[HTML][HTML] Cognitive enhancement by drugs in health and disease

M Husain, MA Mehta - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2011 - cell.com
Attempts to improve cognitive function in patients with brain disorders have become the
focus of intensive research efforts. A recent emerging trend is the use of so-called cognitive …

New insights into the specificity and plasticity of reward and aversion encoding in the mesolimbic system

SF Volman, S Lammel, EB Margolis, Y Kim… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
The mesocorticolimbic system, consisting, at its core, of the ventral tegmental area, the
nucleus accumbens, and medial prefrontal cortex, has historically been investigated …

Why do antidepressants take so long to work? A cognitive neuropsychological model of antidepressant drug action

CJ Harmer, GM Goodwin, PJ Cowen - The British Journal of …, 2009 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe neuropharmacological actions of antidepressants are well characterised
but our understanding of how these changes translate into improved mood are still …

Oxytocin, dopamine, and the amygdala: a neurofunctional model of social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia

AJ Rosenfeld, JA Lieberman… - Schizophrenia …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Until recently, the social cognitive impairment in schizophrenia has been underappreciated
and remains essentially untreated. Deficits in emotional processing, social perception and …

The dopaminergic basis of human behaviors: A review of molecular imaging studies

A Egerton, MA Mehta, AJ Montgomery… - Neuroscience & …, 2009 - Elsevier
This systematic review describes human molecular imaging studies which have investigated
alterations in extracellular DA levels during performance of behavioral tasks. Whilst …

GPER1/GPR30 in the brain: crosstalk with classical estrogen receptors and implications for behavior

MM Hadjimarkou, N Vasudevan - The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The GPER1/GPR30 is a membrane estrogen receptor (mER) that binds 17β-estradiol (17β-
E) with high affinity and is thought to play a role in cancer progression and cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] The scientifically substantiated art of teaching: A study in the development of standards in the new academic field of neuroeducation (mind, brain, and …

TN Tokuhama-Espinosa - 2008 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Concepts from neuroeducation, commonly referred in the popular press as" brain-
based learning," have been applied indiscreetly and inconsistently to classroom teaching …

[HTML][HTML] Noradrenaline blockade specifically enhances metacognitive performance

TU Hauser, M Allen, N Purg, M Moutoussis, G Rees… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Impairments in metacognition, the ability to accurately report one's performance, are
common in patients with psychiatric disorders, where a putative neuromodulatory …

Beta-blocker propranolol modulates decision urgency during sequential information gathering

TU Hauser, M Moutoussis, N Purg… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Arbitrating between timely choice and extended information gathering is critical for effective
decision making. Aberrant information gathering behavior is thought to be a feature of …

Changes in executive function after acute bouts of passive cycling in Parkinson's disease

AL Ridgel, CH Kim, EJ Fickes… - Journal of aging …, 2011 - journals.humankinetics.com
Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) often experience cognitive declines. Although
pharmacologic therapies are helpful in treating motor deficits in PD, they do not appear to be …