Quantitative EEG and its relationship with attentional control in patients with anxiety disorders.

Introduction: Attentional control is crucial in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of attentional control can help to shed light on the neuropathological processes in anxiety disorders (ANX). Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) offers a cost-effective, noninvasive method for examining the neuropathological mechanisms of mental disorders.

The mediating role of neuroticism and anxiety sensitivity in the relationship between childhood trauma and panic disorder severity.

Objective: Despite advancements in understanding panic disorder (PD), its etiology and pathogenesis remain elusive, particularly concerning the influence of psychosocial factors. This study aims to explore the mediating roles of neuroticism and anxiety sensitivity (AS) in the relationship between childhood trauma and PD severity.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis involving 84 individuals diagnosed with PD and 112 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC).

Proxiome assembly of the plant nuclear pore reveals an essential hub for gene expression regulation.

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is vital for nucleocytoplasmic communication. Recent evidence emphasizes its extensive association with proteins of diverse functions, suggesting roles beyond cargo transport. Yet, our understanding of NPC's composition and functionality at this extended level remains limited.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with somatoform disorders: A pilot preliminary randomized controlled trial.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for somatoform disorders (SFDs) is understudied in China. Western findings may not be applicable to Chinese culture. This preliminary study evaluated the efficacy of CBT for patients in China, relative to treatment-as-usual (TAU).

Study on symptom dimensions and clinical characteristics in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the symptom dimensions and clinical characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the context of Chinese culture.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, the distribution of symptoms, and symptom scores of 263 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were assessed using the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory Symptoms Checklist. System cluster analysis and Pearson analysis were performed to explore the relationships between the main clinical characteristics and symptom dimensions.

The transcription factor MYB1 activates DGAT2 transcription to promote triacylglycerol accumulation in sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) leaves under heat stress.

Triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation is frequently triggered in vegetative tissues experiencing heat stress, which may increases plant basal plant thermo-tolerance by sequestering the toxic lipid intermediates that contribute to membrane damage or cell death under stress conditions. However, stress-responsive TAG biosynthesis and the underlying regulatory mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we investigated the lipidomic and transcriptomic landscape under heat stress in the leaves of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.

Functional and structural MRI based obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosis using machine learning methods.

Background: The success of neuroimaging in revealing neural correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has raised hopes of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indices to discriminate patients with OCD and the healthy. The aim of this study was to explore MRI based OCD diagnosis using machine learning methods.

Methods: Fifty patients with OCD and fifty healthy subjects were allocated into training and testing set by eight to two.

A comparison of 'not just right experiences' in obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and depressive disorders and non-clinical controls in China.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the characteristics of 'not just right experiences' (NJREs) in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders (ADs) or major depressive disorder (MDD), compared with those of healthy controls (HCs).

Method: One hundred adults with OCD, 86 adults with ADs, 57 adults with MDD and 60 HCs were enrolled in the study. The Not Just Right Experiences Questionnaire Revised (NJRE-QR), Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used to evaluate clinical symptoms in patients with OCD, ADs or MDD.

Characteristics and economic burden of patients with somatoform disorders in Chinese general hospitals: a multicenter cross-sectional study.

Background: In China, patients with somatoform disorders (SFD) often seek medical treatment repeatedly in outpatient clinics of general hospitals, which increases unreasonable medical expenses. It is imperative to provide early screening to these patients and specialized treatment to reduce the unnecessary cost. This study aimed to screen patients with SFD in general hospitals using a new Chinese questionnaire and explore the characteristics and economic burden of these patients.

Visible light irradiated photocatalytic C(sp)-H phosphorylation of xanthenes and 9,10-dihydroacridines with P(O)-H compounds.

Photocatalytic C(sp)-H phosphorylation of xanthenes and 9,10-dihydroacridines with P(O)-H compounds under the irradiation of 18 W blue LEDs at room temperature using fluorescein as the photocatalyst and molecular oxygen (O) as the sole oxidant has been achieved. The newly developed reaction provides direct access to 9-phosphorylated xanthene derivatives with good functional group compatibility.

Increased functional connectivity of amygdala subregions in patients with drug-naïve panic disorder and without comorbidities.

Background: Amygdala plays an important role in the neurobiological basis of panic disorder (PD), and the amygdala contains different subregions, which may play different roles in PD. The aim of the present study was to examine whether there are common or distinct patterns of functional connectivity of the amygdala subregions in PD using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and to explore the relationship between the abnormal spontaneous functional connectivity patterns of the regions of interest (ROIs) and the clinical symptoms of PD patients.

Methods: Fifty-three drug-naïve, non-comorbid PD patients and 70 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited.

Altered White Matter Network Topology in Panic Disorder.

Panic disorder (PD) is an anxiety disorder that impairs life quality and social function and is associated with distributed brain regions. However, the alteration of the structural network remains unclear in PD patients. This study explored the specific characteristics of the structural brain network in patients with PD by graph theory analysis of diffusion tensor images (DTI).

Better specificity and less ischemia: three-dimensional reconstruction is superior to routine computed tomography angiography in navigation of super-selective clamping robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Background: Available technologies could be used to guide surgeons in controlling highly selective tumor-bearing arteries robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RALPN).

Methods: Patients undergoing RALPN (from September 2018 to January 2020) for intermediate-high complex renal tumor (R.E.

Visuospatial working memory capacity moderates the relationship between anxiety and OCD related checking behaviors.

Background: Compulsive checking behavior is the most prevalent compulsive behavior in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). While some studies have shown that anxiety and executive function influence compulsive checking behavior, the relationship between these constructs is inconclusive. Hence, we sought to explore the interplay between executive function, anxiety and compulsive checking behavior.

Predicting responses to cognitive behavioral therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder based on multilevel indices of rs-fMRI.

Objective: This study aimed to identify neuroimaging predictors to predict the response of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) based on indices of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI).

Methods: Fifty patients with OCD were enrolled and allocated to either high or low responder groups after CBT using a 50 % response rate as the delineator. The pre-treatment amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF), fractional ALFF (fALFF), regional homogeneity (ReHo), and degree centrality (DC) in each cerebrum region, defined by automated anatomical labeling atlas, were extracted.

Comparative efficacy of face-to-face and internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The study aimed to ascertain the comparative efficacy of these two forms on reducing anxiety scores of scales in patients with a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) by examining the available evidence for face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT). Moreover, this study attempted to determine whether ICBT can obtain similar benefits as CBT for GAD patients during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the quarantine policy and the requirement of social distance.

Methods: This meta-analysis was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) according to the guidelines in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses statement (registration number CRD42021241938).

Comprehensive Cortical Structural Features Predict the Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 40% of OCD patients show a poor response to CBT. This study aimed to identify the cortical structural factors that predict CBT outcomes in OCD patients. A total of 56 patients with OCD received baseline structural MRI (sMRI) scanning and 14 individual CBT sessions.

Seed dormancy, germination and storage behavior of , a plant species with extremely small populations of Magnoliaceae.

is one of the most endangered Magnoliaceae species in China. Seed biology information concerning its long-term conservation and utilization is insufficient. This study investigated dormancy status, germination requirements and storage behavior of .

Autophagic degradation of the chloroplastic 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase TaPGLP1 in wheat.

TaPGLP1, a chloroplast stromal 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase of wheat, is an ATG8-interacting protein and undergoes autophagic degradation in starvation-treated wheat mesophyll protoplasts. Selective autophagy in plants has been shown to target diverse cellular cargoes including whole chloroplasts (Chlorophagy) and several chloroplast components (Piecemeal chlorophagy). Most cargoes of selective autophagy are captured by the autophagic machinery through their direct or indirect interactions with the autophagy-essential factor ATG8.

Resting-state functional connectivity of the amygdala subregions in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after cognitive behavioural therapy.

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is considered an effective first-line treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, the neural basis of CBT for OCD has not yet been elucidated. The role of the amygdala in OCD and its functional coupling with the cerebral cortex have received increasing attention, and may provide new understanding of the neural basis of CBT for OCD.

Mediating Role of Rumination and Negative Affect in the Effect of Mind-Wandering on Symptoms in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

To explore the relationship between negative affect, mind-wandering, rumination and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, 100 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 100 healthy controls were assessed using the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Mind Wandering Scale and the Ruminative Response Scale. The results show that (i) patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder displayed higher obsessive-compulsive symptoms, negative affect, mind-wandering and rumination compared with healthy controls; (ii) negative affect, mind-wandering and rumination were positively correlated with the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms; (iii) mind-wandering predicted the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (both directly and indirectly); (iv) rumination and negative affect mediated the relationship between mind-wandering and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The results preliminarily reveal the relationship between mind-wandering and psychopathological obsessive-compulsive symptoms, providing a reference for exploring novel psychological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Using eye movements in the dot-probe paradigm to investigate attention bias in illness anxiety disorder.

Background: Illness anxiety disorder (IAD) is a common, distressing, and debilitating condition with the key feature being a persistent conviction of the possibility of having one or more serious or progressive physical disorders. Because eye movements are guided by visual-spatial attention, eye-tracking technology is a comparatively direct, continuous measure of attention direction and speed when stimuli are oriented. Researchers have tried to identify selective visual attention biases by tracking eye movements within dot-probe paradigms because dot-probe paradigm can distinguish these attentional biases more clearly.

Marker peptide screening and species-specific authentication of Pheretima using proteomics.

Pheretima is a common and valuable animal-derived medication used in traditional Chinese medicine. There are four species of Pheretima specified in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 edition), i.e.

Effectiveness of acupuncture on anxiety disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Background: A number of studies have shown the positive effects of acupuncture on state anxiety. However, the efficacy of acupuncture in treating anxiety disorder remains unclear. This review and meta-analysis aimed to explore whether acupuncture has a positive effect on anxiety disorder.