By Professor Cynthia Shannon Weickert

Journal articles

Cawsey T; Duflou J; Weickert CS; Gorrie CA, 2015, 'Nestin-Positive Ependymal Cells Are Increased in the Human Spinal Cord after Traumatic Central Nervous System Injury', Journal of Neurotrauma, 32, pp. 1393 - 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2014.3575

Kindler J; Weickert CS; Skilleter AJ; Catts SV; Lenroot R; Weickert TW, 2015, 'Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulation Increases Hippocampal Activity during Probabilistic Association Learning in Schizophrenia', Neuropsychopharmacology, 40, pp. 2388 - 2397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.88

Heide J; Vandenberg JI; Weickert CS, 2015, 'Expression of KCNH2-3.1 mRNA is increased in small neurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in patients with schizophrenia', European Journal of Psychiatry, 29, pp. 85 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0213-61632015000200001

Matosin N; Fernandez-Enright F; Fung SJ; Lum JS; Engel M; Andrews JL; Huang XF; Weickert CS; Newell KA, 2015, 'Alterations of mGluR5 and its endogenous regulators Norbin, Tamalin and Preso1 in schizophrenia: towards a model of mGluR5 dysregulation', Acta Neuropathologica, 130, pp. 119 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00401-015-1411-6

Weickert T; Weinberg D; Lenroot R; Catts SV; Wells R; Vercammen A; O'Donnell M; Galletly C; Liu D; Balzan R; Short B; Pellen D; Curtis J; Carr VJ; Kulkarni J; Schofield PR; Weickert CS; Schofield P, 2015, 'Adjunctive raloxifene treatment improves attention and memory in men and women with schizophrenia', Molecular Psychiatry, 20, pp. 685 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2015.11

Ji E; Weickert CS; Lenroot R; Catts SV; Vercammen A; White C; Gur RE; Weickert TW, 2015, 'Endogenous testosterone levels are associated with neural activity in men with schizophrenia during facial emotion processing', Behavioural Brain Research, 286, pp. 338 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2015.03.020

Long LE; Anderson P; Frank E; Shaw A; Liu S; Huang XF; Pinault D; Karl T; O'Brien TJ; Weickert CS; Jones NC, 2015, 'Neuregulin 1 expression and electrophysiological abnormalities in the Neuregulin 1 transmembrane domain heterozygous mutant mouse', Plos One, 10, pp. e0124114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124114

Purves-Tyson TD; Boerrigter D; Allen K; Zavitsanou K; Karl T; Djunaidi V; Double KL; Desai R; Handelsman DJ; Weickert CS, 2015, 'Testosterone attenuates and the selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, potentiates amphetamine-induced locomotion in male rats', Hormones and Behavior, 70, pp. 73 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.02.005

Skilleter AJ; Weickert CS; Vercammen A; Lenroot R; Weickert TW, 2015, 'Peripheral BDNF: A candidate biomarker of healthy neural activity during learning is disrupted in schizophrenia', Psychological Medicine, 45, pp. 841 - 854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291714001925

Allen KM; Purves-Tyson TD; Fung SJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2015, 'The effect of adolescent testosterone on hippocampal BDNF and TrkB mRNA expression: Relationship with cell proliferation', BMC Neuroscience, 16, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12868-015-0142-x

Bowes E; Levy F; Lawson J; Mandalis A; Mohan A; Weickert CS, 2015, 'Anti-N-methyl-D-Aspartate encephalitis - a case study of symptomatic progression', Australasian Psychiatry, 23, pp. 422 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856215588229

Barry G; Guennewig B; Fung S; Kaczorowski D; Weickert CS; Guenenwig B, 2015, 'Long non-coding RNA expression during aging in the human subependymal zone', Frontiers in Neurology, 6, pp. 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2015.00045

Wells R; Swaminathan V; Sundram S; Weinberg D; Bruggemann J; Jacomb I; Cropley V; Lenroot R; Pereira AM; Zalesky A; Bousman C; Pantelis C; Weickert CS; Weickert TW, 2015, 'The impact of premorbid and current intellect in schizophrenia: Cognitive, symptom, and functional outcomes', Npj Schizophrenia, 1, pp. 15043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjschz.2015.43

Harms L; Meehan C; Zavitsanou K; Fulham R; Wong A; Todd J; Schall U; Weickert CS; Michie P; Hodgson D, 2015, 'Developmental influences on schizophrenia-like cognitive and neurophysiological outcomes in a rat model of maternal immune challenge', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 49, pp. e44 - e44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.06.166

Catts VS; Derminio D; Hahn CG; Shannon Weickert C, 2015, 'Postsynaptic density levels of the NMDA receptor NR1 subunit and PSD-95 protein in prefrontal cortex from people with schizophrenia', npj Schizophrenia, 1, pp. 15037 - 15037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjschz.2015.37

Joshi D; Catts VS; Olaya JC; Shannon Weickert C, 2015, 'Relationship between somatostatin and death receptor expression in the orbital frontal cortex in schizophrenia: A post-mortem brain mRNA study', npj Schizophrenia, 1, pp. 14004 - 14004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjschz.2014.4

Skilleter AJ; Weickert CS; Moustafa AA; Gendy R; Chan M; Arifin N; Mitchell PB; Weickert TW, 2014, 'BDNF val66met genotype and schizotypal personality traits interact to influence probabilistic association learning', Behavioural Brain Research, 274, pp. 137 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.07.041

Player MJ; Taylor JL; Weickert CS; Alonzo A; Sachdev PS; Martin D; Mitchell PB; Loo CK, 2014, 'Increase in PAS-induced neuroplasticity after a treatment courseof transcranial direct current stimulation for depression', Journal of Affective Disorders, 167, pp. 140 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.063

Umeda-Yano S; Hashimoto R; Yamamori H; Weickert CS; Yasuda Y; Ohi K; Fujimoto M; Ito A; Takeda M, 2014, 'Expression analysis of the genes identified in GWAS of the postmortem brain tissues from patients with schizophrenia', Neuroscience Letters, 568, pp. 12 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2014.03.031

Wong J; Fillman SG; Fung SJ; Catts VS; Shannon Weickert C, 2014, 'Increased expression of astrocyte markers in schizophrenia: Association with neuroinflammation', Australian New Zealand Journal fo Psychiatry, 48, pp. 722 - 734

Shannon Weickert C, 2014, 'An association between the reduced levels of SLC1A2 and GAD1 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in major depressive disorder: possible involvement of an attenuated RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway', Journal of Neural Transmission, 121, pp. 783 - 792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00702-014-1189-z

Purves-Tyson TD; Owens SJ; Double KL; Desai R; Handelsman DJ; Weickert CS, 2014, 'Testosterone induces molecular changes in dopamine signaling pathway molecules in the adolescent male rat nigrostriatal pathway', Plos One, 9, pp. e91151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091151

Fillman SG; Sinclair D; Fung SJ; Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C; Sinclair D, 2014, 'Markers of inflammation and stress distinguish subsets of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder', Translational Psychiatry, 4, pp. e365 - e365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2014.8

Vercammen A; Weickert CS; Skilleter AJ; Lenroot R; Schofield PR; Weickert TW; Schofield P, 2014, 'Common polymorphisms in dopamine-related genes combine to produce a 'schizophrenia-like' prefrontal hypoactivity', Translational Psychiatry, 4, pp. e356 - e356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2013.125

Fung SJ; Joshi D; Fillman SG; Weickert CS, 2014, 'High white matter neuron density with elevated cortical cytokine expression in schizophrenia', Biological Psychiatry, 75, pp. e5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.05.031

Allen KM; Fung SJ; Rothmond DA; Noble PL; Shannon Weickert C, 2014, 'Gonadectomy increases neurogenesis in the male adolescent rhesus macaque hippocampus', Hippocampus, 24, pp. 225 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hipo.22217

Ray MT; Weickert CS; Webster MJ, 2014, 'Decreased BDNF and TrkB mRNA expression in multiple cortical areas of patients with schizophrenia and mood disorders', Translational Psychiatry, 4, pp. e389 - e389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2014.26

Zavitsanou K; Lim CK; Purves-Tyson T; Karl T; Kassiou M; Banister SD; Guillemin GJ; Weickert CS, 2014, 'Effect of maternal immune activation on the kynurenine pathway in preadolescent rat offspring and on MK801-induced hyperlocomotion in adulthood: Amelioration by COX-2 inhibition', Brain Behavior and Immunity, 41, pp. 173 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.05.011

Joshi D; Fullerton JM; Weickert CS, 2014, 'Elevated ErbB4 mRNA is related to interneuron deficit in prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 53, pp. 125 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.02.014

Sinclair D; Purves-Tyson TD; Allen KM; Weickert CS, 2014, 'Impacts of stress and sex hormones on dopamine neurotransmission in the adolescent brain', Psychopharmacology, 231, pp. 1581 - 1599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3415-z

Beveridge NJ; Santarelli DM; Wang X; Tooney PA; Webster MJ; Weickert CS; Cairns MJ, 2014, 'Maturation of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex coincides with a dynamic shift in MicroRNA expression', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 40, pp. 399 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbs198

Fung SJ; Fillman SG; Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2014, 'Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder show both common and distinct changes in cortical interneuron markers', Schizophrenia Research, 155, pp. 26 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2014.02.021

Swaminathan V; Pereira AM; Shannon-Weickert C; Weickert T; Sundram S, 2014, '4:45 PM PREMORBID AND CURRENT COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA ASSOCIATE WITH TREATMENT RESISTANCE AND EGF 61 AA GENOTYPE', Schizophrenia Research, 153, pp. S57 - S57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-9964(14)70186-0

Weickert T; Fillman SG; Lenroot R; Bruggemann J; O'Donnell M; Catts S; Shannon-Weickert C, 2014, '5:00 PM HIGH BLOOD CYTOKINE LEVELS ARE RELATED TO DECREASED VERBAL FLUENCY AND BROCA'S AREA VOLUME REDUCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA', Schizophrenia Research, 153, pp. S63 - S64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-9964(14)70204-x

Fillman SG; Lenroot R; Bruggemann J; Catts V; Catts S; O'Donnell M; Shannon-Weickert C; Weickert T, 2014, 'Poster #S26 WHITE BLOOD CELL LEVELS ARE RELATED TO POOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AND REDUCED INSULA, AMYGDALA, AND NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS VOLUMES IN A SUBGROUP OF PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA', Schizophrenia Research, 153, pp. S97 - S97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-9964(14)70305-6

Weickert T; Skilleter A; Vercammen A; Lenroot R; Shannon-Weickert C, 2014, 'Poster #S32 PERIPHERAL BDNF: A CANDIDATE BIOMARKER OF HEALTHY NEURAL ACTIVITY DURING LEARNING IS DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA', Schizophrenia Research, 153, pp. S99 - S100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-9964(14)70311-1

Ji E; Shannon-Weickert C; Vercammen A; Skilleter A; Lenroot R; Weickert T, 2014, 'Poster #S39 ENDOGENOUS TESTOSTERONE LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NEURAL ACTIVITY IN MEN WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA DURING A FACIAL EMOTION PROCESSING TASK', Schizophrenia Research, 153, pp. S102 - S102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-9964(14)70318-4

Sommer I; Bahn S; Shannon-Weickert C, 2014, 'THE LONG SEARCH FOR AN INFLAMMATORY COMPONENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA', Schizophrenia Research, 153, pp. S15 - S15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-9964(14)70047-7

Sinclair D; Fillman SG; Webster MJ; Weickert CS, 2013, 'Dysregulation of glucocorticoid receptor co-factors FKBP5, BAG1 and PTGES3 in prefrontal cortex in psychotic illness', Scientific Reports, 3, pp. 3539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03539

Weickert CS; Fung SJ; Catts VS; Schofield PR; Allen KM; Moore LT; Newell KA; Pellen D; Huang XF; Catts SV; Weickert TW; Schofield P, 2013, 'Molecular evidence of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia', Molecular Psychiatry, 18, pp. 1185 - 1192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2012.137

Vercammen A; Skilleter AJ; Lenroot R; Catts SV; Weickert CS; Weickert TW, 2013, 'Testosterone is inversely related to brain activity during emotional inhibition in schizophrenia', Plos One, 8, pp. e77496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077496

Moore L; Kyaw M; Vercammen A; Lenroot R; Kulkarni J; Curtis J; O'Donnell M; Carr VJ; Shannon Weickert C; Weickert TW, 2013, 'Serum testosterone levels are related to cognitive function in men with schizophrenia', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, pp. 1717 - 1728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.007

Player MJ; Weickert CS; Alonzo A; Sachdev P; Martin D; Mitchell PB; Loo CK; Taylor JL, 2013, 'Neuroplasticity in Depressed Individuals Compared with Healthy Controls', Neuropsychopharmacology, 38, pp. 2101 - 2108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2013.126

Weickert CS; Weickert TW; Pillai A; Buckley PF, 2013, 'Biomarkers in schizophrenia: A brief conceptual consideration', Disease Markers, 35, pp. 3 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/510402

Kim WS; Hsiao JT; Bhatia S; Glaros E; Don AS; Tsuruoka S; Shannon Weickert CS; Halliday GM, 2013, 'ABCA8 stimulates sphingomyelin production in oligodendrocytes', Biochemical Journal, 452, pp. 401 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20121764

Wong J; Duncan C; Beveridge NJ; Webster MJ; Cairns M; Shannon weickert C, 2013, 'Expression of NPAS3 in the human cortex and evidence of its posttranscriptional regulation by miR-17 during development, with implications for schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39, pp. 396 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbr177

Fillman SG; Cloonan N; Catts VS; Miller LC; Wong ; Mccrossin T; Cairns M; Weickert CS, 2013, 'Increased inflammatory markers identified in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia', Molecular Psychiatry, 18, pp. 206 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2012.110

Verdurand M; Fillman SG; Shannon Weickert CS; Zavitsanou K, 2013, 'Increases in [3H] Muscimol and [3H] Flumazenil Binding in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia are linked to a4 and y2S mRNA levels respectively', PLoS One, 8, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/Journal.pone.0052724

Wong J; Rothmond DA; Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2013, 'Increases in two truncated TrkB isoforms in the prefrontal cortex of people with schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39, pp. 130 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbr070

Zavitsanou K; Dalton VS; Walker AK; Shannon Weickert CS; Sominsky L; Hodgson DM, 2013, 'Neonatal lipopolysaccharide treatment has long-term effects on monoaminergic and cannabinoid receptors in the rat', Synapse, 67, pp. 290 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/syn.21640

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