2001
Cerebral blood flow in obsessive–compulsive patients with major depression: effect of treatment with sertraline or desipramine on treatment responders and non-responders
Hoehn-Saric R, Schlaepfer T, Greenberg B, McLeod D, Pearlson G, Wong S. Cerebral blood flow in obsessive–compulsive patients with major depression: effect of treatment with sertraline or desipramine on treatment responders and non-responders. Psychiatry Research 2001, 108: 89-100. PMID: 11738543, DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4927(01)00114-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBlood Flow VelocityCerebral CortexDepressive Disorder, MajorDesipramineDominance, CerebralDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedObsessive-Compulsive DisorderRegional Blood FlowSertralineTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTreatment OutcomeConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowHigher regional cerebral blood flowWeeks of treatmentCerebral blood flowYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive ScaleBlood flowTemporal regionsType of medicationEffects of sertralineMajor depressive episodePrefrontal regional cerebral blood flowAdministration of medicationsPrefrontal regionsHMPAO SPECT scansEffect of treatmentObsessive Compulsive ScaleDiffuse reductionRCBF reductionStudy entryBasal gangliaDepressive episodeClinical changesMajor depressionDrug treatmentTreatment responders
1999
Lack of normal pattern of cerebral asymmetry in familial schizophrenic patients and their relatives — The Maudsley Family Study
Sharma T, Lancaster E, Sigmundsson T, Lewis S, Takei N, Gurling H, Barta P, Pearlson G, Murray R. Lack of normal pattern of cerebral asymmetry in familial schizophrenic patients and their relatives — The Maudsley Family Study. Schizophrenia Research 1999, 40: 111-120. PMID: 10593451, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(99)00143-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenic patientsOccipitoparietal regionsControl subjectsNormal patternCortical regionsLack of asymmetryFamilial schizophrenic patientsNormal cerebral asymmetryHealthy control subjectsFirst-degree relativesObligate carriersCerebral asymmetryRegional brain volumesUnrelated control subjectsDegree relativesRight sensorimotorNormal brain asymmetryBrain volumeMaudsley Family StudyPatientsOccipital asymmetryUnaffected relativesSchizophreniaBrain asymmetryNormal asymmetry
1997
Medial and superior temporal gyral volumes and cerebral asymmetry in schizophrenia versus bipolar disorder
Pearlson G, Barta P, Powers R, Menon R, Richards S, Aylward E, Federman E, Chase G, Petty R, Tien A. Medial and superior temporal gyral volumes and cerebral asymmetry in schizophrenia versus bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry 1997, 41: 1-14. PMID: 8988790, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(96)00373-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuperior temporal gyrusAnterior superior temporal gyrusBipolar disorderSchizophrenic patientsSuperior temporal gyral volumeMagnetic resonance imaging studyTemporal lobe changesMedial temporal structuresRight anterior superior temporal gyrusResonance imaging studyGlobal brain measuresPosterior superior temporal gyrusGyral volumeHealthy controlsMRI measuresTemporal lobeBipolar patientsBipolar subjectsNormal controlsImaging studiesTemporal gyrusPatientsSchizophreniaBilateral volumesBrain measures
1996
Exploratory factor analysis of MRI brain structure measures in schizophrenia
Tien A, Eaton W, Schlaepfer T, McGilchrist I, Menon R, Richard P, Aylward E, Barta P, Strauss M, Pearlson G. Exploratory factor analysis of MRI brain structure measures in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 1996, 19: 93-101. PMID: 8789907, DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)88520-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuperior temporal gyrusSchizophrenia groupNormal groupTemporal gyrusStructural brain abnormalitiesLateral temporal lobe structuresBrain volume measuresTemporal lobe structuresSpecific brain regionsPosterior superior temporal gyrusBrain structure measuresBasal gangliaBrain abnormalitiesCortical greyEntorhinal cortexBrain regionsSchizophrenic subjectsNeuropsychiatric dataLobe structuresSchizophreniaSignificant differencesSignificant correlationGray regionGyrusFactor structure
1995
Cingulate gyrus in schizophrenic patients and normal volunteers
Noga J, Aylward E, Barta P, Pearlson G. Cingulate gyrus in schizophrenic patients and normal volunteers. Psychiatry Research 1995, 61: 201-208. PMID: 8748465, DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(95)02612-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeverity of hallucinationsCingulate gyrusNormal volunteersMagnetic resonance imaging sectionsPosterior cingulate gyrusPatient groupSchizophrenic patientsBrain volumeParental socioeconomic statusCingulate regionsPatientsCingulate structuresSocioeconomic statusInverse correlationGyrusInterrater reliabilityBonferroni correctionSchizophreniaSeverityVolunteersHallucinationsImaging sectionsLateral asymmetryGroupStructural differences in the cerebral cortex of healthy female and male subjects: a magnetic resonance imaging study
Schlaepfer T, Harris G, Tien A, Peng L, Lee S, Pearlson G. Structural differences in the cerebral cortex of healthy female and male subjects: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychiatry Research 1995, 61: 129-135. PMID: 8545497, DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(95)02634-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical regionsCerebral cortexMagnetic resonance imaging studyLanguage-related cortical regionsResonance imaging studyGray matter volumeMagnetic resonance imagingMatter volumeMale subjectsResonance imagingBrain regionsImaging studiesSexual behaviorWomenSexMenCortexFunctional differencesDifferencesAsymmetry of the planum temporale: methodological considerations and clinical associations
Barta P, Petty R, McGilchrist I, Lewis R, Jerram M, Casanova M, Powers R, Brill L, Pearlson G. Asymmetry of the planum temporale: methodological considerations and clinical associations. Psychiatry Research 1995, 61: 137-150. PMID: 8545498, DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(95)02650-m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia: grey matter changes and clinical correlates
Menon R, Barta P, Aylward E, Richards S, Vaughn D, Tien A, Harris G, Pearlson G. Posterior superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia: grey matter changes and clinical correlates. Schizophrenia Research 1995, 16: 127-135. PMID: 7577766, DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(94)00067-i.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1991
Cortical circumferential profile of SPECT cerebral perfusion in Alzheimer's disease
Harris G, Links J, Pearlson G, Camargo E. Cortical circumferential profile of SPECT cerebral perfusion in Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatry Research 1991, 40: 167-180. PMID: 1780390, DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(91)90008-e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAlzheimer DiseaseBrain MappingCerebral CortexDominance, CerebralFemaleHumansMaleRegional Blood FlowTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsCerebral perfusionAlzheimer's diseaseRegional cerebral perfusionElderly control subjectsCerebral cortex functionControl subjectsCortex functionEntire cortexCircumferential profilesNeuroimaging studiesDiseaseIntersubject comparisonsPerfusionCortexDecrease variabilityPatientsIodoamphetamineBrain edges
1986
Cold Water Stress Abolishes Hyperactivity Produced by Cortical Suction Lesions Without Altering Noradrenergic Depletion
Moran T, Zern K, Pearlson G, Kubos K, Robinson R. Cold Water Stress Abolishes Hyperactivity Produced by Cortical Suction Lesions Without Altering Noradrenergic Depletion. Behavioral Neuroscience 1986, 100: 422-426. PMID: 3730151, DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.100.3.422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuction lesionsControl animalsSham-operated control animalsFirst postoperative weekWeekly intervalsDevelopment of hyperactivityCold water swimmingPostoperative periodNoradrenergic depletionNorepinephrine depletionPostoperative weekCatecholamine depletionBehavioral hyperactivitySwim testLesion groupLesionsHyperactivityWeekly stress