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1. Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Early Life Stress: a 'Nudge' for the Nervous System?

Author

Travers Guy and Mark Gapen

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Nervous system, medicine.medical_specialty, Neurology, business.industry, Early life stress, Alpha (ethology), Alpha wave, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Autonomic nervous system, medicine.anatomical_structure, medicine, Neurofeedback, business, Neuroscience, Psychopathology
Abstract

Early life stress has been shown to have profound effects on the developmental trajectories of individuals. Findings have implicated most major areas of the brain as being affected, and existing treatments have been limited in ameliorating symptoms. The purpose of this review is to focus on the development of the autonomic nervous system in concert with the brain. We suggest that the majority of psychopathology related to early life stress represents an allostatic equilibrium achieved by the autonomic nervous system organizing around threat states. Recent findings in the field of neurofeedback implicate alpha waves as a potential key to helping treat individuals who have been affected by early life stress. We conclude that alpha neurofeedback may represent a novel treatment approach to engender changes within the autonomic nervous system in helping to achieve a homeostatic equilibrium. Alpha downtrain neurofeedback may represent a “nudge” for a stuck nervous system that acts as a precursor to increase the efficacy of other training protocols and more traditional talk therapy techniques.

Published
2021
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2. New bis(benzimidazol-2-ylidene)pyridine-nickel complexes as homogeneous catalysts

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Dr Dave Brown, Dr Alan Payne, Travers, Guy, Dr Dave Brown, Dr Alan Payne, and Travers, Guy

Abstract

New nickel-based catalysts for carbon-carbon bond formation reactions were synthesized and tested. The catalysts were found to be effective, but not strongly influenced by changes in the catalyst structure. During the course of this work, an organic precursor was found to catalyse the decomposition of dimethylsulfoxide. A product of the decomposition was isolated in good yield and identified. This product was found to be a useful reagent for epoxidation reactions.

Published
2015

3. Synthesis, Solid-state Structures, Solution Behaviour and Catalysis Studies of Nickel Complexes of Bis(benzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine Pincer Ligands

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McGee, Karen, Travers, Guy, Skelton, B., Massi, Massimiliano, Payne, A., Brown, David, McGee, Karen, Travers, Guy, Skelton, B., Massi, Massimiliano, Payne, A., and Brown, David

Abstract

N-Heterocyclic carbene–nickel complexes with five- and four-coordinate geometries [(CNC)NiBr2] and [(CNC)NiBr]X (X = PF6 or BPh4) have been prepared with the pincer ligands 2,6-bis(N-octylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine and 2,6-bis(N-butyl-5,6-dimethoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine. The addition of the n-octyl substituent significantly extends the solubility of the complexes and has allowed UV-vis solution studies of the complexes in dichloromethane and methanol. The four- and five-coordinate species exist in equilibrium in solution and this equilibrium has been explored by UV-vis studies. The complexes have also been characterized by NMR studies, and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies have been performed on [(CNC)NiBr2] (where CNC = 2,6-bis(N-octylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine) and [(CNC)NiBr]BPh4 (where CNC = 2,6-bis(N-butyl-5,6-dimethoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine).

Published
2012

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