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Most Recent PubMed Publications
Prevention of Excess Weight Gain Among Adolescent Military-Dependents at High Risk for Obesity
Monday, March 9, 2026
Lisa M Ranzenhofer
CONCLUSIONS: Group-based interventions may positively impact weight trajectories and cardiometabolic health among adolescent military-dependents. Future studies should elucidate potential moderators and mechanisms of interventions on outcomes in this important population.
Bridging the gap: Translating fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging insights into clinical practice
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Paige M Nelson
Over the past decade, fetal, infant, and toddler (FIT) neuroimaging has become a rapidly expanding field, driven by advances in technology and computational methods. By providing non-invasive ways to explore the developing brain in both typical and pathological development, FIT neuroimaging holds promise for advancing pediatric medicine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasonography, and electroencephalography (EEG) are regularly used in clinical practice to identify or rule out structural...
Multimodal evidence for hippocampal engagement and modulation by functional connectivity-guided parietal TMS
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Zhuoran Li
Hippocampal activity supports memory and many other brain functions. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) guided by hippocampal functional connectivity (FC) shows promise in improving memory, but direct neural evidence of its capacity to engage and modulate hippocampal activity is lacking. Here we combined TMS with intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) in 8 neurosurgical patients and with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 79 neurologically healthy participants. We...
A clinimetric evaluation of the problem behaviors assessment short form (PBA-s) within the context of the Huntington's disease integrated staging system (HD-ISS)
Friday, March 6, 2026
Docia L Demmin
CONCLUSIONS: While the PBA-s demonstrates adequate internal consistency, our results revealed high rates of non-endorsement (i.e., item total scores = 0) and a variable factor structure with disease progression. Thus, the PBA-s may not distinguish mild changes in behavioral symptoms that might occur in early HD-ISS stages of disease.
Biological characteristics of individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder: A multicenter prospective longitudinal cohort
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Jeanne Feuerstein
CONCLUSION: The NSD-ISS, informed by biological and clinical data, identifies individuals at risk for clinical phenoconversion before clinical diagnoses occur, and its utilization may identify optimal participants for enrollment in disease modifying clinical trials. DAT imaging may serve as an appropriate marker of disease progression in NSD.
Quantifying cytoskeletal protein interactions with far Western blotting
Monday, March 2, 2026
Marcelo M Melo
The study of cytoskeletal proteins has been limited by some of their intrinsic properties, such as fixed intracellular localization and insolubility, which limit the implementation of many protein-protein interaction assays. Far Western blotting is a powerful biochemical technique used to detect and quantify protein-protein interactions on a membrane, addressing limitations in cytoskeletal research. This method combines traditional Western blotting with protein overlay assays to identify and...
Incorporating Evidence-Based Parenting Practices into Home-Based Behavioral Health: A PCIT-Informed Approach for Training Paraprofessionals
Friday, February 27, 2026
Ashley T Scudder
CONCLUSIONS: The results provide preliminary evidence that a structured, PCIT-informed CDI skills practice model can be feasibly implemented by paraprofessionals and is associated with meaningful improvements in caregiver behavior and child behavior outcomes in the first 2-3 months following service initiation. The findings support BSF as a promising workforce-embedded approach and inform future controlled studies examining effectiveness, sustainability, and broader implementation outcomes.
Lesions involving the insula are associated with reduced appetite and weight loss
Friday, February 27, 2026
Wanzhi Lyu
Eating-related disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and obesity are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality in the United States. To investigate the neuroanatomical structures involved in appetite and weight change, we employed lesion symptom mapping. 358 patients with focal brain lesions and appetite ratings were recruited, as well as 48 patients with pre- and post-lesion weight records. Partial least squares regression identified a significant association between...
Relationship between cortical electrical responsiveness and changes in regional cerebral oxygenation (rSO<sub>2</sub>) and return of spontaneous circulation in prolonged cardiac arrest: a multi-center observational study
Friday, February 27, 2026
Elise L Huppert
CONCLUSION: Near-physiologic brain activity may be restored during prolonged CPR if oxygenation thresholds are met and is associated with ROSC. Further research is needed to evaluate survival outcomes.
Guided Goals of Care Conversations Reveal Evolving, Personalized Priorities
Friday, February 27, 2026
Katherine Doyon
CONCLUSION: In goals of care conversations with Veterans with cardiopulmonary disease, goals evolved, revealing personalized insights that could shape their treatment plans. Variations in participant readiness and challenges in terminology emerged and progressed within single encounters.
National Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Smoking Cessation Assistance in Commission on Cancer Programs and National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Tracey Pu
CONCLUSION: Scaled improvement in smoking cessation assistance across accredited cancer programs is feasible and achievable relatively quickly. Findings provide a framework to guide national adoption for smoking cessation assistance as standard care for all patients with newly diagnosed cancer.
Family History and Solar Insolation in Bipolar I Disorder
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
M Bauer
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlighted the association between family history, solar insolation, and gender in international patients with bipolar I disorder. Given the profound effects of sunlight on human health, the family of patients with bipolar disorder who live in the same location with the same solar insolation, and especially females, may be at increased risk for a mood disorder.
The North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy study: protocol for a multi-site, longitudinal, observational study of idiopathic/isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
Monday, February 23, 2026
Miranda M Lim
Isolated/idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is a usually prodromal manifestation of neurodegenerative disorders with α-synuclein pathology: Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Clinical trials in the iRBD population face substantial barriers: limited access to well-characterized cohorts, inconsistent assessment protocols across centers, and the absence of validated biomarkers of disease burden. The North American...
Extracellular Vesicles and the Placenta-Brain Axis: Mechanisms of Shared Risk in Pregnancy and Perinatal Psychiatry
Friday, February 20, 2026
Hannah Hazzard
Disorders of pregnancy and psychiatric conditions in mothers and affected children have high rates of comorbidity and underlying mechanistic overlap. We propose that extracellular vesicles (EVs) may subserve this shared psycho-obstetric risk. EVs are small lipid bilayer-bound particles containing regulatory nucleic acids and proteins that are released from cells into circulation, where they readily cross blood-brain and placental barriers. In pregnancy, EVs are produced in large numbers by the...
A scoping review of emotion and non-cognitive measures of decision-making ability in older adults by the ARMCADA study
Friday, February 20, 2026
Elizabeth M Dworak
INTRODUCTION: Decision-making is a complex form of cognitive function that declines with age and is highly susceptible to impairment from dementia due to Alzheimer's and related neurogenerative diseases. Emotions and other non-cognitive assets are also believed to influence decision-making ability. The Advancing Reliable Measurement in Cognitive Aging and Decision-making Ability (ARMCADA) research initiative seeks to understand how measures of emotion and non-cognitive influences of...