Neural hyperexcitability in autism spectrum disorders

Y Takarae, J Sweeney - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Despite the progress that has been made in research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD),
the understanding of the biological basis of ASD to identify targets for novel, effective …

A substantial and unexpected enhancement of motion perception in autism

JH Foss-Feig, D Tadin, KB Schauder… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Atypical perceptual processing in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is well documented. In
addition, growing evidence supports the hypothesis that an excitatory/inhibitory …

Behavioral measures of cortical hyperexcitability assessed in people who experience visual snow

AM McKendrick, YM Chan, M Tien, L Millist, M Clough… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine whether visual perceptual measures in people who experience
visual snow are consistent with an imbalance between inhibition and excitation in visual …

Neurophysiological hyperresponsivity to sensory input in autism spectrum disorders

Y Takarae, SR Sablich, SP White… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Atypical sensory processing is a common clinical observation in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). Neural hyperexcitability has been suggested as the cause for …

Reorganization of visual callosal connections following alterations of retinal input and brain damage

L Restani, M Caleo - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Vision is a very important sensory modality in humans. Visual disorders are numerous and
arising from diverse and complex causes. Deficits in visual function are highly disabling from …

Altered visual cortex excitability in premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Evidence from magnetoencephalographic gamma oscillations and perceptual suppression

VO Manyukhina, EV Orekhova, AO Prokofyev… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by extreme
mood shifts during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (MC) due to abnormal sensitivity …

Exploiting individual primary visual cortex geometry to boost steady state visual evoked potentials

MI Vanegas, A Blangero, SP Kelly - Journal of neural …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) is an electroencephalographic
response to flickering stimuli generated partly in primary visual area V1. The …

Abnormal visual gain control in a Parkinson's disease model

F Afsari, KV Christensen, GP Smith… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Our understanding of Parkinson's disease (PD) has been revolutionized by the discovery of
disease-causing genetic mutations. The most common of these is the G2019S mutation in …

Enhanced thalamocortical synaptic transmission and dysregulation of the excitatory–inhibitory balance at the thalamocortical feedforward inhibitory microcircuit in a …

A Tottene, M Favero, D Pietrobon - Journal of Neuroscience, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Migraine is a complex brain disorder, characterized by attacks of unilateral headache and
global dysfunction in multisensory information processing, whose underlying cellular and …

Abnormal inhibition-excitation imbalance in migraine

BN Nguyen, AM McKendrick, AJ Vingrys - Cephalalgia, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background People with migraine show increased surround suppression of perceived
contrast, a perceptual analogue of centre-surround antagonistic interactions in visual cortex …