AhnAllen CG, Nestor PG, Shenton ME, McCarley RW, Niznikiewicz MA Schizophr. Res. 2008 Mar;100(1-3):261-9 PMID: 17884348 Abstract As cigarette smoking prevalence rates approach 90% in schizophrenia, an important emerging question is the role of nicotine in the disease-related disturbance in cognition. We therefore tested a total of 38 male cigarette… read more →
Kasai K, Yamasue H, Gilbertson MW, Shenton ME, Rauch SL, Pitman RK Biol. Psychiatry 2008 Mar;63(6):550-6 PMID: 17825801 Abstract BACKGROUND: Controversy exists over the nature and origin of reduced regional brain volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). At issue is whether these reductions represent preexisting vulnerability factors for developing PTSD… read more →
Haseler LJ, Lin A, Hoff J, Richardson RS Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 2007 Nov;293(5):R2046-51 PMID: 17715186 Abstract In contrast to their exercise-trained counterparts, the maximal oxidative rate of skeletal muscle in sedentary humans appears not to benefit from supplemental O(2) availability but is impacted by severe hypoxia,… read more →
Nakamura M, Salisbury DF, Hirayasu Y, Bouix S, Pohl KM, Yoshida T, Koo MS, Shenton ME, McCarley RW Biol. Psychiatry 2007 Oct;62(7):773-83 PMID: 17586477 Abstract BACKGROUND: Overall neocortical gray matter (NCGM) volume has not been studied in first-episode schizophrenia (FESZ) at first hospitalization or longitudinally to evaluate progression, nor has… read more →
Makris N, Papadimitriou GM, Sorg S, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS, Pandya DN Neuroimage 2007 Oct;37(4):1100-11 PMID: 17681797 Abstract Since the existence of the occipitofrontal fascicle (OFF) in humans has remained controversial, we utilized diffusion tensor imaging (DT-MRI)-based segmentation and tractography to investigate its trajectory in vivo in the human. We… read more →
Ahn MS, Breeze JL, Makris N, Kennedy DN, Hodge SM, Herbert MR, Seidman LJ, Biederman J, Caviness VS, Frazier JA J Affect Disord 2007 Dec;104(1-3):147-54 PMID: 17532475 Abstract BACKGROUND: Basal ganglia (BG) enlargement has been found in studies of adults with bipolar disorder (BPD), while the few studies of BPD… read more →
Gilbertson MW, Williston SK, Paulus LA, Lasko NB, Gurvits TV, Shenton ME, Pitman RK, Orr SP Biol. Psychiatry 2007 Sep;62(5):513-20 PMID: 17509537 Abstract BACKGROUND: A significant subgroup of individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exhibits chronic, unremitting symptomatology that has also been associated with smaller hippocampal volume. The hippocampus plays… read more →
Nestor PG, Kubicki M, Kuroki N, Gurrera RJ, Niznikiewicz M, Shenton ME, McCarley RW Psychiatry Res 2007 May;155(1):21-8 PMID: 17395435 Abstract A group of 44 patients with schizophrenia and 43 age-matched controls completed psychometrically-matched tasks of recall and recognition. The patients showed similarly depressed scores across both recall and recognition… read more →
Kan IP, Giovanello KS, Schnyer DM, Makris N, Verfaellie M Neuropsychologia 2007 Jun;45(11):2589-97 PMID: 17433382 Abstract In this study, we examined the role of the hippocampus in relational memory by comparing item recognition performance in amnesic patients with medial temporal lobe (MTL) damage and their matched controls. Specifically, we investigated… read more →
Yi X, Bouley R, Lin HY, Bechoua S, Sun TX, Del Re E, Shioda T, Raychowdhury MK, Lu HA, Abou-Samra AB, Brown D, Ausiello DA Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 2007 May;292(5):F1303-13 PMID: 17287200 Abstract The vasopressin type 2 receptor (V2R) is a G protein-coupled receptor that plays a central… read more →
