2022
Mispatterning and interneuron deficit in Tourette Syndrome basal ganglia organoids
Brady M, Mariani J, Koca Y, Szekely A, King R, Bloch M, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Leckman J, Vaccarino F. Mispatterning and interneuron deficit in Tourette Syndrome basal ganglia organoids. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 5007-5019. PMID: 36447010, PMCID: PMC9949887, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01880-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeInterneuron deficitsGABAergic interneuronsHealthy controlsNeurodevelopmental underpinningsNeuropathological deficitsBG circuitryNeuropsychiatric disordersDecreased differentiationT patientsInterneuronsAltered expressionPotential mechanismsCilia disruptionSonic hedgehogOrganoidsStem cellsTS individualsPluripotent stem cellsGli transcription factorsDeficitsOrganoid differentiationEarly stagesCholinergicPatients
2014
Meta-analysis: hoarding symptoms associated with poor treatment outcome in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Bloch MH, Bartley CA, Zipperer L, Jakubovski E, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Pittenger C, Leckman JF. Meta-analysis: hoarding symptoms associated with poor treatment outcome in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2014, 19: 1025-1030. PMID: 24912494, PMCID: PMC4169729, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment responseOCD patientsOdds ratioFurther treatment researchCase-control studyPoor treatment outcomesDifferential treatment responseSymptoms of OCDPrimary outcomeTreatment modalitiesEligible studiesTreatment outcomesPatientsElectronic searchSymptomsTotal participantsBehavioral therapyOCD treatmentDisordersSymptom dimensionsTreatment researchDSM-5Hoarding symptomsTreatment
2013
Comprehensive Assessment Strategies
King R, Landeros-Weisenberger A. Comprehensive Assessment Strategies. 2013, 402-410. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199796267.003.0018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Dimensional predictors of response to SRI pharmacotherapy in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Landeros-Weisenberger A, Bloch MH, Kelmendi B, Wegner R, Nudel J, Dombrowski P, Pittenger C, Krystal JH, Goodman WK, Leckman JF, Coric V. Dimensional predictors of response to SRI pharmacotherapy in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2009, 121: 175-179. PMID: 19577308, PMCID: PMC3974618, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderSRI responseSymptom dimensionsOpen-label continuation phaseClinical Global Improvement ScaleGlobal Improvement ScaleCentral serotonin systemInitial positive responseYale-Brown ObsessiveContinuation phaseMinor symptomsOrdinal logistic regressionClinical trialsSerotonin systemTreatment responseSame patientImprovement ScaleSRI treatmentPatientsSignificant associationLogistic regressionCompulsive ScaleOCD patientsOCD subjectsSymptoms