Tony T Yang

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Amygdalar activation associated with happy facial expressions in adolescents: a 3-T functional MRI study
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:979-85. 2003
  2. ncbi Increased amygdala activation is related to heart rate during emotion processing in adolescent subjects
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
    Neurosci Lett 428:109-14. 2007
  3. ncbi Adolescents with major depression demonstrate increased amygdala activation
    Tony T Yang
    University of California, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:42-51. 2010
  4. ncbi Depressed adolescents demonstrate greater subgenual anterior cingulate activity
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Neuroreport 20:440-4. 2009
  5. ncbi Adolescent subgenual anterior cingulate activity is related to harm avoidance
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California 92123, USA
    Neuroreport 20:19-23. 2009
  6. ncbi Decreased functional coupling of the amygdala and supragenual cingulate is related to increased depression in unmedicated individuals with current major depressive disorder
    Scott C Matthews
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0603, United States
    J Affect Disord 111:13-20. 2008
  7. ncbi Altered fimbria-fornix white matter integrity in anorexia nervosa predicts harm avoidance
    Demitry Kazlouski
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
    Psychiatry Res 192:109-16. 2011
  8. ncbi Amygdala response and functional connectivity during emotion regulation: A study of 14 depressed adolescents
    Greg Perlman
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego UCSD, United States Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
    J Affect Disord 139:75-84. 2012
  9. ncbi Neurocognitive correlates of white matter quality in adolescent substance users
    Sunita Bava
    University of California, Department of Psychiatry, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093 0603, United States
    Brain Cogn 72:347-54. 2010
  10. ncbi Heightened sensitivity to reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa
    Leah M Jappe
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
    Int J Eat Disord 44:317-24. 2011

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Amygdalar activation associated with happy facial expressions in adolescents: a 3-T functional MRI study
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:979-85. 2003
    ..To study the possible role of the amygdala in the recognition of happy and sad facial expressions in adolescents aged 13 to 17 years...
  2. ncbi Increased amygdala activation is related to heart rate during emotion processing in adolescent subjects
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
    Neurosci Lett 428:109-14. 2007
    ..Finally, the results of the present study lay the foundation for future research to investigate whether adolescents with mood or anxiety disorders show an altered coupling between processing emotionally salient events and ANS activity...
  3. ncbi Adolescents with major depression demonstrate increased amygdala activation
    Tony T Yang
    University of California, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:42-51. 2010
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  4. ncbi Depressed adolescents demonstrate greater subgenual anterior cingulate activity
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Neuroreport 20:440-4. 2009
    ..These results establish for the first time abnormal functioning of the sgACC in depressed adolescents and have important implications for understanding the underlying neural correlates and potential treatments of adolescent depression...
  5. ncbi Adolescent subgenual anterior cingulate activity is related to harm avoidance
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California 92123, USA
    Neuroreport 20:19-23. 2009
    ..Greater harm avoidance levels were significantly associated with increased inhibition-related sgACC activity. These results establish, for the first time, a link between personality and differential sgACC activation in adolescents...
  6. ncbi Decreased functional coupling of the amygdala and supragenual cingulate is related to increased depression in unmedicated individuals with current major depressive disorder
    Scott C Matthews
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0603, United States
    J Affect Disord 111:13-20. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to examine the degree to which alterations in amygdala-cingulate FC relate to severity of current depressive symptoms in a group of depressed individuals without significant co-morbidities...
  7. ncbi Altered fimbria-fornix white matter integrity in anorexia nervosa predicts harm avoidance
    Demitry Kazlouski
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
    Psychiatry Res 192:109-16. 2011
    ..The prediction of Harm Avoidance in AN by fimbria-fornix WM integrity suggests that this pathway may be mechanistically involved in high anxiety in AN...
  8. ncbi Amygdala response and functional connectivity during emotion regulation: A study of 14 depressed adolescents
    Greg Perlman
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego UCSD, United States Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
    J Affect Disord 139:75-84. 2012
    ..However, amygdala activation during emotion regulation has not been studied in adolescent-onset major depressive disorder...
  9. ncbi Neurocognitive correlates of white matter quality in adolescent substance users
    Sunita Bava
    University of California, Department of Psychiatry, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093 0603, United States
    Brain Cogn 72:347-54. 2010
    ..This study examined the cognitive manifestations of altered white matter microstructure in chronic marijuana and alcohol-using (MJ+ALC) adolescents...
  10. ncbi Heightened sensitivity to reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa
    Leah M Jappe
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
    Int J Eat Disord 44:317-24. 2011
    ..The objective of this study is to test whether females with anorexia nervosa (AN) have increased sensitivity to punishing or rewarding stimuli, behaviors that could drive high self-control and anxious, avoidant behaviors...
  11. ncbi Prefrontal cortex morphometry in abstinent adolescent marijuana users: subtle gender effects
    Krista Lisdahl Medina
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Addict Biol 14:457-68. 2009
    ..Future research will measure PFC gray and white matter separately and follow boys and girls over adolescence to examine the influence of MJ use on neurodevelopment...
  12. ncbi Sucrose activates human taste pathways differently from artificial sweetener
    Guido K W Frank
    University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry, The Children s Hospital, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
    Neuroimage 39:1559-69. 2008
    ..This could have important implications on how effective artificial sweeteners are in their ability to substitute sugar intake...
  13. ncbi Functional MRI of inhibitory processing in abstinent adolescent marijuana users
    Susan F Tapert
    VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive 116B, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 194:173-83. 2007
    ..We hypothesized that brain activation during a go/no-go task would show persistent abnormalities in adolescent marijuana users after 28 days of abstinence...
  14. ncbi Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in the first six months after traumatic brain injury
    Jeffrey E Max
    Department of Psychiatry at University of California, San Diego, Children s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
    J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 23:29-39. 2011
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  15. ncbi Frontoparietal connectivity in substance-naïve youth with and without a family history of alcoholism
    Reagan R Wetherill
    University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, 9500 Gilman Drive 0603V, La Jolla, CA 92093 0603V, USA
    Brain Res 1432:66-73. 2012
    ..This may suggest a potential neurobiological marker for the development of substance use disorders...
  16. ncbi Depression in children and adolescents in the first 6 months after traumatic brain injury
    Jeffrey E Max
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92123, United States Rady Children s Hospital, 3020 Children s Way, MC 5018, San Diego, CA 92123, United States
    Int J Dev Neurosci 30:239-45. 2012
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  17. ncbi Amygdalar activation associated with positive and negative facial expressions
    Tony T Yang
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
    Neuroreport 13:1737-41. 2002
    ..These findings suggest a broader role for the amygdala in modulating the vigilance level during the perception of several negative and positive facial emotions...