2024
11C-UCB-J PET imaging is consistent with lower synaptic density in autistic adults
Matuskey D, Yang Y, Naganawa M, Koohsari S, Toyonaga T, Gravel P, Pittman B, Torres K, Pisani L, Finn C, Cramer-Benjamin S, Herman N, Rosenthal L, Franke C, Walicki B, Esterlis I, Skosnik P, Radhakrishnan R, Wolf J, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Huang Y, Carson R, Naples A, McPartland J. 11C-UCB-J PET imaging is consistent with lower synaptic density in autistic adults. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-7. PMID: 39367053, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02776-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographySynaptic densityAutistic adultsBrain regionsAutistic featuresClinical phenotype of autismNon-autistic participantsPhenotype of autismNon-autistic individualsRelationship to clinical characteristicsSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AAssociated with clinical measuresPost-mortem studiesPositron emission tomography scanPrefrontal cortexClinician ratingsAutism groupNeural basisBrain areasNeural processesBetween-group differencesVolumetric differencesBinding potentialDensity of synapsesAutism
2014
The Effects of Methylphenidate on Cerebral Activations to Salient Stimuli in Healthy Adults
Farr OM, Hu S, Matuskey D, Zhang S, Abdelghany O, Li CS. The Effects of Methylphenidate on Cerebral Activations to Salient Stimuli in Healthy Adults. Experimental And Clinical Psychopharmacology 2014, 22: 154-165. PMID: 24188171, PMCID: PMC4105943, DOI: 10.1037/a0034465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal taskSalient stimuliSaliency processingFunctional MRIAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderRight inferior parietal cortexHigh motivational valueDeficit hyperactivity disorderEffects of methylphenidateInferior parietal cortexHealthy adultsNeural basisCognitive functioningMotivational valueAttention disordersHyperactivity disorderBilateral caudate headCatecholaminergic signalingMethylphenidate groupParietal cortexCerebral activationHigher activationCatecholaminergic treatmentPrimary motor cortexCerebral activity