fMRI neurofeedback leads to long-term symptomatic reduction in treatment-resistant patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder by S. Ferreira, M. Machado-Sousa, R. Vieira, R. Magalhaes, A. Coelho, M. Picó-Pérez, P. Morgado

“…Previous literature reported preliminary evidence of positive effects of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) neurofeedback on OCD symptoms. …”
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Comparison of Neural Activation Area in Primary Somatosensory Cortex and Brodmann Area 3 According to Finger and Phalange High-Frequency Vibration Stimulation by Hyung-Sik Kim, Ji-Hun Jo, Je-Hyeop Lee, Jin-Ju Jung, Ki-Han Kim, Jin-Su An, Ye-Jin Kim, Mi-Hyun Choi, Soon-Cheol Chung

“…In this study, we measured neuronal activation in the primary somatosensory area (S1) and Brodmann area 3 (BA3) using 3T functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while presenting a 250-Hz high-frequency vibrational stimulus to each of three phalanges (distal, intermediate, and proximal) of four fingers of the right hand (index, middle, ring, and little). …”
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Low-Theta Electroencephalography Coherence Predicts Cigarette Craving in Nicotine Addiction by Junjie Bu, Junjie Bu, Ru Ma, Chuan Fan, Chuan Fan, Shinan Sun, Yan Cheng, Yi Piao, Pengyu Zhang, Chialun Liu, Xiaochu Zhang, Xiaochu Zhang, Xiaochu Zhang, Xiaochu Zhang

“…Mounting neuroimaging evidence suggests an association between functional magnetic resonance imaging connectivity networks and smoking cue reactivity; however, there is still little understanding of the electroencephalography (EEG) coherence basis of smoking cue reactivity. …”
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Differential neural correlates underlying mental rotation processes in two distinct cognitive profiles in autism by Véronique D. Thérien, Janie Degré-Pelletier, Elise B. Barbeau, Fabienne Samson, Isabelle Soulières

“…Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated the neural underpinnings of superior visuospatial functioning in different autistic subgroups. …”
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Effect of Acupuncture on the Cognitive Control Network of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Yin S, Zhang ZH, Chang YN, Huang J, Wu ML, Li Q, Qiu JQ, Feng XD, Wu N

“…This trial will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis techniques to investigate the potential central nervous mechanism of acupuncture treatment of KOA.Materials and Methods: A total of 108 patients will be randomized (in a 1:1:1 ratio) into three groups, this trial will include 4-week treatment, patients in groups A and B will receive 20 acupuncture and sham acupuncture sessions, respectively, patients in group C will not receive any intervention, and all patients will receive fMRI scans before and after the intervention. …”
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Do Adolescents Use Substances to Relieve Uncomfortable Sensations? A Preliminary Examination of Negative Reinforcement among Adolescent Cannabis and Alcohol Users by April C. May, Joanna Jacobus, Jennifer L. Stewart, Alan N. Simmons, Martin P. Paulus, Susan F. Tapert

“…Adolescents (ages 15–17), classified as controls (CTL; <i>n</i> = 18), cannabis and/or alcohol experimenters (CAN+ALC-EXP; <i>n</i> = 16), or individuals meeting clinical criteria for cannabis and/or alcohol use disorder (CAN+ALC-SUD; <i>n</i> = 13) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging during which they experienced an aversive interoceptive probe delivered via breathing load while simultaneously performing a cue reactivity paradigm. …”
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Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Influences Impact the Associations between Diet and Resting-State Functional Connectivity: A Study from the UK Biobank by Tianqi Li, Auriel A. Willette, Qian Wang, Amy Pollpeter, Brittany A. Larsen, Parvin Mohammadiarvejeh, Mohammad Fili

“…Methods: This study investigated the associations between dairy and red wine consumption and seven neural networks’ connectivity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from a sub-cohort of the UK Biobank database. …”
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Association between brain serotonin 4 receptor binding and reactivity to emotional faces in depressed and healthy individuals by Anjali Sankar, Brice Ozenne, Vibeke H. Dam, Claus Svarer, Martin B. Jørgensen, Kamilla W. Miskowiak, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Gitte M. Knudsen, Patrick M. Fisher

“…Participants underwent an [11C]SB207145 positron emission tomography (PET) scan to quantify 5-HT4R binding (BPND) and a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan during which they performed an emotional face matching task. …”
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Social Interaction With an Anonymous Opponent Requires Increased Involvement of the Theory of Mind Neural System: An fMRI Study by Maya Zheltyakova, Alexander Korotkov, Ruslan Masharipov, Artem Myznikov, Michael Didur, Denis Cherednichenko, Lisa Wagels, Ute Habel, Maxim Kireev, Maxim Kireev, Mikhail Votinov, Mikhail Votinov

“…The current functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study applied the Taylor aggression paradigm, introducing an anonymous opponent to this task. …”
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Effects of a Motor Imagery Task on Functional Brain Network Community Structure in Older Adults: Data from the Brain Networks and Mobility Function (B-NET) Study by Blake R. Neyland, Christina E. Hugenschmidt, Robert G. Lyday, Jonathan H. Burdette, Laura D. Baker, W. Jack Rejeski, Michael E. Miller, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Paul J. Laurienti

“…In the current study, we applied graph theory to cross-sectional data to characterize functional brain networks generated from functional magnetic resonance imaging data both at rest and during a motor imagery (MI) task. …”
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Facial emotion processing in patients with borderline personality disorder as compared with healthy controls: an fMRI and ECG study by Monika Radimecká, Adéla Látalová, Martin Lamoš, Martin Jáni, Patrik Bartys, Alena Damborská, Pavel Theiner, Pavla Linhartová

“…However, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies exploring differences between patients and healthy controls in facial emotion processing have produced divergent results. …”
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Spatial signatures of anesthesia-induced burst-suppression differ between primates and rodents by Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Judith Mylius, Michael Ortiz-Rios, Jürgen Baudewig, Jaakko Paasonen, Daniel Golkowski, Andreas Ranft, Rüdiger Ilg, Olli Gröhn, Susann Boretius

“…In this work, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map the brain areas involved in anesthesia-induced burst-suppression across four mammalian species: humans, long-tailed macaques, common marmosets, and rats. …”
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Detailed organisation of the human midbrain periaqueductal grey revealed using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging by Fernando A Tinoco Mendoza, Timothy E S Hughes, Rebecca V Robertson, Lewis S Crawford, Noemi Meylakh, Paul M Macey, Vaughan G Macefield, Kevin A Keay, Luke A Henderson

“…Using ultra-high field (7-Tesla) functional magnetic resonance imaging we determined the locations of signal intensity changes in the PAG during noxious cutaneous heat stimuli and muscle pain in healthy control participants. …”
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Resting-state functional connectivity alteration in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis and declined cognition: An observational study by Guanwen Lin, Guanwen Lin, Fei Lan, Duozhi Wu, Guanglei Cao, Zheng Li, Zhigang Qi, Yang Liu, Shuyi Yang, Jie Lu, Tianlong Wang

“…ObjectiveThis study is designed to investigate the brain function changed regions in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and to explore the relationship between neuropsychological tests and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) network to clarify the possible mechanism underlying cognitive changes in KOA patients.Materials and methodsFifty-two patients aged ≥ 65 with KOA and twenty-two healthy-matched controls were recruited in this study. …”
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Abnormal brain spontaneous activity in major depressive disorder adolescents with non-suicidal self injury and its changes after sertraline therapy by Linqi Dai, Xiaoliu Zhang, Renqiang Yu, Xingyu Wang, Fei Deng, Xue Li, Li Kuang

“…The brain spontaneous activity alteration was then investigated in fifteen unmedicated first-episode adolescent nsMDDs versus twenty-two healthy controls through the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Besides the baseline scanning for all participants, the nsMDDs group was scanned again after eight weeks of sertraline therapy to examine the changes after treatment.ResultsAt pre-treatment, whole brain analysis of mean amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (mALFF) was performed to examine the neuronal spontaneous activity alteration, and increased mALFF was found in the superior occipital extending to lingual gyrus in adolescent nsMDDs compared with controls. …”
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Differential responses from the left postcentral gyrus, right middle frontal gyrus, and precuneus to meal ingestion in patients with functional dyspepsia by Yiping Chen, Risheng Yu, Joseph F. X. DeSouza, Joseph F. X. DeSouza, Yuze Shen, Hanyun Zhang, Chunpeng Zhu, Peiyu Huang, Caihua Wang

“…Studies using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) reported abnormal connectivity in areas related to pain processing in FD. …”
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Neurocognitive decision-making processes of casual methamphetamine users by Vita Droutman, Feng Xue, Emily Barkley-Levenson, Hei Yeung Lam, Antoine Bechara, Benjamin Smith, Zhong-Lin Lu, Gue Xue, Lynn C. Miller, Stephen J. Read

“…While undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging, 31 casual MA users and 66 non-users performed the CUPS task, in which they decided to accept or refuse a series of mixed gambles. …”
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The mediating role of default mode network during meaning-making aroused by mental simulation between stressful events and stress-related growth: a task fMRI study by Yidi Chen, Jinjin Ma, Huanya Zhu, Huini Peng, Yiqun Gan

“…We aimed to verify the mediating role of meaning-making in stressful events and stress-related growth and the function of the default mode network (DMN) during meaning-making in this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. Methods Participants comprised 59 university students. …”
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Optimizing cognitive neuroscience experiments for separating event- related fMRI BOLD responses in non-randomized alternating designs by Soukhin Das, Soukhin Das, Weigang Yi, Mingzhou Ding, George R. Mangun, George R. Mangun, George R. Mangun

“…Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has revolutionized human brain research. …”
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Altered Regional Activity and Network Homogeneity within the Fronto-Limbic Network at Rest in Medicine-Free Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder by Yunhui Chen, Yangpan Ou, Dan Lv, Zengyan Yu, Tinghuizi Shang, Jidong Ma, Chuang Zhan, Zhenning Ding, Xu Yang, Jian Xiao, Ru Yang, Zhenghai Sun, Guangfeng Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Wenbin Guo, Ping Li

“…In this study, 40 medicine-free and non-comorbidity patients with OCD and 38 age-, education-, and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent a resting-state functional magnetic-resonance-imaging scan. Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF), network homogeneity (NH), and support vector machine were used to analyze the data. …”
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