Pathophysiology and Etiology
Key Articles
Functional neurological disorder: new subtypes and shared mechanisms
Hallett M, Aybek S, Dworetzky BA, et al. Functional neurological disorder: new subtypes and shared mechanisms. Lancet Neurol. 2022 Jun;21(6):537-550.
A framework for understanding the pathophysiology of functional neurological disorder
Drane DL, Fani N, Hallett M, et al. A framework for understanding the pathophysiology of functional neurological disorder. CNS Spectr. 2020 Sep 4:1-7.
A new science of emotion: implications for functional neurological disorder
Jungilligens J, Paredes-Echeverri S, Popkirov S, et al. A new science of emotion: implications for functional neurological disorder. Brain. 2022 Aug;145(8):2648–2663.
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Using the Biopsychosocial Model to Guide Patient-Centered Neurological Treatments
Saxena A, Paredes-Echeverri S, Michaelis R, Popkirov S, Perez DL. Using the Biopsychosocial Model to Guide Patient-Centered Neurological Treatments. Semin Neurol. 2022;42(2):80-87.
Why functional neurological disorder is not feigning or malingering
Edwards MJ, Yogarajah M, Stone J. Why functional neurological disorder is not feigning or malingering. Nat Rev Neurol. 2023 Apr;19(4):246-256.
A Bayesian account of 'hysteria'
Edwards MJ, Adams RA, Brown H, Pareés I, Friston KJ. A Bayesian account of 'hysteria'. Brain. 2012 Nov;135(Pt 11):3495-512.
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Neuroimaging in Functional Neurological Disorder: State of the Field and Research Agenda
Perez DL, Nicholson TR, Asadi-Pooya AA, Bègue I, Butler M, Carson AJ, David AS, Deeley Q, Diez I, Edwards MJ, Espay AJ, Gelauff JM, Hallett M, Horovitz SG, Jungilligens J, Kanaan RAA, Tijssen MAJ, Kozlowska K, LaFaver K, LaFrance WC Jr, Lidstone SC, Marapin RS, Maurer CW, Modirrousta M, Reinders AATS, Sojka P, Staab JP, Stone J, Szaflarski JP, Aybek S. Neuroimaging in Functional Neurological Disorder: State of the Field and Research Agenda. Neuroimage Clin. 2021;30:102623.
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Emotional processing in functional neurological disorder: a review, biopsychosocial model and research agenda
Pick S, Goldstein LH, Perez DL, Nicholson TR. Emotional processing in functional neurological disorder: a review, biopsychosocial model and research agenda. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;90(6):704-711.
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Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of functional (psychogenic) movement disorders
Baizabal-Carvallo JF, Hallett M, Jankovic J. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of functional (psychogenic) movement disorders. Neurobiol Dis. 2019 Jul;127:32-44.
Recorded Lectures
Functional Neurological Disorders are Involuntary. What does that mean?
Mark Hallett - FNDS2022
Predictive Coding, Interoception, and Emotions
Lisa Feldman Barrett - FNDS2022
Symptom Perception
Omer Van den Bergh - FNDS2022
How Early Life Experiences Modulate the Development of Functional Brain Circuits
Tallie Z. Baram - FNDS2022
Agency, Belief, and Stress
Selma Aybek - FNDS2022
Psychological Models and Discussion
Alan J. Carson - FNDS2018
Genetics and Epigenetics
Primavera Spagnolo - FNDS2018
Early Life Experiences and Life Events
Selma Aybek - FNDS2018
Neurophysiology
Mark Hallett - FNDS2018
Predictive Brain Models
Mark J. Edwards - FNDS2018
Functional Imaging in FND
Carine W. Maurer - FNDS2022
Structural Imaging in FND
Johannes Jungilligens - FNDS2022