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Brain Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 4

April 2022 - 98 articles

Cover Story: Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to study whether individual differences in empathy traits can be traced to the local topological features of brain networks. Empathy was conceived as composed of two psychometric dimensions within the concept of pre-reflective, intersubjective understanding. The results linked the vicarious experience dimension and the intuitive understanding dimension to distinct (frontoparietal versus somatomotor and subcortical) as well as common (salience) networks. Sex differences in such brain–behavior coding were also observed. The findings may help to explain how the intrinsic architecture of brain networks predisposes empathic inclinations and to understand the impact of alterations of empathy-related network integrity by brain damage or stimulation. View this paper
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Articles (98)

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,145 Views
11 Pages

Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is a common symptom in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Moreover, many neurological manifestations have been reported in these patients, suggesting central nervous system involvement. The default mode network (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,148 Views
11 Pages

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy and safety of an improved ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) and nerve block (NB) for patients with pudendal neuralgia (PN). Methods: This retrospective analysis included 88 adults with PN treated in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,658 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Weight Loss on Cognitive Functions: A Pilot Study of a Multidisciplinary Intervention Program for Obesity Treatment

  • Emma Chávez-Manzanera,
  • Maura Ramírez-Flores,
  • Michelle Duran,
  • Mariana Torres,
  • Mariana Ramírez,
  • Martha Kaufer-Horwitz,
  • Sylvana Stephano,
  • Lizette Quiroz-Casian,
  • Carlos Cantú-Brito and
  • Erwin Chiquete

There is a relationship between obesity and cognitive functioning. Our aim was to assess weight loss influence on global cognition and executive functioning (EF) in adults with obesity under a multidisciplinary weight loss program. In this six-month...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,923 Views
19 Pages

It is increasingly being understood that perceptual learning involves different types of plasticity. Thus, whereas the practice-based improvement in the ability to perform specific tasks is believed to rely on top-down plasticity, the capacity of sen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,444 Views
18 Pages

ER Stress in COVID-19 and Parkinson’s Disease: In Vitro and In Silico Evidences

  • Zahara L. Chaudhry,
  • Mahmoud Gamal,
  • Ingrid Ferhati,
  • Mohamad Warda and
  • Bushra Y. Ahmed

The outbreak of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) signifies a serious worldwide concern to public health. Both transcriptome and proteome of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells synergize the progression of infectio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,017 Views
13 Pages

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) research has shown great outcome variability in motor performance tasks, with one possible source being sex differences. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of estrogen levels on leg muscl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,079 Views
28 Pages

Tumor Microenvironment in Glioma Invasion

  • Sho Tamai,
  • Toshiya Ichinose,
  • Taishi Tsutsui,
  • Shingo Tanaka,
  • Farida Garaeva,
  • Hemragul Sabit and
  • Mitsutoshi Nakada

A major malignant trait of gliomas is their remarkable infiltration capacity. When glioma develops, the tumor cells have already reached the distant part. Therefore, complete removal of the glioma is impossible. Recently, research on the involvement...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,483 Views
15 Pages

Diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGGs) are heterogeneous and poorly circumscribed neoplasms with isolated tumor cells that extend beyond the margins of the lesion depicted on MRI. Efforts to demarcate the glioma core from the surrounding healthy brain led...

  • Protocol
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,499 Views
11 Pages

Music and Psychology & Social Connections Program: Protocol for a Novel Intervention for Dyads Affected by Younger-Onset Dementia

  • Samantha M. Loi,
  • Libby Flynn,
  • Claire Cadwallader,
  • Phoebe Stretton-Smith,
  • Christina Bryant and
  • Felicity A. Baker

Psychosocial interventions targeting the specific needs of people affected by younger-onset dementia are lacking. Younger-onset dementia refers to dementia where symptom onset occurs at less than 65 years old. Because of its occurrence in middle age,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,117 Views
14 Pages

The time-sensitive GABA shift from excitatory to inhibitory is critical in early neural circuits development and depends upon developmentally regulated expression of cation-chloride cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2. NKCC1, encoded by the SLC12A2 gene, r...

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