Food addiction and tobacco use disorder: common liability and shared mechanisms

L Zawertailo, S Attwells, WK Deruiter, TL Le, D Dawson… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
As food addiction is being more commonly recognized within the scientific community,
parallels can be drawn between it and other addictive substance use disorders, including …

Molecular imaging of autism spectrum disorder

BJ Hwang, MA Mohamed, JR Brašić - International Review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition with onset in early childhood characterized by
marked deficits in interpersonal interactions and communication and by a restricted and …

Linking dopaminergic reward signals to the development of attentional bias: A positron emission tomographic study

BA Anderson, H Kuwabara, DF Wong, J Roberts… - NeuroImage, 2017 - Elsevier
The attention system is shaped by reward history, such that learned reward cues
involuntarily draw attention. Recent research has begun to uncover the neural mechanisms …

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 tracer [18F]-FPEB displays increased binding potential in postcentral gyrus and cerebellum of male individuals with autism: a pilot …

SH Fatemi, DF Wong, JR Brašić, H Kuwabara… - Cerebellum & …, 2018 - Springer
Background Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is first manifested during early
childhood. Postmortem experiments have identified significantly elevated expression of …

One dimensional photonic crystal as an efficient tool for in-vivo optical sensing of neural activity

F Sohrabi, SM Hamidi, N Asgari, MA Ansari… - Optical Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we recorded optically the neural/neuromuscular activity of alive worm via
phase-sensitive measurement while stimulating it optically using infrared laser. By …

Reduced expression of cerebral metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 in men with fragile X syndrome

JR Brašić, A Nandi, DS Russell, D Jennings, O Barret… - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glutamatergic receptor expression is mostly unknown in adults with fragile X syndrome
(FXS). Favorable behavioral effects of negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of the …

Positron emission tomography experience with 2‐[18F]fluoro‐3‐(2(s)‐azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine (2‐[18F]fa) in the living human brain of smokers with paranoid …

JR Brašić, N Cascella, A Kumar, Y Zhou, J Hilton… - Synapse, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Utilizing postmortem data (Breese et al.[2000] Neuropsychopharmacology 23: 351–364), we
hypothesized that the densities of high‐affinity neuronal α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine …

Correlation of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter densities in the striata to the clinical abilities of women with Rett syndrome

JR Brašić, G Bibat, A Kumar, Y Zhou, J Hilton… - Synapse, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disability characterized by mutations in the X‐
linked methyl‐CpG‐binding protein 2 located at the Xq28 region. The severity is modified in …

A cholecystokinin B receptor antagonist and cocaine interaction, phase I study

A Elkashef, JR Brašić, LR Cantelina Jr… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims RPR 102681, a cholecystokinin‐B antagonist, increased dopamine (DA) release and
reduced cocaine self‐administration in animals. This pilot study sought to assess the safety …

Tic Reduction Following Heat-Induced Dehydration in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (TS)

AB Durbin, MR Rodgers, JR Brašić - Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biology and Life Sciences Forum | Free Full-Text | Tic Reduction Following Heat-Induced
Dehydration in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (TS) Next Article in Journal Neurologic …