According to the operational diagnostic criteria, psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia
(SZ), bipolar disorder (BD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and autism spectrum disorder …

Tridimensional cultures of human induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) experimentally directed
to neural differentiation, termed “brain organoids” are now employed as an in vitro assay that …

Background Psychiatric conditions show overlap in their symptoms, genetics, and
involvement in brain areas and circuits. Structural alterations in the brain have been found to …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering has attracted a lot of attention as a very effective
analytical method in the field of biosensors. The method makes use of the enhanced signal …

The thalamus enables key sensory, motor, emotive, and cognitive processes via
connections to the cortex. These projection patterns are traditionally considered to originate …

Schizophrenia is a prototypical network disorder with widespread brain-morphological
alterations, yet it remains unclear whether these distributed alterations robustly reflect the …

Abstract Background The Toronto Adolescent and Youth (TAY) Cohort Study will
characterize the neurobiological trajectories of psychosis spectrum symptoms, functioning …

Background Genome-wide association studies demonstrate that Alzheimer's disease (AD)
has a highly polygenic architecture, where thousands of independent genetic variants …

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type II is a highly epileptogenic developmental malformation
and a common cause of surgically treated drug-resistant epilepsy. While clinical …

The anatomy of the brain supports inherent processes, fostering mental abilities and
eventually facilitating adaptive behavior. Recent studies have shown that progressive …