Aims Addiction has been conceptualized as a shift from controlled experimentation to
uncontrolled, compulsive patterns of use. Current neurobiological models of addiction …

After decades of research aimed at elucidating the pathophysiology and etiology of
schizophrenia, it has become increasingly apparent that it is an illness knowing few …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex and heritable eating disorder characterized by
dangerously low body weight. Neither candidate gene studies nor an initial genome-wide …

Meta‐analysis is an important tool for interpreting results of functional neuroimaging studies
and is highly influential in predicting and testing new outcomes. Although traditional label …

The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a functionally heterogeneous region involved in
diverse cognitive and emotional processes that support goal-directed behaviour. Structural …

Cognitive control deficits have been consistently documented in patients with schizophrenia.
Recent work in cognitive neuroscience has hypothesized a distinction between two …

Objective To investigate whether patients diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive
impairment (MCI) have also impairment in attention/executive functions, and therefore to …

Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BPD) are severe mental disorders with high
heritability. Clinicians have long noticed the similarities of clinic symptoms between these …

The thalamus provides a nodal link for multiple functional circuits that are impaired in
schizophrenia (SZ). Despite inconsistencies in the literature, a meta analysis suggests that …

Recent studies have shown a decrease in glial number and glial fibrillary acidic protein
(GFAP) levels in the frontal and cingulate cortices of individuals with mood disorders and …