neural response

Are “Bath Salts” on Your Differential List? a Case Report of Delirium and Agitation After Use of Illicit Bath Salts.

Published August 10, 2013

Are “bath salts” on your differential list? A case report of delirium and agitation after use of illicit bath salts. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2013; 15(2): Sethi R, Vasudeva S HubMed – addiction Homeostatic regulation of memory systems and… Continue reading →

Altered Reward Processing in the Orbitofrontal Cortex and Hippocampus in Healthy First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Depression.

Published July 20, 2013

... first-degree relatives of control probands (rMD-). Second, in a double-blinded placebo-controlled randomized trial we investigated whether a 4-week intervention with the selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) escitalopram had a normalizing effect on behavior and brain responses of the rMD+… Continue reading →

Signal Enhancement in the Output Stage of the Basal Ganglia by Synaptic Short-Term Plasticity in the Direct, Indirect, and Hyperdirect Pathways.

Published June 27, 2013

Signal enhancement in the output stage of the basal ganglia by synaptic short-term plasticity in the direct, indirect, and hyperdirect pathways. Front Comput Neurosci. 2013; 7: 76Lindahl M, Kamali Sarvestani I, Ekeberg O, Kotaleski JH Many of the synapses in… Continue reading →

Acetaldehyde as a Drug of Abuse: Insight Into AM281 Administration on Operant-Conflict Paradigm in Rats.

Published June 20, 2013

... and Former Cocaine Users During Performance of a Monetary Incentive Delay Task. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Jun 15; Patel KT, Stevens MC, Meda SA, Muska C, Thomas AD, Potenza MN, Pearlson GD BACKGROUND: Abnormal function in reward circuitry in cocaine… Continue reading →

Antecedents and Consequences of Drug Abuse in Rats Selectively Bred for High and Low Response to Novelty.

Published May 4, 2013

Antecedents and consequences of drug abuse in rats selectively bred for high and low response to novelty. Neuropharmacology. 2013 Apr 29; Flagel SB, Waselus M, Clinton SM, Watson SJ, Akil H Human genetic and epidemiological studies provide evidence that only… Continue reading →

How Can We Predict Which Morbidly Obese Patients Will Adhere to Weight-Loss Programs Based in Life Style Changes?

Published April 24, 2013

... The study demonstrated that although the intervention was associated with increases in advice and referral for diet or physical activity and readiness for change in physical activity, this did not translate into significant changes in lifestyle behaviours or weight.… Continue reading →

Neurological Soft Signs in Individuals With Pathological Gambling.

Published April 18, 2013

Neurological Soft Signs in Individuals with Pathological Gambling. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e60885Elman I, Gurvits TV, Tschibelu E, Spring JD, Lasko NB, Pitman RK Increased neurological soft signs (NSSs) have been found in a number of neuropsychiatric syndromes, including chemical… Continue reading →

Molecular Aging of the Brain, Neuroplasticity, and Vulnerability to Depression and Other Brain-Related Disorders.

Published April 12, 2013

... to congruent happy facial conditions, mainly due to a failure of patients to deactivate these regions in response to congruent stimulus pairs. Moreover, healthy subjects decreased activation in right posterior superior temporal gyrus/sulcus and middle cingulate cortex when an… Continue reading →

Experimental Human Endotoxemia Enhances Brain Activity During Social Cognition.

Published April 3, 2013

Experimental Human Endotoxemia Enhances Brain Activity During Social Cognition. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2013 Apr 1; Kullmann JS, Grigoleit JS, Wolf OT, Engler H, Oberbeck R, Elsenbruch S, Forsting M, Schedlowski M, Gizewski ER Acute peripheral inflammation with corresponding increases… Continue reading →

Inter-Limb Transfer of Ballistic Motor Skill Following Non-Dominant Limb Training in Young and Older Adults.

Published March 29, 2013

Inter-limb transfer of ballistic motor skill following non-dominant limb training in young and older adults. Exp Brain Res. 2013 Mar 28; Hinder MR, Carroll TJ, Summers JJ We recently reported considerably less inter-limb transfer in older, compared to young, adults… Continue reading →