Brain structure & function

01 17 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03215-4

Facial emotion recognition of sadness relates to superior parietal gray matter volume in mild cognitive impairment

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Rachana Mahadevan, Naomi Kristin Giesers, Thomas Liman et al.

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is associated with early, regionally selective neurodegenerative changes that may affect socioemotional functioning before atrophy becomes widespread. This study examined whether structural brain alteratio...

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02 17 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03207-4

Frequency-dependent, asymmetric, and dynamic alterations of white matter function in primary hemifacial spasm: a multiband resting-state fMRI study

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Haiqi Ye, Luoyu Wang, Juncheng Yan et al.

Primary hemifacial spasm involves central network reorganization, but white matter functional alterations remain unclear. We acquired resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 89 left-sided patients, 92 right-sided pa...

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03 17 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03212-7

Reward sensitivity is negatively associated with future self-continuity: the mediation role of functional connectivity between the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

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Hongjie Shen, Liang Chen, Hengyue Zhao et al.

Reward Sensitivity refers to individual differences in the perception, evaluation, and emotional response to potential or acquired rewarding stimuli. Future self-continuity refers to the degree of psychological connection, identification...

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04 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03179-5

Loss of Fmr1 causes subnucleus-specific decreases in dendritic complexity in mediodorsal thalamus

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Alena Kizimenko, Polina Lyuboslavsky, Audrey C. Brumback

In the mediodorsal thalamus (MD), neurons of the medial (MD-M) and lateral (MD-L) subnuclei project to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) to control complementary aspects of behavior, with MD-M supporting more of the social/emotional do...

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05 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03206-5

Greater temporo-occipital gray matter volume and frontoparietal cortical thickness in post-menopausal women: a UK Biobank study

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Stefanos Tyrovolas, Maria J. Portella, Judith Usall et al.

Menopause is a critical transitional stage in women’s lives, yet evidence on its impact on brain structure remains inconsistent, and large-sample neuroimaging studies are limited. Here, we applied whole-brain morphometry techniques to ev...

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06 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03186-6

Receptor architecture shapes the regional organization of the macaque cingulate cortex

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Lucija Rapan, Camille Giacometti, Meiqi Niu et al.

The cingulate cortex plays a central role in emotion, motivation, decision-making and motor control, yet its internal organization in the macaque brain remains debated. In the present study, we examined the cyto- and receptor architecton...

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07 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03205-6

Positive association between emotional intelligence and white matter integrity in the cingulum and superior longitudinal fasciculus in healthy Japanese adults

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Keisuke Kokubun, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Yoshinori Yamakawa

08 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03203-8

Nociceptive responses and resting-state functional connectivity of the human midbrain tegmentum

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Amanda Cao, Kiely Morris, Hanne van der Heijden et al.

09 9 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03199-1

Intricate mesoscale organization of the anterior commissure in the rhesus monkey, with implications for neuroimaging

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Kathleen S. Rockland, Martin Parent, Silas Botham et al.

10 5 October 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00429-026-03201-w

Sex-differences in resting state dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: comparing motion correction methods in resting state functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

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Ankit Jha, Varsha Singh