Extracting the valence of environmental cues is critical for animals' survival. How valence in
sensory signals is encoded and transformed to produce distinct behavioral responses …

Emotional bias in attention and memory is well researched in depression. Patients with
depression prioritize processing of negative information over positive input. While there is …

Background Shorter telomere length (TL) has been associated with poor health behaviors,
increased risks of chronic diseases and early mortality. Excessive shortening of telomere is …

Background The exact mechanisms responsible for migraine remain unknown, although it
has been proposed that changes in brainstem anatomy and function, even between attacks …

Evidence indicates meditation facilitates affective regulation and reduces negative affect. It
also influences resting-state functional connectivity between affective networks and the …

Background Timely identification of the risk of having Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
using the advanced machine learning (ML) approach has been popularized to generate …

Background The neurobiological mechanisms behind the antidepressant effect of bright light
therapy (BLT) are unclear. We aimed to explore the dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) …

Abstract Knowledge of the neural underpinnings of processing sad information and how it
differs in people with depression could elucidate the neural mechanisms perpetuating sad …

The relevance of subcortical structures for affective processing is not fully understood.
Inspired by the gerbil retino-raphe pathway that has been shown to regulate affective …

The cortical‐cerebellar circuit is vulnerable to heavy drinking (HD) in adults. We
hypothesized early microstructural modifications of the pons/midbrain region, containing …