The relationship between changes in functional networks and cognitive changes and PTSD symptoms in maltreated children before and after TF-CBT.

Several studies have found that maltreated children show neuropsychological deficits in various cognitive domains such as memory and attention, language, visuospatial skills, emotional regulation, social cognition, and executive functioning. In terms of functional connectivity, abused children show an increased connectivity in the salience network (SN) as opposed to a decreased connectivity within the default (DMN) and executive networks (CEN). Children who suffer maltreatment may develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which in turn, can increase psychological and cognitive sequelae.

Brain structural change associated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in maltreated children.

Background: Severely maltreatment child is a harmful social factor that can disrupt normal neurodevelopment. Two commonly reported effects of maltreatment are post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and brain structural and functional alteration. While Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is effectively used to reduce PTSD symptoms in maltreated children, yet, its impact on brain structural alterations has not been fully explored.

[Formula: see text] Can psychopathy be prevented? Clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic data: an exploratory study.

The aim of the study was to explore the relationship among brain functional activations elicited by an emotional paradigm, clinical scores (PTSD, anxiety, and depression), psychopathic traits, and genetic characteristics (5-HTTLPR) in a group of severely maltreated children compared to a healthy control group before and after the implementation of a Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The final sample consisted of an experimental group of 14 maltreated children (mean age = 8.77 years old, .

Longitudinal magnetic resonance evaluation of the schizophrenia model of neonatal lesion in the ventral hippocampus.

Objective: To evaluate the progression by means of nuclear magnetic resonance of the lesion in the schizophrenia model of lesion of the ventral hippocampal nucleus (LVNH).

Method: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed in male Wistar rats, from 8 days postnatal to 139 days, in animals with LNHV and without lesion (sham). The MRI were carried out on a Variant 7 T equipment.

A Pilot Study of Facial Nerve Stimulation on Cerebral Artery Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients.

Background: The objective of this pilot study was to assess the safety and efficacy of VitalFlow stimulation in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients with vasospasm for the purpose of guiding the design of larger, controlled studies in vasospasm patients, a largely untreated condition [1].

Methods: Six patients with angiographic vasospasm developing post-aSAH were treated with VitalFlow stimulation. Digital subtraction angiograms were obtained at the time of diagnosis (baseline) and then 30 minutes post-stimulation.