Publications by authors named "Agnieszka Dabkowska-Mika"
Attachment Trauma Is Associated with White Matter Fiber Microstructural Alterations in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa before and after Exposure to Psychotherapeutic and Nutritional Treatment.
Brain Sci
May 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how attachment styles relate to changes in white matter (WM) in adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) before and after short-term nutritional treatment.
- The sample included 22 female adolescents with AN and 18 healthy controls, and MRIs showed significant differences in WM microstructure, particularly in the corpus callosum and fornix, before and after treatment.
- Over 50% of adolescents with AN had unresolved attachment issues, which correlated with specific WM changes, indicating that attachment patterns may play a crucial role in the brain's structural alterations associated with the disorder.
Background: Mostly, visual food stimuli paradigms for functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging are used in studies of eating disorders. However, the optimal contrasts and presentation modes are still under discussion. Therefore, we aimed to create and analyse a visual stimulation paradigm with defined contrast.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of the limbic system in the acute phase and during the recovery of takotsubo syndrome needs further clarification. In this longitudinal study, anatomical and task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was performed during an emotional picture paradigm in 19 postmenopausal female takotsubo syndrome patients in the acute and recovery phases in comparison to sex- and aged-matched 15 healthy controls and 15 patients presenting with myocardial infarction. Statistical analyses were performed based on the general linear model where aversive and positive picture conditions were included in order to reveal group differences during encoding of aversive versus positive pictures and longitudinal changes.
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