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Some recent publications shared by our faculty

The department of Psychiatry encourages its member to contact the press office (https://health.ucsd.edu/news/Pages/contacts.aspx) about notable publications for which a press release might be appropriate. 

2018
Pasman J, Verweij K, Gerring Z, Stringer S, Sanchez-Roige S, Treur J, Abdellaoui A, Nivard MG, Baselmans B, Sheng Ong J, Ip H, van der Zee M, Bartels M, Day D, Fontanillas P, Elson S, The 23andMe Research Team, de Wit H, Davis L, MacKillop J, The Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, The International Cannabis Consortium, Derringer J, Branje S, Hartman C, Heath A, van Lier P, Madden P, Mägi R, Meeus W, Montgomery G, Oldehinkel A, Pausova Z, Ramos-Quiroga J, Paus T, Ribases M, Kaprio J, Boks M, Bell J, Spector T, Gelernter J, Boomsma D, Martin N, Macgregor S, Perry J, Palmer AA, Posthuma D, Munafo M, Gillespie N, Derks E. GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia. Nature Neuroscience, 2018.
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Pasman J, Verweij K, Gerring Z, Stringer S, Sanchez-Roige S, Treur J, Abdellaoui A, Nivard MG, Baselmans B, Sheng Ong J, Ip H, van der Zee M, Bartels M, Day D, Fontanillas P, Elson S, The 23andMe Research Team, de Wit H, Davis L, MacKillop J, The Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, The International Cannabis Consortium, Derringer J, Branje S, Hartman C, Heath A, van Lier P, Madden P, Mägi R, Meeus W, Montgomery G, Oldehinkel A, Pausova Z, Ramos-Quiroga J, Paus T, Ribases M, Kaprio J, Boks M, Bell J, Spector T, Gelernter J, Boomsma D, Martin N, Macgregor S, Perry J, Palmer AA, Posthuma D, Munafo M, Gillespie N, Derks E. GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia. Nature Neuroscience, 2018, in press.

Low-frequency cortical activity is a neuromodulatory target that tracks recovery after stroke
Ramanathan D, Guo L, Gulati T, Davidson G, Hishinuma AK, Won S, Knight RT, Chang EF, Swanson RA, Ganguly K.
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Dufour CA, Marquine MJ, Fazeli PL, Umlauf A, Henry BL, Zlatar Z, Montoya JL, Ellis RJ, Grant I, Moore DJ. (2018). A longitudinal analysis of the impact of physical activity on neurocognitive functioning among HIV-infected adults. AIDS And Behavior, 22(5), 1562-1572. PMID: 27990580 PMCID: PMC5476522.
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Brandler WM, Antaki D, Gujral M, Kleiber ML, Whitney J, Maile MS, Hong O, Chapman TR, Tan S, Tandon P, Pang T, Tang SC, Vaux KK, Yang Y, Harrington E, Juul S, Turner DJ, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Kaur G, Wang Z, Kingsmore SF, Gleeson JG, Bisson D, Kakaradov B, Telenti A, Venter JC, Corominas R, Toma C, Cormand B, Rueda I, Guijarro S, Messer KS, Nievergelt CM, Arranz MJ, Courchesne E, Pierce K, Muotri AR, Iakoucheva LM, Hervas A, Scherer SW, Corsello C, Sebat J. Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants are associated with autism. Science. 2018 Apr 20;360(6386):327-331. doi: 10.1126/science.aan2261. PMID: 29674594.
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Liang D, Bao Y, Wallace M, Grant I, Shi Y. Medical Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Prescriptions: Evidence on US Medicaid Enrollees during 1993-2014. Addiction. 2018 Jul 10. PMID: 29989239.
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Implementing a College Mental Health Program - an Overview of the First Twelve Months.
Downs N1, Alderman T1, Bhakta S1, Greenwood TA1.
1 a University of California San Diego , Psychiatry , La Jolla , United States.
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2017
Engagement in pleasant leisure activities and blood pressure: A 5-year longitudinal study in Alzheimer's caregivers.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(7), 735-741. PMID: 28640179 PMCID: PMC5573635 features Mausbach BT, Romero-Moreno R, Bos T, von Kanel R, Ziegler MG, Allison MA, Mills PJ, Dimsdale JE, Ancoli-Israel S, Losada A, Marquez-Gonzalez M, Patterson TL, Grant I.
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Coagulation imbalance and neurocognitive functioning in older HIV+ adults on suppressive antiretroviral therapy.
AIDS (London, England), 31(6), 787-795. PMID: 28099190 features Montoya JL, Iudicello J, Oppenheim HA, Fazeli PL, Potter M, Ma Q, Mills PJ, Ellis RJ, Grant I, Letendre SL, Moore DJ.
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The Use of Cannabis for Headache Disorders
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2(1), 61-71 features Lochte BC, Beletsky A, Samuel NK, Grant I.
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Altered reward expectancy in individuals with recent methamphetamine dependence.
Journal of Psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 31(1), 17-30. PMID: 27649775 PMCID: PMC5225125 features Bischoff-Grethe A, Connolly CG, Jordan SJ, Brown GG, Paulus MP, Tapert SF, Heaton RK, Woods SP, Grant I..
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2014

Adverse Consequences of Glucocorticoid Medication: Psychological, Cognitive, and Behavioral Effects
The American Psychiatry Journal (AJP) features Dr. Lewis Judd and others from UCSD Department of Psychiatry.
A link to the manuscript in the AJP will be posted when available.
Adverse Consequences of Glucocorticoid Medication: Psychological, Cognitive, and Behavioral Effects