Tanev KS, Vento JA Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2014 Sep;29(6):513-20 PMID: 24550543 Abstract Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is second only to Alzheimer’s disease in individuals younger than 65 years of age. Behavioral variant FTD (bvFTD) presents with nonspecific symptoms such as disinhibition, apathy, or emotional blunting. Although neuropsychological testing… read more →
Zhang X, Zhu X, Wang X, Zhu X, Zhong M, Yi J, Rao H, Yao S PLoS ONE 2014;9(1):e85241 PMID: 24416367 Abstract BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been associated with abnormal structure and function of the brain’s affective network, including the amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). However, it is… read more →
Morlet T, Rabinowitz MR, Looney LR, Riegner T, Greenwood LA, Sherman EA, Achilly N, Zhu A, Yoo E, O’Reilly RC, Jinks RN, Puffenberger EG, Heaps A, Morton H, Strauss KA Laryngoscope 2014 Mar;124(3):E95-103 PMID: 23946138 Abstract OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: SLITRK family proteins control neurite outgrowth and regulate synaptic development. In mice, Slitrk6… read more →
Yang JC, Ginat DT, Dougherty DD, Makris N, Eskandar EN J. Neurosurg. 2014 Jan;120(1):152-63 PMID: 24236652 Abstract OBJECT: Cingulotomy and limbic leucotomy are lesioning surgeries with demonstrated benefit for medically intractable psychiatric illnesses. They represent significant refinements of the prefrontal lobotomy used from the 1930s through the 1950s. However, the… read more →
Hoogenboom WS, Marder TJ, Flores VL, Huisman S, Eaton HP, Schneiderman JS, Bolo NR, Simonson DC, Jacobson AM, Kubicki M, Shenton ME, Musen G Diabetes 2014 Feb;63(2):728-38 PMID: 24203723 Abstract Early detection of brain abnormalities at the preclinical stage can be useful for developing preventive interventions to abate cognitive decline.… read more →
Ramadan S, Lin A, Stanwell P NMR Biomed 2013 Dec;26(12):1630-46 PMID: 24123328 Abstract Our understanding of the roles that the amino acids glutamate (Glu) and glutamine (Gln) play in the mammalian central nervous system has increased rapidly in recent times. Many conditions are known to exhibit a disturbance in Glu-Gln… read more →
Tang Y, Zhang X, Simmonite M, Li H, Zhang T, Guo Q, Li C, Fang Y, Xu Y, Wang J Int J Psychophysiol 2013 Nov;90(2):282-9 PMID: 24056021 Abstract Individuals with depression are excessively sensitive to negative feedback and therefore overly cautious. To explore the neural mechanisms of response monitoring which… read more →
Egger K, Clemm von Hohenberg C, Schocke MF, Guttmann CR, Wassermann D, Wigand MC, Nachbauer W, Kremser C, Sturm B, Scheiber-Mojdehkar B, Kubicki M, Shenton ME, Boesch S J Neuroimaging 2014 Sep-Oct;24(5):504-8 PMID: 24015771 Abstract BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Erythropoietin (EPO) has received growing attention because of its neuroregenerative properties. Preclinical… read more →
Lei H, Yi J, Wang H, Zhang X, Dong J, Zhou C, Fan J, Zhong M, Zhu X Neurosci. Lett. 2013 Sep;552:162-7 PMID: 23939286 Abstract The present study examines the inhibitory function of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involved in semantic conflict using event-related potentials (ERPs). EPRs were recorded in… read more →
Clemm von Hohenberg C, Wigand MC, Kubicki M, Leicht G, Giegling I, Karch S, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Ballinger T, Eckbo R, Bouix S, Jäger L, Shenton ME, Rujescu D, Mulert C J Psychiatr Res 2013 Oct;47(10):1349-56 PMID: 23871450 Abstract CNTNAP2 is a gene on chromosome 7 that… read more →