2016
CHRNA4 and ANKK1 Polymorphisms Influence Smoking-Induced Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Upregulation
Esterlis I, Hillmer AT, Bois F, Pittman B, McGovern E, O’Malley S, Picciotto MR, Yang BZ, Gelernter J, Cosgrove KP. CHRNA4 and ANKK1 Polymorphisms Influence Smoking-Induced Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Upregulation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2016, 18: 1845-1852. PMID: 27611310, PMCID: PMC4978979, DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCase-Control StudiesCorpus StriatumFemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, NicotinicSmokingSmoking CessationSmoking PreventionTobacco Use DisorderTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonUp-RegulationWhite PeopleConceptsSmoking-induced changesWeeks of abstinenceNAChR availabilitySmoking cessationNicotine dependenceSex-matched nonsmokersTomography brain scanSingle nucleotide polymorphismsNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsSingle photon emissionDays of abstinenceNonsmoker levelsTobacco smokingReceptor upregulationBlood samplesAcetylcholine receptorsBrain scansCHRNA4 variantsCortical regionsSmokersCarrier statusExtended abstinenceAbstinencePersonalized programsNonsmokers
1989
Corpus callosum dimensions measured by magnetic resonance imaging in bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia
Hauser P, Dauphinais I, Berrettini W, DeLisi L, Gelernter J, Post R. Corpus callosum dimensions measured by magnetic resonance imaging in bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 1989, 26: 659-668. PMID: 2804188, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(89)90100-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral areasMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scansBipolar affective patientsNormal control subjectsBipolar affective disorderControl subjectsCallosal areaPsychiatric illnessCallosal regionsSchizophrenic patientsAffective patientsGender differencesAffective disordersControl groupBrain scansMale subjectsDiagnostic groupsSchizophrenic groupFemale subjectsTesla scannerMidsagittal sliceSignificant differencesPatientsCallosalGenuTemporal lobe measurement in primary affective disorder by magnetic resonance imaging
Hauser P, Altshuler LL, Berrettini W, Dauphinais ID, Gelernter J, Post RM. Temporal lobe measurement in primary affective disorder by magnetic resonance imaging. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 1989, 1: 128-134. PMID: 2521053, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.1.2.128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary affective disorderTemporal lobeAffective disordersCerebral areasSpecific temporal lobe structuresTemporal lobe structuresMagnetic resonance imagingNormal controlsNormal subjectsInterpeduncular cisternBrain scansCoronal slicesResonance imagingPatientsLobe structuresDisordersLobeSame hemisphereRelative decreaseMagnetic resonanceSubjects