Zahid MA, Ohaeri JU, Elshazly AS, Basiouny MA, Hamoda HM, Varghese R Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2010 Sep;45(9):875-87 PMID: 19727531 Abstract OBJECTIVES: We focused on the subjective quality of life (QOL) indicators of the Lancashire quality of life profile, European version (LQoLP-EU) in a Kuwaiti schizophrenia sample. The objectives were:… read more →
Tang Y, Li Y, Wang J, Zhu Y Int J Psychophysiol 2009 Dec;74(3):183-91 PMID: 19732798 Abstract Recognition of facial expressions has been investigated extensively over the last decade. However, the mechanism of advanced processing of emotional expressions as compared to neutral ones remains unclear. In our study, a face-in-the-crowd task… read more →
Spencer KM, Niznikiewicz MA, Nestor PG, Shenton ME, McCarley RW BMC Neurosci 2009;10:85 PMID: 19619324 Abstract BACKGROUND: Oscillatory electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities may reflect neural circuit dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders. Previously we have found positive correlations between the phase synchronization of beta and gamma oscillations and hallucination symptoms in schizophrenia patients.… read more →
Makris N, Kennedy DN, Boriel DL, Rosene DL Methods 2010 Mar;50(3):166-77 PMID: 19577648 Abstract Rhesus monkeys, whose typical lifespan can be as long as 30 years in the presence of veterinary care, undergo a cognitive decline as a function of age. While cortical neurons are largely preserved in the cerebral… read more →
Lyall AE, Swanson J, Liu C, Blumenthal TD, Turner CP Exp Brain Res 2009 Aug;197(3):215-22 PMID: 19565228 Abstract The acoustic startle reflex in rats can be inhibited if a prepulse stimulus is presented just before the startle stimulus (prepulse inhibition; PPI). When postnatal day 7 (P7) rats are exposed to… read more →
Hui KK, Marina O, Claunch JD, Nixon EE, Fang J, Liu J, Li M, Napadow V, Vangel M, Makris N, Chan ST, Kwong KK, Rosen BR Brain Res. 2009 Sep;1287:84-103 PMID: 19559684 Abstract Previous work has shown that acupuncture stimulation evokes deactivation of a limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (LPNN) as well as… read more →
Yoshida T, McCarley RW, Nakamura M, Lee K, Koo MS, Bouix S, Salisbury DF, Morra L, Shenton ME, Niznikiewicz MA Schizophr. Res. 2009 Aug;113(1):84-94 PMID: 19524408 Abstract A progressive post-onset decrease in gray matter volume 1.5 years after first hospitalization in schizophrenia has been shown in superior temporal gyrus (STG).… read more →
Miyoshi M, Ito H, Arakawa R, Takahashi H, Takano H, Higuchi M, Okumura M, Otsuka T, Kodaka F, Sekine M, Sasaki T, Fujie S, Seki C, Maeda J, Nakao R, Zhang MR, Fukumura T, Matsumoto M, Suhara T J. Nucl. Med. 2009 Jul;50(7):1095-101 PMID: 19525461 Abstract UNLABELLED: Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor… read more →
Voglmaier MM, Seidman LJ, Niznikiewicz MA, Madan A, Dickey CC, Shenton ME, McCarley RW Schizophr. Res. 2009 Dec;115(2-3):290-2 PMID: 19464150 Abstract Verbal dichotic listening performance was examined in 42 right-handed men and women with DSM-IV-defined schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) and 68 right-handed controls. As expected, both male and female control… read more →
Coleman MJ, Titone D, Krastoshevsky O, Krause V, Huang Z, Mendell NR, Eichenbaum H, Levy DL Schizophr Bull 2010 Nov;36(6):1187-200 PMID: 19460878 Abstract The capacity for transitive inference (TI), a form of relational memory organization, is impaired in schizophrenia patients. In order to disambiguate deficits in TI from the effects… read more →
