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·January 27, 2023·5 min read

New Technology May Help Inform Brain Stimulation

A new technique that uses ultrafast fMRI is able to capture brain activity at sub-second levels. The technique allows for real-time monitoring of the brain under stimulation conditions.

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·November 21, 2022·3 min read

Decoding Six Basic Emotions From Functional Brain Connectivity Patterns

Whole brain functional connectivity patterns successfully classified six basic emotions from neutral expressions.

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·November 2, 2022·3 min read

Individuals With Schizophrenia and Social Anhedonia Show Altered Neural Processing for Social Reward Anticipation

People with schizophrenia and social anhedonia exhibit altered neural processing for social reward processing, leading to impaired social interaction and social dysfunction.

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·May 11, 2022·4 min read

Effects of Stress on Adolescent Brain’s ‘Triple Network’

Adolescents exposed to repeated trauma may have a maladaptive response to acute stress in important functional brain networks.

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·May 2, 2022·5 min read

Brain Connectivity Changes Revealed in Individuals With Pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease

The accumulation of amyloid-beta and tau proteins disrupts the connections between brain regions associated with memory years before symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear.

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·April 13, 2022·5 min read

Newborns’ Brains Already Organized Into Functional Networks

The brains of newborns already contain five critical networks, including high-level visual and somatosensory networks that are similar to those seen in adult brains. Researchers identified multiple genes from brain tissue samples that may have led to the specific brain organization in newborns.

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·February 8, 2022·4 min read

Alcohol Use Linked to Lower Connectivity in Brain Areas That Process Emotions

Heavy drinkers and those at risk of alcohol use disorder show reduced communication between brain areas associated with social and emotional processing.

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·September 27, 2021·5 min read

Withdrawal From Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain

Withdrawal from psychostimulants including methamphetamines, cocaine, and nicotine, produced restructuring of brain regions and major increases in functional connectivity, a new mouse study reveals.

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·July 9, 2021·3 min read

Vocal Music Boosts the Recovery of Language Functions After Stroke

Stroke survivors who listened to vocal music had improved recovery of structural connectivity of language networks in the left frontal lobe compared to those who listened to audiobooks.

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·June 18, 2021·6 min read

How Childhood Exercise Could Maintain and Promote Cognitive Function in Later Life

Children who are physically active have higher cognitive function and increased functional connectivity in the brain later in life than those who are less active, a new study reports.

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·June 6, 2021·4 min read

Functional Brain Network Predicts Real-Life Social Network in Both Individuals With Schizophrenia and Social Anhedonia

Patients with schizophrenia, but not those with social anhedonia, exhibited deficits in real-life social network size. Those with schizophrenia and those with social anhedonia had reversals functional connectivity to one another. People with schizophrenia showed decreased segregation and functional connectivity in brain areas associated with social behaviors, while those with social anhedonia had an increase in connectivity and segregation.

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·May 23, 2021·4 min read

Childhood Disadvantage Affects Brain Connectivity

Functional connectivity was reduced within and between several brain networks in children raised in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Researchers say a positive home and school environment can mitigate some of the effects.

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functional connectivity

New Technology May Help Inform Brain Stimulation

Decoding Six Basic Emotions From Functional Brain Connectivity Patterns

Effects of Stress on Adolescent Brain’s ‘Triple Network’

Brain Connectivity Changes Revealed in Individuals With Pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease

Newborns’ Brains Already Organized Into Functional Networks

Alcohol Use Linked to Lower Connectivity in Brain Areas That Process Emotions

Withdrawal From Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain

Vocal Music Boosts the Recovery of Language Functions After Stroke

How Childhood Exercise Could Maintain and Promote Cognitive Function in Later Life

Childhood Disadvantage Affects Brain Connectivity

Circadian Rhythm Off Beat: Parkinson’s and Nighttime Neuron Damage

ChatGPT’s Role in Shaping Identity and Personal Narratives

New Brain Structures in Language Processing Identified

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