The Unbalanced Brain: From Normal Behavior to Schizophrenia

The role of the anterior cingulate cortex in anxiety control, from circuits to disorders

A timely and comprehensive view of the anterior cingulate cortex’s role in adaptive and pathological anxiety is provided and an integrative model in which ACC effects depend on subregion, projection target, and behavioral context is proposed.

Beyond memories: A narrative review on the role of amygdalo-hippocampal complex in social cognition

Social cognition, essential for interpreting and responding to social contexts, is frequently impaired in neurological and psychiatric disorders. Multiple brain regions, organized in large-scale brain networks, represent the neurobiological substrate of social cognitive abilities, and are the main target of neurodegene...

Neuroanatomy of dreaming and REM phenomenology.

Addressing fusiform gyrus dysfunction in schizophrenia, theory of mind, and implications for antipsychotics' response and resistance: A systematic review and critical appraisal.

The Fusiform Gyrus appears to function as a dynamic, state-sensitive hub underlying perceptual, emotional, and cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia, in line with impaired ToM.

Brain network and electrophysiological representations of dynamic thought

Scientists have long sought to understand the biological basis and function of diverse thoughts through various lenses, emphasizing aspects of content, affect, sensory experience, and process. An often-missing piece to this search is the investigation of the neural correlates of thought from a dynamic framework, partic...

Emotional pain in non-human mammals: from neural circuitry and opioid signaling to dysthymia-like states, grief-like behaviors, and physiological dysregulation

This review aims to analyze the neurobiological, pathophysiological, and ethological foundations of emotional pain in non-human mammals, with particular emphasis on the transition from adaptive responses to pathological states such as animal dysthymia and Takotsubo syndrome. In the review, four conditions that can acti...