2024
Androgen deprivation increases frontopolar cortical thickness in prostate cancer patients: an effect of early neurodegeneration?
Chaudhary S, Roy A, Summers C, Ahles T, Li C, Chao H. Androgen deprivation increases frontopolar cortical thickness in prostate cancer patients: an effect of early neurodegeneration? American Journal Of Cancer Research 2024, 14: 3652-3664. PMID: 39113873, PMCID: PMC11301281, DOI: 10.62347/wola8904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrontopolar cortexCortical thicknessWorking memoryAndrogen deprivation therapyN-back performanceN-back taskProstate cancer patientsYears of educationPublished routinesNeural consequencesBrain changesBrain morphologyMediation analysisCT changesConsequences of androgen deprivation therapyMonths of androgen deprivation therapyTestosterone level changesImpact of androgen deprivation therapyCancer patientsNon-metastatic prostate cancerTestosterone levelsResponse to androgen deprivationLong duration of treatmentBrain imagingNeurodegenerative changes
2015
Individual variation in the neural processes of motor decisions in the stop signal task: the influence of novelty seeking and harm avoidance personality traits
Hu J, Lee D, Hu S, Zhang S, Chao H, Li CS. Individual variation in the neural processes of motor decisions in the stop signal task: the influence of novelty seeking and harm avoidance personality traits. Brain Structure And Function 2015, 221: 2607-2618. PMID: 25989852, PMCID: PMC4654717, DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1061-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal taskHarm avoidanceNeural processesSignal taskPersonality traitsStudy of cognitionWhole-brain regressionRegional brain activationRisk-taking processesCognitive controlExecutive controlStop errorBrain activationFMRI studyBehavioral tasksMotor decisionsFrontopolar cortexMonetary rewardsNovelty seekingRisk-taking responsesBilateral orbitofrontalExplicit manipulationDorsomedial prefrontalRegional activationParahippocampal gyrus