Khalil, Radwa Karim, Ahmed A. Kondinska, Angela Godde, Ben
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Brain Structure and Function
Divergent thinking (DT) as one component of creativity is the ability to search for multiple solutions to a single problem and is reliably tested with the Alternative Uses Task (AUT). DT depends on activity in the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), a prefrontal region that has also been associated with inhibitory control (IC). Experimentally manipulatin...
Merlino, D. J. Barton, J. R. Charsar, B. A. Byrne, M. D. Rappaport, J. A. Smeyne, R. J. Lepore, A. C. Snook, A. E. Waldman, S. A.
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Brain Structure and Function
Guanylyl cyclase C (GUCY2C) is the afferent central receptor in the gut–brain endocrine axis regulated by the anorexigenic intestinal hormone uroguanylin. GUCY2C mRNA and protein are produced in the hypothalamus, a major center regulating appetite and metabolic homeostasis. Further, GUCY2C mRNA and protein are expressed in the ventral midbrain, a p...
Jannesari, Mostafa Saeedi, Alireza Zare, Marzieh Ortiz-Mantilla, Silvia Plenz, Dietmar Benasich, April A.
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Brain Structure and Function
During infancy, the human brain rapidly expands in size and complexity as neural networks mature and new information is incorporated at an accelerating pace. Recently, it was shown that single electrode EEG in preterms at birth exhibits scale-invariant intermittent bursts. Yet, it is currently not known whether the normal infant brain, in particula...
Klein, Marie Muguet Cholvin, Thibault Cosquer, Brigitte Salvadori, Aurélie Le Mero, Julia Kourouma, Lola Boutillier, Anne-Laurence Pereira de Vasconcelos, Anne Cassel, Jean-Christophe
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Brain Structure and Function
The ventral midline thalamus contributes to hippocampo-cortical interactions supporting systems-level consolidation of memories. Recent hippocampus-dependent memories rely on hippocampal connectivity remodeling. Remote memories are underpinned by neocortical connectivity remodeling. After a ventral midline thalamus lesion, recent spatial memories a...
Witt, Juri-Alexander Coras, Roland Becker, Albert J. Elger, Christian E. Blümcke, Ingmar Helmstaedter, Christoph
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Brain Structure and Function
Supraspan list learning tests are sensitive measures used to assess temporal lobe dysfunction. Most frequently employed is the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning and Memory Test (RAVLT). The test’s structure is determined by a short- and long-term memory component. During the first of five learning trials, the short-term memory component is the highest a...
van Heukelum, Sabrina Drost, L. Mogavero, F. Jager, A. Havenith, M. N. Glennon, J. C.
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Brain Structure and Function
Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and midcingulate cortex (MCC) have been implicated in the regulation of aggressive behaviour. For instance, patients with conduct disorder (CD) show increased levels of aggression accompanied by changes in ACC and MCC volume. However, accounts of ACC/MCC changes in CD patients have been conflicting, likely due to the...
Gilbert, Alice Vidal, Xabier Elorza Estevez, Raul Cohen-Salmon, Martine Boulay, Anne-Cécile
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Brain Structure and Function
Astrocytes, the most abundant glial cells of the central nervous system are morphologically complex. They display numerous processes interacting with synapses and blood vessels. At the vascular interface, astrocyte endfeet-terminated processes almost entirely cover the blood vessel surface and participate to the gliovascular unit where important va...
Reichard, Rhett A. Parsley, Kenneth P. Subramanian, Suriya Stevenson, Hunter S. Schwartz, Zachary M. Sura, Tej Zahm, Daniel S.
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Brain Structure and Function
While recently completing a study of the effects of stimulating the lateral preoptic area (LPO) and ventral pallidum (VP) on locomotion and other movements, we also noticed LPO and VP effects on motivational drive and threat tolerance. Here, we have investigated these latter effects by testing conditioned place preference (CPP), behavior on the ele...
Corrivetti, Francesco de Schotten, Michel Thiebaut Poisson, Isabelle Froelich, Sébastien Descoteaux, Maxime Rheault, François Mandonnet, Emmanuel
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Brain Structure and Function
Functional brain mapping during awake surgery procedures is the gold standard technique in the management of left frontal lobe tumors. Nevertheless, a unified picture of the language subsystems encountered during left frontal lobe mapping is still lacking. We retrospectively analyzed the 49 cortical and the 33 axonal sites of functional language ma...
Al-Amin, Md. Mamun Sullivan, Robert K. P. Kurniawan, Nyoman D. Burne, Thomas H. J.
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Brain Structure and Function
Converging evidence from human and animal studies support an association between vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment. Previous studies have shown that hippocampal volume is reduced in adults with vitamin D deficiency as well as in a range of disorders, such as schizophrenia. The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of adult ...
