A major methodological challenge of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is its high
sensitivity to haemodynamic fluctuations in the scalp. Superficial fluctuations contribute on …

Chronic peer victimization has long-term impacts on mental health; however, the biological
mediators of this adverse relationship are unknown. We sought to determine whether …

Highly polarizable metastable He*(2 3 S) and Ne*(2 3 P) atoms have been diffracted from a
100 nm period silicon nitride transmission grating and the van der Waals coefficients C 3 for …

Despite the recognition that cortical thickness is heritable and correlates with intellectual
ability in children and adolescents, the genes contributing to individual differences in these …

Mental disorders represent an increasing personal and financial burden and yet treatment
development has stagnated in recent decades. Current disease classifications do not reflect …

Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) have recently become so sensitive that they are
suitable for use in magnetoencephalography (MEG). These sensors solve operational …

Smoking of cigarettes among young adolescents is a pressing public health issue. However,
the neural mechanisms underlying smoking initiation and sustenance during adolescence, …

This study examines the effects of puberty and sex on the intrinsic functional connectivity (iFC)
of brain networks, with a focus on the default-mode network (DMN). Consistently …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic and fatal disease. The main impediment of the AUD
therapy is a high probability of relapse to alcohol abuse even after prolonged abstinence. …

Background Neuroimaging studies of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have
most commonly reported volumetric abnormalities in the basal ganglia, cerebellum, and …