Faculty and Staff Publications
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Inman C, James GA, Hamann S, Rajendra J, Pagnoni G & Butler AJ. (2012) Altered resting-state effective connectivity of fronto-parietal motor control systems on the primary motor network following stroke. Neuroimage, 59, 227-237.
In this study, we use structural equation modeling to explore alterations in the motor network with stroke.
Bian J, Cisler J, Xie M, James GA, Seker R & Kilts C. “A Methodology for Empirical Analysis of Brain Connectivity through Graph Mining”, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011), October 9-12, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska.
This work uses graph theory to explore how early life stress impacts the brain’s functional architecture.
Caceda R, James GA, Ely T, Snarey J, Kilts C. (2011) Mode of effective connectivity within a putative neural network differentiates moral cognitions related to care and justice ethics. PLoSONE, 6(2); e14730. PMCID: 3045376
In this study, we use fMRI to study the long standing debate of whether care and justice moral ethics represent one or two different forms of cognition.
Cisler, J. M., A. B. Amstadter, et al. (2011). "A prospective examination of the relationships between PTSD, exposure to assaultive violence, and cigarette smoking among a national sample of adolescents." Addictive Behaviors 36(10): 994-1000.
This study demonstrates that exposure to assaultive violence increases risk of future cigarette smoking among adolescents.
Cisler, J. M., K. B. Wolitzky-Taylor, et al. (2011). "The emotional Stroop task and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis." Clinical Psychology Review 31(5): 817-828.
This review quantitatively summarizes the empirical literature pertaining to attentional biases on the Stroop task among individuals with PTSD.
Cisler, J. M., T. G. Adams, et al. (2011). "Unique affective and cognitive processes in contamination appraisals: Implications for contamination fear." Journal of Anxiety Disorders 25(1): 28-35.
This study demonstrates that emotional and cognitive biases have distinct effects on contamination appraisals.
Craddock RC, James GA, Holzheimer PE, Hu XP & Mayberg HS. (2011) A whole brain fMRI atlas generated via spatially constrained spectral clustering. Human Brain Mapping. (in press)
In this study, we propose methodology for building a standardized brain atlas derived from parcellation of functional neuroimaging data.
Hasenkamp, W., G. A. James, et al. (2011). "Altered engagement of attention and default networks during target detection in schizophrenia." Schizophrenia Research 125(2-3): 169-173.
This study explored altered attentional networks in schizophrenia patients undergoing a working memory task.
Cisler, J. M. and B. O. Olatunji (2010). "Components of attentional biases in contamination fear: Evidence for difficulty in disengagement." Behaviour Research and Therapy 48(1): 74-78.
This study demonstrates difficulty disengaging attention from threat stimuli among individuals with high fear of contamination.
Cisler, J. M. and E. H. W. Koster (2010). "Mechanisms of attentional biases towards threat in anxiety disorders: An integrative review." Clinical Psychology Review 30(2): 203-216.
This review integrates the literature on attentional biases towards threat and proposes a multi-system model of mechanisms responsible for attentional biases.
Derado G, Bowman FD, Kilts CD, 2010. Modeling the spatial and temporal dependence in fMRI data, Biometrics, 66(3):949-57. PMCID: 2942991
In this study, we propose a spatial-temporal model to correct for changes between voxels and between subjects in fMRI images.
Derado, G, Bowman FD, Ely TD, Kilts CD, 2010. Evaluating functional autocorrelation within spatially distributed neural processing networks, Statistics and Its Interface, 3(1):45-57.
Deshpande, G., S. LaConte, et al. (2009). "Multivariate Granger causality analysis of fMRI data." Hum Brain Mapp 30(4): 1361-1373.
In this study, we explore changes in neural connectivity mediating motor behavior related to muscle fatigue during repetitive hand movements.
James, G. A., M. E. Kelley, et al. (2009). "Exploratory structural equation modeling of resting-state fMRI: Applicability of group models to individual subjects." NeuroImage 45(3): 778-787.
In this study, we use exploratory structural equation modeling to derive a functional network for emotion mediation in patients with major depressive disorder and test that model’s applicability toward individual subjects.
James, G., Lu, X.L., VanMeter, J., Sathian, K., Sathian, M.D.P., Hu, X., et al., 2009a. “Changes in resting state effective connectivity in the motor network following rehabilitation of upper extremity poststroke paresis.” Top. Stroke Rehabil. 16 (4), 270–281.
This study used resting-state fMRI and an exploratory adaptation of structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate therapy-related changes in motor network effective connectivity in stroke patients with upper-extremity paresis.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
In this study, we explore changes in neural connectivity mediating motor behavior related to muscle fatigue during repetitive hand movements.
James, G. A., M. E. Kelley, et al. (2009). "Exploratory structural equation modeling of resting-state fMRI: Applicability of group models to individual subjects." NeuroImage 45(3): 778-787.
In this study, we use exploratory structural equation modeling to derive a functional network for emotion mediation in patients with major depressive disorder and test that model’s applicability toward individual subjects.
James, G., Lu, X.L., VanMeter, J., Sathian, K., Sathian, M.D.P., Hu, X., et al., 2009a. “Changes in resting state effective connectivity in the motor network following rehabilitation of upper extremity poststroke paresis.” Top. Stroke Rehabil. 16 (4), 270–281.
This study used resting-state fMRI and an exploratory adaptation of structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate therapy-related changes in motor network effective connectivity in stroke patients with upper-extremity paresis.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
James, G. A., M. E. Kelley, et al. (2009). "Exploratory structural equation modeling of resting-state fMRI: Applicability of group models to individual subjects." NeuroImage 45(3): 778-787.
In this study, we use exploratory structural equation modeling to derive a functional network for emotion mediation in patients with major depressive disorder and test that model’s applicability toward individual subjects.
James, G., Lu, X.L., VanMeter, J., Sathian, K., Sathian, M.D.P., Hu, X., et al., 2009a. “Changes in resting state effective connectivity in the motor network following rehabilitation of upper extremity poststroke paresis.” Top. Stroke Rehabil. 16 (4), 270–281.
This study used resting-state fMRI and an exploratory adaptation of structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate therapy-related changes in motor network effective connectivity in stroke patients with upper-extremity paresis.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
In this study, we use exploratory structural equation modeling to derive a functional network for emotion mediation in patients with major depressive disorder and test that model’s applicability toward individual subjects.
James, G., Lu, X.L., VanMeter, J., Sathian, K., Sathian, M.D.P., Hu, X., et al., 2009a. “Changes in resting state effective connectivity in the motor network following rehabilitation of upper extremity poststroke paresis.” Top. Stroke Rehabil. 16 (4), 270–281.
This study used resting-state fMRI and an exploratory adaptation of structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate therapy-related changes in motor network effective connectivity in stroke patients with upper-extremity paresis.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
James, G., Lu, X.L., VanMeter, J., Sathian, K., Sathian, M.D.P., Hu, X., et al., 2009a. “Changes in resting state effective connectivity in the motor network following rehabilitation of upper extremity poststroke paresis.” Top. Stroke Rehabil. 16 (4), 270–281.
This study used resting-state fMRI and an exploratory adaptation of structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate therapy-related changes in motor network effective connectivity in stroke patients with upper-extremity paresis.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
This study used resting-state fMRI and an exploratory adaptation of structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate therapy-related changes in motor network effective connectivity in stroke patients with upper-extremity paresis.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
James, George Andrew; Li, Xuebing; DuBois, Grant E.; Zhou, Lei; Hu, Xiaoping P. (2009) “Prolonged insula activation during perception of aftertaste.” NeuroReport 20(3): 245-250.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
This study reports a neural basis for aftertaste perception.
Duncan E, Bosheven W, Harenski K, Fallios A, Tracy H, Jovanovic T, Hu X, Drexler K, Kilts C, 2007. An fMRI study of the interaction of stress and cocaine cues on craving, Am J Addiction, 16(3):174-182.
This study uses functional MRI to look at how the brain responds to drugs and how the brain responds to acute stress.
Robertson D, Snarey J, Ousley O, Harenski K, Bowman FB, Gilkey R, Kilts CD, 2007. An fMRI study of ethical decision making: The neural basis of moral sensitivity to issues of care and justice. Neuropsychologia, 45:755-766.
This study uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and real life moral issues to demonstrate that sensitivity to moral issues is associated with specific areas of the brain.
Kilts CD, Kelsey J, Knight B, Ely TD, Bowman FD, Gross RE, Selvig A, Newport DJ, Nemeroff CB, 2006. The neural correlates of social anxiety disorder and response to pharmacotherapy. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31:2243-2253.
In this study we attempt to define further the neural processing events underlying social anxiety in patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and their response to pharmacotherapy.
Westen D, Blagov P, Harenski K, Kilts C, Hamann S, 2006. Neural basis of motivated reasoning: An fMRI study of emotional constraints on partisan political judgment in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, J Cognit Neurosci, 18:1947-1958.
This study looks at the Democrats and Republicans and how political candidates are viewed from the perspective of political judgment and decision-making.
James, G. A., G. He, & Liu Y. (2005). "A full-size MRI-compatible keyboard response system." NeuroImage 25(1): 328-331.
In this study, we compare two commercially available plastic keyboards for their use in the MRI environment.
Shapira NA, Lessig MC, He AG, James GA, et al. Satiety dysfunction in Prader-Willi syndrome demonstrated by fMRI. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005;76:260–262.
In this study, we explore neural networks mediating satiety and their delayed response to glucose administration in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome.
James GA, Gold MS, Liu Y. “Interaction of satiety and reward response to food stimulation.” J Addict Dis. 2004;23(3):23-37.
In this book chapter, we review the use of neuroimaging to understand the brain’s regulation of satiety.
Kilts CD, Gross RE, Ely TD, Drexler KPG, 2004. The neural correlates of drug cue-induced craving in cocaine-dependent women. Am J Psychiatry 161:233-241. Lead article and Cover illustration (featured in NIDA Notes vol.19, no. 4).
In this study we attempt to study information related to the neural correlates of cocaine craving in cocaine dependent women.
