Vagus nerve stimulation in brain diseases: therapeutic applications and biological mechanisms

Y Wang, G Zhan, Z Cai, B Jiao, Y Zhao, S Li… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain diseases, including neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular and neuropsychiatric
diseases, have posed a deleterious threat to human health and brought a great burden to …

Toward neurosubtypes in autism

SJ Hong, JT Vogelstein, A Gozzi, BC Bernhardt… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a consensus that substantial heterogeneity underlies the neurobiology of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). As such, it has become increasingly clear that a dissection of …

Systematic evaluation of fMRI data-processing pipelines for consistent functional connectomics

AI Luppi, HM Gellersen, ZQ Liu, ARD Peattie… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Functional interactions between brain regions can be viewed as a network, enabling
neuroscientists to investigate brain function through network science. Here, we …

Cortical structural differences in major depressive disorder correlate with cell type-specific transcriptional signatures

J Li, J Seidlitz, J Suckling, F Fan, GJ Ji, Y Meng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been shown to be associated with structural
abnormalities in a variety of spatially diverse brain regions. However, the correlation …

mTOR-related synaptic pathology causes autism spectrum disorder-associated functional hyperconnectivity

M Pagani, N Barsotti, A Bertero, S Trakoshis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Postmortem studies have revealed increased density of excitatory synapses in the brains of
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with a putative link to aberrant mTOR …
V Zerbi, M Pagani, M Markicevic, M Matteoli… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by substantial, yet highly
heterogeneous abnormalities in functional brain connectivity. However, the origin and …

Brain-based sex differences in autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: A systematic review of structural MRI, fMRI, and DTI findings

MJM Walsh, GL Wallace, SM Gallegos, BB Braden - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been long overlooked in neuroscience
research, but emerging evidence suggests they show distinct phenotypic trajectories and …