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Distinct abnormalities of small bowel and regional colonic volumes in subtypes of irritable bowel syndrome revealed by MRI (2016)
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Lam, C., Chaddock, G., Marciani, L., Costigan, C., Cox, E., Hoad, C., …Spiller, R. C. (in press). Distinct abnormalities of small bowel and regional colonic volumes in subtypes of irritable bowel syndrome revealed by MRI. American Journal of Gastroenterology, https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2016.538

OBJECTIVES: Non-invasive biomarkers which identify different mechanisms of disease in subgroups of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) could be valuable. Our aim was to seek useful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters that could distinguish each IB... Read More about Distinct abnormalities of small bowel and regional colonic volumes in subtypes of irritable bowel syndrome revealed by MRI.

Relationships between cortical myeloarchitecture and electrophysiological networks (2016)
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Hunt, B. A. E., Tewarie, P. K., Mougin, O. E., Geades, N., Jones, D. K., Singh, K. D., …Brookes, M. J. (2016). Relationships between cortical myeloarchitecture and electrophysiological networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(47), 13510-13515. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608587113

The human brain relies upon the dynamic formation and dissolution of a hierarchy of functional networks to support ongoing cognition. However, how functional connectivities underlying such networks are supported by cortical microstructure remains poo... Read More about Relationships between cortical myeloarchitecture and electrophysiological networks.

Quantitative analysis of the z-spectrum using a numerically simulated look-up table: application to the healthy human brain at 7T (2016)
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Geades, N., Hunt, B. A. E., Shah, S. M., Peters, A., Mougin, O. E., & Gowland, P. A. (2017). Quantitative analysis of the z-spectrum using a numerically simulated look-up table: application to the healthy human brain at 7T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 78(2), 645-655. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26459

Purpose: To develop a method that fits a multipool model to z-spectra acquired from non–steady state sequences, taking into account the effects of variations in T1 or B1 amplitude and the results estimating the parameters for a four-pool model to des... Read More about Quantitative analysis of the z-spectrum using a numerically simulated look-up table: application to the healthy human brain at 7T.

Colon Hypersensitivity to Distension, Rather Than Excessive Gas Production, Produces Carbohydrate-Related Symptoms in Individuals With Irritable Bowel Syndrome (2016)
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Major, G., Pritchard, S. E., Murray, K., Alappadan, J. P., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., …Spiller, R. C. (2017). Colon Hypersensitivity to Distension, Rather Than Excessive Gas Production, Produces Carbohydrate-Related Symptoms in Individuals With Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Gastroenterology, 152(1), 124-133.e2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2016.09.062

Background & Aims: Poorly digested, fermentable carbohydrates may induce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), via unclear mechanisms. We performed a randomized trial with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis to investigate correlations be... Read More about Colon Hypersensitivity to Distension, Rather Than Excessive Gas Production, Produces Carbohydrate-Related Symptoms in Individuals With Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Histological basis of laminar MRI patterns in high resolution images of fixed human auditory cortex (2016)
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Wallace, M. N., Cronin, M. J., Bowtell, R. W., Scott, I., Palmer, A. R., & Gowland, P. A. (2016). Histological basis of laminar MRI patterns in high resolution images of fixed human auditory cortex. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, Article 455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00455

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of the auditory region of the temporal lobe would benefit from the availability of image contrast that allowed direct identification of the primary auditory cortex, as this region cannot be accurat... Read More about Histological basis of laminar MRI patterns in high resolution images of fixed human auditory cortex.

Field strength dependence of grey matter R2* on venous oxygenation (2016)
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Croal, P. L., Driver, I. D., Francis, S. T., & Gowland, P. A. (2017). Field strength dependence of grey matter R2* on venous oxygenation. NeuroImage, 146, 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.10.004

The relationship between venous blood oxygenation and change in transverse relaxation rate (?R2 *) plays a key role in calibrated BOLD fMRI. This relationship, defined by the parameter ?, has previously been determined using theoretical simulations a... Read More about Field strength dependence of grey matter R2* on venous oxygenation.

Increased liver fat and glycogen stores after consumption of high versus low glycaemic index food: a randomized crossover study (2016)
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Bawden, S., Stephenson, M., Falcone, Y., Lingaya, M., Ciampi, E., Hunter, K., …Aithal, G. P. (2017). Increased liver fat and glycogen stores after consumption of high versus low glycaemic index food: a randomized crossover study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 19(1), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.12784

Aim: To investigate the acute and longer-term effects of low (LGI) versus high glycaemic index (HGI) diets on hepatic fat and glycogen accumulation and related blood measures in healthy volunteers. Methods: Eight healthy men (age 20.1 � 0.4 years,... Read More about Increased liver fat and glycogen stores after consumption of high versus low glycaemic index food: a randomized crossover study.

Prior Consumption of a Fat Meal in Healthy Adults Modulates the Brain's Response to Fat (2016)
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Eldeghaidy, S., Marciani, L., Hort, J., Hollowood, T. A., Singh, G., Bush, D., …Francis, S. T. (2016). Prior Consumption of a Fat Meal in Healthy Adults Modulates the Brain's Response to Fat. Journal of Nutrition, 146(11), 2187-2198. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.116.234104

Background: Consumption of fat is regulated by reward and homeostatic pathways, but no studies have examined the role of the intake of a high fat meal (HFM) on subsequent brain activation to oral stimuli. Objective: We evaluated how prior consumptio... Read More about Prior Consumption of a Fat Meal in Healthy Adults Modulates the Brain's Response to Fat.

Comparison of pulsed three-dimensional CEST acquisition schemes at 7 tesla: steady state versus pseudosteady state (2016)
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Khlebnikov, V., Geades, N., Klomp, D. W., Hoogduin, H., Gowland, P. A., & Mougin, O. (2017). Comparison of pulsed three-dimensional CEST acquisition schemes at 7 tesla: steady state versus pseudosteady state. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 77(6), 2280-2287. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26323

Purpose: To compare two pulsed, volumetric chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) acquisition schemes: steady state (SS) and pseudosteady state (PS) for the same brain coverage, spatial/spectral resolution and scan time. Methods: Both schemes... Read More about Comparison of pulsed three-dimensional CEST acquisition schemes at 7 tesla: steady state versus pseudosteady state.

Polygenic risk of psychosis and ventral striatal activation during reward processing in healthy adolescents (2016)
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Lancaster, T. M., Linden, D. E., Tansey, K. E., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A. L., Bromberg, U., …Schumann, G. (in press). Polygenic risk of psychosis and ventral striatal activation during reward processing in healthy adolescents. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(8), https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1135

Importance: Psychotic disorders are characterized by attenuated activity in the brain’s valuation system in key reward processing areas, such as the ventral striatum (VS), as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Objective: To examine... Read More about Polygenic risk of psychosis and ventral striatal activation during reward processing in healthy adolescents.

Predictive utility of the NEO-FFI for later substance experiences among 16-year-old adolescents (2016)
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Parchetka, C., Strache, N., Raffaelli, B., Gemmeke, I., Weiß, K., Artiges, E., …Gowland, P. A. (in press). Predictive utility of the NEO-FFI for later substance experiences among 16-year-old adolescents. Journal of Public Health, 24, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-016-0747-2

Purpose The onset of substance use mostly occurs during adolescence. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relevance of personality on the basis of the NEO-Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) to future experiences with tobacco, alcohol an... Read More about Predictive utility of the NEO-FFI for later substance experiences among 16-year-old adolescents.

Patients with chronic kidney disease have abnormal upper gastro-intestinal tract digestive function: a study of uremic enteropathy: small bowel dysfunction in CKD (2016)
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Grant, C. J., Harrison, L. E., Hoad, C. L., Marciani, L., Gowland, P. A., & McIntyre, C. W. (2017). Patients with chronic kidney disease have abnormal upper gastro-intestinal tract digestive function: a study of uremic enteropathy: small bowel dysfunction in CKD. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 32(2), 372-377. doi:10.1111/jgh.13458

Background and Aim: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects gastrointestinal (GI) function and results in numerous adaptive and maladaptive responses. Disruption of the colonic microbiome and its attendant consequences—the loss of gut barrier integrity... Read More about Patients with chronic kidney disease have abnormal upper gastro-intestinal tract digestive function: a study of uremic enteropathy: small bowel dysfunction in CKD.

Prediction of alcohol drinking in adolescents: Personality-traits, behavior, brain responses, and genetic variations in the context of reward sensitivity (2016)
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Heinrich, A., Müller, K. U., Banaschewski, T., Barker, G. J., Bokde, A. L., Bromberg, U., …Nees, F. (2016). Prediction of alcohol drinking in adolescents: Personality-traits, behavior, brain responses, and genetic variations in the context of reward sensitivity. Biological Psychology, 118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.05.002

Adolescence is a time that can set the course of alcohol abuse later in life. Sensitivity to reward on multiple levels is a major factor in this development. We examined 736 adolescents from the IMAGEN longitudinal study for alcohol drinking during e... Read More about Prediction of alcohol drinking in adolescents: Personality-traits, behavior, brain responses, and genetic variations in the context of reward sensitivity.

A comparison of phase imaging and quantitative susceptibility mapping in the imaging of multiple sclerosis lesions at ultrahigh field (2016)
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Cronin, M. J., Wharton, S., Al-Radaideh, A., Constantinescu, C., Evangelou, N., Bowtell, R. W., & Gowland, P. A. (2016). A comparison of phase imaging and quantitative susceptibility mapping in the imaging of multiple sclerosis lesions at ultrahigh field. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 29(3), 543-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-016-0560-5

Objective The aim of this study was to compare the use of high-resolution phase and QSM images acquired at ultra-high field in the investigation of multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions with peripheral rings, and to discuss their usefulness for drawing... Read More about A comparison of phase imaging and quantitative susceptibility mapping in the imaging of multiple sclerosis lesions at ultrahigh field.

Corticotrophin releasing factor increases ascending colon volume after a fructose test meal in healthy humans: a randomised control trial (2016)
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Murray, K., Lam, C., Rehman, S., Marciani, L., Costigan, C., Hoad, C., …Spiller, R. C. (2016). Corticotrophin releasing factor increases ascending colon volume after a fructose test meal in healthy humans: a randomised control trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(5), https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.125047

Background: Poorly absorbed, fermentable carbohydrates can provoke irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms by escaping absorption in the small bowel and being rapidly fermented in the colon in some susceptible subjects. IBS patients are often anxious... Read More about Corticotrophin releasing factor increases ascending colon volume after a fructose test meal in healthy humans: a randomised control trial.

Structural brain correlates of adolescent resilience (2016)
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Burt, K. B., Whelan, R., Conrod, P. J., Banaschewski, T., Barker, G. J., Bokde, A. L., …Garavan, H. (2016). Structural brain correlates of adolescent resilience. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(11), 1287-1296. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12552

Background Despite calls for integration of neurobiological methods into research on youth resilience (high competence despite high adversity), we know little about structural brain correlates of resilient functioning. The aim of the current study... Read More about Structural brain correlates of adolescent resilience.

Ventral striatum connectivity during reward anticipation in adolescent smokers (2016)
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Jollans, L., Zhipeng, C., Icke, I., Greene, C., Kelly, C., Banaschewski, T., …Whelan, R. (in press). Ventral striatum connectivity during reward anticipation in adolescent smokers. Developmental Neuropsychology, 41(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2016.1164172

Substance misusers, including adolescent smokers, often have reduced reward system activity during processing of non-drug rewards. Using a psychophysiological interaction approach, we examined functional connectivity with the ventral striatum during... Read More about Ventral striatum connectivity during reward anticipation in adolescent smokers.

Mouse and human genetic analyses associate Kalirin with ventral striatal activation during impulsivity and with alcohol misuse (2016)
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Peña-Oliver, Y., Carvalho, F. M., Sanchez-Roige, S., Quinlan, E. B., Jia, T., Walker-Tilley, T., …Stephens, D. N. (2016). Mouse and human genetic analyses associate Kalirin with ventral striatal activation during impulsivity and with alcohol misuse. Frontiers in Genetics, 7, Article 52. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2016.00052

Impulsivity is associated with a spectrum of psychiatric disorders including drug addiction. To investigate genetic associations with impulsivity and initiation of drug taking, we took a two-step approach. First, we identified genes whose expression... Read More about Mouse and human genetic analyses associate Kalirin with ventral striatal activation during impulsivity and with alcohol misuse.

Neural basis of reward anticipation and its genetic determinants (2016)
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Jia, T., Macare, C., Desrivières, S., Gonzalez, D. A., Tao, C., Ji, X., …Schumann, G. (2016). Neural basis of reward anticipation and its genetic determinants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(14), 3879-3884. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503252113

Dysfunctional reward processing is implicated in various mental disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and addictions. Such impairments might involve different components of the reward process, including brain activity d... Read More about Neural basis of reward anticipation and its genetic determinants.

Anticipation of thermal pain in diverticular disease (2016)
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Smith, J. K., Marciani, L., Humes, D. J., Francis, S. T., Gowland, P. A., & Spiller, R. C. (2016). Anticipation of thermal pain in diverticular disease. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 28(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12790

Background The relative importance of peripheral nerve injury or differences in central pain processing in painful diverticular disease (DD) is unclear. Functional MRI has demonstrated changes in the anticipation of pain in irritable bowel syndrom... Read More about Anticipation of thermal pain in diverticular disease.