Brain Sciences, Volume 15, Issue 10

Background/Objectives: Despite efforts, schizophrenia remains a difficult disease to treat for cognitive, positive, negative, and mood symptoms. In the present review, we explore existing data on the ameliorating effects of neurocognitive rehabilitat...

Background: Depression and anxiety disorders impact millions globally. In recent years, low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU), characterized by its high precision, deep penetration, and non-invasive nature, has garnered significant interest in neur...

Background/Objectives: This pilot study aimed to investigate the relationship between salivary neuropeptides levels, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and altruism in a sample of medical students. Additionally, the study examined potential sex di...

Background/Objectives: Attentional bias toward drug-related cues is a characteristic of drug dependence and plays a detrimental role during drug withdrawal. The present study examined attentional bias in female individuals with drug dependence. We fo...

Background: Mental health issues among employees are a growing concern globally, particularly in high-stress environments such as Korean workplaces. This study was conducted to analyze the relationships between life stressors and depressive symptoms...

The reconceptualization of addiction as a neurobiological disease has gained significant traction over recent decades, informed by advances in neuropharmacological and neuroimaging research [...]

Objectives: To address the challenges of subjectivity, misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this study proposes an objective auxiliary diagnostic method based on P300 signals. Existing studies largely rely on conv...

Background/Goal: Parkinson’s disease (PD) disrupts dopaminergic transmission, leading to motor deficits and altered activity in the primary motor cortex (M1). While M1 modulation is critical for motor control, its response to dopaminergic degen...

Objectives: This study investigated the effects of healthy aging on sentence production in narrative discourse and examined the role of cognitive abilities and Lifelong Learning (LLL) in mitigating age-related decline. Methods: Three hundred and seve...

Background/Objectives: The relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) disability and co-occurring non-motor symptomatology is not well understood. This study examined the association between disability status and non-motor symptoms—sleep qual...