Microbiota‐gut‐brain axis as a regulator of reward processes

R García‐Cabrerizo, C Carbia… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Our gut harbours trillions of microorganisms essential for the maintenance of homeostasis
and host physiology in health and disease. In the last decade, there has been a growing …

Psychedelic therapy's transdiagnostic effects: a research domain criteria (RDoC) perspective

JR Kelly, CM Gillan, J Prenderville, C Kelly… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Accumulating clinical evidence shows that psychedelic therapy, by synergistically combining
psychopharmacology and psychological support, offers a promising transdiagnostic …

Binge-like alcohol exposure in adolescence: behavioural, neuroendocrine and molecular evidence of abnormal neuroplasticity… and return

A Brancato, V Castelli, G Lavanco, G Tringali, V Micale… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Binge alcohol consumption among adolescents affects the develo** neural networks
underpinning reward and stress processing in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). This study …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of childhood abuse and neglect to reward neural substrates in adolescence

R Yang, Q Yu, CE Owen, GI Aspe, JL Wiggins - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Childhood adverse experiences may come to bear particularly during
adolescence, when neural reward systems are develo** rapidly and psychopathology …

Social anxiety inhibits needs repair following exclusion in both relational and non-relational reward contexts: The mediating role of positive affect

T Hudd, DA Moscovitch - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
The pain of social exclusion can motivate people to capitalize on opportunities to reconnect
with others and repair their self-esteem and feelings of belongingness. This effect is often …

Reconnecting in the face of exclusion: individuals with high social anxiety may feel the push of social pain, but not the pull of social rewards

T Hudd, DA Moscovitch - Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2022 - Springer
Background Previous research has shown that high levels of trait social anxiety (SA) disrupt
the social repair processes following a painful social exclusion, but the cognitive …

Intrinsic and extrinsic control impact motivation and outcome sensitivity: the role of anhedonia, stress, and anxiety

MM Mehta, G Butler, C Ahn, YI Whitaker… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMotivated behaviors vary widely across individuals and are controlled by a
range of environmental and intrinsic factors. However, due to a lack of objective measures …

Increased default mode network activation in depression and social anxiety during upward social comparison

A Acuña, S Morales, L Uriarte-Gaspari… - Social Cognitive and …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Social comparisons are a core feature of human life. Theories posit that social comparisons
play a critical role in depression and social anxiety triggering negative evaluations about the …

Age-dependent alterations in the coordinated development of subcortical regions in adolescents with social anxiety disorder

J Liu, S **e, Y Hu, Y Ding, X Zhang, W Liu… - European Child & …, 2024 - Springer
Subcortical brain regions play essential roles in the pathology of social anxiety disorder
(SAD). While adolescence is the peak period of SAD, the relationships between altered …

Effects of chronic social defeat stress on social behavior and cognitive flexibility for early and late adolescent

HY Chen, HY Chiang, TH Lee, PYS Chan… - Behavioural Brain …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study investigated the risk to social behavior and cognitive flexibility induced by chronic
social defeat stress (CSDS) during early and late adolescence (EA and LA). Utilizing the …