Brain development and imaging
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Targeting the neural task-control circuitry to enhance self-regulatory control in bulimia nervosa
Previous research has found that bulimia nervosa is associated with dysregulated self-regulatory control, as a result of anatomical and functional disturbances to the neural task-control circuitry in the brain.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 03, March 2018
“‘Shine bright like a diamond!’: is research on high-functioning ADHD at last entering the mainstream?” by Klaus-Peter Lesch
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Brain firing, but not wiring, is different in children with ADHD
When in a relaxed state, the brains of children and adolescents with ADHD tend to fire differently to those without the disorder, although there don’t seem to be changes in the physical connections or ‘wiring’ of their brains.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 56, Issue 12, December 2015
“Neuroimaging in clinical psychiatry – when will the pay off begin?” by Argyris Stringaris
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CAMH Editorial: Can neuroscience add to clinical practice? Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2014
“Can neuroscience add to clinical practice?” by Eric Taylor.
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Brain structure abnormalities in adolescent girls with conduct disorder
The research team observed structural abnormalities in brain regions involved in emotion processing, reward and empathy in female adolescents with CD, which broadly overlap with those reported in previous studies of CD in male adolescents.
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