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Brain Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 4

April 2019 - 22 articles

Cover Story: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has been the subject of extensive research, particularly its symptom of impulsivity, which is considered a key component of neurobehavioral models of BPD and often leads to severe negative consequences for the person. Impulsivity and the measurements used to assess it have greatly evolved over time. Recently, the study of inhibition processes with behavioral tasks has highlighted some cognitive and affective deficits in this population. However, the literature presents important inconsistencies which raise questions about the potential role played by personality processes such as the self-concept. We investigated this question via a systematic review and our results lead us to propose a new theoretical model which integrates inhibition processes and the self-concept in order to explain the occurrence of borderline impulsive behavior. View this paper.
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Articles (22)

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
30 Citations
10,829 Views
14 Pages

Cognitive Function in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Systematic Review

  • Ciro Manzo,
  • Eva Martinez-Suarez,
  • Melek Kechida,
  • Marco Isetta and
  • Jordi Serra-Mestres

Background: Cognitive disorders are reported to be common in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS). In some cases, they are the first clinical manifestation, preceding the diagnosis of pSS by two years on average. Aim: A systematic rev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,660 Views
14 Pages

EEG Window Length Evaluation for the Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease over Different Brain Regions

  • Katerina D. Tzimourta,
  • Nikolaos Giannakeas,
  • Alexandros T. Tzallas,
  • Loukas G. Astrakas,
  • Theodora Afrantou,
  • Panagiotis Ioannidis,
  • Nikolaos Grigoriadis,
  • Pantelis Angelidis,
  • Dimitrios G. Tsalikakis and
  • Markos G. Tsipouras

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurogenerative disorder and the most common type of dementia with a rapidly increasing world prevalence. In this paper, the ability of several statistical and spectral features to detect AD from electroencephalogr...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,557 Views
9 Pages

Among the most prevalent psychiatric conditions stand anxiety and depression. Psychotherapy and medications are considered effective treatments in these clinical settings. However, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy (i.e., cognitive behavioral therapy...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,337 Views
11 Pages

Astrocytes via their foot processes (ACfp) are specialized connecting cells, and they structurally connect the neurovascular unit (NVU) mural cells to neurons. Astrocytes provide homeostatic mechanisms for structural connections and provide communica...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,787 Views
18 Pages

Extracellular S100β Disrupts Bergman Glia Morphology and Synaptic Transmission in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells

  • Olga S. Belozor,
  • Dariya A. Yakovleva,
  • Ilya V. Potapenko,
  • Andrey N. Shuvaev,
  • Marina V. Smolnikova,
  • Alex Vasilev,
  • Elena A. Pozhilenkova and
  • Anton N. Shuvaev

Astrogliosis is a pathological process that affects the density, morphology, and function of astrocytes. It is a common feature of brain trauma, autoimmune diseases, and neurodegeneration including spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a poorly under...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
9,140 Views
18 Pages

Sensorimotor Control in Dystonia

  • Phillip Desrochers,
  • Alexander Brunfeldt,
  • Christos Sidiropoulos and
  • Florian Kagerer

This is an overview of the sensorimotor impairments in dystonia, a syndrome characterized by sustained or intermittent aberrant movement patterns leading to abnormal movements and/or postures with or without a tremulous component. Dystonia can affect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,431 Views
17 Pages

High Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation: A One Year Follow-Up Study on Motor and Non-Motor Functions in Parkinson’s Disease

  • Paolo Mazzone,
  • Fabio Viselli,
  • Stefano Ferraina,
  • Margherita Giamundo,
  • Massimo Marano,
  • Marco Paoloni,
  • Francesco Masedu,
  • Annamaria Capozzo and
  • Eugenio Scarnati

Background: The present study investigated the effectiveness of stimulation applied at cervical levels on pain and Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms using either tonic or burst stimulation mode. Methods: Tonic high cervical spinal cord stimulat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,254 Views
23 Pages

Impulsivity is an important clinical and diagnostic feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Even though it has been reported that BPD individuals’ inhibition performance is significantly reduced in the context of negative emotion or s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
347 Citations
64,363 Views
20 Pages

Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation in Adolescence: Links to Anxiety and Depression

  • Katherine S. Young,
  • Christina F. Sandman and
  • Michelle G. Craske

Emotion regulation skills develop substantially across adolescence, a period characterized by emotional challenges and developing regulatory neural circuitry. Adolescence is also a risk period for the new onset of anxiety and depressive disorders, ps...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
12,131 Views
15 Pages

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease in the world, yet the fundamental and underlying causes of the disease are largely unknown, and treatments remain sparse and impotent. Several biological systems have...

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Brain Sci. - ISSN 2076-3425