2022
The association between cannabis use and facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia, siblings, and healthy controls: Results from the EUGEI study
Fusar-Poli L, Pries LK, van Os J, Radhakrishnan R, Pençe AY, Erzin G, Delespaul P, Kenis G, Luykx JJ, Lin BD, Akdede B, Binbay T, Altınyazar V, Yalınçetin B, Gümüş-Akay G, Cihan B, Soygür H, Ulaş H, Cankurtaran EŞ, Kaymak SU, Mihaljevic MM, Andric-Petrovic S, Mirjanic T, Bernardo M, Mezquida G, Amoretti S, Bobes J, Saiz PA, García-Portilla MP, Sanjuan J, Aguilar EJ, Santos JL, Jiménez-López E, Arrojo M, Carracedo A, López G, González-Peñas J, Parellada M, Maric NP, Atbaşoğlu C, Üçok A, Alptekin K, Saka MC, investigators G, Aguglia E, Arango C, Rutten BP, Guloksuz S. The association between cannabis use and facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia, siblings, and healthy controls: Results from the EUGEI study. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2022, 63: 47-59. PMID: 36055075, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsCannabis useDegraded Facial Affect Recognition TaskPresent cross-sectional studyCross-sectional studyHigh genetic riskProgression of schizophreniaRegular cannabis useCognitive disturbancesRegular cannabisPsychosis riskPatientsSchizophreniaFacial emotion recognition performanceGenetic riskCannabisCurrent cannabisEUGEI studyLongitudinal studyAgeSiblingsAssociationRiskOnsetEffect relationship
2021
In vivo evidence of lower synaptic vesicle density in schizophrenia
Radhakrishnan R, Skosnik PD, Ranganathan M, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Finnema S, Hillmer AT, Esterlis I, Huang Y, Nabulsi N, Carson RE, D’Souza D. In vivo evidence of lower synaptic vesicle density in schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 2021, 26: 7690-7698. PMID: 34135473, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01184-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic vesicle densityHealthy controlsVesicle densityHigh-resolution research tomographySynaptic densitySCZ patientsVivo measuresNovel positron emission tomography (PET) ligandGender-matched healthy controlsCumulative antipsychotic exposurePositron emission tomography (PET) ligandSynaptic spine densityPsychosis symptom severityGray matter volumeJ bindingAntipsychotic exposureSpine densityDisease progressionFrontal cortexOccipital cortexTomography ligandTemporal cortexAnterior cingulateVivo findingsParietal cortex
2019
20. ELUCIDATING THE LINK BETWEEN CANNABIS USE AND PSYCHOSIS: FROM THE EXPOSOME AND PHENOME TO THE EPIGENOME AND RECEPTOME
Radhakrishnan R. 20. ELUCIDATING THE LINK BETWEEN CANNABIS USE AND PSYCHOSIS: FROM THE EXPOSOME AND PHENOME TO THE EPIGENOME AND RECEPTOME. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2019, 45: s121-s121. PMCID: PMC6455407, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz022.079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirst-episode psychosisCannabis useReceptor availabilityEU-GEIMeasures of information processingHealthy controlsEU-GEI studyCannabis use resultsPsychosis-spectrum disordersCannabis use disorderPhenotype of schizophreniaRelevant to psychosisRegular cannabis useBrain imaging studiesAssociated with schizophreniaAssessment of behaviorMulti-modal imaging studyPersistent psychosisPsychosis expressionCB1 receptorsCannabis exposureMemory encodingUse disorderPsychosisSchizophrenia