Source Type: research
Relationship between abstract thinking and eye gaze pattern in patients with schizophrenia
Conclusions:
Patients with schizophrenia showed impaired abstract thinking and decreased quality of gaze, which were positively associated with each other. Theme identification and eye gaze appear to be useful as tools for the objective measurement of abstract thinking in patients with schizophrenia. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Jooyoung OhJi-Won ChunJung Suk LeeJae-Jin Kim Source Type: research
On the analysis of EEG power, frequency and asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease during emotion processing
Conclusion:
These distributed spectral powers in different frequency bands might provide meaningful information about emotional processing in PD patients. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Rajamanickam YuvarajMurugappan MurugappanNorlinah Mohamed IbrahimMohd IqbalKenneth SundarajKhairiyah MohamadRamaswamy PalaniappanEdgar MesquitaMarimuthu Satiyan Source Type: research
On the analysis of EEG power, frequency and asymmetry in Parkinson¿s disease during emotion processing
Conclusion:
These distributed spectral powers in different frequency bands might provide meaningful information about emotional processing in PD patients. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Rajamanickam YuvarajMurugappan MurugappanNorlinah Mohamed IbrahimMohd IqbalKenneth SundarajKhairiyah MohamadRamaswamy PalaniappanEdgar MesquitaMarimuthu Satiyan Source Type: research
On the analysis of EEG power, frequency and asymmetry in Parkinson's disease during emotion processing
Conclusion:
These distributed spectral powers in different frequency bands might provide meaningful information about emotional processing in PD patients. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Rajamanickam YuvarajMurugappan MurugappanNorlinah Mohamed IbrahimMohd IqbalKenneth SundarajKhairiyah MohamadRamaswamy PalaniappanEdgar MesquitaMarimuthu Satiyan Source Type: research
Decision-making after continuous wins or losses in a randomized guessing task: implications for how the prior selection results affect subsequent decision-making
Conclusion:
Taken together, the behavioral and neuroimaging findings suggest that participants tended to repeat previous selections during LOSS trials, a pattern resembling the gambler's fallacy. However, during WIN trials, participants tended to follow their previous lucky decisions, like the 'hot hand' fallacy. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - April 3, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Guangheng DongXiao LinHongli ZhouXiaoxia Du Source Type: research
Verbal learning in the context of background music: no influence of vocals and instrumentals on verbal learning
Conclusions:
The exposure to vocal or instrumental background music during encoding did not influence verbal learning. We suggest that the participants are easily able to cope with this background stimulation by ignoring this information channel in order to focus on the verbal learning task. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - March 26, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Lutz JänckeEiliane BrüggerMoritz BrummerStephanie ScherrerNsreen Alahmadi Source Type: research
Improving creativity performance by short-term meditation
Conclusions:
Our results suggested that emotion-related creativity-promoting mechanism may be attributed to short-term meditation. (Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions)
Source: Behavioral and Brain Functions - March 19, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Xiaoqian DingYi-Yuan TangRongxiang TangMichael Posner Source Type: research
