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Advanced and long-term meditation and the autonomic nervous system: A review and synthesis

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106141

Idil Sezer , Matthew D. Sacchet

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Psychological mechanisms underpinning change in intolerance of uncertainty across anxiety-related disorders: New insights for translational research

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106138

Jayne Morriss

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Bridging the gap of brain and experience – Converging Neurophenomenology with Spatiotemporal Neuroscience

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106139

Georg Northoff , Bianca Ventura

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Meta-analyses of executive function deficits in chemotherapy-treated rodent models 化疗啮齿动物模型执行功能缺陷的元分析。

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106131

Weiye Chen, Ian N. Johnston

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Corrigendum to “Fear and safety learning in anxiety- and stress-related disorders: An updated meta-analysis” [Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 169 (2025) 105983]

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106123

F.M. Kausche, H.P. Carsten, K.M. Sobania, A. Riesel

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Priors, Evidence, and Memory: Dynamics of Predictive Processing (POEM).

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106137

Sophie Nolden, Oded Bein, Yee Lee Shing

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Neuroplasticity and psychedelics: A comprehensive examination of classic and non-classic compounds in pre and clinical models

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106132

Claudio Agnorelli , Meg Spriggs , Kate Godfrey , Gabriela Sawicka , Bettina Bohl , Hannah Douglass , Andrea Fagiolini , Hashemi Parastoo , Robin Carhart-Harris , David Nutt , David Erritzoe

{"title":"Neuroplasticity and psychedelics: A comprehensive examination of classic and non-classic compounds in pre and clinical models","authors":"Claudio Agnorelli , Meg Spriggs , Kate Godfrey , Gabriela Sawicka , Bettina Bohl , Hannah Douglass , Andrea Fagiolini , Hashemi Parastoo , Robin Carhart-Harris , David Nutt , David Erritzoe","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Neuroplasticity, the ability of the nervous system to adapt throughout an organism's lifespan, offers potential as both a biomarker and treatment target for neuropsychiatric conditions. Psychedelics, a burgeoning category of drugs, are increasingly prominent in psychiatric research, prompting inquiries into their mechanisms of action. Distinguishing themselves from traditional medications, psychedelics demonstrate rapid and enduring therapeutic effects after a single or few administrations, believed to stem from their neuroplasticity-enhancing properties. This review examines how classic psychedelics (e.g., LSD, psilocybin, N,N-DMT) and non-classic psychedelics (e.g., ketamine, MDMA) influence neuroplasticity. Drawing from preclinical and clinical studies, we explore the molecular, structural, and functional changes triggered by these agents. Animal studies suggest psychedelics induce heightened sensitivity of the nervous system to environmental stimuli (meta-plasticity), re-opening developmental windows for long-term structural changes (hyper-plasticity), with implications for mood and behavior. Translating these findings to humans faces challenges due to limitations in current imaging techniques. Nonetheless, promising new directions for human research are emerging, including the employment of novel positron-emission tomography (PET) radioligands, non-invasive brain stimulation methods, and multimodal approaches. By elucidating the interplay between psychedelics and neuroplasticity, this review informs the development of targeted interventions for neuropsychiatric disorders and advances understanding of psychedelics' therapeutic potential.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106132"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143760606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Non-neuronal brain biology and its relevance to animal welfare. 非神经元大脑生物学及其与动物福利的相关性。

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106136

Alistair B Lawrence, Sarah M Brown, Barry M Bradford, Neil A Mabbott, Vincent Bombail, Kenny M D Rutherford

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Priors, evidence, and memory: Dynamics of predictive processing in a hierarchical visual system 先验、证据和记忆：分层视觉系统中的预测处理动态。

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106134

Lars F. Muckli

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From transdiagnostic risk prediction to personalized prevention in psychiatry: Designing studies to determine heterogeneity of treatment effects

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106133

Simon Cervenka , Johan Sundström

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