Structural Degeneration of the Nucleus basalis of Meynert in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease–Evidence from an MRI-based Meta-Analysis

M Mieling, H Meier, N Bunzeck - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent models of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) suggest that neuropathological changes of the
medial temporal lobe, especially entorhinal cortex, are preceded by degenerations of the …

Is the statistic value all we should care about in neuroimaging?

G Chen, PA Taylor, RW Cox - NeuroImage, 2017 - Elsevier
Here we address an important issue that has been embedded within the neuroimaging
community for a long time: the absence of effect estimates in results reporting in the …

How nature nurtures: Amygdala activity decreases as the result of a one-hour walk in nature

S Sudimac, V Sale, S Kühn - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Since living in cities is associated with an increased risk for mental disorders such as anxiety
disorders, depression, and schizophrenia, it is essential to understand how exposure to …

Inflammation and brain structure in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders: a Mendelian randomization study

JA Williams, S Burgess, J Suckling, PA Lalousis… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Previous in vitro and postmortem research suggests that inflammation may lead
to structural brain changes via activation of microglia and/or astrocytic dysfunction in a range …

Longitudinal changes in adolescent risk-taking: a comprehensive study of neural responses to rewards, pubertal development, and risk-taking behavior

BR Braams, ACK van Duijvenvoorde… - Journal of …, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Prior studies have highlighted adolescence as a period of increased risk-taking, which is
postulated to result from an overactive reward system in the brain. Longitudinal studies are …

β-amyloid disrupts human NREM slow waves and related hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation

BA Mander, SM Marks, JW Vogel, V Rao, B Lu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Independent evidence associates β-amyloid pathology with both non-rapid eye movement
(NREM) sleep disruption and memory impairment in older adults. However, whether the …

Effects of childhood poverty and chronic stress on emotion regulatory brain function in adulthood

P Kim, GW Evans, M Angstadt, SS Ho… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Childhood poverty has pervasive negative physical and psychological health sequelae in
adulthood. Exposure to chronic stressors may be one underlying mechanism for childhood …

Model-based influences on humans' choices and striatal prediction errors

ND Daw, SJ Gershman, B Seymour, P Dayan… - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
The mesostriatal dopamine system is prominently implicated in model-free reinforcement
learning, with fMRI BOLD signals in ventral striatum notably covarying with model-free …

Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density

BK Hölzel, J Carmody, M Vangel, C Congleton… - Psychiatry research …, 2011 - Elsevier
Therapeutic interventions that incorporate training in mindfulness meditation have become
increasingly popular, but to date, little is known about neural mechanisms associated with …

Association of insulin resistance with cerebral glucose uptake in late middle–aged adults at risk for Alzheimer disease

AA Willette, BB Bendlin, EJ Starks, AC Birdsill… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Converging evidence suggests that Alzheimer disease (AD) involves insulin
signaling impairment. Patients with AD and individuals at risk for AD show reduced glucose …