2015
How Animal Models Inform Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Stevens HE, Vaccarino FM. How Animal Models Inform Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2015, 54: 352-359. PMID: 25901771, PMCID: PMC4407022, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRisk factorsPsychiatric disordersAnimal modelsImportance of doseChildhood psychiatric disordersAdolescent psychiatryAnimal model systemsAnimal model workChild psychiatryPsychiatric pathophysiologyBrain developmentChildhood disordersChild psychiatristsBrain functioningBasis of recoveryDisordersBehavioral problemsChildrenClinical workPsychiatryField of childPathophysiologyFactorsDoseNeurochemistry
2011
Annual Research Review: The promise of stem cell research for neuropsychiatric disorders
Vaccarino FM, Urban AE, Stevens HE, Szekely A, Abyzov A, Grigorenko EL, Gerstein M, Weissman S. Annual Research Review: The promise of stem cell research for neuropsychiatric disorders. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2011, 52: 504-516. PMID: 21204834, PMCID: PMC3124336, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02348.x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNervous systemNeuropsychiatric disordersPsychiatric disordersAdult-onset neuropsychiatric disordersEarly onset neuropsychiatric disordersHuman neural cellsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderStem cellsNeural stem cellsDeficit hyperactivity disorderHuman brain developmentObsessive-compulsive disorderPharmacological interventionsFunctional neuronsBrain developmentUse of iPSCsNeural cellsHyperactivity disorderTime pointsDisordersCompulsive disorderPatientsNeural differentiationDevelopmental time pointsNeurodevelopmental conditions
2010
Neural Stem Cell Regulation, Fibroblast Growth Factors, and the Developmental Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Stevens HE, Smith KM, Rash BG, Vaccarino FM. Neural Stem Cell Regulation, Fibroblast Growth Factors, and the Developmental Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2010, 4: 59. PMID: 20877431, PMCID: PMC2944667, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00059.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsNeural stem cellsFibroblast growth factorGrowth factorPsychiatric disordersNeuropsychiatric disordersBrain-derived growth factorEmbryonic neural stem cellsNeural stem cell regulationStem cell regulationMajor depressionPsychiatric illnessAdult brainNeurodevelopmental underpinningsMental disordersNeuronal precursorsReceptor tyrosine kinasesCandidate susceptibility genesSchizophrenia 1DisordersHomeodomain genesMental retardationAbnormal specificationCell biologyDevelopmental originsMultipotent cells
2007
Deficiency in Inhibitory Cortical Interneurons Associates with Hyperactivity in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Mutant Mice
Smith K, Fagel DM, Stevens HE, Rabenstein RL, Maragnoli ME, Ohkubo Y, Picciotto MR, Schwartz ML, Vaccarino FM. Deficiency in Inhibitory Cortical Interneurons Associates with Hyperactivity in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Mutant Mice. Biological Psychiatry 2007, 63: 953-962. PMID: 17988653, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.09.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmphetamineAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBiogenic MonoaminesCell CountCentral Nervous System StimulantsCerebral CortexDisease Models, AnimalDopamine AgentsExploratory BehaviorFibroblast Growth Factor 1Glutamate DecarboxylaseHyperkinesisLocomotionMaleMethylphenidateMiceMice, KnockoutMotor ActivityNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural InhibitionNeuronsSignal TransductionConceptsInhibitory cortical circuitsCortical pyramidal neuronsD2 receptor antagonistGrowth factor receptor 1Spontaneous locomotor hyperactivityFibroblast growth factor receptor 1Factor receptor 1Inhibitory neuronal subtypesLocomotor hyperactivityDopamine agonistsCerebral cortexPyramidal neuronsBasal gangliaMotor hyperactivityReceptor antagonistInhibitory interneuronsTyrosine hydroxylaseCortical circuitsPsychiatric disordersLocomotor responseNeuronal subtypesReceptor 1Mutant miceDopamine transporterSpatial learning