2017
Reward-related frontostriatal activity and smoking behavior among adolescents in treatment for smoking cessation
Garrison KA, Yip SW, Balodis IM, Carroll KM, Potenza MN, Krishnan-Sarin S. Reward-related frontostriatal activity and smoking behavior among adolescents in treatment for smoking cessation. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 177: 268-276. PMID: 28651213, PMCID: PMC5564393, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent smokersReward anticipationNeural responsesMonetary incentive delay taskBehavioral Activation ScaleIncentive delay taskNeural reward systemVentral striatal activationCessation treatmentMedial prefrontal cortexBilateral nucleus accumbensNeural correlatesSmoking cessation treatmentActivation ScalesBehavioral inhibitionFrontostriatal responseDelay taskFrontostriatal activityAdolescent nonsmokersStriatal activationPrefrontal cortexEffective smoking cessation interventionsReward systemSmoking cessation interventionTobacco use disorderGray‐matter relationships to diagnostic and transdiagnostic features of drug and behavioral addictions
Yip SW, Worhunsky PD, Xu J, Morie KP, Constable RT, Malison RT, Carroll KM, Potenza MN. Gray‐matter relationships to diagnostic and transdiagnostic features of drug and behavioral addictions. Addiction Biology 2017, 23: 394-402. PMID: 28150390, PMCID: PMC5538947, DOI: 10.1111/adb.12492.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Cortical glutathione levels in young people with bipolar disorder: a pilot study using magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Godlewska BR, Yip SW, Near J, Goodwin GM, Cowen PJ. Cortical glutathione levels in young people with bipolar disorder: a pilot study using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Psychopharmacology 2013, 231: 327-332. PMID: 23955702, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3244-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar disorderGSH levelsOccipital cortexHealthy age-matched controlsPilot studyDSM-IV bipolar disorderPost-mortem brain tissueConclusionsThis pilot studyAge-matched controlsProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyTime of studyMagnetic resonance spectroscopyCortical GSHIll patientsCortical metabolitesΓ-aminobutyric acidCellular free radicalsMood disturbanceUseful biomarkerBipolar pathophysiologyPatientsTrait biomarkerBrain tissueGlutathione levelsObjectivesThe objective