By Professor Cynthia Shannon Weickert

Journal articles

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

Catts VS; Fung SJ; Long LE; Joshi D; Vercammen A; Allen KM; Fillman SG; Rothmond DA; Sinclair D; Tiwari Y; Tsai S-Y; Weickert TW; Shannon Weickert CS, 2013, 'Rethinking schizophrenia in the context of normal neurodevelopment', Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 7, pp. 1 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2013.00060

Rothmond DA; Shannon Weickert C; Webster MA, 2012, 'Developmental changes in human dopamine neurotransmission: Cortical receptors and terminators', BMC Neuroscience, 13, pp. Article number 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-13-18

Long LE; Lind J; Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2012, 'Developmental trajectory of the endocannabinoid system in human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex', BMC Neuroscience, 13, pp. 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-13-87

Morris RW; Vercammen A; Lenroot R; Moore L; Short B; Langton JM; Kulkarni J; Curtis J; O'Donnell M; Shannon Weickert C; Weickert T, 2012, 'Disambiguating ventral striatum fMRI-related bold signal during reward prediction in schizophrenia.', Molecular Psychiatry, 17, pp. 280 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2011.75

Catts VS; Catts SV; Jablensky A; Chandler D; Shannon Weickert C; Lavin M, 2012, 'Evidence of aberrant DNA damage response signalling but normal rates of DNA repair in dividing lymphoblasts from patients with schizophrenia.', World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 13, pp. 114 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15622975.2011.565073

Catts VS; Shannon Weickert C, 2012, 'Gene expression analysis implicates a death receptor pathway in schizophrenia pathology', PLoS One, 7, pp. Article number e35511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035511

Sinclair D; Fullerton J; Webster M; Shannon Weickert C, 2012, 'Glucocorticoid receptor 1B and 1C mRNA transcript alterations in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and their possible regulation by GR gene variants', PLoS One, 7, pp. Article no. e31720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031720

Sinclair D; Webster MJ; Fullerton JM; Shannon Weickert C, 2012, 'Glucocorticoid receptor mRNA and protein isoform alterations in the orbitofrontal cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder', BMC Psychiatry, 12, pp. 84 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-84

Joshi D; Fung S; Rothwell A; Shannon Weickert C, 2012, 'Higher gamma-aminobutyric acid neuron density in the white matter of orbital frontal cortex in schizophrenia', Biological Psychiatry, 72, pp. 725 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.021

Mcauley EZ; Scimone A; Tiwari Y; Agahi G; Mowry BJ; Holliday E; Donald JA; Shannon Weickert C; Mitchell PB; Schofield PR; Fullerton JM; Schofield P, 2012, 'Identification of Sialytransferase 8B as a generalized susceptibility gene for psychotic and mood disorders on chromosome 15q25-26', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038172

Morris RW; Sparkes A; Mitchell PB; Shannon Weickert C; Green MJ; Sparks A, 2012, 'Lack of cortico-limbic coupling in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia during emotion regulation', Translational Psychiatry, 90, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.16

Jablensky A; Angelicheva D; Donohoe GJ; Mcrae A; Cruickshank M; Azmanov DN; Morris DW; McRae A; Shannon Weickert C; Carter K; Chandler D; Alexandro B; Usheva A; Morar B; Verbrugghe PL; Filipovska A; Rackham O; Bishop AR; Rasmussen K; Dragovic M; Cooper M; Phillips M; Badcock J; Bramon-Bosch E; Almeida OP; Flicker L; Gill M; Corvin A; MacGregor S; Kalaydjieva L, 2012, 'Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophrenia.', Molecular Psychiatry, 17, pp. 1328 - 1339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2011.129

Vercammen A; Morris RW; Green MJ; Lenroot R; Kulkarni J; Carr VJ; Shannon Weickert C; Weickert T, 2012, 'Reduced neural activity of the prefrontal cognitive control circuitry during response inhibition to negative words in pepole with schizophrenia', Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 37, pp. 379 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.110088

Weickert CS; Tiwari Y; Schofield PR; Mowry BJ; Fullerton JM; Schofield P, 2012, 'Schizophrenia-associated HapICE haplotype is associated with increased NRG1 type III expression and high nucleotide diversity', Translational Psychiatry, 2, pp. e104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.25

Purves-Tyson TD; Handelsman D; Double KL; Bustamante S; owens SJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2012, 'Testosterone regulation of sex steroid-related mRNAs and dopamine-related mRNAs in adolescent male rat substantia nigra', BMC Neuroscience, 13, pp. 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-13-95

Sinclair D; Tsai S; Woon HG; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Abnormal glucocorticoid receptor mRNA and protein isoform expression in the prefrontal cortex in psychiatric illness.', Neuropsychopharmacology, 36, pp. 2698 - 2709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2011.160

Green MJ; Matheson SL; Shepherd A; Shannon Weickert C; Carr VJ, 2011, 'Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in schizophrenia: a systematic review with meta-analysis', Molecular Psychiatry, 16, pp. 960 - 972, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.88

Thompson M; Shannon Weickert C; Wyatt E; Webster MJ, 2011, 'Decreased BDNF, TrkB-TK+ and GAD(67) mRNA expression in the hippocampus of individuals with schizophrenia and mood disorders.', Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 36, pp. 195 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.100048

Fung S; Joshi D; Allen K; Sivagnanasundaram S; Rothmond DA; Saunders R; Noble P; Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Developmental patterns of doublecortin expression and white matter neuron density in the postnatal primate prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e25194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025194

Sinclair D; Webster MJ; Wong J; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Dynamic molecular and anatomical changes in the glucocorticoid receptor in human cortical development', Molecular Psychiatry, 16, pp. 504 - 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.28

Fung S; Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Expression of VGluT1 and VGAT mRNAs in human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during development and in schizophrenia', Brain Research, 1388, pp. 22 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2011.03.004

Rushby J; Vercammen A; Loo CK; Short B; Weickert T; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Frontal and parietal contributions to probabilistic association learning', Cerebral Cortex, 21, pp. 1879 - 1888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq255

Wong J; Woon HG; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Full length TrkB potentiates estrogen receptor alpha mediated transcription suggesting convergence of susceptibility pathways in schizophrenia.', Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 46, pp. 67 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2010.08.007

Yang Y; Fung S; Rothwell A; Tianmei A; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Increased interstitial white matter neuron density in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of people with schizophrenia', Biological Psychiatry, 69, pp. 63 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.08.020

Fung S; Sivagnanasundaram S; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Lack of change in markers of presynaptic terminal abundance alongside subtle reductions in markers of presynaptic terminal plasticity in prefrontal cortex of schizophrenia patients', Biological Psychiatry, 69, pp. 71 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.09.036

Webster MJ; Elashoff M; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Molecular evidence that cortical synaptic growth predominates during the first decade of life in humans', International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 29, pp. 225 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.09.006

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