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NEUROSCIENCE & PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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HOMEOSTATIC NORMALIZATION OF ALPHA BRAIN RHYTHMS WITHIN THE DEFAULT-MODE NETWORK AND REDUCED SYMPTOMS IN POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FOLLOWING A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM NEUROFEEDBACK

2023, Brain Communications 

Nicholson, A. A., Densmore, M., Frewen, P. A., Neufeld, R. W. J., Théberge, J., Jetly, R., Lanius, R. A. & Ros, T.

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ESTRADIOL REPLACEMENT AS A POTENTIAL ENHANCER OF WORKING MEMORY AND NEUROPLASTICITY IN HYPOGONADAL TRANS WOMEN

2023, Neuroendocrinology

 

Schneider, M., Spritzer, P., Hatchard, T., Minuzzi, L., Frey, B., Haefner, S., Nicholson, A.A., McKinnon, M., de Azevedo Cardoso, T., Malhotra, D., Schwarz, K., Anes, M., Santos-Díazb, A., Inês Rodrigues Lobato, M.

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THE TRANSCENDING PROTOCOL: A COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL APPROACH FOR ADDRESSING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF MINORITY STRESS IN TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS

2023, Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counselling

 

Ouellette, M., Roth, S.L., Patel, H., Tissera, T., Lopez, J., Nicholson, A.A., McCabe, R.E., Boyd, J., Hewitt, J., McKinnon, M., Schneider, M., Hatchard, T.

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ALTERED RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE ANTERIOR VERSUS POSTERIOR HIPPOCAMPUS IN POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: THE CENTRAL ROLE OF THE ANTERIOR HIPPOCAMPUS

2023, NeuroImage: Clinical

 

Chaposhloo, M., Nicholson, A.A., Becker, S., McKinnon, M., Lanius, R.A., Shaw, S.

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POSTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX TARGETED REAL-TIME FMRI NEUROFEEDBACK RECALIBRATES FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITH THE AMYGDALA, POSTERIOR INSULA, AND DEFAULT-MODE NETWORK IN PTSD 

2023, Brain and Behavior 

 

Lieberman, J., Rabellino, D., Densmore, M., Frewen, P., Steyrl, D., Scharnowski, F., Theberge, J., Neufeld, R., Schmahl, C., Jetly, R., Narikuzhy, S., Lanius, R., Nicholson, A.A.

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INCREASED TOP-DOWN CONTROL OF EMOTIONS DURING SYMPTOM PROVOCATION WORKING MEMORY TASKS FOLLOWING A RCT OF ALPHA-DOWN NEUROFEEDBACK IN PTSD

2023, NeuroImage: Clinical

 

Nicholson, A.A., Shaw, S.B., Ros, T., Harricharan, S., Terpou, B., Densmore, M., Theberge, J., Frewen, P., Lanius, R.

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THE INFLUENCE OF MINORITY STRESS ON THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING

2022, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

 

Patel, H., Siegel, M., Hatchard, T., Veltman, A., McKinnon, M.C., Syan, S.K., Merrifield, C., Roth, S.L.,
Georgiades, K., Archie, S., Wolf, J., Nicholson, A.A. 

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SEX AND GENDER IN TREATMENT RESPONSE TO DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, GAPS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

2022, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

 

Penta, S., Schneider, M., Holshausen, K., Wilson, R., Correia, S., Ferdossifard, A., Haefner, S., Hewitt, J.,
Nicholson, A.A., Roth, S., Boylan, K., Hatchard, T.

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MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' PERSPECTIVE ON A BRIEF TRANSDIAGNOSTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES

2022, The European Journal of Psychotraumatology 

 

Knefel, M., Kantor, V., Nicholson, A.A., Schieß-Jokanovic, J., Weindl, D., Schäfer, I., Lueger-Schuster, B.

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A BRIEF TRANSDIAGNOSTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN AUSTRIA: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL 

2022, The European Journal of Psychotraumatology

 

Knefel, M., Kantor, V., Nicholson, A.A., Schieß-Jokanovic, J., Weindl, D., Schäfer, I., Lueger-Schuster,
B.

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DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISMS OF POSTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX DOWNREGULATION AND SYMPTOM DECREASES IN PTSD AND HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS USING REAL-TIME FMRI NEUROFEEDBACK

2021, Brain and Behavior

 

Nicholson, A. A., Rabellino, D., Densmore, M., Frewen, P. A., Steyrl, D., Scharnowski, F., Théberge, J., Neufeld, R. W. J., Schmahl, C., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R. A.

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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE NEURAL CORRELATES OF SEXUAL MINORITY STRESS: TOWARDS AN INTERSECTIONAL MINORITY MOSAIC FRAMEWORK WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR A FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA

2021, The European Journal of Psychotraumatology

 

Nicholson, A.A., Siegel, M., Wolf, J., Narikuzhy, S., Roth, S.L., Hatchard, T., Lanius, R., Schneider, M., Lloyd, C.S., McKinnon, M., Heber, A., Smith, P., Lueger-Schuster, B.

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PROGRESSIVE MODULATION OF RESTING-STATE BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING NEUROFEEDBACK OF POSITIVE-SOCIAL EMOTION REGULATION NETWORKS

2021, Scientific Reports

 

Marina, K., Skouras, S., Razi, A., Nicholson, A.A., Karner, A., Steyrl, D., Boukrina, O., Rees, G., Scharnowski, F., Koush, Y.

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PREDICTORS OF REAL-TIME FMRI NEUROFEEDBACK PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVEMENT: A MACHINE LEARNING MEGA-ANALYSIS 

2021, NeuroImage

 

Haugg, A., Renz, F., Nicholson, A.A., ... Scharnowski, F., Steyrl, D.

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SECURING YOUR RELATIONSHIP: QUALITY OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CAN BE PREDICTED BY ATTACHMENT SECURITY 

2021, Frontiers in Psychology

 

Eder, S., Nicholson, A.A., ... Scharnowski, F., Steyrl, D.

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PREDICTING FEAR AND PERCEIVED HEALTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC USING MACHINE LEARNING: A CROSS-NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY 

2021, PLOS ONE

 

Eder, S., Steyrl, D., ... Scharnowski, F., Nicholson, A.A.

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SHAME ON THE BRAIN: NEURAL CORRELATES OF MORAL INJURY EVENT RECALL IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

2020, Depression and Anxiety 

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Lloyd, C., Nicholson, A.A., Densmore, M., Theberge, J., Neufeld, R.W.J., Jetly, R., McKinnon, M.C., & Lanius, R.A

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A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ALPHA-RHYTHM EEG NEUROFEEDBACK IN PTSD: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWING EVIDENCE OF DECREASED PTSD SYMPTOMS AND RESTORED DEFAULT MODE NETWORK AND SALIENCE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY USING FMRI

2020, NeuroImage: Clinical

 

Nicholson, A.A., Ros, T., Densmore, M., Frewen, P., Neufeld, R.W.J., Theberge, J., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R.A

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THE HIJACKED SELF: DISRUPTED FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY AND THE DEFAULT MODE NETWORK IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER USING DYNAMIC CAUSAL MODELLING

2020, NeuroImage: Clinical

 

 Terpou, B., Densmore, M., Theberge, J., Frewen, P., McKinnon, M., Lanius, R.A, & Nicholson, A.A.

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CLASSIFYING HETEROGENEOUS PRESENTATIONS OF PTSD VIA  THE DEFAULT MODE, CENTRAL EXECUTIVE, AND SALIENCE NETWORKS WITH MACHINE LEARNING 

2020, NeuroImage: Clinical

 

Nicholson, A.A., Harricharan, S., Densmore, M., Neufeld, R.W.J., Ros, T., McKinnon, M., Frewen, P., Theberge, J., Jetly, R., Pedlar, D., & Lanius, R.A

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THE ROLE OF THE SUBGENUAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX IN DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL-AMYGDALA NEURAL CIRCUITRY DURING POSITIVE-SOCIAL EMOTION REGULATION

2020, Human Brain Mapping

Scharnowski, F., Nicholson, A.A., Pichon, S., Rosa, M., Rey, G., Eickhoff, S., Van De Ville, D., Vuilleumier, P., & Koush, Y.

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UNCOVERING THE HETEROGENEITY  OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: TOWARDS A PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO MEDICINE

2020, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Special Issue, Journal of Military, Veteran & Family Health

 

Nicholson, A.A., McKinnon, M.C., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R.A.

REGULATING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS WITH NEUROFEEDBACK: REGAINING CONTROL OF THE MIND

2020, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Special Issue, Journal of Military, Veteran & Family Health

 

Nicholson, A.A., Ros, T., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R.A.

A BRIEF TRANSDIAGNOSTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR AFGAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN AUSTRIA: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

2020, Trials

 

Knefel, M., Kantor, V., Nicholson, A.A., Schieß-Jokanovic, J., Weindl, D., Schäfer, I., Lueger-Schuster, B.

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CONSENSUS OF THE REPORTING AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OF CLINICAL AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL NEUROFEEDBACK STUDIES 

2020, Brain

 

Ros, T., Enriquez-Geppert, S., Zotev, V., Young, K., … Nicholson, A.A., … & Thibault, R.T.

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PTSD AND ITS DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE INSULA: ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR INSULA RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND ITS PREDICTIVE VALIDITY USING MACHINE LEARNING

2019, Psychophysiology

 

Harricharan, S., Nicholson, A.A., Thome, J., Densmore, M., McKinnon, M.C., Théberge, J., Frewen, P., Neufeld, R.W.J., & Lanius, R.

MACHINE LEARNING MULTIVARIATE PATTERN ANALYSIS PREDICTS CLASSIFICATION OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND ITS DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE: A MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING APPROACH

2018, Psychological Medicine

Nicholson, A.A., Densmore, M., McKinnon, M., Neufeld, R.W.J., Frewen, P., Theberge, J., Jetly, R., Richardson, D., & Lanius, R.A

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A REVIEW OF THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF TRAUMA-RELATED DISSOCIATION AND ITS RELATION TO CANNABINOID- AND OPIOID-MEDIATED STRESS RESPONSE: A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC, TRANSLATIONAL APPROACH

2018, Current Psychiatry Reports

Lanius, R., Boyd, J., McKinnon, M., Nicholson, A.A., Frewen, P., Vermetten, E., Jetly, R., Spiegel, D.

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INTRINSIC CONNECTIVITY NETWORK DYNAMICS IN PTSD DURING DOWNREGULATION OF THE AMYGDALA USING REAL-TIME FMRI NEUROFEEDBACK

2018, Human Brain Mapping

Nicholson, A.A., Rebellino, D., Densmore, M., Frewen, P., Paret, C., Kluetsch, R., Schmahl, C., Théberge, J., Ros, T., Neufeld, McKinnon, M., Reiss, J., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R.

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DYNAMIC CAUSAL MODELING IN PTSD AND ITS DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE: BOTTOM–UP VERSUS TOP–DOWN PROCESSING WITHIN FEAR AND EMOTION REGULATION CIRCUITRY

2017, Human Brain Mapping

Nicholson, A.A., Friston, K.J., Zeidman, P., Harricharan, S., McKinnon, M., Densmore, M., Neufeld, R.W.J., Theberge, J., Corrigan, F., Jetly, R., Spiegel, D., & Lanius, R.A.

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SENSORY OVERLOAD AND IMBALANCE: RESTING-STATE VESTIBULAR CONNECTIVITY IN PTSD AND ITS DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE

2017, Neuropsychologia

Harricharan, S., Nicholson, A.A., Densmore, M., Théberge, J., McKinnon, M. C., Neufeld, R. W. J., & Lanius, R. A.

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THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF EMOTION REGULATION IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: AMYGDALA DOWNREGULATION VIA REAL-TIME FMRI NEUROFEEDBACK

2016, Human Brain Mapping

Nicholson, A.A., Rabellino, D., Densmore, M., Frewen, P.A., Paret, C., Kluetsch, R., Schmahl, C., Théberge, J., Neufeld, R., McKinnon, M., Reiss, J., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R. A. 

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ALPHA OSCILLATION NEUROFEEDBACK MODULATES AMYGDALA COMPLEX CONNECTIVITY AND AROUSAL IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

2016, NeuroImage: Clinical

Nicholson, A.A., Ross, T., Frewen, P.A., Densmore, M., Théberge, J., Kluetsch, R.C., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R. A. 

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UNIQUE INSULA SUBREGION RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITH AMYGDALA COMPLEXES IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND ITS DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE

2016, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Nicholson, A.A., Sapru, I., Densmore, M., Frewen, P.A., Théberge, J., Neufeld, R.W., McKinnon, M.C., & Lanius, R.A.

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DESYNCHRONIZATION OF AUTONOMIC RESPONSE AND CENTRAL AUTONOMIC NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

2016, Human Brain Mapping

Thome, J., Densmore, M., Frewen, P.A., McKinnon, M.C., Theberg, J., Nicholson, A.A., Koenig, J., Thayer, J.F., Lanius, R.A.

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THE DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: UNIQUE RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF BASOLATERAL AND CENTROMEDIAL AMYGDALA COMPLEXES

2015, Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Nicholson, A.A., Densmore, M., Frewen, P.A., Théberge, J., Neufeld, R.W., McKinnon, M.C., & Lanius, R.A.

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