2012
Exposure therapy, D-cycloserine, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with snake phobia: a randomized pilot study.
Nave AM, Tolin DF, Stevens MC. Exposure therapy, D-cycloserine, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with snake phobia: a randomized pilot study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2012, 73: 1179-86. PMID: 23059145, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.11m07564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure therapyD-cycloserinePhobic stimuliSnake phobiaFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) taskRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal brain activationPrefrontal cortex responsesD-cycloserine augmentationAnterior cingulate activationFunctional magnetic resonanceDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHuman brain functionDifferent neural pathwaysFear extinctionSnake stimuliExposure hierarchyNeural substratesBrain activationCingulate activationNeural responsesEmotional learningPrefrontal cortexCortex responsesPerigenual cingulate
2009
The developmental cognitive neuroscience of functional connectivity
Stevens MC. The developmental cognitive neuroscience of functional connectivity. Brain And Cognition 2009, 70: 1-12. PMID: 19185406, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental cognitive neuroscienceCognitive neuroscienceFunctional connectivityFunctional connectivity analysisFunctional integrationCognitive controlBrain functional integrationCognitive maturationCognitive abilitiesConnectivity analysis methodCognitive developmentNeural substratesDevelopmental theoristsBehavioral controlConnectivity analysisNeuroscienceBrain regionsConceptual reviewCentral conceptBiological developmentRelevant conceptsCognitionRecent findingsNeural networkAdolescence