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2025
A translational neuroscience & computational evaluation of a D1R partial agonist for schizophrenia (TRANSCENDS): Rationale and study design of a brain-based clinical trial
Fonteneau C, Tamayo Z, Price A, Pan L, Afriyie-Agyemang Y, Agrawal S, Butler A, Cail C, Calkins M, Chakilam A, Forselius-Bielen K, Fram G, Frazier A, Gil R, Govil P, Gray D, Grinband J, Gur R, Haubold N, Heffernan Z, Heneks M, Kegeles L, Kohler C, Lin C, Lu J, Mayer M, Pham P, Perlman G, Rahmati M, Ranganathan M, Santamauro N, Schutte C, Selloni A, Van Snellenberg J, Surti T, Wolf D, Zharyy C, Group T, Abi-Dargham A, Gur R, Lieberman J, Kantrowitz J, Anticevic A, Cho Y, Krystal J. A translational neuroscience & computational evaluation of a D1R partial agonist for schizophrenia (TRANSCENDS): Rationale and study design of a brain-based clinical trial. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2025, 194: 196-210. PMID: 41519104, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.12.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPartial agonistCognitive impairmentSpatial working memoryDouble-blind doseWorking memoryD1/D5 receptorsFunctional neuroimagingNeural mechanismsSchizophreniaTranslational neuroscienceCognitive paradigmNeural circuitsUntreated symptomsD1RDecades of researchFMRIClinical trialsMicro-circuitryNeuroscienceAgonistsImpairmentStudy designD1/D5Clinical dataNeuroimaging481. Resting-State Perfusion and Executive Control Task Performance in Psychosis Spectrum Disorder
Cail C, Rahmati M, Fonteneau C, Zharyy C, Forselius-Bielen K, Beri E, Miller E, Santamauro N, Anticevic A, Cortes-Briones J, Proulx E, Preller K, Cho Y. 481. Resting-State Perfusion and Executive Control Task Performance in Psychosis Spectrum Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s295-s296. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.719.Peer-Reviewed Original Research533. Bold Signal Can Capture Individual Variability in Spatial Working Memory Deficits Induced by Ketamine
Rahmati M, Moujaes F, Purg N, Fonteneau C, Santamauro N, Tamayo Z, Repovs G, Preller K, Anticevic A, Fineberg S, Murray J, Krystal J, Cho Y. 533. Bold Signal Can Capture Individual Variability in Spatial Working Memory Deficits Induced by Ketamine. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s317. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.772.Peer-Reviewed Original Research478. Cross-Site Quality Assessment of Data From a Pharmacologic Neuroimaging Trial Targeting Working Memory Neural Circuits in Schizophrenia
Zharyy C, Fonteneau C, Rahmati M, Price A, Gil R, Govil P, Grinband J, Gur R, Haubold N, Heffernan Z, Lu J, Mayer M, Ranganathan M, Santamauro N, Tamayo Z, Van Snellenberg J, Wolf D, Group T, Anticevic A, Lieberman J, Kantrowitz J, Abi-Dargham A, Gur R, Krystal J, Cho Y. 478. Cross-Site Quality Assessment of Data From a Pharmacologic Neuroimaging Trial Targeting Working Memory Neural Circuits in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s294. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.716.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Ketamine induces multiple individually distinct whole-brain functional connectivity signatures
Moujaes F, Ji J, Rahmati M, Burt J, Schleifer C, Adkinson B, Savic A, Santamauro N, Tamayo Z, Diehl C, Kolobaric A, Flynn M, Rieser N, Fonteneau C, Camarro T, Xu J, Cho Y, Repovs G, Fineberg S, Morgan P, Seifritz E, Vollenweider F, Krystal J, Murray J, Preller K, Anticevic A. Ketamine induces multiple individually distinct whole-brain functional connectivity signatures. ELife 2024, 13: e84173. PMID: 38629811, PMCID: PMC11023699, DOI: 10.7554/elife.84173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponse to ketamineAcute ketamineBehavioral effectsQuantified resting-state functional connectivityEffects of acute ketamineSymptom variationResting-state functional connectivityTreatment-resistant depressionFunctional connectivity signaturesGlobal brain connectivitySingle-subject levelInter-individual variabilityPlacebo-controlled studyFunctional connectivityConnectivity signaturesBrain connectivityHealthy participantsSingle-blind placebo-controlled studyNeural variationsTreatment conditionsKetamineGene expression targetsPharmacological biomarkersPilot awardParvalbumin
2023
511. Common and Distinct Effects of Incentives on Spatial Working Memory in Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Sarantopoulos C, Shin D, Schleifer C, Moujaes F, Adkinson B, Ji J, Kolabaric A, Flynn M, Santamauro N, Krystal J, Murray J, Repovs G, Martin W, Pittenger C, Anticevic A, Cho Y. 511. Common and Distinct Effects of Incentives on Spatial Working Memory in Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2023, 93: s300-s301. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.751.Peer-Reviewed Original Research523. Analyzing Temporal Stability of Working Memory Deficits in Early-Course Psychosis Spectrum Disorders
Schutte C, Rahmati M, Fonteneau C, Fram G, Schleifer C, Adkinson B, Kolabaric A, Hill N, Santamauro N, Murray J, Repovš G, Cho Y, Anticevic A. 523. Analyzing Temporal Stability of Working Memory Deficits in Early-Course Psychosis Spectrum Disorders. Biological Psychiatry 2023, 93: s305-s306. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.763.Peer-Reviewed Original Research248. Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonist Ketamine on Neural Tuning
Rahmati M, Moujaes F, Schleifer C, Ji J, Fonteneau C, Tamayo Z, Santamauro N, Respov G, Fineberg S, Krystal J, Murray J, Cho Y, Anticevic A. 248. Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonist Ketamine on Neural Tuning. Biological Psychiatry 2023, 93: s193-s194. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.488.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Illness Phase as a Key Assessment and Intervention Window for Psychosis
Kohler C, Wolf D, Abi-Dargham A, Anticevic A, Cho Y, Fonteneau C, Gil R, Girgis R, Gray D, Grinband J, Javitch J, Kantrowitz J, Krystal J, Lieberman J, Murray J, Ranganathan M, Santamauro N, Van Snellenberg J, Tamayo Z, Group T, D'Souza D, Srihari V, Gueorguieva R, Patel P, Forselius-Bielen K, Lu J, Butler A, Fram G, Afriyie-Agyemang Y, Selloni A, Cadavid L, Gomez-Luna S, Gupta A, Radhakrishnan R, Rashid A, Aker R, Abrahim P, Nia A, Surti T, Kegeles L, Carlson M, Goldberg T, Gangwisch J, Benedict E, Govil P, Brazis S, Mayer M, de la Garrigue N, Fallon N, Baumvoll T, Abeykoon S, Perlman G, Bobchin K, Elliott M, Schmidt L, Rush S, Port A, Heffernan Z, Laney N, Kantor J, Hohing T, Gur R, Gur R, Calkins M. Illness Phase as a Key Assessment and Intervention Window for Psychosis. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2022, 3: 340-350. PMID: 37519466, PMCID: PMC10382701, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIllness phasePotential critical windowsPhase-specific biomarkersDopaminergic abnormalitiesFunctional outcomeSpecialty careSymptom assessmentIllness stageChronic illnessClinical assessmentIllness trajectoryNeurophysiological biomarkersFunctional abnormalitiesClinical careEarly psychosisMemory dysfunctionPsychotic disordersTreatment targetsAllostatic adaptationIntervention windowClinical programsBrain developmentCritical windowDysfunctionIllnessReward and loss incentives improve spatial working memory by shaping trial-by-trial posterior frontoparietal signals
Cho YT, Moujaes F, Schleifer CH, Starc M, Ji JL, Santamauro N, Adkinson B, Kolobaric A, Flynn M, Krystal JH, Murray JD, Repovs G, Anticevic A. Reward and loss incentives improve spatial working memory by shaping trial-by-trial posterior frontoparietal signals. NeuroImage 2022, 254: 119139. PMID: 35346841, PMCID: PMC9264479, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory precisionSpatial working memoryIntraparietal sulcusPrecentral sulcusWorking memoryMotivational signalsBOLD signalParietal cortexReward/lossVisual association regionsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexGoal-directed activityMemory paradigmMemory performanceMemory processesAnterior parietal cortexExecutive networkNeural changesSensory processesPrefrontal cortexLoss incentivesVentral striatumNon-human primate studiesTranslational neuroscienceMemory
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Biomarkers of Clinical Subtype and Treatment Response in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
IRB ID0803003626RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date04/19/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 70 years
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