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Assessing Public Speaking Fear With the Short Form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analyses Among a French-Speaking Community Sample.

Assessing public speaking fear with the short form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker scale: confirmatory factor analyses among a French-speaking community sample.

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2013; 9: 609-18
Heeren A, Ceschi G, Valentiner DP, Dethier… Continue reading

The Orbitofrontal Cortex Regulates Outcome-Based Decision-Making via the Lateral Striatum.

The orbitofrontal cortex regulates outcome-based decision-making via the lateral striatum.

Eur J Neurosci. 2013 May 8;
Gourley SL, Olevska A, Zimmermann KS, Ressler KJ, Dileone RJ, Taylor JR

The orbitofrontal cortex (oPFC) sends substantial projections to the ventrolateral striatum… Continue reading

A BRIEF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION for TREATING DEPRESSION and PANIC DISORDER in PATIENTS WITH NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN: A 24-WEEK RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

A BRIEF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION FOR TREATING DEPRESSION AND PANIC DISORDER IN PATIENTS WITH NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN: A 24-WEEK RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

Depress Anxiety. 2013 Apr 26;
van Beek MH, Oude Voshaar RC, Beek AM, van Zijderveld GA, Visser S,… Continue reading

Neural Correlates of Impulsivity in Healthy Males and Females With Family-Histories of Alcoholism.

Neural Correlates of Impulsivity in Healthy Males and Females with Family-Histories of Alcoholism.

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Apr 12;
Devito EE, Meda SA, Jiantonio R, Potenza MN, Krystal JH, Pearlson GD

Individuals family-history positive for alcoholism (FHP) have increased risk for… Continue reading

Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Impact of the Disorder and of Treatment.

Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Impact of the Disorder and of Treatment.

CNS Drugs. 2013 Apr 12;
Subramaniam M, Soh P, Vaingankar JA, Picco L, Chong SA

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic debilitating anxiety disorder characterized by… Continue reading

Body Size and Body Esteem in Women: The Mediating Role of Possible Self Expectancy.

Body size and body esteem in women: The mediating role of possible self expectancy.

Body Image. 2013 Apr 8;
Dalley SE, Pollet TV, Vidal J

We predicted that an expectancy of acquiring a feared fat self and an expectancy… Continue reading

Microinjection of Ghrelin in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Enhances Locomotor Activity Induced by Cocaine.

Microinjection of ghrelin in the nucleus accumbens core enhances locomotor activity induced by cocaine.

Behav Brain Res. 2013 Apr 8;
Jang JK, Kim WY, Cho BR, Lee JW, Kim JH

Ghrelin has a regulatory role not only in the… Continue reading

Genetic Variants Associated With Disordered Eating.

Genetic variants associated with disordered eating.

Int J Eat Disord. 2013 Apr 9;
Wade TD, Gordon S, Medland S, Bulik CM, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Martin NG

OBJECTIVE: Although the genetic contribution to the development of anorexia nervosa (AN)… Continue reading

Therapeutic Monitoring of Psychoactive Drugs – Antidepressants: A Review.

Therapeutic monitoring of psychoactive drugs – antidepressants: A review.

Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2013 Mar 21;
Grundmann M, Kacirova I, Urinovska R

BACKGROUND: Major depression, is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in… Continue reading

Spiraling Dopaminergic Circuitry From the Ventral Striatum to Dorsal Striatum Is an Effective Feed-Forward Loop.

Spiraling Dopaminergic Circuitry From the Ventral Striatum to Dorsal Striatum is an Effective Feed-Forward Loop.

Neuroscience. 2013 Mar 23;
Ikeda H, Saigusa T, Kamei J, Koshikawa N, Cools AR

Central dopamine systems are key players in the cerebral organization… Continue reading