By Professor Cynthia Shannon Weickert

Journal articles

Ghose S; Weickert CS; Colvin SM; Coyle JT; Herman MM; Hyde TM; Kleinman JE, 2004, 'Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II Gene Expression in the Human Frontal and Temporal Lobe in Schizophrenia', Neuropsychopharmacology, 29, pp. 117 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.npp.1300304

Law AJ; Weickert CS; Hyde TM; Kleinman JE; Harrison PJ, 2004, 'Reduced spinophilin but not microtubule-associated protein 2 expression in the hippocampal formation in schizophrenia and mood disorders: Molecular evidence for a pathology of dendritic spines', American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, pp. 1848 - 1855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.161.10.1848

Shanon-Weickert C; Kozlovsky N; Tomaskovic-Crook E; Kleinman JE; Belmaker RH; Agam G; Shannon Weickert C, 2004, 'Reduced GSK-alpha mRNA levels in postmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic patients.', Journal of Neural Transmission, 111, pp. 1583 - 1592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00702-004-0166-3

Halim ND; Weickert CS; McClintock BW; Hyde TM; Weinberger DR; Kleinman JE; Lipska BK, 2003, 'Presynaptic proteins in the prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia and rats with abnormal prefrontal development', Molecular Psychiatry, 8, pp. 797 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001319

Law AJ; Weickert CS; Webster MJ; Herman MM; Kleinman JE; Harrison PJ, 2003, 'Expression of NMDA receptor NR1, NR2A and NR2B subunit mRNAs during development of the human hippocampal formation', European Journal of Neuroscience, 18, pp. 1197 - 1205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02850.x

Weickert CS; Hyde TM; Lipska BK; Herman MM; Weinberger DR; Kleinman JE, 2003, 'Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor in prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia', Molecular Psychiatry, 8, pp. 592 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001308

Matsumoto M; Weickert CS; Beltaifa S; Kolachana B; Chen J; Hyde TM; Herman MM; Weinberger DR; Kleinman JE, 2003, 'Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) mRNA expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia', Neuropsychopharmacology, 28, pp. 1521 - 1530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.npp.1300218

Matsumoto M; Weickert CS; Akil M; Lipska BK; Hyde TM; Herman MM; Kleinman JE; Weinberger DR, 2003, 'Catechol O-methyltransferase mRNA expression in human and rat brain: Evidence for a role in cortical neuronal function', Neuroscience, 116, pp. 127 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00556-0

Carrasco E; Blum M; Weickert CS; Casper D, 2003, 'Epidermal growth factor receptor expression is related to post-mitotic events in cerebellar development: Regulation by thyroid hormone', Developmental Brain Research, 140, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00539-4

Law AJ; Weickert CS; Webster MJ; Herman MM; Kleinman JE; Harrison PJ, 2003, 'Changes in NMDA Receptor Subunit mRNAs and Cyclophilin mRNA during Development of the Human Hippocampus', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1003, pp. 426 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1300.043

Lipska BK; Lerman DN; Khaing ZZ; Weickert CS; Weinberger DR, 2003, 'Gene expression in dopamine and GABA systems in an animal model of schizophrenia: Effects of antipsychotic drugs', European Journal of Neuroscience, 18, pp. 391 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02738.x

Romanczyk TB; Weickert CS; Webster MJ; Herman MM; Akil M; Kleinman JE, 2002, 'Alterations in trkB mRNA in the human prefrontal cortex throughout the lifespan', European Journal of Neuroscience, 15, pp. 269 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01858.x

Webster MJ; Weickert CS; Herman MM; Kleinman JE, 2002, 'BDNF mRNA expression during postnatal development, maturation and aging of the human prefrontal cortex', Developmental Brain Research, 139, pp. 139 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00540-0

Webster MJ; Knable MB; O'Grady J; Orthmann J; Weickert CS, 2002, 'Regional specificity of brain glucocorticoid receptor mRNA alterations in subjects with schizophrenia and mood disorders', Molecular Psychiatry, 7, pp. 985 - 994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001139

Webster MJ; Shannon Weickert C; Herman MM; Hyde TM; Kleinman JE, 2001, 'Synaptophysin and GAP-43 mRNA levels in the hippocampus of subjects with schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Research, 49, pp. 89 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0920-9964(00)00052-9

Al-Amin HA; Shannon Weickert C; Weinberger DR; Lipska BK, 2001, 'Delayed onset of enhanced MK-801-induced motor hyperactivity after neonatal lesions of the rat ventral hippocampus', Biological Psychiatry, 49, pp. 528 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3223(00)00968-9

Lipska BK; Khaing ZZ; Weickert CS; Weinberger DR, 2001, 'BDNF mRNA expression in rat hippocampus and prefrontal cortex: Effects of neonatal ventral hippocampal damage and antipsychotic drugs', European Journal of Neuroscience, 14, pp. 135 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.2001.01633.x

Weickert CS; Webster MJ; Hyde TM; Herman MM; Bachus SE; Bali G; Weinberger DR; Kleinman JE, 2001, 'Reduced GAP-43 mRNA in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia', Cerebral Cortex, 11, pp. 136 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/11.2.136

Khaing ZZ; Weickert CS; Weinberger DR; Lipska BK, 2000, 'Differential DNA damage in response to the neonatal and adult excitotoxic hippocampal lesion in rats', European Journal of Neuroscience, 12, pp. 4424 - 4433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0953-816X.2000.01320.x

Weickert CS; Webster MJ; Colvin SM; Herman MM; Hyde TM; Weinberger DR; Kleinman JE, 2000, 'Localization of epidermal growth factor receptors and putative neuoblasts in human subependymal zone', Journal of Comparative Neurology, 423, pp. 359 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1096-9861(20000731)423:3<359::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-0

Blum M; Weickert C; Carrasco E, 1999, 'The weaver GIRK2 mutation leads to decreased levels of serum thyroid hormone: Characterization of the effect on midbrain dopaminergic neuron survival', Experimental Neurology, 160, pp. 413 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exnr.1999.7231

Weickert CS; Weinberger DR, 1998, 'A candidate molecule approach to defining developmental pathology in schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 24, pp. 303 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033327

Weickert CS; Kleinman JE, 1998, 'The neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of schizophrenia', Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 21, pp. 57 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70361-0

Bachus SE; Hyde TM; Akil M; Weickert CS; Vawter MP; Kleinman JE, 1997, 'Neuropathology of suicide. A review and an approach', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 836, pp. 201 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52361.x

Weickert CS; Blum M, 1995, 'Striatal TGF-α: postnatal developmental expression and evidence for a role in the proliferation of subependymal cells', Developmental Brain Research, 86, pp. 203 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-3806(95)00026-A

Blum MA; Weickert CS, 1995, 'GDNF mRNA expression in normal postnatal development, aging, and in weaver mutant mice', Neurobiology of Aging, 16, pp. 925 - 929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0197-4580(95)02011-X

Ho A; Gore AC; Weickert CS; Blum M, 1995, 'Glutamate regulation of GDNF gene expression in the striatum and primary striatal astrocytes', NeuroReport, 6, pp. 1454 - 1458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-199507100-00023

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