Search Results - "Sandman, C A"

The role of self-injury in the organisation of behaviour by Sandman, C. A., Kemp, A. S., Mabini, C., Pincus, D., Magnusson, M.

“…Background  Self‐injuring acts are among the most dramatic behaviours exhibited by human beings. There is no known single cause and there is no universally…”
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Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in the early third trimester predict length of gestation in human pregnancy by Wadhwa, Pathik D., Porto, Manuel, Garite, Thomas J., Chicz-DeMet, Aleksandra, Sandman, Curt A.

“…Objective: Corticotropin releasing hormone, a hypothalamic neuropeptide, plays a major role in regulating pituitary-adrenal function and the physiologic…”
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Selective alterations in gene expression for NMDA receptor subunits in prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics by Akbarian, S, Sucher, NJ, Bradley, D, Tafazzoli, A, Trinh, D, Hetrick, WP, Potkin, SG, Sandman, CA, Bunney, WE, Jr, Jones, EG

“…NMDA receptor antagonists can induce a schizophrenia-like psychosis, but the role of NMDA receptors in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia remains unclear…”
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Maternal pregnancy-specific anxiety is associated with child executive function at 6-9 years age by Buss, C, Davis, E P, Hobel, C J, Sandman, C A

“…Because fetal brain development proceeds at an extremely rapid pace, early life experiences have the potential to alter the trajectory of neurodevelopment,…”
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Structured Interview for Assessing Perceptual Anomalies (SIAPA) by BUNNEY, W. E, HETRICK, W. P, BUNNEY, B. G, PATTERSON, J. V, YI JIN, POTKIN, S. G, SANDMAN, C. A

“…Clinical descriptions of perceptual and attentional anomalies in schizophrenia emphasize phenomena such as flooding, or inundation, by sensory stimuli. A…”
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The association between prenatal stress and infant birth weight and gestational age at birth: a prospective investigation by Wadhwa, P D, Sandman, C A, Porto, M, Dunkel-Schetter, C, Garite, T J

“…The aim was to test a model of the influence of maternal prenatal psychosocial stress on birth outcomes after controlling for biomedical risk. In a prospective…”
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Antenatal glucocorticoid treatment is associated with diurnal cortisol regulation in term-born children by Edelmann, M.N, Sandman, C.A, Glynn, L.M, Wing, D.A, Davis, E.P

“…Highlights • Antenatal glucocorticoids are given to mothers at risk for preterm delivery. • There are no known benefits of glucocorticoid treatment in…”
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Rapid assessment of severe cognitive impairment in individuals with developmental disabilities by Walsh, D. M., Finwall, J., Touchette, P. E., McGregor, M. R., Fernandez, G. E., Lott, I. T., Sandman, C. A.

“…Background  Most standardized intelligence tests require more than 1 hour for administration, which is problematic when evaluating individuals with…”
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The auditory event-related potential is a stable and reliable measure in elderly subjects over a 3 year period by SANDMAN, C. A, PATTERSON, J. V

“…Valid markers of psychobiological processes, including changes over the lifespan, must be reliable. This study investigated the reliability of the auditory…”
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Effect of prenatal glucocorticoid treatment on size at birth among infants born at term gestation by Davis, E P, Waffarn, F, Uy, C, Hobel, C J, Glynn, L M, Sandman, C A

“…Objective: To determine whether prenatal treatment with a single course of glucocorticoids (GCs) affects size at birth among full-term infants independent of…”
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Memory training improves cognitive ability in patients with dementia by Moore, Stephanie, Sandman, Curt A., McGrady, Katie, Patrick Kesslak, J.

“…Clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) include a variety of progressive cognitive deficits, particularly memory. Twenty-five patients with mild to…”
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Is P50 suppression a measure of sensory gating in schizophrenia? by Jin, Yi, Bunney, William E, Sandman, Curt A, Patterson, Julie V, Fleming, Kirsten, Moenter, Jeffrey R, Kalali, Amir H, Hetrick, William P, Potkin, Steven G

“…Background: Abnormal P50 response has been hypothesized to reflect the sensory gating deficit in schizophrenia. Despite the extensive literature concerning the…”
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Effects of P50 temporal variability on sensory gating in schizophrenia by Jin, Yi, Potkin, Steven G, Patterson, Julie V, Sandman, Curt A, Hetrick, William P, Bunney, William E

“…The conditioning-testing (S1-S2) P50 auditory evoked potential (EP) has been well-documented and accepted as an important tool for measuring sensory gating in…”
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Gender differences in gating of the auditory evoked potential in normal subjects by Hetrick, William P., Sandman, Curt A., Bunney, William E., Jin, Yi, Potkin, Steven G., White, Margaret H.

“…Central nervous system (CNS) inhibitory mechanisms hypothesized to “gate” repetitive sensory inputs have been implicated in the pathology of schizophrenia. The…”
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Psychological Adaptation and Birth Outcomes: The Role of Personal Resources, Stress, and Sociocultural Context in Pregnancy by Rini, Christine Killingsworth, Dunkel-Schetter, Christine, Wadhwa, Pathik D, Sandman, Curt A

“…Prenatal psychosocial predictors of infant birth weight and length of gestation were investigated in a prospective study of 120 Hispanic and 110 White pregnant…”
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Memory deficits associated with chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome by Sandman, C A, Barron, J L, Nackoul, K, Goldstein, J, Fidler, F

“…Performance on tests of memory in 39 patients who met Center for Disease Control (CDC) criteria for chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) was…”
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Acidosis stimulates beta-endorphin release during exercise by Taylor, D V, Boyajian, J G, James, N, Woods, D, Chicz-Demet, A, Wilson, A F, Sandman, C A

“…Elevated blood levels of beta-endorphin have been associated with high-intensity exertion, but the stimulus for beta-endorphin release is unknown. Some studies…”
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Human Fetal Heart Rate Dishabituation between Thirty and Thirty-Two Weeks Gestation by Sandman, Curt A., Wadhwa, Pathik, Hetrick, William, Porto, Manuel, Harmon V. S. Peeke

“…Few studies of human fetal habituation have included dishabituation procedures (i. e., assessment of the reemergence of a habituated response) to determine if…”
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Maternal social support predicts birth weight and fetal growth in human pregnancy by Feldman, P J, Dunkel-Schetter, C, Sandman, C A, Wadhwa, P D

“…Low birth weight is a primary cause of infant mortality and morbidity. Results of previous studies suggest that social support may be related to higher birth…”
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Apolipoprotein-E genotyping of diabetic dementia patients: is diabetes rare in Alzheimer's disease? by Nielson, K A, Nolan, J H, Berchtold, N C, Sandman, C A, Mulnard, R A, Cotman, C W

“…To determine whether diabetes is rare in Alzheimer disease (AD) relative to other types of dementia and whether diabetics with dementia have a low frequency of…”
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