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A critical evaluation of systematic reviews assessing the effect of chronic physical activity on academic achievement, cognition and the brain in children and adolescents: a systematic review
(2020-06)
Background
International and national committees have started to evaluate the evidence for the effects of physical activity on neurocognitive health in childhood and adolescence to inform policy. Despite an increasing ...
Evaluating the Feasibility of Frequent Cognitive Assessment Using the Mezurio Smartphone App: Observational and Interview Study in Adults With Elevated Dementia Risk
(2020-04)
Background: By enabling frequent, sensitive, and economic remote assessment, smartphones will facilitate the detection of early cognitive decline at scale. Previous studies have sustained participant engagement with remote ...
Association Between Neurological Disorders and Death by Suicide in Denmark
(2020-02)
Importance Neurological disorders have been linked to suicide, but the risk across a broad spectrum of neurological disorders remains to be assessed.
Objectives To examine whether people with neurological disorders die ...
Sleep duration over 28 years, cognition, gray matter volume, and white matter microstructure: a prospective cohort study
(2020-01)
Study Objectives
To examine the association between sleep duration trajectories over 28 years and measures of cognition, gray matter volume, and white matter microstructure. We hypothesize that consistently meeting sleep ...
Subthalamic nucleus activity dynamics and limb movement prediction in Parkinson’s disease
(2020-02)
Whilst exaggerated bursts of beta frequency band oscillatory synchronization in the subthalamic nucleus have been associated with motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease, a plausible mechanism linking the two phenomena has ...
Stress, inflammation and hippocampal subfields in depression: A 7 Tesla MRI Study
(2020-02)
Experiencing stressful events throughout one’s life, particularly childhood trauma, increases the likelihood of being diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Raised levels of cortisol, and markers of inflammation ...
Supporting people in mental health crisis in 21st-century Britain
(2020-02)
Recent years have seen a surge in interest in mental healthcare and some reduction
in stigma. Partly as a result of this, alongside a growing population and higher levels
of societal distress, many more people are ...
Cross-species cortical alignment identifies different types of anatomical reorganization in the primate temporal lobe
(2020-03)
Evolutionary adaptations of temporo-parietal cortex are considered to be a critical specialization of the human brain. Cortical adaptations, however, can affect different aspects of brain architecture, including local ...
Examination of the neural basis of psychotic-like experiences in adolescence during processing of emotional faces
(2020-03)
Contemporary theories propose that dysregulation of emotional perception is involved in the aetiology of psychosis. 298 healthy adolescents were assessed at age 14- and 19-years using fMRI while performing a facial emotion ...
Development of the Ketamine Side Effect Tool
(2020-04)
Background: Currently, no specific, systematic assessment tool for the monitoring and reporting of ketamine-related side effects exists. Our aim was to develop a comprehensive Ketamine Side Effect Tool (KSET) to capture ...