2005
Differences in performance and learning proficiency on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in schizophrenia: Do they reflect distinct neurocognitive subtypes with distinct functional profiles?
Kurtz MM, Wexler BE. Differences in performance and learning proficiency on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in schizophrenia: Do they reflect distinct neurocognitive subtypes with distinct functional profiles? Schizophrenia Research 2005, 81: 167-171. PMID: 16243489, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAttentionCognition DisordersCuesDiscrimination LearningFemaleHumansLearning DisabilitiesMaleMemory, Short-TermMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPractice, PsychologicalProblem SolvingPsychometricsPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyConceptsWisconsin Card Sorting TestUCSD Performance-based Skills AssessmentCard Sorting TestSorting TestComprehensive neurocognitive test batteryPerformance-Based Skills AssessmentDifferent neurocognitive profilesNeurocognitive test batteryPerformance-based measuresBehavioral treatment interventionsSecond measureNeurocognitive subtypesNeurocognitive profileMotor sequencingWCST performancePoor learnersTest batteryGood learnersDistinct functional profilesSubtyping of patientsTreatment interventionsIndependent measuresLearnersSkills assessmentGreater functional capacityCue-Induced Brain Activity Changes and Relapse in Cocaine-Dependent Patients
Kosten TR, Scanley BE, Tucker KA, Oliveto A, Prince C, Sinha R, Potenza MN, Skudlarski P, Wexler BE. Cue-Induced Brain Activity Changes and Relapse in Cocaine-Dependent Patients. Neuropsychopharmacology 2005, 31: 644-650. PMID: 16123763, DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPosterior cingulate cortexCocaine-related cuesCocaine-dependent patientsBrain activationTreatment effectiveness scoreSensory association corticesBrain activity changesPCC activationCocaine cuesSuperior temporalBOLD activationCingulate cortexSubjective reportsTreatment developmentAssociation cortexCuesProcessing areasCocaine abusePhysiological activationCortexNonrelapsersBest predictorCocaine-free urinesDrug use
2001
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cocaine Craving
Wexler BE, Gottschalk CH, Fulbright RK, Prohovnik I, Lacadie CM, Rounsaville BJ, Gore JC. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cocaine Craving. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2001, 158: 86-95. PMID: 11136638, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.1.86.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingHealthy subjectsCocaine-dependent subjectsMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingCocaine addictsReported onsetBrain activationBrain activityRegional brain activationFrontal lobe activationAnterior cingulate activationNeurobiology of addictionCocaine cravingAnterior cingulatePatientsFrontal lobePhysiologic linkSensory areasComparison of groupsDrug cravingDysphoric statesLess activationGeneral abnormalityCingulate activation
1994
Abnormalities in rapid, automatic aspects of attention in schizophrenia: blunted inhibition of return
Huey E, Wexler B. Abnormalities in rapid, automatic aspects of attention in schizophrenia: blunted inhibition of return. Schizophrenia Research 1994, 14: 57-63. PMID: 7893622, DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(94)90009-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy subjectsHealthy control subjectsStable schizophrenic outpatientsInhibition of returnMs intervalsControl subjectsSchizophrenic outpatientsNormal intervalsInhibitory mechanismInhibitionVisual stimuliSchizophrenicsSubjectsStimuliIntervalPresent experimentsOutpatientsAbnormalitiesSchizophrenia
1985
Dichotic listening tests in studying brain-behavior relationships
Wexler B, Halwes T. Dichotic listening tests in studying brain-behavior relationships. Neuropsychologia 1985, 23: 545-559. PMID: 4033907, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(85)90008-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual asymmetryBrain-behavior relationshipsConcurrent visual taskDichotic listening testNonsense Syllable TestCVC wordsPhonemic cuesWord TestVisual tasksDichotic wordsTest-retest reliabilityListening testsAssociative functionsWordsPA measuresSpecific waysDifferent testsConsonantsCuesWAISRelationshipReceptivePhysiological basisTaskEnglish