neuroscience, magnetic resonance, functional mri, fMRI, neurosurgery, brain mapping, cognitive neuroscience, eeg, positron emission tomography, ucla, neuroimaging, pulse sequences, alzheimer, parkinson, perception, neurophysiology, magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, cognition, psychology, epilepsy, PET, optical intrinsic signal, OIS, QEEG, magnetoencephalography, MEG, spectroscopy, nih, nimh, spm, fsl, afni, macine learning, physics. electroencephalography, electrophysiology, imaging, rf coil, diffusion, tractography, connectome, big data

Manuscripts Published by NITP Fellowship Recipients
(during and after entering the program)

Profiles of the NITP Fellowship Awardees

(updated 1/25/11)

• A. Azizian, L.J. Nestor, D. Payer, J.R. Monterosso, A.L. Brody and E.D. London, “Smoking Reduces Conflict-Related Anterior Cingulate Activity in Abstinent Cigarette Smokers Performing a Stroop Task.” Neuropsychopharmacology 35:775-82, 2010.


• D.S. Bassett, J.A. Brown, V. Deshpande, J.M. Carlson and S.T. Grafton, “Conserved and Variable Architecture of Human White Matter Connectivity.” Neuroimage 54:1262-79, 2011.


• E.T. Berkman, L. Burklund and M.D. Lieberman, “Inhibitory Spillover: Intentional Motor Inhibition Produces Incidental Limbic Inhibition Via Right Inferior Frontal Cortex.” Neuroimage 47:705-12, 2009.


• E.T. Berkman and M.D. Lieberman, “Using Neuroscience to Broaden Emotion Regulation: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations.” Social and Personality Psychology Compass 4:475-493, 2009.


• E.T. Berkman and M.D. Lieberman, “Approaching the Bad and Avoiding the Good: Lateral Prefrontal Cortical Asymmetry Distinguishes between Action and Valence.” J Cogn Neurosci 22:1970-9, 2010.


• E.T. Berkman, M.D. Lieberman and S.L. Gable, “Bis, Bas, and Response Conflict: Testing Predictions of the Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory.” Pers Individ Dif 46:586-591, 2009.


• J.B. Colby, J.D. Van Horn and E.R. Sowell, “Quantitative in Vivo Evidence for Broad Regional Gradients in the Timing of White Matter Maturation During Adolescence.” Neuroimage 54:25-31, 2011.


• I. Dinov, K. Lozev, P. Petrosyan, Z. Liu, P. Eggert, J. Pierce, A. Zamanyan, S. Chakrapani, J. Van Horn, D.S. Parker, R. Magsipoc, K. Leung, B. Gutman, R. Woods and A. Toga, “Neuroimaging Study Designs, Computational Analyses and Data Provenance Using the Loni Pipeline.” PLoS One 5:2010.


• M. Donix, A.C. Burggren, N.A. Suthana, P. Siddarth, A.D. Ekstrom, A.K. Krupa, M. Jones, L. Martin-Harris, L.M. Ercoli, K.J. Miller, G.W. Small and S.Y. Bookheimer, “Family History of Alzheimer's Disease and Hippocampal Structure in Healthy People.” Am J Psychiatry 167:1399-406, 2010.


• M. Donix, A.C. Burggren, N.A. Suthana, P. Siddarth, A.D. Ekstrom, A.K. Krupa, M. Jones, A. Rao, L. Martin-Harris, L.M. Ercoli, K.J. Miller, G.W. Small and S.Y. Bookheimer, “Longitudinal Changes in Medial Temporal Cortical Thickness in Normal Subjects with the Apoe-4 Polymorphism.” Neuroimage 53:37-43, 2010.


• P.K. Douglas, D.B. Douglas, D.C. Harrigan and K.M. Douglas, “Preparing for Pandemic Influenza and Its Aftermath: Mental Health Issues Considered.” Int J Emerg Ment Health 11:137-44, 2009.


• P.K. Douglas, S. Harris, A. Yuille and M.S. Cohen, “Performance Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms and Number of Independent Components Used in Fmri Decoding of Belief Vs. Disbelief.” Neuroimage 2010.


• N.I. Eisenberger, E.T. Berkman, T.K. Inagaki, L.T. Rameson, N.M. Mashal and M.R. Irwin, “Inflammation-Induced Anhedonia: Endotoxin Reduces Ventral Striatum Responses to Reward.” Biol Psychiatry 68:748-54, 2010.


• A. Ekstrom, N. Suthana, E. Behnke, N. Salamon, S. Bookheimer and I. Fried, “High-Resolution Depth Electrode Localization and Imaging in Patients with Pharmacologically Intractable Epilepsy.” J Neurosurg 108:812-5, 2008.


• A. Ekstrom, N. Suthana, D. Millett, I. Fried and S. Bookheimer, “Correlation between Bold Fmri and Theta-Band Local Field Potentials in the Human Hippocampal Area.” J Neurophysiol 101:2668-78, 2009.


• A.D. Ekstrom, A.J. Bazih, N.A. Suthana, R. Al-Hakim, K. Ogura, M. Zeineh, A.C. Burggren and S.Y. Bookheimer, “Advances in High-Resolution Imaging and Computational Unfolding of the Human Hippocampus.” Neuroimage 47:42-9, 2009.


• K.I. Erickson, C.A. Raji, O.L. Lopez, J.T. Becker, C. Rosano, A.B. Newman, H.M. Gach, P.M. Thompson, A.J. Ho and L.H. Kuller, “Physical Activity Predicts Gray Matter Volume in Late Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Health Study.” Neurology 75:1415-22, 2010.


• M. Falconbridge, D.R. Wozny, L. Shams and S. Engel, “Adapting to Altered Image Statistics Using Processed Video.” Vision Research doi:10.1016/j.visres.2009.03.027, 2009.


• E.B. Falk, E.T. Berkman, T. Mann, B. Harrison and M.D. Lieberman, “Predicting Persuasion-Induced Behavior Change from the Brain.” J Neurosci 30:8421-4, 2010.


• E.B. Falk, L. Rameson, E.T. Berkman, B. Liao, Y. Kang, T.K. Inagaki and M.D. Lieberman, “The Neural Correlates of Persuasion: A Common Network across Cultures and Media.” J Cogn Neurosci 22:2447-59, 2010.


• B. Gutman, Y. Wang, J. Morra, A.W. Toga and P.M. Thompson, “Disease Classification with Hippocampal Shape Invariants.” Hippocampus 19:572-8, 2009.


• B.L. Gutman and K.K. Niyogi, “Evidence for Base Excision Repair of Oxidative DNA Damage in Chloroplasts of Arabidopsis Thaliana.” J Biol Chem 284:17006-12, 2009.


• N.S. Hageman, A.W. Toga, K.L. Narr and D.W. Shattuck, “A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography Algorithm Based on Navier-Stokes Fluid Mechanics.” IEEE Trans Med Imaging 28:348-60, 2009.


• A.J. Ho, X. Hua, S. Lee, A.D. Leow, I. Yanovsky, B. Gutman, I.D. Dinov, N. Lepore, J.L. Stein, A.W. Toga, C.R. Jack, Jr., M.A. Bernstein, E.M. Reiman, D.J. Harvey, J. Kornak, N. Schuff, G.E. Alexander, M.W. Weiner and P.M. Thompson, “Comparing 3 T and 1.5 T Mri for Tracking Alzheimer's Disease Progression with Tensor-Based Morphometry.” Hum Brain Mapp 31:499-514, 2010.


• A.J. Ho, C.A. Raji, J.T. Becker, O.L. Lopez, L.H. Kuller, X. Hua, I.D. Dinov, J.L. Stein, C. Rosano, A.W. Toga and P.M. Thompson, “The Effects of Physical Activity, Education, and Body Mass Index on the Aging Brain.” Hum Brain Mapp 2010.


• A.J. Ho, C.A. Raji, J.T. Becker, O.L. Lopez, L.H. Kuller, X. Hua, S. Lee, D. Hibar, I.D. Dinov, J.L. Stein, C.R. Jack, Jr., M.W. Weiner, A.W. Toga and P.M. Thompson, “Obesity Is Linked with Lower Brain Volume in 700 Ad and Mci Patients.” Neurobiol Aging 31:1326-39, 2010.


• A.J. Ho, J.L. Stein, X. Hua, S. Lee, D.P. Hibar, A.D. Leow, I.D. Dinov, A.W. Toga, A.J. Saykin, L. Shen, T. Foroud, N. Pankratz, M.J. Huentelman, D.W. Craig, J.D. Gerber, A.N. Allen, J.J. Corneveaux, D.A. Stephan, C.S. Decarli, B.M. Dechairo, S.G. Potkin, C.R. Jack, Jr., M.W. Weiner, C.A. Raji, O.L. Lopez, J.T. Becker, O.T. Carmichael and P.M. Thompson, “A Commonly Carried Allele of the Obesity-Related Fto Gene Is Associated with Reduced Brain Volume in the Healthy Elderly.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:8404-9, 2010.


• X. Hua, S. Lee, I. Yanovsky, A.D. Leow, Y.Y. Chou, A.J. Ho, B. Gutman, A.W. Toga, C.R. Jack, Jr., M.A. Bernstein, E.M. Reiman, D.J. Harvey, J. Kornak, N. Schuff, G.E. Alexander, M.W. Weiner and P.M. Thompson, “Optimizing Power to Track Brain Degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment with Tensor-Based Morphometry: An Adni Study of 515 Subjects.” Neuroimage 48:668-81, 2009.


• J.M. Jarcho, E.T. Berkman and M.D. Lieberman, “The Neural Basis of Rationalization: Cognitive Dissonance Reduction During Decision-Making.” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2010.


• A.A. Joshi, N. Lepore, S.H. Joshi, A.D. Lee, M. Barysheva, J.L. Stein, K.L. Mcmahon, K. Johnson, G.I. De Zubicaray, N.G. Martin, M.J. Wright, A.W. Toga and P.M. Thompson, “The Contribution of Genes to Cortical Thickness and Volume.” Neuroreport 2011.


• S.H. Joshi, R.P. Cabeen, B. Sun, A.A. Joshi, B. Gutman, A. Zamanyan, S. Chakrapani, I.D. Dinov, R.P. Woods and A.W. Toga, “Cortical Sulcal Atlas Construction Using a Diffeomorphic Mapping Approach.” MICCAI 1:357-366, 2010.


• D. Lee, I. Dinov, B. Dong, B. Gutman, I. Yanovsky and A.W. Toga, “Cuda Optimization Strategies for Compute- and Memory-Bound Neuroimaging Algorithms.” Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2010.


• M.D. Lieberman, E.T. Berkman and T.D. Wager, “Correlations in Social Neuroscience Aren’t Voodoo: A Reply to Vul Et Al.” Perspectives on Psychological Science 4:299-307, 2009.


• E.A. Losin, M. Dapretto and M. Iacoboni, “Culture in the Mind's Mirror: How Anthropology and Neuroscience Can Inform a Model of the Neural Substrate for Cultural Imitative Learning.” Prog Brain Res 178:175-90, 2009.


• E.A. Losin, M. Dapretto and M. Iacoboni, “Culture and Neuroscience: Additive or Synergistic?” Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 5:148-58, 2010.


• E. Luders, N. Cherbuin, P.M. Thompson, B. Gutman, K.J. Anstey, P. Sachdev and A.W. Toga, “When More Is Less: Associations between Corpus Callosum Size and Handedness Lateralization.” Neuroimage 52:43-9, 2010.


• E. Luders, P.M. Thompson, K.L. Narr, A. Zamanyan, Y.Y. Chou, B. Gutman, I.D. Dinov and A.W. Toga, “The Link between Callosal Thickness and Intelligence in Healthy Children and Adolescents.” Neuroimage 54:1823-30, 2011.


• S.K. Madsen, A.J. Ho, X. Hua, P.S. Saharan, A.W. Toga, C.R. Jack, Jr., M.W. Weiner and P.M. Thompson, “3d Maps Localize Caudate Nucleus Atrophy in 400 Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Healthy Elderly Subjects.” Neurobiol Aging 31:1312-25, 2010.


• K.L. Narr, N. Hageman, R.P. Woods, L.S. Hamilton, K. Clark, O. Phillips, D.W. Shattuck, R.F. Asarnow, A.W. Toga and K.H. Nuechterlein, “Mean Diffusivity: A Biomarker for Csf-Related Disease and Genetic Liability Effects in Schizophrenia.” Psychiatry Res 171:20-32, 2009.


• K.K. Nicodemus, J.H. Callicott, R.G. Higier, A. Luna, D.C. Nixon, B.K. Lipska, R. Vakkalanka, I. Giegling, D. Rujescu, D.S. Clair, P. Muglia, Y.Y. Shugart and D.R. Weinberger, “Evidence of Statistical Epistasis between Disc1, Cit and Ndel1 Impacting Risk for Schizophrenia: Biological Validation with Functional Neuroimaging.” Hum Genet 2010.


• N. Opalka, J. Brown, W.J. Lane, K.A. Twist, R. Landick, F.J. Asturias and S.A. Darst, “Complete Structural Model of Escherichia Coli Rna Polymerase from a Hybrid Approach.” PLoS Biol 8:2010.


• D.E. Payer, M.D. Lieberman and E.D. London, “Neural Correlates of Affect Processing and Aggression in Methamphetamine Dependence.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010.


• D.E. Payer, M.D. Lieberman, J.R. Monterosso, J. Xu, T.W. Fong and E.D. London, “Differences in Cortical Activity between Methamphetamine-Dependent and Healthy Individuals Performing a Facial Affect Matching Task.” Drug Alcohol Depend 93:93-102, 2008.


• O.R. Phillips, K.H. Nuechterlein, K.A. Clark, L.S. Hamilton, R.F. Asarnow, N.S. Hageman, A.W. Toga and K.L. Narr, “Fiber Tractography Reveals Disruption of Temporal Lobe White Matter Tracts in Schizophrenia.” Schizophr Res 107:30-8, 2009.


• N. Prakash, N. Hageman, X. Hua, A.W. Toga, S.L. Perlman and N. Salamon, “Patterns of Fractional Anisotropy Changes in White Matter of Cerebellar Peduncles Distinguish Spinocerebellar Ataxia-1 from Multiple System Atrophy and Other Ataxia Syndromes.” Neuroimage 47 Suppl 2:T72-81, 2009.


• C.A. Raji, A.J. Ho, N.N. Parikshak, J.T. Becker, O.L. Lopez, L.H. Kuller, X. Hua, A.D. Leow, A.W. Toga and P.M. Thompson, “Brain Structure and Obesity.” Hum Brain Mapp 31:353-64, 2010.


• F.W. Sabb, A.C. Burggren, R.G. Higier, J. Fox, J. He, D.S. Parker, R.A. Poldrack, W. Chu, T.D. Cannon, N.B. Freimer and R.M. Bilder, “Challenges in Phenotype Definition in the Whole-Genome Era: Multivariate Models of Memory and Intelligence.” Neuroscience 164:88-107, 2009.


• A.J. Saykin, L. Shen, T.M. Foroud, S.G. Potkin, S. Swaminathan, S. Kim, S.L. Risacher, K. Nho, M.J. Huentelman, D.W. Craig, P.M. Thompson, J.L. Stein, J.H. Moore, L.A. Farrer, R.C. Green, L. Bertram, C.R. Jack, Jr. and M.W. Weiner, “Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Biomarkers as Quantitative Phenotypes: Genetics Core Aims, Progress, and Plans.” Alzheimers Dement 6:265-73, 2010.


• N.L. Sicotte, G. Salamon, D.W. Shattuck, N. Hageman, U. Rub, N. Salamon, A.E. Drain, J.L. Demer, E.C. Engle, J.R. Alger, R.W. Baloh, T. Deller and J.C. Jen, “Diffusion Tensor Mri Shows Abnormal Brainstem Crossing Fibers Associated with Robo3 Mutations.” Neurology 67:519-21, 2006.


• J.L. Stein, X. Hua, S. Lee, A.J. Ho, A.D. Leow, A.W. Toga, A.J. Saykin, L. Shen, T. Foroud, N. Pankratz, M.J. Huentelman, D.W. Craig, J.D. Gerber, A.N. Allen, J.J. Corneveaux, B.M. Dechairo, S.G. Potkin, M.W. Weiner and P. Thompson, “Voxelwise Genome-Wide Association Study (Vgwas).” Neuroimage 53:1160-74, 2010.


• J.L. Stein, X. Hua, J.H. Morra, S. Lee, D.P. Hibar, A.J. Ho, A.D. Leow, A.W. Toga, J.H. Sul, H.M. Kang, E. Eskin, A.J. Saykin, L. Shen, T. Foroud, N. Pankratz, M.J. Huentelman, D.W. Craig, J.D. Gerber, A.N. Allen, J.J. Corneveaux, D.A. Stephan, J. Webster, B.M. Dechairo, S.G. Potkin, C.R. Jack, Jr., M.W. Weiner and P.M. Thompson, “Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Novel Genes Influencing Temporal Lobe Structure with Relevance to Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease.” Neuroimage 51:542-54, 2010.


• N. Suthana, A. Ekstrom, S. Moshirvaziri, B. Knowlton and S. Bookheimer, “Dissociations within Human Hippocampal Subregions During Encoding and Retrieval of Spatial Information.” Hippocampus 2010.


• N.A. Suthana, A.D. Ekstrom, S. Moshirvaziri, B. Knowlton and S.Y. Bookheimer, “Human Hippocampal Ca1 Involvement During Allocentric Encoding of Spatial Information.” J Neurosci 29:10512-9, 2009.


• N.A. Suthana, A. Krupa, M. Donix, A. Burggren, A.D. Ekstrom, M. Jones, L.M. Ercoli, K.J. Miller, P. Siddarth, G.W. Small and S.Y. Bookheimer, “Reduced Hippocampal Ca2, Ca3, and Dentate Gyrus Activity in Asymptomatic People at Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease.” Neuroimage 53:1077-84, 2010.


• Y. Takagi, G. Calero, H. Komori, J.A. Brown, A.H. Ehrensberger, A. Hudmon, F. Asturias and R.D. Kornberg, “Head Module Control of Mediator Interactions.” Mol Cell 23:355-64, 2006.


• E.H. Telzer, C.L. Masten, E.T. Berkman, M.D. Lieberman and A.J. Fuligni, “Gaining While Giving: An Fmri Study of the Rewards of Family Assistance among White and Latino Youth.” Soc Neurosci 1-11, 2010.


• Y. Wang, J. Zhang, B. Gutman, T.F. Chan, J.T. Becker, H.J. Aizenstein, O.L. Lopez, R.J. Tamburo, A.W. Toga and P.M. Thompson, “Multivariate Tensor-Based Morphometry on Surfaces: Application to Mapping Ventricular Abnormalities in Hiv/Aids.” Neuroimage 49:2141-57, 2010.


• C.F. Zink, J.L. Stein, L. Kempf, S. Hakimi and A. Meyer-Lindenberg, “Vasopressin Modulates Medial Prefrontal Cortex-Amygdala Circuitry During Emotion Processing in Humans.” J Neurosci 30:7017-22, 2010.

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submitted, or in press

1. Berkman, E.T., Dickenson, J., Falk, E., & Lieberman, M.D. (in press). Using SMS text messaging to assess moderators of smoking reduction: Validating a new tool for ecological measurement of health behaviors. Health Psychology.
   
   
2. Colby JB, O’Hare ED, Bramen JE, Sowell ER. 2010. Brain development: Birth through adolescence, in: Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience (Elsevier). in press.
   
   
3. Douglas PK, Harris, S. Yuille, A., Cohen MS. “Performance Comparison of Machine Learning Classifiers and Number of Independent Components Used in fMRI Decoding of Belief vs. Disbelief.” (Accepted, Neuroimage, Oct. 2010)
   
   
4. Falk, E.B., Berkman, E.T., Whalen, D., & Lieberman, M.D. (in press). Neural activity during health messaging predicts reductions in smoking above and beyond self-report. Health Psychology.
   
   
5. Higier RG, Benson LA, & Bliwise NG. (under revision). “Hookup” culture: Life course perspective predicts casual sexual behavior in college students. Journal of Social Psychology.
   
   
6. Higier RG, Brooke JK, Buckholtz JW, Tan HY, Mattay VS, Weinberger DR, & Callicott JH. (submitted). An imaging genetics investigation of prefrontal function in relation to serotonin neurotransmission: working memory inefficiency in major depression.
   
   
7. Higier RG, Nuechterlein K, Asarnow R, Shirinyan D, Kim J, Kuppinger H, & Cannon TD. (under revision). Impairment of executive and storage aspects of spatial working memory in patients with schizophrenia and their first-degree relatives.


8. Higier RG, Brooke JK, Buckholtz JW, Tan HY, Mattay VS, Weinberger DR, & Callicott JH. (in preparation). An imaging genetics investigation of prefrontal function in relation to serotonin neurotransmission: working memory inefficiency in major depression.
   
   
9. Ho, A.J., Raji, C.A., Saharan, P., DeGiorgio, A., Madsen, S.K., Hibar, D.P., Stein, J.L., Becker, J.T., Lopez, O.L., Toga, A.W., Thompson, P.M. (2010). Hippocampal volume is related to body mass index in Alzheimer’s disease.” Manuscript in press at NeuroReport.
   
   
10. Ho AJ, Raji CA, Becker JT, Lopez OL, Kuller LH, Hua X, Leow AD, Dinov ID, Stein JL, Rosano C, Toga AW, Thompson PM. The Effects of Physical Activity, Education, and Body Mass Index on the Aging Brain. Human Brain Mapping, (Accepted, May 2010).
    
    
11. Ho AJ, Raji CA, Becker JT, Lopez OL, Kuller LW, Hua X, Lee S, Hibar D, Dinov ID, Stein JL, Jack CR, Weiner MW, Toga AW, Thompson PM. Obesity is linked with lower brain volume in 700 AD and MCI patients. Neurobiology of Aging, (Accepted, Apr 2010).
    
    
12. Hua, X, Gutman, B, Boyle, C,  Rajagopalan, P, Leow, A.D. Yanovsky, I, Kumar, A.R, Arthur W Toga, A.W., Jack Jr, C.R. Norbert Schuff, N,Alexander, G.E., Chen, K, Reiman, E.M., Weiner, M.W., Thompson, P.M., “Accurate Measurement of Brain Changes in Longitudinal MRI Scans Using Tensor-Based Morphometry”, NeuroImage, submitted 12/6/2010
    
    
13. Meyer, M.L., Berkman, E.T., Karremans, J.C., & Lieberman, M.D. (in press). Incidental regulation of attraction: The neural basis of the derogation of attractive alternatives in romantic relationships. Cognition & Emotion.
    
    
14. Payer DE, Baicy K, Lieberman MD, London ED (under revision)  Brief Report: Overlapping neural substrates of intentional and incidental emotion regulation. Emotion.
    
    
15. Telzer, E.H., Masten, C.L., Berkman, E.T., Lieberman, M.D., & Fuligni, A.J. (in press). Gaining while giving: A cultural neuroscience study of the rewards of family assistance. Social Neuroscience.
    
    
16. Wozny, D.R., Beierholm, U., Shams, L. (2010) Probability matching used as a computational strategy used in perception. PLoS Computational Biology, in press.
    
    
17. Wozny, D.R., Shams, L. (submitted) Recalibration of auditory space following milliseconds of crossmodal discrepancy.