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Selected papers published by our imaging investigators in recent years are featured below:


Rowland LM, Edden RA, Zhu H, Barker PB, Hong LE. GABA predicts inhibition of frequency-specific oscillations in schizophrenia. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. In press.

Hahn B, Gold JM, Buchanan RW. The potential of nicotinic enhancement of cognitive remediation training in schizophrenia. Neuropharmacology. 2013 Jan; 64:185-90. Epub 2012 Jun 13. PMID: 23292856

Wijtenburg SA, Rowland LM, Edden RA, Barker PB. Reproducibility of brain spectroscopy at 7T using conventional localization and spectral editing techniques. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Jan 4. PMID: 23292856 (Epub ahead of print)


Moran LV, Sampath H, Kochunov P, Hong LE. Brain circuits that link schizophrenia to high risk of cigarette smoking. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2012 Dec 12. (Epub ahead of print)

Moran LV, Sampath H, Stein EA, Hong LE. Insular and anterior cingulate circuits in smokers with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2012 Dec;142(1-3):223-9. Epub 2012 Sep 27. PMID: 23021898

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Rowland LM, Olvera RL, Winkler A, Yang YH, Sampath H, Carpenter WT, Duggirala R, Curran J, Blangero J, Hong LE. Testing the hypothesis of accelerated cerebral white matter aging in schizophrenia and major depression. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 28. (Epub ahead of print)

Rowland, LM, Kontson K, West J, Edden RA, Zhu H, Wijtenburg SA, Holcomb HH, Barker PB. In vivo measurements of glutamate, GABA, and NAAG in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2012 Oct 18. PMID: 23081992 (Epub ahead of print)

Wijtenburg SA, McGuire SA, Rowland LM, Sherman PM, Lancaster JL, Tate DF, Hardies JL, Patel B, Glahn DC, Hong LE, Fox PT, Kochunov P. Relationship between fractional anisotropy of cerebral white matter and metabolite concentrations measured using (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy in healthy adults. NeuroImage. 2012 Oct 13;66C:161=168. PMID: 23073233 (Epub ahead of print)

Hong LE, Moran LV, Du X, O'Donnell P, Summerfelt A. Mismatch negativity and low frequency oscillations in schizophrenia families. Clin Neurophysiology. 2012 Oct;123(10)1980-8. Epub 2012 Apr 25.

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Hong LE, Lancaster J, Curran JE, Johnson MP, Winkler AM, Holcomb HH, Kent JW Jr, Mitchell B, Kochunov V, Olvera RL, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Goring H, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J. P-selectin expression tracks cerebral atrophy in mexican-americans. Frontiers in Genetics. 2012;3:65. Epub 2012 May 1.

Fischer BA, Keller WR, Arango C, Pearlson GD, McMahon RP, Meyer WA, Francis A, Kirkpatrick B, Carpenter WT, Buchanan RW. Cortical structural abnormalities in deficit versus nondeficit schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2012 Apr;136(1-3):51-4.

Spieker EA, Astur RS, West JT, Griego JA, Rowland LM. Spatial memory deficits in a virtual reality eight-arm radial maze in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2012 Mar;135(1-3):84-9. Epub 2011 Dec 9. PMID: 22154760

Hong LE, Summerfelt A, Mitchell BD, O'Donnell P, Thaker GK. A shared low-frequency oscillatory rhythm abnormality in resting and sensory gating in schizophrenia. Clin Neurophysiology. 2012 Feb;123(2):285-92.

Fisher JE, Cortes CR, Griego JA, Tagamets MA. Repetition of letter strings leads to activation of and connectivity with word-related regions. NeuroImage. 2012 Feb 1;59(3):2839-49.

Kochunov P, Rogers W, Mangin JF, Lancaster J. A library of cortical morphology analysis tools to study development, aging and genetics of cerebral cortex. Neuroinformatics. 2012 Jan;10(1):81-96.

Hahn B, Hollingworth A, Robinson BM, Kaiser ST, Leonard CJ, Beck VM, Kappenman S, Luck SJ, Gold JM. Control of working memory content in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 2012 Jan;134(1):70-75.


Hong LE, Thaker GK, McMahon RP, Summerfelt A, Rachbeisel J, Fuller RL, Wonodi I, Buchanan RW, Myers C, Heishman SJ, Yang J, Nye A. Effects of moderate-dose treatment with varenicline on neurobiological and cognitive biomarkers in smokers and nonsmokers with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Dec;68(12):1195-206.

Phillips KA, Kochunov P. Tracking development of the corpus callosum in fetal and early postnatal baboons using magnetic resonance imaging. Open Neuroimag J. 2011;5:179-85. Epub 2011 Nov 18.

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Nichols TE, Winkler AM, Hong LE, Holcomb HH, Stein JL, Thompson PM, Curran JE, Carless MA, Olvera RL, Johnson MP, Cole SA, Kochunov V, Kent J, Blangero J. Genetic analysis of cortical thickness and fractional anisotropy of water diffusion in the brain. Front Neuroscience. 2011 Oct;5:120.

Rowland LM. Who is resilient to depression? Multimodal imaging of the hippocampus in preclinical chronic mild stress model may provide clues. Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Sep 1;70(5):406-7.

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster J, Thompson PM, Rogers B, Fox P, Blangero J, Williamson DE. Functional anisotrophy of cerebral white matter and thickness of cortical gray matter across the lifespan. NeuroImage. 2011 Sept;58(1):41-9.

Wonodi I, Stine OC, Sathyasaikumar KV, Roberts RC, Mitchell BD, Hong LE, Kajii Y, Thaker GK, Schwarcz R. Downregulated kynurenine 3-monooxygenase gene expression and enzyme activity in schizophrenia and genetic association with schizophrenia endophenotypes. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Jul;68(7):665-74.

Moran LV, Hong LE. High vs. low frequency neural oscillations in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulliten. 2011 Jun;37(4):659-63.

Hong LE, Schroeder M, Ross TJ, Buchholz B, Salmeron BJ, Wonodi I, Thaker GK, Stein EA. Nicotine enhances but does not normalize visual sustained attention and the associated brain network in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2011 Mar;37(2):416-25.

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Karlsgodt K, Olvera RL, Curran JE, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J. Blood pressure and cerebral white matter share common genetic factors in Mexican Americans. Hypertension. 2011 Feb;57(2):330-5.

Waltz JA, Frank MJ, Wiecki TV, Gold JM. Altered probabilistic learning and response biases in schizophrenia: behavioral evidence and neurocomputational modeling. Neuropsychology. 2011 Jan;25(1):86-97.


Kochunov P, Glahn D, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Kent JW Jr, Olvera RL, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J. Whole brain and regional hyperintense white matter volume and blood pressure: Overlap of genetic loci produced by bivariate, whole-genome linkage analyses. Stroke. 2010 Oct;41(10):2137-42.

Zhang XC, Stein EA, Hong LE. Smoking and schizophrenia independently and additively reduce white matter integrity between striatum and frontal cortex. Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Oct 1;68(7):674-7.

Waltz JA, Schweitzer JB, Ross TJ, Kurup PK, Salmeron BJ, Rose EJ, Gold JM, Stein EA. Abnormal responses to monetary outcomes in cortex, but not in the basal ganglia, in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Nov;35(12):2427-39. Epub 2010 Aug 18. PMID: 20720534; PMCID: PMC2955756

Hong LE, Hodgkinson CA, Yang Y, Sampath H, Ross TJ, Buchholz B, Salmeron BJ, Srivastava V, Thaker GK, Goldman D, Stein EA. A genetically modulated, intrinsic cingulate circuit supports human nicotine addiction. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010 Jul 27;107(30):13509-14.

Kochunov P, Castro C, Davis DM, Dudley D, Wey HY, Purdy D, Fox PT, Simerly C, Schatten G. Fetal brain during a binge drinking episode: A dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI fetal brain perfusion study. Neuroreport. 2010 Jul 14;21(10):716-21.

Bustillo JR, Rowland LM, Millins P, Jung R, Chen H, Qualls C, Hammond R, Brooks WM, Lauriello J. 1H-MRS at 4 tesla in minimally treated early schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;15(6):629-36. Epub 2009 Nov 17. PMID: 19918243

Kochunov P, Castro C, Davis D, Dudley D, Brewer J, Zhang Y, Kroenke CD, Purdy D, Fox PT, Simerly C, Schatten G. Mapping primary gyrogenesis during fetal development in primate brains: High-resolution in utero structural MRI of fetal brain development in pregnant baboons. Front Neurosci. 2010 May 10;4:20.

Holcomb HH, Murray GK. Successful learning in schizophrenia, functional neuroimaging studies and theoretical considerations. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2010 May;36(3):463-4. PMID: 20403923

Rowland LM, Griego JA, Spieker EA, Cortes CR, Holcomb HH. Neural changes associated with relational learning in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2010 May;36 (3):496-503. PMID: 20418447

Kochunov P, Duff Davis M. Development of structural MR brain imaging protocols to study genetics and maturation. Methods. 2010 Mar;50(3):136-46.

Rowland LM, Beason-Held L, Tamminga CA, Holcomb HH. The interactive effects of ketamine and nicotine on human cerebral blood flow. Psychopharmacology. 2010 Mar;(4): 575-84. PMID: 20066400

Hong LE, Summerfelt A, Buchanan RW, O'Donnell P, Thaker GK, Weiler MA, Lahti AC. Gamma and delta neural oscillations and association with clinical symptoms under subanesthetic ketamine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Feb;35(3):632-40.


Kochunov P, Glahn D, Winkler A, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Cole S, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Fox PT, Blangero J. Analysis of genetic variability and whole genome linkage of whole-brain, subcortical, and ependymal hyperintense white matter volume. Stroke. 2009 Dec;40(12):3685-90.

Rowland LM, Spieker EA, Holcomb HH. A review of diffusion tensor imaging in schizophrenia. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses. 2009 Oct;3(3):142-54.

Kochunov P, Robin DA, Royall DR, Coyle T, Lancaster J, Kochunov V, Schlosser AE, Fox PT. Can structural MRI indices of cerebral integrity track cognitive trends in executive control functioning during normal maturation and adulthood? Human Brain Mapping. 2009 Aug;30(8):2581-94.

Hong LE, Turano KA, O'Neil HB, Lei H, Wonodi I, McMahon RP, Thaker GK. Is motion perception deficit in schizophrenia a consequence of eyetracking abnormality? Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jun; 65(12):1079-85.

Waltz JA, Schweitzer JB, Gold JM, Kurup PK, Ross TJ, Salmeron BJ, Rose EJ, McClure SM, Stein EA. Patients with schizophrenia have a reduced neural response to both unpredictable and predictable primary reinforcers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 May;34(6): 1567-77.

Rowland LM, Spieker EA, Francis A, Barker PB, Carpenter WT, Buchanan RW. White matter alterations in deficit schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 May;34(6):1514-22.

Hong LE, Gu, H, Yang YH, Ross TJ, Salmeron BJ, Buchholz B, Thaker GK, Stein EA. Nicotine addiction and nicotine's actions are associated with separate cingulate cortex functional circuits. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Apr;66(4):431-41.

Wonodi I, Hong LE, Stine OC, Mitchell BD, Elliott A, Roberts RC, Conley RR, McMahon RP, Thaker GK. Dopamine transporter polymorphism modulates oculomotor function and DAT1 mRNA expression in schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Mar 5;150B(2):282-9.


Griego JA, Cortes CR, Nune S, Fisher JE, Tagamets MA. Word and letter string processing networks in schizophrenia: Evidence for anomalies and compensation. Brain Lang. 2008 Nov;107(2):158-66.

Hong LE, Summerfelt A, Mitchell BD, McMahon RP, Wonodi I, Buchanan RW, Thaker GK. Sensory gating endophenotype based on its neural oscillatory pattern and heritability estimate. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;65(9):1008-16.

Bustillo JR, Rowland LM, Jung R, Brooks WM, Qualls C, Hammond R, Hart B, Lauriello J. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy during initial treatment with antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2008 Sep;33(10):2456-66. Epub 2007 Dec 19. PMID: 18094668

Hong LE, Wonodi I, Lewis J, Thaker GK. Nicotine effect on prepulse inhibition and prepulse facilitation in schizophrenia patients. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2008 Aug;33(9):2167-74.

Hahn B, Wolkenberg FA, Ross TJ, Myers CS, Heishman SJ, Stein DJ, Kurup P, Stein EA. Divided versus selective attention: Evidence for common processing mechanisms. Brain Research. 2008 Jun;1215: 137-146.

Waltz JA, Schweitzer JB, Gold JM, Kurup PK, Ross TJ, Salmeron BJ, Rose EJ, McClure SM, Stein EA. Patients with schizophrenia have a reduced neural response to both unpredictable and predictable primary reinforcers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 May;34(6):1567-77. Epub 2008 Dec 3. PMID: 19052540

Rowland LM, Shadmehr R, Kravitz D, Holcomb HH. Sequential neural changes during motor skill learning in schizophrenia. Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging. 2008 May;163(1):1-12. PMID: 18407471

Hong LE, Buchanan RW, Thaker GK, Shepard PD, Summerfelt A. Beta (~16Hz) frequency neural oscillations mediate auditory sensory gating in humans. Psychophysiology. 2008 Mar;45(2):197-204.

Hong LE, Turano KA, O'Neil H, Lei H, Wonodi I, McMahon RP, Elliott A, Thaker GK. Refining the predictive pursuit endophenotype in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Mar 1;63(5):458-64.

Arango C, McMahon RP, Lefkowitz DM, Pearlson G, Kirkpatrick B, Buchanan RW. Patterns of cranial brain and sulcal CSF volumes in male and female deficit and nondeficit patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. 2008 Feb;162(2):91-100.

Kochunov P, Thompson PM, Coyle TR, Lancaster JL, Kochunov V, Royall D, Mangin JF, Riviere D, Fox PT. Relationship among neuroimaging indices of cerebral health during normal aging. Hum Brain Mapp. 2008 Jan;29(1):36-45.



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