Virtual reality therapy in mental health

PMG Emmelkamp, K Meyerbröker - Annual review of clinical …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Initially designed for the treatment of phobias, the use of virtual reality in phobic disorders
has expanded to other mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Addiction as a brain disease revised: why it still matters, and the need for consilience

M Heilig, J MacKillop, D Martinez, J Rehm… - …, 2021 - nature.com
The view that substance addiction is a brain disease, although widely accepted in the
neuroscience community, has become subject to acerbic criticism in recent years. These …

Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Y Meng, K Hynynen, N Lipsman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a disruptive medical technology, and its implementation in the
clinic represents the culmination of decades of research. Lying at the convergence of …

Exacerbation of obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Y Tanir, A Karayagmurlu, İ Kaya, TB Kaynar… - Psychiatry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and related home confinement
on symptom profile, symptom severity and exacerbation of obsessive compulsive disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological, addictive, and health behavior implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

MJ Zvolensky, L Garey, AH Rogers… - … research and therapy, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The world is presently grappling with a global pandemic known as coronavirus (ie, COVID-
19; Guan et al., 2020). At the time of this writing, 18.6 million confirmed cases and over …

Astrocyte morphology

KT Baldwin, KK Murai, BS Khakh - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Astrocytes are predominant glial cells that tile the central nervous system (CNS). A cardinal
feature of astrocytes is their complex and visually enchanting morphology, referred to as …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocyte–neuron subproteomes and obsessive–compulsive disorder mechanisms

JS Soto, Y Jami-Alahmadi, J Chacon, SL Moye… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Astrocytes and neurons extensively interact in the brain. Identifying astrocyte and neuron
proteomes is essential for elucidating the protein networks that dictate their respective …

Protective elements of mental health status during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Portuguese population

P Silva Moreira, S Ferreira, B Couto… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 might produce dramatic psychological effects on individuals'
lives. In this study, we aimed to explore the elements that may reduce the negative effects on …

Gabapentin and pregabalin in bipolar disorder, anxiety states, and insomnia: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and rationale

JSW Hong, LZ Atkinson, N Al-Juffali, A Awad… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The gabapentinoids, gabapentin, and pregabalin, target the α2δ subunits of voltage-gated
calcium channels. Initially licensed for pain and seizures, they have become widely …

[HTML][HTML] An updated overview on the relationship between human gut microbiome dysbiosis and psychiatric and psychological disorders

A Borrego-Ruiz, JJ Borrego - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a lot of evidence establishing that nervous system development is related to the
composition and functions of the gut microbiome. In addition, the central nervous system …