2020
Attentional Bias in specific symmetry and cleaning dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder
De Mathis M, Batistuzzo M, Bar-Haim Y, Abend R, Miguel E, Morais I, Requena G, Salum G, Shavitt R. Attentional Bias in specific symmetry and cleaning dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2020, 73: 102238. PMID: 32447225, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderAttentional biasAB scoresComputerized dot-probe taskSymptoms of OCDDot-probe taskAllocation of attentionThreat stimuliNeutral stimuliTask conditionsOCD dimensionsOCD patientsDemographic variablesStimuliPositive interactionsNeutral conditionsMixed-effects modelsHealthy controlsIQDisordersBiasTaskScoresSymptomsPicture
2019
Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children
Bernardes E, Manitto A, Miguel E, Pan P, Batistuzzo M, Rohde L, Polanczyk G. Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 29: 969-978. PMID: 31559500, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01408-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive behavior disordersExecutive functionChildhood maltreatmentCognitive flexibilityEF performanceCommunity sampleBehavior disorderSchool-based sampleCognitive mechanismsCognitive tasksInhibitory controlDisruptive behaviorChild maltreatmentMaltreatmentWorse performanceMental disordersModeratorChildrenImpairmentDisordersIndependent relationshipMemoryFuture studiesAssociationTask
2018
Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life
Axelrud L, Santoro M, Pine D, Talarico F, Gadelha A, Manfro G, Pan P, Jackowski A, Picon F, Brietzke E, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bressan R, Miguel E, Rohde L, Hakonarson H, Pausova Z, Belangero S, Paus T, Salum G. Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2018, 175: 555-563. PMID: 29495896, PMCID: PMC6372950, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17050529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal volumeEarly-life cognitionCanadian sampleMemory taskCognitive abilitiesExecutive functionImmediate recallMemory performanceCognitive testsGenetic riskReplication sampleBrain algorithmPolygenic risk scoresStandardized testsLower hippocampal volumeDistinct tasksBrain structuresAlzheimer's diseaseCognitionIndependent samplesLate-life dementiaDevelopmental conditionsRecallPrevious evidenceTask