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Featured Publications

Following are some of the most outstanding publications resulting from research conducted in our University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry over the past few years.


Gumusoglu SB, Hing BWQ, Chilukuri ASS, Dewitt JJ, Scrog­gins SM, & Stevens HE. Chronic maternal interleukin-17 and autism-related cortical gene expression, neurobiology, and behavior. Neuropsychopharma­cology. 2020


Barry AB, Koeppel JA, & Ho BC. Impulsive decision making, brain cortical thickness and familial schizophrenia risk. Schizophr Res. 2020


Kruth KA, Grisolano TM, Ahern CA, Williams AJ. SCN2A channel­opathies in the autism spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders: a role for pluripotent stem cells? Mol Autism. 2020 Apr 7;11(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s13229-020-00330-9.


Tereschchenko AV, Schultz JL, Bruss JE, Magnotta VA, Epping E, Nopoulous PC. Abnormal development of cerebellar-striatal circuitry in Huntington disease. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.


Bormann NL, Trapp NT, Narayanan NS, Boes AD. Devel­oping Precision Invasive Neu­romodulation for Psychiatry. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neu­rosci. 2021 May 14:appineuro­psych20100268. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20100268. PMID: 33985346


Andersen A, Reimer R, Dawes K, Becker A, Hutchens N, Miller S, Dogan M, Hundley B, A Mills J, D Long J, Philibert R. DNA Methyla­tion Differentiates Smoking from Vaping and Non-combustible Tobacco Use. Epigenetics. Feb. 15, 2021. 


Janouschek H, Camilleri JA, Peterson Z, Sharkey RJ, Eickhoff CR, Grözinger M, Eickhoff SB, Nickl-Jockschat T. Meta-analytic Evidence for Volume Increases in the Medial Temporal Lobe After Elec­troconvulsive Therapy. Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 9:S0006- 3223(21)01184-7. doi: 10.1016/j. biopsych.2021.03.024. PMID: 34119314 


Mishra HK, Ying NM, Luis A, Wei H, Nguyen M, Nakhla T, Vandenburgh S, Alda M, Berrettini WH, Brennand KJ, Calabrese JR, Coryell WH, Frye MA, Gage FH, Gershon ES, McInnis MG, Nievergelt CM, Nurnberger JI, Shilling PD, Oedegaard KJ, Zandi PP; Pharmacogenomics of Bipolar Disorder Study, Kelsoe JR, Welsh DK, McCarthy MJ. Circadian rhythms in bipolar disorder patient-derived neurons predict lithium response: preliminary studies. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 5. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01048-7. PMID: 33674753.


Luehrs RE, Moreau KL, Pierce GL…Moser DJ, Hoth KF. (2021). Cognitive performance is lower among individuals with overlap syndrome than with COPD or Obstructive Sleep Ap­nea alone: role of carotid artery stiffness. J App Physiol. DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00477.2020.


Monson ET, Shabalin AA, Do­cherty AR, DiBlasi E, Bakian AV, Li QS, Gray D, Keeshin B, Crowell SE, Mullins N, Willour VL, Coon H. Assessment of suicide attempt and death in bipolar affective disorder: a combined clinical and genetic approach.Transl Psychia­try. 2021 Jul 7;11(1):379.