Gut-amygdala interactions in autism spectrum disorders: developmental roles via regulating mitochondria, exosomes, immunity and microRNAs

M Seo, G Anderson - Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have long been conceived as
developmental disorder. A growing body of data highlights a role for alterations in the gut in …

Novel targets to treat depression: opioid-based therapeutics

CA Browne, ML Jacobson, I Lucki - Harvard review of psychiatry, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) remains one of the leading causes of disability and
functional impairment worldwide. Current antidepressant therapeutics require weeks to …

A mesocorticolimbic signature of pleasure in the human brain

PA Kragel, MT Treadway, R Admon… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Pleasure is a fundamental driver of human behaviour, yet its neural basis remains largely
unknown. Rodent studies highlight opioidergic neural circuits connecting the nucleus …

Brain basis of psychopathy in criminal offenders and general population

L Nummenmaa, L Lukkarinen, L Sun… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Psychopathy is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy, and
egotistical traits. These traits vary also in normally functioning individuals. Here, we tested …

Lowered endogenous mu-opioid receptor availability in subclinical depression and anxiety

L Nummenmaa, T Karjalainen, J Isojärvi… - …, 2020 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder is associated with lowered mood, anxiety, anhedonia, sleep
problems, and cognitive impairments. Many of these functions are regulated by μ-opioid …

Decoding music-evoked emotions in the auditory and motor cortex

V Putkinen, S Nazari-Farsani, K Seppälä… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Music can induce strong subjective experience of emotions, but it is debated whether these
responses engage the same neural circuits as emotions elicited by biologically significant …

[HTML][HTML] Arousal modulates the amygdala-insula reciprocal connectivity during naturalistic emotional movie watching

L Wang, X Hu, Y Ren, J Lv, S Zhao, L Guo, T Liu, J Han - Neuroimage, 2023 - Elsevier
Emotional arousal is a complex state recruiting distributed cortical and subcortical structures,
in which the amygdala and insula play an important role. Although previous neuroimaging …

Adult attachment system links with brain mu opioid receptor availability in vivo

O Turtonen, A Saarinen, L Nummenmaa… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Secure attachment is important in maintaining an individual's health and well-
being. Attachment disturbances increase the risk for developing psychiatric disorders such …

Emotions amplify speaker–listener neural alignment

D Smirnov, H Saarimäki, E Glerean, R Hari… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals often align their emotional states during conversation. Here, we reveal how such
emotional alignment is reflected in synchronization of brain activity across speakers and …

Is it an error to communicate CSR Strategies? Neural differences among consumers when processing CSR messages

CAG Medina, M Martínez-Fiestas, LAC Aranda… - Journal of Business …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is progressively gaining in relevance in
business management. CSR messages aimed at consumers have nonetheless not …