The processing of salient and rewarding stimuli is integral to engaging our attention,
stimulating anticipation for future events, and driving goal-directed behaviors. Widespread …

Background Abnormal reward functioning is central to anhedonia and amotivation
symptoms of schizophrenia (SCZ). Reward processing encompasses a series of …

Catatonia is a transnosologic psychomotor syndrome with high prevalence in schizophrenia
spectrum disorders (SSD). There is mounting neuroimaging evidence that catatonia is …

Functional imaging studies have found differential neural activation patterns during reward-
paradigms in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to neurotypical …

Reward processing impairments have been linked with positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia. Here, we performed a coordinate-based meta-analysis that combined eleven …

Heavy cannabis use (HCU) is frequently associated with a plethora of cognitive,
psychopathological and sensorimotor phenomena. Although HCU is frequent, specific …

The capacity to anticipate and detect rewarding outcomes is fundamental for the
development of adaptive decision‐making and goal‐oriented behavior. Delineating the …

Reward processing dysfunctions are considered a candidate mechanism underlying
anhedonia and apathy in depression. Neuroimaging studies have documented that …

The aim of this paper is to summarize ultrastructural evidence for glutamatergic
dysregulation in several linked regions in postmortem schizophrenia brain. Following a brief …

Diminished motivation to pursue and obtain primary and secondary rewards has been
demonstrated in anorexia nervosa (AN). However, the neurobehavioral mechanisms …