Robert Beech, PhD, MD
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Education & Training
- MD
- University of Illinois (1997)
- PhD
- University of Illinois (1994)
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Antidepressive Agents; Bipolar Disorder; Neurogenesis; Neurosciences; Psychiatry
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Rajita Sinha, PhD
Sheila Umlauf
Zubin Bhagwagar, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, DPhil
5Publications
61Citations
Bipolar Disorder
Publications
2011
- Beech, R.D. and Sinha, R. (2011) “Cocaine” in Addiction Medicine: Science and Practice, Johnson, B.A. ed. (Springer, New York) pp. 397-416.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Increased peripheral blood expression of electron transport chain genes in bipolar depression
Beech RD, Lowthert L, Leffert JJ, Mason PN, Taylor MM, Umlauf S, Lin A, Lee JY, Maloney K, Muralidharan A, Lorberg B, Zhao H, Newton SS, Mane S, Epperson CN, Sinha R, Blumberg H, Bhagwagar Z. Increased peripheral blood expression of electron transport chain genes in bipolar depression. Bipolar Disorders 2010, 12: 813-824. PMID: 21176028, PMCID: PMC3076072, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00882.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsBipolar disorderBipolar depressionPeripheral bloodDepressed subjectsGeneGo MetaCore softwarePeripheral blood expressionHealthy control subjectsReal-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionEffects of medicationReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionMitochondrial electron transport chainControl subjectsPolymerase chain reactionUnmedicated subjectsHealthy controlsBlood expressionBPD subjectsSpecific genetic pathwaysElectron transport chain genesMetaCore softwareA totalAltered expressionQRT-PCRCocaine
Beech R, Sinha R. Cocaine. 2010, 397-416. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0338-9_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsCognitive behavior therapyBehavior therapyCocaine dependenceGeneral cognitive behavior therapyContingency managementRelapse prevention techniquesCompulsive drug seekingReward-related informationContingency management techniquesCocaine-taking behaviorConditions of challengeExecutive controlLong-term neuroadaptationsCocaine-related disordersDrug seekingCocaine useAdditional clinical attentionExtended abstinenceAnxiety disordersNeurobiological aspectsChronic cocaine useRegular cocaine useRelapse preventionPsychological symptomsNegative consequences
2009
Altered response to antidepressant treatment in FoxG1 heterozygous knockout mice
Kinsler R, Taylor MM, Flores NM, Leffert JJ, Beech RD. Altered response to antidepressant treatment in FoxG1 heterozygous knockout mice. Synapse 2009, 64: 169-171. PMID: 19852072, PMCID: PMC2789865, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20737.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAdult hippocampal neurogenesisTail suspension testDifferent rodent modelsHeterozygous knockout miceForkhead box protein G1Heterozygous null miceRole of Foxg1Phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinaseContextual fear learningMechanism of actionAntidepressant actionHippocampal neurogenesisNeurogenic propertiesSwim testMood disordersRodent modelsSuspension testAntidepressantsKnockout miceLittermate controlsBehavioral abnormalitiesNull miceNormal levelsFOXG1 geneAltered response
2005
The Role of Transcription Factors in the Biology of Depression
Beech R, Duman R. The Role of Transcription Factors in the Biology of Depression. 2005, 823-854. DOI: 10.1002/9783527619672.ch33.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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- April 08, 2022
An Artist Reflects
- May 07, 2018
Residents, fellows, faculty contribute to book '50 Studies Every Psychiatrist Should Know'
- December 01, 2014
In heavy drinkers, expression of gene predicts stress-induced alcohol consumption
- June 06, 2013
Research identifies possible genetic markers for treatment response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder
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