Thalamocortical Connectivity Reduction in Rolandic Epilepsy Rolandic Epilepsy (RE), also known as self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SELECTS), is the most common localized developmental epileptic encephalopathy. This type of epilepsy is typically accompanied by transient mild to severe cognitive symptoms, sleep-related rolandic spike...

Changes in Functional Connectivity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Meta-Analysis of M/EEG Studies Background and Objectives Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory loss and cognitive impairment. AD is the leading cause of cognitive disorders in the elderly, accounting for approximately 60% to 80% of global c...

Study on the Correlation between Adult Auditory Language Comprehension and Resting-State Alpha Wave Power Academic Background and Research Question Although individual differences in adult language processing have been documented in literature, the neural basis largely remains to be explored. Existing research primarily focuses on how general cogni...

The Level of Salivary Testosterone and Pain Perception Show Sex-Specific Associations in Healthy Adults, But Not in Migraine Patients Introduction Understanding the complexity of pain and the role gender plays in pain perception is of significant importance in medical research. Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with ...

Academic News Report In Volume 285 of “Neuroimage” (2024), there is a published article entitled “Bridging Stories and Science: An fNIRS-Based Hyperscanning Investigation into Child Learning in STEM”. This article was co-authored by Juan Zhang and others, with the research team hailing from the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, and ...

Background Depression, particularly Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), is a widespread and debilitating psychological disease often described as the “common cold” of mental health. Many people with MDD experience symptoms such as persistent sadness, hopelessness, cognitive impairment, and loss of motivation for daily activities, severely affecting pe...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized mainly by resting tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been widely used to treat the motor symptoms of PD (Krauss et al., 2021). However, DBS treatment also has significant side effects, most of which are caused by the extension of stimulat...

Research Background and Purpose Epilepsy is a spontaneous and severe neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, affecting approximately 50 million people worldwide [1]. Despite recent advances in anti-seizure medications (ASMs), drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) still affects 20% to 30% of epilepsy patients [1-3]. DRE patients face sign...

This paper is a study on the phenotypic associations and neurobiological bases of single-subject morphological brain networks. Combining multimodal and multiscale data, this study reveals the differences in morphological brain networks between genders, their potential as individual-specific markers, and their relationships with gene expression, lay...

Study of Network Information Interactions in Schizophrenia Magnetoencephalograms Based on Permutation Transfer Entropy Academic Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a mental disorder characterized by persistent delusions and hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and inconsistent behavior, often leading to significant impairment in the perception of r...