Neuroimaging studies of GABA in schizophrenia: a systematic review with meta-analysis

A Egerton, G Modinos, D Ferrera, P McGuire - Translational psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Data from animal models and from postmortem studies suggest that schizophrenia is
associated with brain GABAergic dysfunction. The extent to which this is reflected in data …

A comprehensive guide to MEGA-PRESS for GABA measurement

AL Peek, TJ Rebbeck, AM Leaver, SL Foster… - Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this guideline is to provide a series of evidence-based recommendations that
allow those new to using MEGA-PRESS to produce high-quality data for the measurement of …

Effects of cannabidiol on brain excitation and inhibition systems; a randomised placebo-controlled single dose trial during magnetic resonance spectroscopy in adults …

CM Pretzsch, J Freyberg, B Voinescu… - …, 2019 - nature.com
There is increasing interest in the use of cannabis and its major non-intoxicating component
cannabidiol (CBD) as a treatment for mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders …

Overlearning hyperstabilizes a skill by rapidly making neurochemical processing inhibitory-dominant

K Shibata, Y Sasaki, JW Bang, EG Walsh… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Overlearning refers to the continued training of a skill after performance improvement has
plateaued. Whether overlearning is beneficial is a question in our daily lives that has never …

Gamma oscillations in V1 are correlated with GABAA receptor density: A multi-modal MEG and Flumazenil-PET study

J Kujala, J Jung, S Bouvard, F Lecaignard, A Lothe… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
High-frequency oscillations in the gamma-band reflect rhythmic synchronization of spike
timing in active neural networks. The modulation of gamma oscillations is a widely …

Consolidation and reconsolidation share behavioural and neurochemical mechanisms

JW Bang, K Shibata, SM Frank, EG Walsh… - Nature Human …, 2018 - nature.com
After encoding, memory traces are fragile and easily disrupted by new learning until they are
stabilized through a process termed consolidation,. However, several studies have …

The phase of plasticity-induced neurochemical changes of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation are different from visual perceptual learning

SHN Lin, YR Lien, K Shibata, Y Sasaki, T Watanabe… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Numerous studies have found that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
modulates plasticity. rTMS has often been used to change neural networks underlying …

The use of magnetoencephalography in the study of psychopharmacology (pharmaco-MEG)

SD Muthukumaraswamy - Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a neuroimaging technique that allows direct
measurement of the magnetic fields generated by synchronised ionic neural currents in the …

Evidence for GABA‐A receptor dysregulation in gambling disorder: Correlation with impulsivity

I Mick, AC Ramos, J Myers, PR Stokes… - Addiction …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a behavioural addiction, gambling disorder (GD) provides an opportunity to characterize
addictive processes without the potentially confounding effects of chronic excessive drug …

The potential of 1H-MRS in CNS drug development

A Egerton - Psychopharmacology, 2021 - Springer
Rationale Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS) is a cross-species
neuroimaging technique that can measure concentrations of several brain metabolites …