2021
Psychological Resilience to the Challenges of Physical Aging in Older U.S. Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Asch RH, Kachadourian L, Southwick SM, Esterlis I, Pietrzak RH. Psychological Resilience to the Challenges of Physical Aging in Older U.S. Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2021, 29: 1280-1285. PMID: 34053836, PMCID: PMC8553809, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.04.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological resilienceOlder U.S. veteransVeterans StudySecure attachment stylePhysical health difficultiesU.S. veteransU.S. military veteransRelative importance analysisAttachment securityAttachment styleHealth difficultiesNovel analytic approachMilitary veteransIntervention strategiesMindfulnessStrongest correlateGreater resilienceMultiple regressionResilienceVeteransOlder veteransAnalytic approachRepresentative sampleDifficulty indexScores
2017
Glutamate homeostasis in the adult rat prefrontal cortex is altered by cortical docosahexaenoic acid accrual during adolescence: An in vivo 1H MRS study
McNamara R, Asch R, Schurdak J, Lindquist D. Glutamate homeostasis in the adult rat prefrontal cortex is altered by cortical docosahexaenoic acid accrual during adolescence: An in vivo 1H MRS study. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2017, 270: 39-45. PMID: 29049903, PMCID: PMC5671887, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDEF ratsGlutamate homeostasisPrefrontal cortexFO ratsDHA levelsAdult rat prefrontal cortexVivo 1H MRS studyMarkers of excitotoxicityFatty acid-deficient dietAstrocyte glutamate transportersH-MRS scansAdult rat brainRat prefrontal cortexAdult prefrontal cortexGlutamine/glutamate ratioDietary-induced alterationsMajor psychiatric disordersBrain DHAGlutamate levelsDiet groupGLAST expressionGlutamine synthetase expressionMRS scansAdolescent ratsRat brain