2006
Rating Scales, Scales of Measurement, Issues of Reliability
Cicchetti D, Bronen R, Spencer S, Haut S, Berg A, Oliver P, Tyrer P. Rating Scales, Scales of Measurement, Issues of Reliability. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2006, 194: 557-564. PMID: 16909062, DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000230392.83607.c5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1997
Positron Emission Tomography Measurement of Cerebral Metabolic Correlates of Tryptophan Depletion—Induced Depressive Relapse
Bremner JD, Innis RB, Salomon RM, Staib LH, Ng CK, Miller HL, Bronen RA, Krystal JH, Duncan J, Rich D, Price LH, Malison R, Dey H, Soufer R, Charney DS. Positron Emission Tomography Measurement of Cerebral Metabolic Correlates of Tryptophan Depletion—Induced Depressive Relapse. JAMA Psychiatry 1997, 54: 364-374. PMID: 9107153, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830160092012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral metabolic correlatesDepressive relapseBrain metabolismMajor depressionMiddle frontal gyrusOrbitofrontal cortexTryptophan depletionMetabolic correlatesPositron emission tomography scanningFrontal gyrusRelapse-prone patientsPathogenesis of depressionPositron emission tomography (PET) measurementsSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsSymptoms of patientsPositron emission tomographySingle photon emissionSpecific brain regionsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexReuptake inhibitorsPlasma tryptophanLimbic regionsCaudate nucleusDepressive symptomsPatients
1995
MRI-based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat- related posttraumatic stress disorder
Bremner J, Randall P, Scott T, Bronen R, Seibyl J, Southwick S, Delaney R, McCarthy G, Charney D, Innis R. MRI-based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat- related posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1995, 152: 973-981. PMID: 7793467, PMCID: PMC3233767, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.7.973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderCombat-related posttraumatic stress disorderSmaller right hippocampal volumeRight hippocampal volumeVerbal memoryHippocampal volumeStress disorderPTSD patientsShort-term verbal memoryShort-term memoryWechsler Memory ScaleComparison subjectsVietnam combat veteransMemory ScaleCombat veteransYears of educationMagnetic resonance imagingBrain regionsMemoryBrain structuresFunctional deficitsNeurotoxic effectsPsychiatric disordersAlcohol abusePatients