Both social and material rewards play a crucial role in daily life and function as strong
incentives for various goal-directed behaviors. However, it remains unclear whether the …

Background Reward seeking and avoidance of punishment are key motivational processes.
Brain-imaging studies often use the Monetary Incentive Delay Task (MIDT) to evaluate …

Background Elevated rates of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use are observed in both
patients with psychotic disorders and individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) …

Abstract The 22q11. 2 deletion is one of the most common copy number variants in humans.
Carriers of the deletion have a markedly increased risk for neurodevelopmental brain …

Background22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), one of the most common recurrent
copy number variant disorders, is associated with dopaminergic abnormalities and …

Abstract 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is a genetic disorder caused by a
microdeletion on chromosome 22q11. 2 and associated with an increased risk for …

Background 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome confers significant risk for the development of
schizophrenia. While current recommendations regarding the management of psychotic …

Recent large-scale genomic studies have confirmed that schizophrenia is a polygenic
syndrome and have implicated a number of biological pathways in its aetiology. Both …

Abstract 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (DS) is considered to be the most robust genetic model
of psychosis. In the last decade, there has been increased interest in the brain abnormalities …

Methods: Sixty-eight adolescents (34 females; mean age (sd)= 16.56 (1.35)) were measured
for body fat levels with bioelectric impedance, and underwent a functional magnetic …