2013
Resting State Electroencephalogram Oscillatory Abnormalities in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Bipolar Patients and Their Relatives from the Bipolar and Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes Study
Narayanan B, O’Neil K, Berwise C, Stevens MC, Calhoun VD, Clementz BA, Tamminga CA, Sweeney JA, Keshavan MS, Pearlson GD. Resting State Electroencephalogram Oscillatory Abnormalities in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Bipolar Patients and Their Relatives from the Bipolar and Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes Study. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 76: 456-465. PMID: 24439302, PMCID: PMC5045030, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree relativesSlow beta activityFast alpha activitySZ probandsAlpha activityHealthy control subjectsBeta activityRelative risk estimatesFrontal delta activityEEG spectral activityModerate relative riskPsychotic bipolar patientsLow-frequency activityPsychotic bipolar probandsGroup independent component analysisControl subjectsRelative riskPost-hoc pair-wise comparisonsBipolar patientsGenetic predispositionIntermediate Phenotypes (B-SNIP) studyOscillatory abnormalitiesAnalysis of covarianceUnique endophenotypesBipolar disorder
2012
Neural Mechanisms of Decision Making in Hoarding Disorder
Tolin DF, Stevens MC, Villavicencio AL, Norberg MM, Calhoun VD, Frost RO, Steketee G, Rauch SL, Pearlson GD. Neural Mechanisms of Decision Making in Hoarding Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 2012, 69: 832-841. PMID: 22868937, PMCID: PMC3506167, DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrain MappingCerebral CortexDecision MakingDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersEvoked PotentialsExpressed EmotionFemaleGyrus CinguliHoarding DisorderHospitals, VoluntaryHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeural PathwaysObsessive BehaviorSickness Impact ProfileConceptsHealthy control subjectsObsessive-compulsive disorderAnterior cingulate cortexNeural mechanismsCingulate cortexBrain regionsNeural activityAppropriate emotional responsesFrontal brain regionsFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signalsPrevious neuroimaging studiesUnique diagnostic entityFunctional magnetic resonanceMagnetic resonance imaging signalsControl subjectsImpaired decisionInsula functionEmotional significanceAffective statesDepressive symptomsHoarding DisorderEmotional responsesNeuroimaging studiesPatientsPoor insight
2010
Genetic Associations of Brain Structural Networks in Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study
Jagannathan K, Calhoun VD, Gelernter J, Stevens MC, Liu J, Bolognani F, Windemuth A, Ruaño G, Assaf M, Pearlson GD. Genetic Associations of Brain Structural Networks in Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study. Biological Psychiatry 2010, 68: 657-666. PMID: 20691427, PMCID: PMC2990476, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific structural brain abnormalitiesMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansSmall sample sizeHealthy control subjectsStructural brain abnormalitiesStructural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansGray matter deficitsResonance imaging scansCortical gray matterNormal central nervous system developmentRisk genesCentral nervous system developmentBrain structural networksControl subjectsImaging scansBrain abnormalitiesNervous system developmentIllness markersSchizophrenia pathophysiologySchizophrenia risk genesGenetic componentTemporal lobeBrain areasEuropean-American subjectsSchizophrenia patientsBrain Connectivity Is Not Only Lower but Different in Schizophrenia: A Combined Anatomical and Functional Approach
Skudlarski P, Jagannathan K, Anderson K, Stevens MC, Calhoun VD, Skudlarska BA, Pearlson G. Brain Connectivity Is Not Only Lower but Different in Schizophrenia: A Combined Anatomical and Functional Approach. Biological Psychiatry 2010, 68: 61-69. PMID: 20497901, PMCID: PMC2900394, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.03.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain connectivityFunctional connectivitySchizophrenia patientsAnatomical connectivityState functional magnetic resonance imagingFunctional connectivity alterationsHealthy control subjectsClinical symptom severityGroup differencesAnatomical connectivity mapsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPosterior cingulate cortexGlobal connectivity analysisClinical symptomsWhite matter anatomyControl subjectsConnectivity alterationsCingulate cortexPatientsResonance imagingBrain regionsSymptom severityDMN componentsTask-positive network
2005
Abnormal hemodynamics in schizophrenia during an auditory oddball task
Kiehl KA, Stevens MC, Celone K, Kurtz M, Krystal JH. Abnormal hemodynamics in schizophrenia during an auditory oddball task. Biological Psychiatry 2005, 57: 1029-1040. PMID: 15860344, PMCID: PMC2771438, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.01.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory oddball taskHealthy participantsOddball taskThree-stimulus auditory oddball taskDiffuse brain abnormalitiesHealthy control subjectsNovelty processingWidespread pathologic processCerebral areasControl subjectsBrain abnormalitiesMagnetic resonance imaging dataAbnormal hemodynamicsPathologic processesSchizophrenia patientsParietal cortexCognitive functionHeterogeneous disorderCerebellar circuitsSchizophreniaAbnormalitiesSignificant activationSubcortical systemsFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataPatients