Psychiatry
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1. Black BS, Johnston D, Morrison A, Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, Samus QM. Quality of life of community-residing persons with dementia based on self-rated and caregiver-rated measures. Qual Life Res. 2012 Oct;21(8):1379-89.
Key words: dementia, quality of life, community-based participatory research, caregivers, health services needs and demands
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22038392

2. Guo Z, Rudow G, Pletnikova O, Codispoti KE, Orr BA, Crain BJ, Duan W, Margolis RL, Rosenblatt A, Ross CA, Troncoso JC. Striatal neuronal loss correlates with clinical motor impairment in Huntington's disease. Mov Disord. 2012 Sep 15;27(11):1379-86.
Key words: putamen, subthalamic nucleus, medium spiny neurons, DARPP-32, stereology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22975850

3. Leoutsakos JM, Han D, Mielke MM, Forrester SN, Tschanz JT, Corcoran CD, Green RC, Norton MC, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Lyketsos CG. Effects of general medical health on Alzheimer's progression: the Cache County Dementia Progression Study. Int Psychogeriatr. 2012 Oct;24(10):1561-70.
Key words: Alzheimer's disease, comorbidity, GMHR, disease progression, rate of decline, medical care, cohort study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687143

4. Tuten M, Fitzsimons H, Chisolm MS, Nuzzo PA, Jones HE. Contingent incentives reduce cigarette smoking among pregnant, methadone-maintained women: results of an initial feasibility and efficacy randomized clinical trial. Addiction. 2012 Oct;107(10):1868-77.
Key words: cigarette smoking, contingency management, opioids, pregnancy, shaping procedures
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716774

5. Unschuld PG, Joel SE, Pekar JJ, Reading SA, Oishi K, McEntee J, Shanahan M, Bakker A, Margolis RL, Bassett SS, Rosenblatt A, Mori S, van Zijl PC, Ross CA, Redgrave GW. Depressive symptoms in prodromal Huntington's Disease correlate with Stroop-interference related functional connectivity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Psychiatry Res. 2012 Aug;203(2-3):166-74.
Key words: depression, functional connectivity, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), blood-oxygenation level dependent (BOLD), neurodegeneration, default mode network (DMN)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22974690

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