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In a brain-scan study of 35 mostly teenage patients and 30 controls, internet gaming disorder was linked to much weaker connectivity between early and object-recognition visual areas, and we…
Read articleIn a fetal MRI study of 105 pregnancies, chronic placental inflammation was linked to differences in fetal brain connectivity; one weaker connection went with higher autism trait scores at a…
Read articleAutistic young people who also have ADHD showed weaker resting brain connections than autistic peers without ADHD, according to a 2026 brain-imaging study of 69 people.1 Most autism-linked d…
Read articleUniversity students with subthreshold depression, meaning real depressive symptoms that fall short of a major depression diagnosis, had stronger connections in 3 cingulate brain circuits and…
Read articleResearchers aimed repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which uses magnetic pulses to stimulate brain cells, at a spot chosen from each person’s own brain scan. In a small Col…
Read articleA 53-study resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) meta-analysis found substance use disorder (SUD) linked to altered connectivity across prefrontal, striatal, thalamic, c…
Read articleA 2026 case-control imaging study found that 23 women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder had higher left DTI-ALPS glymphatic index than 27 healthy controls (p = 0.024), plus wider hypothal…
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