MIR137 polygenic risk for schizophrenia and ephrin-regulated pathway: Role in lateral ventricles and corpus callosum volume.

Enlarged lateral ventricle (LV) volume and decreased volume in the corpus callosum (CC) are hallmarks of schizophrenia (SZ). We previously showed an inverse correlation between LV and CC volumes in SZ, with global functioning decreasing with increased LV volume. This study investigates the relationship between LV volume, CC abnormalities, and the microRNA MIR137 and its regulated genes in SZ, because of MIR137's essential role in neurodevelopment.

Investigating the structural network underlying brain-immune interactions using combined histopathology and neuroimaging: a critical review for its relevance in acute and long COVID-19.

Current views on immunity support the idea that immunity extends beyond defense functions and is tightly intertwined with several other fields of biology such as virology, microbiology, physiology and ecology. It is also critical for our understanding of autoimmunity and cancer, two topics of great biological relevance and for critical public health considerations such as disease prevention and treatment. Central to this review, the immune system is known to interact intimately with the nervous system and has been recently hypothesized to be involved not only in autonomic and limbic bio-behaviors but also in cognitive function.

Symptoms of mental disorders and oral contraception use: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Worldwide, over 150 million adolescent and adult women use oral contraceptives (OC). An association between OC-use and the emergence of symptoms of mental disorders has been suggested. This systematic review and meta-analysis provide an overview of published research regarding symptoms of mental disorders in association with OC-use, factoring the influence of OC types, age of first-use, duration of OC-intake, and previous diagnoses of mental disorders.

Brains of endurance athletes differ in the association areas but not in the primary areas.

Regular participation in sports results in a series of physiological adaptations. However, little is known about the brain adaptations to physical activity. Here we aimed to investigate whether young endurance athletes and non-athletes differ in the gray and white matter of the brain and whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with these differences.

From 'mental fog' to post-acute COVID-19 syndrome's executive function alteration: Implications for clinical approach.

A common symptom of the neuropsychiatric Post-Acute COVID-19 syndrome (neuro-PACS) is the so called 'brain fog'. Patients describe the brain fog as problems with attention, memory and mental fatigue. Brain fog is experienced by 9-55% of people for months after having contracted SARS-CoV-2 virus.