2020
Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents
Miotto E, Balardin J, da Graça M. Martin M, Polanczyk G, Savage C, Miguel E, Batistuzzo M. Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0228866. PMID: 32069310, PMCID: PMC7028277, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEpisodic memoryPrefrontal cortexCognitive trainingStrategy trainingMiddle frontal gyrus activationDefault mode network areasVerbal episodic memoryImproved memory performanceRight frontal poleLateral orbital gyrusCategorization trainingSuccessful memoryExecutive processesNeural correlatesMemory performanceWord listsAnterior cingulateFrontal poleMemoryHigher activationBrain regionsAdolescentsOrbital gyrusBehavioral effects
2015
Reduced Prefrontal Activation in Pediatric Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During Verbal Episodic Memory Encoding
Batistuzzo M, Balardin J, da Graça Morais Martin M, Hoexter M, Bernardes E, Borcato S, de Marco e Souza M, Querido C, Morais R, de Alvarenga P, Lopes A, Shavitt R, Savage C, Amaro E, Miguel E, Polanczyk G, Miotto E. Reduced Prefrontal Activation in Pediatric Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During Verbal Episodic Memory Encoding. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2015, 54: 849-858. PMID: 26407495, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.06.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal episodic memoryObsessive-compulsive disorderEpisodic memoryOrbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexSemantic clusteringFunctional magnetic resonance imagingDorsomedial prefrontal cortexAltered brain activationDifferent neural mechanismsPathophysiology of OCDUnrelated wordsPrefrontal activationBrain activationWord listsExecutive dysfunctionNeural mechanismsTotal wordsCompulsive Scale scoresYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale scoresStrategy scoresStrategy applicationMemoryCortexKey regionsDefault mode network maturation and psychopathology in children and adolescents
Sato J, Salum G, Gadelha A, Crossley N, Vieira G, Manfro G, Zugman A, Picon F, Pan P, Hoexter M, Anés M, Moura L, Del'Aquilla M, Amaro E, McGuire P, Lacerda A, Rohde L, Miguel E, Jackowski A, Bressan R. Default mode network maturation and psychopathology in children and adolescents. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2015, 57: 55-64. PMID: 26111611, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingChild Behavior ChecklistMental health disordersResting-state protocolPsychopathology scoresHealth disordersBehavior ChecklistDefault modeChild psychopathologyDeviant trajectoriesNeurodevelopmental trajectoriesAge of participantsBrain maturationLow-frequency fluctuationsPsychopathologyChronological ageFractional amplitudeMental disordersDMNGeneral psychopathology scoresNetwork maturationAge predictionChildrenPredictor variablesDisorders