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  1. The experience of spatial presence (SP), i.e., the sense of being present in a virtual environment, emerges if an individual perceives himself as 1) if he were actually located (self-location) and 2) able to act ...

    Authors: Michael Havranek, Nicolas Langer, Marcus Cheetham and Lutz Jäncke
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:34
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  2. Repeated morphine exposure can induce behavioral sensitization. There are evidences have shown that central gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system is involved in morphine dependence. However, the effect of a GABAB

    Authors: Zhenyu Fu, Hongfa Yang, Yuqiang Xiao, Gang Zhao and Haiyan Huang
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:20
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  3. Mathematics anxiety (MA), a state of discomfort associated with performing mathematical tasks, is thought to affect a notable proportion of the school age population. Some research has indicated that MA negati...

    Authors: Amy Devine, Kayleigh Fawcett, Dénes Szűcs and Ann Dowker
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:33
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  4. Heavy binge drinking is increasingly frequent among adolescents, and consumption of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is often combined with ethanol (EtOH). The long-lasting effects of intermittent expo...

    Authors: Antonio Vidal-Infer, Maria A. Aguilar, Jose Miñarro and Marta Rodríguez-Arias
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:32
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  5. Dopamine receptor D 4 (DRD4) polymorphisms have been associated with a number of psychiatric disorders, but little is known about the mechanism of these associations. DNA met...

    Authors: Sophia J. Docherty, Oliver S. P. Davis, Claire M. A. Haworth, Robert Plomin, Ursula D’Souza and Jonathan Mill
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:31
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  6. Previous studies have demonstrated a profound lack of habituation in 129P3 mice compared to the habituating, but initially more anxious, BALB/c mice. The present study investigated whether this non-adaptive ph...

    Authors: Amber R. Salomons, Nathaly Espitia Pinzon, Hetty Boleij, Susanne Kirchhoff, Saskia S. Arndt, Rebecca E. Nordquist, Lothar Lindemann, Georg Jaeschke, Will Spooren and Frauke Ohl
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:30
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  7. Neurological abnormalities have been reported in people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). The current study aimed to examine the prevalence of neurological soft signs (NSS) in this clinical group...

    Authors: Hui-jie Li, Peng-yun Wang, Yang Jiang, Raymond C. K. Chan, Hua-li Wang and Juan Li
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:29
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  8. Genetic research of schizophrenia (SCZ) based on the nuclear genome model (NGM) has been one of the most active areas in psychiatry for the past two decades. Although this effort is ongoing, the current situat...

    Authors: Nagafumi Doi, Yoko Hoshi, Masanari Itokawa, Takeo Yoshikawa, Tomoe Ichikawa, Makoto Arai, Chie Usui and Hirokazu Tachikawa
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:28
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  9. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) combined with brain imaging as a quantitative trait analysis revealed that the SNPs near CTXN3-SLC12A2 region were related to forebrain development and stress response which...

    Authors: Benjaporn Panichareon, Kazuhiro Nakayama, Sadahiko Iwamoto, Wanpen Thurakitwannakarn and Wasana Sukhumsirichart
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:27
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  10. The Kana Pick-out Test (KPT), which uses Kana or Japanese symbols that represent syllables, requires parallel processing of discrete (pick-out) and continuous (reading) dual tasks. As a dual task, the KPT is thou...

    Authors: Atsumichi Tachibana, J. Adam Noah, Shaw Bronner, Yumie Ono, Yoshiyuki Hirano, Masami Niwa, Kazuko Watanabe and Minoru Onozuka
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:26
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  11. This study explored the association between three measures of working memory ability and genetic variation in a range of catecholamine genes in a sample of children with ADHD.

    Authors: Natasha Matthews, Alasdair Vance, Tarrant D R Cummins, Joseph Wagner, Amanda Connolly, Jacqueline Yamada, Paul J Lockhart, Ajay Panwar, Robyn H Wallace and Mark A Bellgrove
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:25
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  12. The serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamin; 5-HT) system has a central role in the circuitry of cognition and emotions. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that genetic variation in the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4;

    Authors: Eva Lindholm Carlström, Peter Saetre, Anders Rosengren, Johan H Thygesen, Srdjan Djurovic, Ingrid Melle, Ole A Andreassen, Thomas Werge, Ingrid Agartz, Håkan Hall, Lars Terenius and Erik G Jönsson
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:24
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  13. RGS17 and RGS20 encode two members of the regulator of G-protein signaling RGS-Rz subfamily. Variation in these genes may alter their transcription and thereby influence the function of G protein-coupled receptor...

    Authors: Huiping Zhang, Fan Wang, Henry R Kranzler, Raymond F Anton and Joel Gelernter
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:23
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  14. Dysregulation of noradrenergic system may play important roles in pathophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We examined the relationship between polymorphisms in the norepinephrine tr...

    Authors: Subin Park, Jae-Won Kim, Young-Hui Yang, Soon-Beom Hong, Min-Hyeon Park, Boong-Nyun Kim, Min-Sup Shin, Hee-Jeong Yoo and Soo-Churl Cho
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:22
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  15. Sonchus asper (SA) is traditionally used as a folk medicine to treat mental disorders in Pakistan. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of polyphenolic rich methanolic fraction of SA on cognitive p...

    Authors: Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan and Sumaira Sahreen
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:21
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  16. The neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) modulates executive functions, learning, and emotional processing, all of which are impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Our previous findings sugge...

    Authors: Joe A Hettinger, Xudong Liu, Melissa L Hudson, Alana Lee, Ira L Cohen, Ron C Michaelis, Charles E Schwartz, Suzanne ME Lewis and Jeanette JA Holden
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:19
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  17. Several studies have hypothesized that genes regulating the components of the serotonin system, including serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and serotonin 1 B receptor (5-HT1B), may be associated with alcoholism, b...

    Authors: Tzu-Yun Wang, Sheng-Yu Lee, Shiou-Lan Chen, Yun-Hsuan Chang, Shih-Heng Chen, Chun-Hsien Chu, San-Yuan Huang, Nian-Sheng Tzeng, Chen-Lin Wang, I Hui Lee, Tzung Lieh Yeh, Yen Kuang Yang and Ru-Band Lu
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:18
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  18. The deterioration of the central cholinergic system in aging is hypothesized to underlie declines in several cognitive domains, including memory and executive functions. However, there is surprisingly little d...

    Authors: Marielle Young-Bernier, Yael Kamil, François Tremblay and Patrick S R Davidson
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:17
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  20. Apathy is frequently observed in numerous neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, as well as neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. Apathy is defined as a lack of motivation...

    Authors: Keri Martinowich, Kathleen M Cardinale, Robert J Schloesser, Michael Hsu, Nigel H Greig and Husseini K Manji
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:15
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  21. During normal semantic processing, the left hemisphere (LH) is suggested to restrict right hemisphere (RH) performance via interhemispheric suppression. However, a lesion in the LH or the use of concurrent tas...

    Authors: Erin R Smith-Conway, Helen J Chenery, Anthony J Angwin and David A Copland
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:14
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  22. The aim of the present functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study at 3 T was to investigate the influence of the verbal-visual cognitive style on cerebral activation patterns during mental arithmetic. ...

    Authors: Sabrina Zarnhofer, Verena Braunstein, Franz Ebner, Karl Koschutnig, Christa Neuper, Gernot Reishofer and Anja Ischebeck
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:13
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  23. Tardive dyskinesia remains an elusive and significant clinical entity that can possibly be understood via experimentation with animal models. We conducted a literature review on tardive dyskinesia modeling. Su...

    Authors: Pierre J Blanchet, Marie-Thérèse Parent, Pierre H Rompré and Daniel Lévesque
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:12
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  24. Ghrelin (GHRL) is a pivotal peptide regulator of food intake, energy balance, and body mass. Weight gain (WG) is a common side effect of the atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) used to treat schizophrenia (SZ). Ghreli...

    Authors: Yongfeng Yang, Wenqiang Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Hongxing Zhang, Xueqin Song, Bo Xiao, Ge Yang, Chengdi Jiang, Dai Zhang, Weihua Yue and Luxian Lv
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:11
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  25. Although deficits of attentional set-shifting have been reported in individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it is rarely examined in animal models.

    Authors: Ai-hua Cao, Lin Yu, Yu-wei Wang, Jun-mei Wang, Le-jin Yang and Ge-fei Lei
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:10
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  27. Anxiety is relatively common in depression and capable of modifying the severity and course of depression. Yet our understanding of how anxiety modulates frontal and limbic activation in depression is limited.

    Authors: Michael W Schlund, Guillermo Verduzco, Michael F Cataldo and Rudolf Hoehn-Saric
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:8
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  28. Converging evidence revealed that facial expressions are processed automatically. Recently, there is evidence that facial expressions might elicit the visual mismatch negativity (MMN), expression MMN (EMMN), r...

    Authors: Xiying Li, Yongli Lu, Gang Sun, Lei Gao and Lun Zhao
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:7
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  33. The synapse-associated protein 97 gene (SAP97) encodes a regulatory scaffold protein for the localization of L-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA), kainate and N-methyl-D-aspartate (N...

    Authors: Akihito Uezato, Junko Kimura-Sato, Naoki Yamamoto, Yoshimi Iijima, Hiroshi Kunugi and Toru Nishikawa
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:2
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  34. The objective of this study was to scrutinize number line estimation behaviors displayed by children in mathematics classrooms during the first three years of schooling. We extend existing research by not only...

    Authors: Sonia LJ White and Dénes Szűcs
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012 8:1
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  35. It is well established that COMT is a strong candidate gene for substance use disorder and schizophrenia. Recently we identified two SNPs in COMT (rs4680 and rs165774) that are associated with schizophrenia in an...

    Authors: Joanne Voisey, Christopher D Swagell, Ian P Hughes, Bruce R Lawford, Ross MD Young and C Phillip Morris
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:51
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  36. Epidemiological studies have indicated that maternal infection during pregnancy may lead to a higher incidence of schizophrenia in the offspring. It is assumed that the maternal infection increases the immune ...

    Authors: Xueqin Song, Wenqiang Li, Yongfeng Yang, Jingping Zhao, Chengdi Jiang, Wei Li and Luxian Lv
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:50
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  37. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder characterised by symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is a well-character...

    Authors: Jacqueline S Womersley, Jennifer H Hsieh, Lauriston A Kellaway, Greg A Gerhardt and Vivienne A Russell
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:49
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  38. Physiological and environmental variables, or covariates, can account for an important portion of the variability observed in behavioural/physiological results from different laboratories even when using the s...

    Authors: Regina López-Aumatell, Esther Martínez-Membrives, Elia Vicens-Costa, Toni Cañete, Gloria Blázquez, Carme Mont-Cardona, Martina Johannesson, Jonathan Flint, Adolf Tobeña and Alberto Fernández-Teruel
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:48
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  39. Recent advances in cell biology and gene regulation suggest mechanisms whereby associative learning could be performed by single cells. Therefore, we explored a model of classical conditioning in human macroph...

    Authors: Gustav Nilsonne, Alva Appelgren, John Axelsson, Mats Fredrikson and Mats Lekander
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:47
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  40. Fatigue is a common symptom in both sick and healthy people. We examined autonomic nervous alterations associated with fatigue to clarify the mechanisms underlying fatigue.

    Authors: Masaaki Tanaka, Kei Mizuno, Kouzi Yamaguti, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Akira Fujii, Hiromichi Baba, Kazuya Matsuda, Ayako Nishimae, Toshio Takesaka and Yasuyoshi Watanabe
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:46
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  41. Triplet repeats contribute to normal variation in behavioral traits and when expanded, cause brain disorders. While Huntington's Disease is known to be caused by a CAG triplet repeat in the gene Huntingtin, th...

    Authors: Peg Nopoulos, Eric A Epping, Tom Wassink, Bradley L Schlaggar and Joel Perlmutter
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:45
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  43. Schizophrenia is a heritable disorder, however clear genetic architecture has not been detected. To overcome this state of uncertainty, the SZGene database has been established by including all published case-...

    Authors: Atsushi Tsutsumi, Stephen J Glatt, Tetsufumi Kanazawa, Seiya Kawashige, Hiroyuki Uenishi, Akira Hokyo, Takao Kaneko, Makiko Moritani, Hiroki Kikuyama, Jun Koh, Hitoshi Matsumura and Hiroshi Yoneda
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:43
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  45. Whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) exposure during adolescent brain development causes lasting effects remains unresolved.

    Authors: Charles V Vorhees, LaRonda R Morford, Devon L Graham, Matthew R Skelton and Michael T Williams
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:41
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  46. The catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurotransmitter systems are implicated in the pathophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The amino acid tyrosine is the precursor for synthesis ...

    Authors: Jessica Johansson, Magnus Landgren, Elisabeth Fernell, Ravi Vumma, Arne Ã…hlin, Lars Bjerkenstedt and Nikolaos Venizelos
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:40
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  47. Membrane-stabilizing drugs have long been used for the treatment of chronic tinnitus, suggesting an underlying disturbance of sensory excitability due to changes in ion conductance. The present study addresses...

    Authors: Philipp G Sand, Berthold Langguth and Tobias Kleinjung
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:39
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  48. We aimed to investigate the influences of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on response evaluation, as reflected by the postimperative negative variation (PINV), a slow event-related potential.

    Authors: Janina Werner, Matthias Weisbrod, Franz Resch, Veit Roessner and Stephan Bender
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:38
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  50. Although the ventral visual stream is understood to be responsible for object recognition, it has been proposed that the dorsal stream may contribute to object recognition by rapidly activating parietal attent...

    Authors: Robin Laycock, Alana J Cross, Tomas Lourenco and Sheila G Crewther
    Citation: Behavioral and Brain Functions 2011 7:34
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