Exploring the correlation and causation between alpha oscillations and one-second time perception through EEG and tACS.

Alpha oscillations have been implicated in time perception, yet a consensus on their precise role remains elusive. This study directly investigates this relationship by examining the impact of alpha oscillations on time perception. Resting-state EEG recordings were used to extract peak alpha frequency (PAF) and peak alpha power (PAP) characteristics.

Functional brain network features specify DBS outcome for patients with treatment resistant depression.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has shown therapeutic benefits for treatment resistant depression (TRD). Stimulation of the subcallosal cingulate gyrus (SCG) aims to alter dysregulation between subcortical and cortex. However, the 50% response rates for SCG-DBS indicates that selection of appropriate patients is challenging.

The first genome-wide association study of internet addiction; Revealed substantial shared risk factors with neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders.

Background: Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is listed as a disorder requiring further studies in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-V). Psychological studies showed significant co-morbidity of IAD with depression, alcohol abuse, and anxiety disorder. Etiology and genetic bases of IAD are unclear.

Transcranial photobiomodulation changes topology, synchronizability, and complexity of resting state brain networks.

. Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) is a recently proposed non-invasive brain stimulation approach with various effects on the nervous system from the cells to the whole brain networks. Specially in the neural network level, tPBM can alter the topology and synchronizability of functional brain networks.

Resting-State Brain Network Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis Participants: Evidence from Electroencephalography and Graph Theoretical Analysis.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to demyelination and axonal loss in the central nervous system that causes focal lesions of gray and white matter. However, the functional impairments of brain networks in this disease are still unspecified and need to be clearer. In the present study, we investigate the resting-state brain network impairments for MS participants in comparison to a normal group using electroencephalography (EEG) and graph theoretical analysis with a source localization method.

Synchrony and Complexity in State-Related EEG Networks: An Application of Spectral Graph Theory.

The brain may be considered as a synchronized dynamic network with several coherent dynamical units. However, concerns remain whether synchronizability is a stable state in the brain networks. If so, which index can best reveal the synchronizability in brain networks? To answer these questions, we tested the application of the spectral graph theory and the Shannon entropy as alternative approaches in neuroimaging.

A spatial profile difference in electrical distribution of resting-state EEG in ADHD children using sLORETA.

In this article, we propose current source density (CSD) as a marker for diagnosis of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) children for the first time. A source localization method (sLORETA) was used to find the source of abnormality in the CSD in electrical distribution of different frequency bands in resting state EEG for the ADHD children in comparison to the normal children using statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM) test. Resting-state EEG in eye-open (EO) condition was recorded from 13 ADHD and 15 age-matched normal children (aged between 6 and 13).

Functional brain segregation changes during demanding mathematical task.

The neural basis of demanding mathematical problem solving is currently indeterminate and unclear. Mathematical problem solving engages higher order cognition and a complex associative activity of functional neural networks occurs during demanding problem solving. Twenty right handed subjects (mean age: 24.

Heat transfer, entropy and time perception: Toward finding a possible relation between subjective and objective time.

The interaction between subjective and objective time is an ambiguous issue in physics and psychology. Here, I try to describe these two timing systems within a common framework. To this aim, I will use thermodynamic entropy, which is a parameter that can create the arrow of time in physical systems (i.

Time estimation and beta segregation: An EEG study and graph theoretical approach.

Elucidation of the neural correlates of time perception constitutes an important research topic in cognitive neuroscience. The focus to date has been on durations in the millisecond to seconds range, but here we used electroencephalography (EEG) to examine brain functional connectivity during much longer durations (i.e.

Transcranial direct current stimulation based on quantitative electroencephalogram combining positive psychotherapy for major depression.

Frontal cortex activity is reduced in the left hemisphere during depression. Transcranial direct current stimulation is a noninvasive neuromodulation technique that can increase frontal cortex activity. Therapy based on transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and positive psychology therapy was applied for improving patients’ quality of life.

Functional Brain Connectivity Differences Between Different ADHD Presentations: Impaired Functional Segregation in ADHD-Combined Presentation but not in ADHD-Inattentive Presentation.

Introduction: Contrary to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), fifth edition, some studies indicate that ADHD-inattentive presentation (ADHD-I) is a distinct diagnostic disorder and not an ADHD presentation.

Methods: In this study, 12 ADHD-combined presentation (ADHD-C), 10 ADHD-I, and 13 controls were enrolled and their resting state EEG recorded. Following this, a graph theoretical analysis was performed and functional integration and segregation of brain network was calculated.

Gene expression study of mitochondrial complex I in schizophrenia and paranoid personality disorder.

Objectives: The aetiology and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia (SCZ) and paranoid personality disorder (PPD) are not yet clarified. The present study aimed to assess the role of mitochondrial complex I and cell bioenergetic pathways in the aetiology and characteristics of SCZ and PPD.

Methods: mRNA levels of all genomic and mitochondrial genes which encode mitochondrial complex I subunits (44 genes) were assessed in blood in 634 SCZ, 340 PPD patients and 528 non-psychiatric subjects using quantitative real-time PCR, and associated comprehensive psychiatric, neurological and biochemical assessments.