Plasticity as a Therapeutic Target for Improving Cognition and Behavior in Down Syndrome
Early intervention and environmental optimization have been central to management of Down syndrome (DS) and much of current treatment is still focused in strategies that involve early education plans. This approach has provided significant improvements for Down syndrome but it is not providing a full success.
Disruption of Posterior Brain Functional Connectivity and Its Relation to Cognitive Impairment in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Resting-state functional MRI has been proposed as a new biomarker of prodromal neurodegenerative disorders, but it has been poorly investigated in the idiopathic form of rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder (IRBD), a clinical harbinger of subsequent synucleinopathy. Particularly, a complex-network approach has not been tested to study brain functional connectivity in IRBD patients.
Comparative Cognitive Effects of Choreographed Exercise and Multimodal Physical Therapy in Older Adults With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Randomized Clinical Trial
Recent research on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has primarily focused on searching for measures to prevent or delay the progression of MCI to dementia. Physical exercise has shown to be effective in the prevention of age-related cognitive decline in elderly adults with MCI.
Brain Network Interactions in Transgender Individuals With Gender Incongruence
Functional brain organization in transgender persons remains unclear. Our aims were to investigate global and regional connectivity differences within functional networks in transwomen and transmen with early-in-life onset gender incongruence; and to test the consistency of two available hypotheses that attempted to explain gender variants.
Trajectories of Immediate and Delayed Verbal Memory in the Spanish General Population of Middle-aged and Older Adults
(1) Cognitive decline differs among individuals and cognition function domains. We sought to identify distinct groups of immediate and delayed verbal memory in two age subsamples (50-64, 65+ years), and to analyze associated factors.
Executive Functioning and Emotion Recognition in Youth With Oppositional Defiant Disorder and/or Conduct Disorder
Executive functioning and emotion recognition may be impaired in disruptive youth, yet findings in oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) are inconsistent. We examined these functions related to ODD and CD, accounting for comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and internalising symptoms.
Prefrontal-amygdala Connectivity in Trait Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Testing the Boundaries Between Healthy and Pathological Worries
Current brain-based theoretical models of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) suggest a dysfunction of amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal cortex emotional regulatory mechanisms. These alterations might be reflected by an altered resting state functional connectivity between both areas and could extend to vulnerable non-clinical samples such as high worriers without a GAD diagnosis. However, there is a lack of information in this regard.
General Anesthesia in Infants: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Concerns
General anesthetics are crucial drugs for surgical interventions, which are indicated to induce analgesia, diminish pain, and reduce anxiety in order to facilitate invasive procedures. In pediatric patients, benefits of general anesthetics also include abolishment of motility. Besides their probed benefits on surgery, the recent warning of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of general anesthetics in children yielded a controversy on their potential neurotoxic effects.
Personality Factors and Subjective Cognitive Decline: The FACEHBI Cohort
Individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) have the perception of memory problems without showing impairment on standardized cognitive tests. SCD has been associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Neuroticism and openness personality dimensions have also been associated with SCD and AD.
Utility of the Parkinson’s disease-Cognitive Rating Scale for the Screening of Global Cognitive Status in Huntington’s Disease
Cognitive impairment is an essential feature of Huntington’s disease (HD) and dementia is a predictable outcome in all patients. However, validated instruments to assess global cognitive performance in the field of HD are lacking. We aimed to explore the utility of the Parkinson’s disease-Cognitive Rating Scale (PD-CRS) for the screening of global cognition in HD.
