2024
Sex differences in the pleiotropy of hearing difficulty with imaging-derived phenotypes: a brain-wide investigation
He J, Cabrera-Mendoza B, De Angelis F, Pathak G, Koller D, Curhan S, Curhan G, Mecca A, van Dyck C, Polimanti R. Sex differences in the pleiotropy of hearing difficulty with imaging-derived phenotypes: a brain-wide investigation. Brain 2024, 147: 3395-3408. PMID: 38454550, PMCID: PMC11449129, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImaging-derived phenotypesHearing difficultiesBrain imaging-derived phenotypesSex-combined analysisLatent causal variable analysesMendelian randomization approachGeneralized linear regression analysisLocal genetic correlation analysisMultivariate generalized linear regression analysisGenome-wide association studiesLatent causal variableGenetic correlation analysisGenetic correlationsLocal genetic correlationMendelian randomizationPeripheral auditory systemOlder adultsGWAS dataLinear regression analysisHealth burdenGenomic regionsAssociation studiesPleiotropic regionsSex differencesTranscriptome regulation
2020
Neurobiologic Rationale for Treatment of Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease With Methylphenidate
van Dyck CH, Arnsten AFT, Padala PR, Brawman-Mintzer O, Lerner AJ, Porsteinsson AP, Scherer RW, Levey AI, Herrmann N, Jamil N, Mintzer JE, Lanctôt KL, Rosenberg PB. Neurobiologic Rationale for Treatment of Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease With Methylphenidate. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020, 29: 51-62. PMID: 32461027, PMCID: PMC7641967, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.04.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment of apathyAlzheimer's diseaseCortical-basal ganglia circuitsPrefrontal cortexMotivated behaviorPublic health burdenSymptoms of apathyCatecholaminergic treatmentNeurobiologic rationaleNeuropsychiatric symptomsDopamine actionGanglia circuitsHealth burdenThalamocortical circuitsCognitive symptomsMethylphenidate actionsCatecholamine actionNeuronal circuitsSymptomsDiseaseApathetic behaviorTreatmentInitial trialMethylphenidateAD results