Frequent and Recent Non-fatal Strangulation/Choking During Sex and Its Association With fMRI Activation During Working Memory Tasks by Megan E. Huibregtse, Isabella L. Alexander, Lillian M. Klemsz, Tsung-chieh Fu, Tsung-chieh Fu, J. Dennis Fortenberry, Debby Herbenick, Debby Herbenick, Keisuke Kawata, Keisuke Kawata

“…Participants completed two variations of the N-back (0-back, 1-back, and 2-back) working memory task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): verbal and visual N-back tasks. …”
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Neural and functional validation of fMRI-informed EEG model of right inferior frontal gyrus activity by Ayelet Or-Borichev, Guy Gurevitch, Ilana Klovatch, Ayam Greental, Yulia Lerner, Dino J. Levy, Talma Hendler

“…To date, rIFG-NF has shown beneficial ability to rehabilitate or enhance cognitive functions using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI-NF). However, the utilization of fMRI-NF for clinical purposes is severely limited, due to its poor scalability. …”
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Functional ultrasound reveals effects of MRI acoustic noise on brain function by Keigo Hikishima, Tomokazu Tsurugizawa, Kazumi Kasahara, Ryusuke Hayashi, Ryo Takagi, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka, Naotaka Nitta

“…Loud acoustic noise from the scanner during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can affect functional connectivity (FC) observed in the resting state, but the exact effect of the MRI acoustic noise on resting state FC is not well understood. …”
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Adaptations of the balloon analog risk task for neuroimaging settings: a systematic review by Charline Compagne, Charline Compagne, Juliana Teti Mayer, Juliana Teti Mayer, Damien Gabriel, Damien Gabriel, Damien Gabriel, Alexandre Comte, Alexandre Comte, Eloi Magnin, Eloi Magnin, Djamila Bennabi, Djamila Bennabi, Djamila Bennabi, Thomas Tannou, Thomas Tannou, Thomas Tannou

“…The BART was adapted in four neuroimaging techniques, mostly in functional magnetic resonance imaging or electroencephalography settings.DiscussionFirst, to adapt the BART to neuroimaging, a delay was included between each trial, the total number of inflations was reduced between 12 and 30 pumps, and the number of trials was increased between 80 and 100 balloons, enabling us to respect the recording constraints of neuroimaging. …”
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Dorsal premammillary projection to periaqueductal gray controls escape vigor from innate and conditioned threats by Weisheng Wang, Peter J Schuette, Mimi Q La-Vu, Anita Torossian, Brooke C Tobias, Marta Ceko, Philip A Kragel, Fernando MCV Reis, Shiyu Ji, Megha Sehgal, Sandra Maesta-Pereira, Meghmik Chakerian, Alcino J Silva, Newton S Canteras, Tor Wager, Jonathan C Kao, Avishek Adhikari

“…In parallel, human functional magnetic resonance imaging data show that a posterior hypothalamic-to-dlPAG pathway increased activity during exposure to aversive images, indicating that a similar pathway may possibly have a related role in humans. …”
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A prediction model of working memory across health and psychiatric disease using whole-brain functional connectivity by Masahiro Yamashita, Yujiro Yoshihara, Ryuichiro Hashimoto, Noriaki Yahata, Naho Ichikawa, Yuki Sakai, Takashi Yamada, Noriko Matsukawa, Go Okada, Saori C Tanaka, Kiyoto Kasai, Nobumasa Kato, Yasumasa Okamoto, Ben Seymour, Hidehiko Takahashi, Mitsuo Kawato, Hiroshi Imamizu

“…We built a quantitative model for letter three-back task performance in healthy participants, using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). This normative model was applied to independent participants (N = 965) including four psychiatric diagnoses. …”
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Different doses of intermittent theta burst stimulation for upper limb motor dysfunction after stroke: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Zhiqing Tang, Zhiqing Tang, Tianhao Liu, Tianhao Liu, Ying Liu, Ying Liu, Kaiyue Han, Kaiyue Han, Wenlong Su, Wenlong Su, Wenlong Su, Jingdu Zhao, Jingdu Zhao, Qianqian Chi, Qianqian Chi, Xiaonian Zhang, Xiaonian Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang

“…The WMFT, GS, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data will be obtained pre- and post-treatment.DiscussionThe iTBS intervention in this study protocol is expected to be a potential method to promote upper limb motor recovery after stroke, and the results may provide supportive evidence for the optimal dose of iTBS intervention.…”
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Using histogram analysis of the intrinsic brain activity mapping to identify essential tremor by Pan Xiao, Li Tao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Qin Li, Honge Gui, Bintao Xu, Xueyan Zhang, Wanlin He, Huiyue Chen, Hansheng Wang, Fajin Lv, Tianyou Luo, Oumei Cheng, Jin Luo, Yun Man, Zheng Xiao, Weidong Fang

“…Histogram analysis based on brain intrinsic activity imaging is a promising way to identify ET patients from healthy controls (HCs) and further explore the spontaneous brain activity change mechanisms and build the potential diagnostic biomarker in ET patients.MethodsThe histogram features based on the Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (Rs-fMRI) data were extracted from 133 ET patients and 135 well-matched HCs as the input features. …”
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Continuous theta burst stimulation-induced suppression of the right fronto-thalamic-cerebellar circuit accompanies improvement in language performance in poststroke aphasia: A rest... by Kai Zheng, Xinlei Xu, Yingying Ji, Hui Fang, Fanglan Gao, Guilan Huang, Bin Su, Li Bian, Guofu Zhang, Caili Ren

“…Subjects underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), and the aphasia quotient (AQ) of the Chinese version of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) was calculated before and after the intervention. …”
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Altered regional homogeneity and functional connectivity of brain activity in young HIV-infected patients with asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment by Shuai Han, Xire Aili, Xire Aili, Juming Ma, Jiaojiao Liu, Wei Wang, Xue Yang, Xi Wang, Lijun Sun, Hongjun Li, Hongjun Li

“…We aimed to evaluate the altered patterns of functional brain activity in young HIV-infected patients with ANI by quantifying regional homogeneity (ReHo) and region of interest (ROI)-based functional connectivity (FC).MethodsThe experiment involved 44 young HIV-infected patients with ANI and 47 well-matched healthy controls (HCs) undergoing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and neurocognitive tests. …”
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Effects of ulotaront on brain circuits of reward, working memory, and emotion processing in healthy volunteers with high or low schizotypy by Francesca Perini, Jadwiga Maria Nazimek, Shane Mckie, Liliana P. Capitão, Jessica Scaife, Deepa Pal, Michael Browning, Gerard R. Dawson, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Una Campbell, Seth C. Hopkins, Antony Loebel, Rebecca Elliott, Catherine J. Harmer, Bill Deakin, Kenneth S. Koblan

“…Participants were randomized to placebo (n = 32), ulotaront (50 mg; n = 30), or the D2 receptor antagonist amisulpride (400 mg; n = 34) 2 h prior to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) responses to task performance. …”
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Transient resting-state salience-limbic co-activation patterns in functional neurological disorders by Samantha Weber, Janine Bühler, Serafeim Loukas, Thomas A.W. Bolton, Giorgio Vanini, Rupert Bruckmaier, Selma Aybek

“…Methods: Case-control resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study of 79 patients with mixed functional neurological disorders (i.e., functional movement disorders, functional seizures, persistent perceptual-postural dizziness) and 74 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. …”
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Psychedelic therapy in the treatment of addiction: the past, present and future by Rayyan Zafar, Rayyan Zafar, Maxim Siegel, Maxim Siegel, Rebecca Harding, Tommaso Barba, Tommaso Barba, Claudio Agnorelli, Claudio Agnorelli, Shayam Suseelan, Shayam Suseelan, Leor Roseman, Leor Roseman, Matthew Wall, Matthew Wall, Matthew Wall, David John Nutt, David John Nutt, David Erritzoe, David Erritzoe

“…Finally, we will provide an overview of the different translational human neuropsychopharmacology techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), that can be applied to foster a mechanistic understanding of therapeutic mechanisms. …”
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Identifying Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment with atlas-based multi-modal metrics by Zhuqing Long, Zhuqing Long, Jie Li, Jianghua Fan, Bo Li, Yukeng Du, Shuang Qiu, Jichang Miao, Jian Chen, Jian Chen, Juanwu Yin, Bin Jing, Bin Jing

“…IntroductionMulti-modal neuroimaging metrics in combination with advanced machine learning techniques have attracted more and more attention for an effective multi-class identification of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and health controls (HC) recently.MethodsIn this paper, a total of 180 subjects consisting of 44 AD, 66 MCI and 58 HC subjects were enrolled, and the multi-modalities of the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and the structural MRI (sMRI) for all participants were obtained. …”
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Modulations of resting-static functional connectivity on insular by electroacupuncture in subjective tinnitus by Bixiang Zha, Yating Zhang, Feifei Shi, Ling Cheng, Zhihao Rong, Leiyu Yu, Wanting Liu, Qiuju Xue, Min Ye, Jinying Yang, Bensheng Qiu, Jun Yang

“…The severity of tinnitus was evaluated by Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), the hearing status was recorded using pure tone audiometry, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) was performed on the brain before and after treatment, the CG received no intervention yet only rs-fMRI data were collected.ResultsWith the electroacupuncture treatment, the total THI score, average air conduction threshold of patients of EG were significantly lower than before (p < 0.01), and the total effective rate was 88.24%. …”
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Brain Correlates of the Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy Response: A Systematic Review of Neuroimaging Studies by Luiza Florence, Dângela Layne Silva Lassi, Guilherme T. Kortas, Danielle R. Lima, Cintia de Azevedo-Marques Périco, Arthur G. Andrade, Julio Torales, Antonio Ventriglio, Domenico De Berardis, João P. De Aquino, João M. Castaldelli-Maia

“…Study eligibility criteria, participants, and interventions: Eligible studies included those investigating pharmacotherapies for AUD and employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and/or proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS). …”
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Specific brain imaging alterations underlying autistic traits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder by Juan Liu, Qian-Rong Liu, Zhao-Min Wu, Qiao-Ru Chen, Jing Chen, Yuan Wang, Xiao-Lan Cao, Mei-Xia Dai, Chao Dong, Qiao Liu, Jun Zhu, Lin-Lin Zhang, Ying Li, Yu-Feng Wang, Lu Liu, Bin-Rang Yang

“…We collected resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data and analyzed the mean amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (mALFF) values (an approach used to depict different spontaneous brain activities) in a sub-sample. …”
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Persistent post‐COVID headache is associated with suppression of scale‐free functional brain dynamics in non‐hospitalized individuals by Nathan W. Churchill, Eugenie Roudaia, J. Jean Chen, Asaf Gilboa, Allison Sekuler, Xiang Ji, Fuqiang Gao, Zhongmin Lin, Mario Masellis, Maged Goubran, Jennifer S. Rabin, Benjamin Lam, Ivy Cheng, Robert Fowler, Chris Heyn, Sandra E. Black, Bradley J. MacIntosh, Simon J. Graham, Tom A. Schweizer

“…Methods Resting‐state blood oxygenation level‐dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected for 57 individuals who had COVID‐19 (32 with no headache, 14 with ongoing headache, 11 recovered) and 17 controls who had cold and flu‐like symptoms but  tested negative for COVID‐19. …”
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Transcriptional and cell type profiles of cortical brain regions showing ultradian cortisol rhythm dependent responses to emotional face stimulation by Philippe C. Habets, Konstantinos Kalafatakis, Oleh Dzyubachyk, Steven J.A. van der Werff, Arlin Keo, Jamini Thakrar, Ahmed Mahfouz, Alberto M. Pereira, Georgina M. Russell, Stafford L. Lightman, Onno C. Meijer

“…We combine human cell type and transcriptomic atlas data of high spatial resolution with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. We show that the loss of cortisol ultradian rhythm alters emotional processing response in cortical brain areas that are characterized by transcriptional and cellular profiles of GABAergic function. …”
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Fear and reward circuit alterations in pediatric CRPS by Laura E Simons, Laura E Simons, Laura E Simons, Laura E Simons, Nathalie eErpelding, Nathalie eErpelding, Jessica eHernandez, Paul eSerrano, Paul eSerrano, Kunyu eZhang, Alyssa eLebel, Alyssa eLebel, Alyssa eLebel, Navil eSethna, Navil eSethna, Charles eBerde, Charles eBerde, Sanjay ePrabhu, Sanjay ePrabhu, Lino eBecerra, Lino eBecerra, Lino eBecerra, David eBorsook, David eBorsook, David eBorsook, David eBorsook

“…To examine fear-related brain circuit alterations in humans, 20 pediatric patients with CRPS and 20 sex- and age-matched healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in response to a well-established fearful faces paradigm. …”
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