2019
Effects of Integrated Brain, Body, and Social (IBBS) intervention on ERP measures of attentional control in children with ADHD
Smith SD, Crowley MJ, Ferrey A, Ramsey K, Wexler BE, Leckman JF, Sukhodolsky DG. Effects of Integrated Brain, Body, and Social (IBBS) intervention on ERP measures of attentional control in children with ADHD. Psychiatry Research 2019, 278: 248-257. PMID: 31233935, PMCID: PMC6637759, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.06.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral measuresAttentional controlIntegrated brainGo/No-Go taskGo-P3 latencySlower reaction timesSocial interventionsRobust treatment effectAttentional systemADHD groupERP measuresDifference waveP3 latencyBrain activityADHDTAU groupEEG proceduresHealthy controlsHC groupReaction timeReplication purposesERPTreatment effectsChildrenSecondary goal
2013
Oxytocin enhances brain function in children with autism
Gordon I, Vander Wyk B, Bennett RH, Cordeaux C, Lucas MV, Eilbott JA, Zagoory-Sharon O, Leckman JF, Feldman R, Pelphrey KA. Oxytocin enhances brain function in children with autism. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 20953-20958. PMID: 24297883, PMCID: PMC3876263, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312857110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSuperior temporal sulcusTemporal sulcusOrbitofrontal cortexLeft superior temporal sulcusMiddle frontal gyrusMedial prefrontal cortexRight orbitofrontal cortexSocial attunementSocial judgmentsMeaningful stimuliFrontal gyrusSpectrum disorderBrain activityPrefrontal cortexRight amygdalaSocial functioningFunctional MRIPremotor cortexHedonic evaluationBrain functionJudgmentsCortexChildrenOxytocinBrain mechanisms for prepulse inhibition in adults with Tourette syndrome: Initial findings
Zebardast N, Crowley MJ, Bloch MH, Mayes LC, Vander Wyk BV, Leckman JF, Pelphrey KA, Swain JE. Brain mechanisms for prepulse inhibition in adults with Tourette syndrome: Initial findings. Psychiatry Research 2013, 214: 33-41. PMID: 23916249, PMCID: PMC3932431, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeFunctional magnetic resonance imagingHealthy subjectsTic severityWhole-brain functional magnetic resonance imagingYale Global Tic Severity ScaleTactile startle responseCase-control study designTic Severity ScaleCortical-striatal circuitsBrain activityMagnetic resonance imagingMultiple brain regionsLeft middle frontal gyrusMiddle frontal gyrusDegree of PPIPulse-alone stimuliBlock-design fMRI paradigmTic symptomsNeuropathological dataHealthy controlsPrepulse inhibitionDevelopmental neuropsychiatric disordersSensorimotor gatingLeft caudate