Publications by authors named "Pia-Magdalena Schmidt"
Effects of nicotine and atomoxetine on brain function during response inhibition.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol
December 2019
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist nicotine and the noradrenaline transporter inhibitor atomoxetine are widely studied substances due to their propensity to alleviate cognitive deficits in psychiatric and neurological patients and their beneficial effects on some aspects of cognitive functions in healthy individuals. However, despite growing evidence of acetylcholine-noradrenaline interactions, there are only very few direct comparisons of the two substances. Here, we investigated the effects of nicotine and atomoxetine on response inhibition in the stop-signal task and we characterised the neural correlates of these effects using blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 3T.
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- This study examined neuropsychological assessments for surgical epilepsy patients across 26 European epilepsy centers to create common standards and harmonization.
- There was a strong consensus on the role and importance of neuropsychology in presurgical evaluations, with agreement on key aspects like indications, domains to be assessed, and a core set of tests.
- Despite 186 different tests being utilized, there is a call for improved validity, national norms, and better tools to assess everyday functioning, leading to efforts for a unified testing battery for epilepsy surgical centers in Europe.