August 2006
ADHD
The analysis of 51 genes in DSM-IV combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association signals in DRD4, DAT1
and 16 other genes.
Brookes K, Xu X, Chen W, Zhou K, Neale B, Lowe N, Aneey R, Franke B, Gill M, Ebstein R, Buitelaar J, Sham P, Campbell D, Knight J,
Andreou P, Altink M, Arnold R, Boer F, Buschgens C, Butler L, Christiansen H, Feldman L, Fleischman K, Fliers E, Howe-Forbes R,
Goldfarb A, Heise A, Gabriels I, Korn-Lubetzki I, Marco R, Medad S, Minderaa R, Mulas F, Muller U, Mulligan A, Rabin K, Rommelse N,
Sethna V, Sorohan J, Uebel H, Psychogiou L, Weeks A, Barrett R, Craig I, Banaschewski T, Sonuga-Barke E, Eisenberg J, Kuntsi J,
Manor I, McGuffin P, Miranda A, Oades RD, Plomin R, Roeyers H, Rothenberger A, Sergeant J, Steinhausen HC, Taylor E, Thompson M,
Faraone SV, Asherson P, Johansson L.
Mol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 8
Dementia
Neuropsychological prediction of conversion to Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
Tabert MH, Manly JJ, Liu X, Pelton GH, Rosenblum S, Jacobs M, Zamora D, Goodkind M, Bell K, Stern Y, Devanand DP.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;63(8):916-24.
Med-Psych
Depression Symptom Severity and Reported Treatment History in the Prediction of Cardiac Risk in Women With Suspected
Myocardial Ischemia: The NHLBI-Sponsored WISE Study.
Rutledge T, Reis SE, Olson MB, Owens J, Kelsey SF, Pepine CJ, Mankad S, Rogers WJ, Merz CN, Sopko G, Cornell CE, Sharaf B,
Matthews KA, Vaccarino V.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;63(8):874-80.
Chronic stress promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis in a mouse model of ovarian carcinoma.
Thaker PH, Han LY, Kamat AA, Arevalo JM, Takahashi R, Lu C, Jennings NB, Armaiz-Pena G, Bankson JA, Ravoori M, Merritt WM, Lin
YG, Mangala LS, Kim TJ, Coleman RL, Landen CN, Li Y, Felix E, Sanguino AM, Newman RA, Lloyd M, Gershenson DM, Kundra V,
Lopez-Berestein G, Lutgendorf SK, Cole SW, Sood AK.
Nat Med. 2006 Aug;12(8):939-44.
Substance
Role of Ventral Striatal Dopamine D1 Receptor in Cigarette Craving.
Yasuno F, Ota M, Ando K, Ando T, Maeda J, Ichimiya T, Takano A, Doronbekov TK, Fujimura Y, Nozaki S, Suhara T.
Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 28
Human Tobacco Smokers in Early Abstinence Have Higher Levels of beta2* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors than
Nonsmokers.
Staley JK, Krishnan-Sarin S, Cosgrove KP, Krantzler E, Frohlich E, Perry E, Dubin JA, Estok K, Brenner E, Baldwin RM, Tamagnan GD,
Seibyl JP, Jatlow P, Picciotto MR, London ED, O'malley S, van Dyck CH.
J Neurosci. 2006 Aug 23;26(34):8707-8714.
Schizophrenia
Association of Neuregulin 1 with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a second cohort from the Scottish population.
Thomson PA, Christoforou A, Morris SW, Adie E, Pickard BS, Porteous DJ, Muir WJ, Blackwood DH, Evans KL.
Mol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 29
Evidence implicating BRD1 with brain development and susceptibility to both schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder.
Severinsen JE, Bjarkam CR, Kiar-Larsen S, Olsen IM, Nielsen MM, Blechingberg J, Nielsen AL, Holm IE, Foldager L, Young BD, Muir WJ,
Blackwood DH, Corydon TJ, Mors O, Borglum AD.
Mol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 22
Convergent evidence that oligodendrocyte lineage transcription factor 2 (OLIG2) and interacting genes influence
susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Georgieva L, Moskvina V, Peirce T, Norton N, Bray NJ, Jones L, Holmans P, Macgregor S, Zammit S, Wilkinson J, Williams H, Nikolov I,
Williams N, Ivanov D, Davis KL, Haroutunian V, Buxbaum JD, Craddock N, Kirov G, Owen MJ, O'donovan MC.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 4
Genetic Association and Brain Morphology Studies and the Chromosome 8p22 Pericentriolar Material 1 (PCM1) Gene in
Susceptibility to Schizophrenia.
Gurling HM, Critchley H, Datta SR, McQuillin A, Blaveri E, Thirumalai S, Pimm J, Krasucki R, Kalsi G, Quested D, Lawrence J, Bass N,
Choudhury K, Puri V, O'daly O, Curtis D, Blackwood D, Muir W, Malhotra AK, Buchanan RW, Good CD, Frackowiak RS, Dolan RJ.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;63(8):844-854.
Depression
Antidepressant-Like Effects of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, Sodium Butyrate, in the Mouse.
Schroeder FA, Lin CL, Crusio WE, Akbarian S.
Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 28
Bipolar
Transgenic mice overexpressing glycogen synthase kinase 3beta: a putative model of hyperactivity and mania.
Prickaerts J, Moechars D, Cryns K, Lenaerts I, van Craenendonck H, Goris I, Daneels G, Bouwknecht JA, Steckler T.
J Neurosci. 2006 Aug 30;26(35):9022-9.
Gene expression analysis of bipolar disorder reveals downregulation of the ubiquitin cycle and alterations in synaptic genes.
Ryan MM, Lockstone HE, Huffaker SJ, Wayland MT, Webster MJ, Bahn S.
Mol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 8
Anxiety
Increased expression of the 5-HT transporter confers a low-anxiety phenotype linked to decreased 5-HT transmission.
Jennings KA, Loder MK, Sheward WJ, Pei Q, Deacon RM, Benson MA, Olverman HJ, Hastie ND, Harmar AJ, Shen S, Sharp T.
J Neurosci. 2006 Aug 30;26(35):8955-64.
The psychological risks of Vietnam for U.S. veterans: a revisit with new data and methods.
Dohrenwend BP, Turner JB, Turse NA, Adams BG, Koenen KC, Marshall R.
Science. 2006 Aug 18;313(5789):979-82.
Anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress in Iranian survivors of chemical warfare.
Hashemian F, Khoshnood K, Desai MM, Falahati F, Kasl S, Southwick S.
JAMA. 2006 Aug 2;296(5):560-6.
Mental health problems among adults in tsunami-affected areas in southern Thailand.
van Griensven F, Chakkraband ML, Thienkrua W, Pengjuntr W, Lopes Cardozo B, Tantipiwatanaskul P, Mock PA, Ekassawin S,
Varangrat A, Gotway C, Sabin M, Tappero JW; Thailand Post-Tsunami Mental Health Study Group.
JAMA. 2006 Aug 2;296(5):537-48.
Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among children in tsunami-affected areas in southern Thailand.
Thienkrua W, Cardozo BL, Chakkraband ML, Guadamuz TE, Pengjuntr W, Tantipiwatanaskul P, Sakornsatian S, Ekassawin S, Panyayong
B, Varangrat A, Tappero JW, Schreiber M, van Griensven F; Thailand Post-Tsunami Mental Health Study Group.
JAMA. 2006 Aug 2;296(5):549-59.
Psychology
Learning induces long-term potentiation in the hippocampus.
Whitlock JR, Heynen AJ, Shuler MG, Bear MF.
Science. 2006 Aug 25;313(5790):1093-7.
Storage of spatial information by the maintenance mechanism of LTP.
Pastalkova E, Serrano P, Pinkhasova D, Wallace E, Fenton AA, Sacktor TC.
Science. 2006 Aug 25;313(5790):1141-4.
Parochial altruism in humans.
Bernhard H, Fischbacher U, Fehr E.
Nature. 2006 Aug 24;442(7105):912-5.
Neurology
A randomized trial of deep-brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
Deuschl G, Schade-Brittinger C, Krack P, Volkmann J, Schafer H, Botzel K, Daniels C, Deutschlander A, Dillmann U, Eisner W, Gruber D,
Hamel W, Herzog J, Hilker R, Klebe S, Kloss M, Koy J, Krause M, Kupsch A, Lorenz D, Lorenzl S, Mehdorn HM, Moringlane JR, Oertel W,
Pinsker MO, Reichmann H, Reuss A, Schneider GH, Schnitzler A, Steude U, Sturm V, Timmermann L, Tronnier V, Trottenberg T, Wojtecki
L, Wolf E, Poewe W, Voges J; German Parkinson Study Group, Neurostimulation Section.
N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 31;355(9):896-908.
Biology
A single lentiviral vector platform for microRNA-based conditional RNA interference and coordinated transgene expression.
Shin KJ, Wall EA, Zavzavadjian JR, Santat LA, Liu J, Hwang JI, Rebres R, Roach T, Seaman W, Simon MI, Fraser ID.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 31
Genome-wide High-Resolution Mapping and Functional Analysis of DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis.
Zhang X, Yazaki J, Sundaresan A, Cokus S, Chan SW, Chen H, Henderson IR, Shinn P, Pellegrini M, Jacobsen SE, Ecker JR.
Cell. 2006 Aug 30
Detection, stimulation, and inhibition of neuronal signals with high-density nanowire transistor arrays.
Patolsky F, Timko BP, Yu G, Fang Y, Greytak AB, Zheng G, Lieber CM.
Science. 2006 Aug 25;313(5790):1100-4.
Gene expression: Long-term gene silencing by RNAi.
Vastenhouw NL, Brunschwig K, Okihara KL, Muller F, Tijsterman M, Plasterk RH.
Nature. 2006 Aug 24;442(7105):882.
Calmodulin Kinase II Interacts with the Dopamine Transporter C Terminus to Regulate Amphetamine-Induced Reverse
Transport.
Fog JU, Khoshbouei H, Holy M, Owens WA, Vaegter CB, Sen N, Nikandrova Y, Bowton E, McMahon DG, Colbran RJ, Daws LC, Sitte HH,
Javitch JA, Galli A, Gether U.
Neuron. 2006 Aug 17;51(4):417-29.
An RNA gene expressed during cortical development evolved rapidly in humans.
Pollard KS, Salama SR, Lambert N, Lambot MA, Coppens S, Pedersen JS, Katzman S, King B, Onodera C, Siepel A, Kern AD, Dehay C,
Igel H, Ares M Jr, Vanderhaeghen P, Haussler D.
Nature. 2006 Aug 16
The role of the amygdala in the extinction of conditioned fear.
Barad M, Gean PW, Lutz B.
Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 15;60(4):322-8.
Molecular analysis of flies selected for aggressive behavior.
Dierick HA, Greenspan RJ.
Nat Genet. 2006 Aug 13
Acetylcholinesterase Modulates Stress-Induced Motor Responses Through Catalytic and Noncatalytic Properties.
Sklan EH, Berson A, Birikh KR, Gutnick A, Shahar O, Shoham S, Soreq H.
Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 10
Induction of inducible cAMP early repressor expression in nucleus accumbens by stress or amphetamine increases
behavioral responses to emotional stimuli.
Green TA, Alibhai IN, Hommel JD, DiLeone RJ, Kumar A, Theobald DE, Neve RL, Nestler EJ.
J Neurosci. 2006 Aug 9;26(32):8235-42.
Transgeneration memory of stress in plants.
Molinier J, Ries G, Zipfel C, Hohn B.
Nature. 2006 Aug 6
A genomewide screen for components of the RNAi pathway in Drosophila cultured cells.
Dorner S, Lum L, Kim M, Paro R, Beachy PA, Green R.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 1
Targeting lentiviral vectors to specific cell types in vivo.
Yang L, Bailey L, Baltimore D, Wang P.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 1;103(31):11479-84.