Biochemical support for the "threshold" theory of creativity: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy studyRex E Jung
The MIND Research Network, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Neurosci 29:5319-25. 2009
..To our knowledge, this is the first report assessing the relationship between brain chemistry and creative cognition, as measured with divergent thinking, in a cohort comprised exclusively of normal, healthy participants...
- Neuroanatomy of creativity
Rex E Jung
The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 31:398-409. 2010
..The distribution of brain regions, associated with both divergent thinking and creative achievement, suggests that cognitive control of information flow among brain areas may be critical to understanding creative cognition...
- White matter integrity, creativity, and psychopathology: disentangling constructs with diffusion tensor imaging
Rex E Jung
MIND Research Network, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9818. 2010
..61, p = .04). These findings demonstrate an apparent overlap in specific white matter architecture underlying the normal variance of divergent thinking, openness, and psychotic-spectrum traits, consistent with the idea of a continuum...
- Diffusion tensor imaging in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Rex E Jung
The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
BMC Neurol 10:65. 2010
..Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality...
Sex differences in N-acetylaspartate correlates of general intelligence: an 1H-MRS study of normal human brainRex E Jung
Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87151, USA
Neuroimage 26:965-72. 2005
..84, P < .001; adjusted r2 = .82]. Our results highlight a biochemical substrate of normal intellectual performance, mediated by sex, within white matter association fibers linking posterior to frontal brain regions...
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy detects brain injury and predicts cognitive functioning in children with brain injuries
Ronald A Yeo
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Neurotrauma 23:1427-35. 2006
..Anterior NAA/Cre increased and anterior Cho/Cre decreased from 3 to 21 weeks post-injury, suggesting neurometabolic recovery...
- White matter correlates of neuropsychological dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus
Rex E Jung
Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e28373. 2012
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- The Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (P-FIT) of intelligence: converging neuroimaging evidence
Rex E Jung
Departments of Neurology and Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
Behav Brain Sci 30:135-54; discussion 154-87. 2007
..Moreover, the model provides a framework for testing new hypotheses in future experimental designs...
- Use of tissue water as a concentration reference for proton spectroscopic imaging
Charles Gasparovic
MIND Imaging Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131, USA
Magn Reson Med 55:1219-26. 2006
..16 +/- 1.19 mM; WM [NAc] = 14.26 +/- 1.38 mM; GM [Ch] = 3.27 +/- 0.47 mM; WM [Ch] = 2.65 +/- 0.25 mM; GM [Cr] = 13.98 +/- 1.20 mM; and WM [Cr] = 7.10 +/- 0.67 mM...
- Does function follow form?: methods to fuse structural and functional brain images show decreased linkage in schizophrenia
Andrew M Michael
The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
Neuroimage 49:2626-37. 2010
..Results from all three methods indicate that the linkage between gray matter and functional activation is stronger in HC than SZ. The methods introduced can be easily extended to comprehensively correlate large data sets...
- Voxel-based morphometric multisite collaborative study on schizophrenia
Judith M Segall
The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Schizophr Bull 35:82-95. 2009
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- NAA and higher cognitive function in humans
Ronald A Yeo
Department of Neurology University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 576:215-26; discussion 361-3. 2006
- A novel technique to study the brain's response to pain: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Paul G Mullins
The MIND Imaging Center, a collaboration of the MIND Institute and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131, USA
Neuroimage 26:642-6. 2005
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Modeling conflict and error in the medial frontal cortexAndrew R Mayer
The MIND Research Network, 1101 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 33:2843-55. 2012
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- Test-retest reliability and reproducibility of short-echo-time spectroscopic imaging of human brain at 3T
Charles Gasparovic
The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
Magn Reson Med 66:324-32. 2011
..90. CVs for Glu, Glx, and mI are much lower than reported in previous studies at 1.5 T, while white matter mI (CV=0.04, ICC=0.93) and gray matter Glx (CV=0.04, ICC=0.68) demonstrated both high reproducibility and test-retest reliability...
- Cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter reductions in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Rex E Jung
Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9302. 2010
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- Brain biochemistry and personality: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
Sephira G Ryman
The MIND Research Network, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e26758. 2011
..These results add to an emerging literature regarding personality neuroscience, and implicate biochemical integrity within the default mode network as constraining major personality domains within normal human subjects...
- Effects of ketamine on anterior cingulate glutamate metabolism in healthy humans: a 4-T proton MRS study
Laura M Rowland
Department of Psychiatry, MIND Imaging Center, University of New Mexico, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:394-6. 2005
..The authors' goal was to test in humans the hypothesis that N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonism results in increased cortical glutamate activity, as proposed by the NMDAR hypofunction model of schizophrenia...
- Correspondence between structure and function in the human brain at rest
Judith M Segall
MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Front Neuroinform 6:10. 2012
..In addition, we analyzed relationships between component weights, age, and gender; concluding that age has a significant effect on structural components...
- Biochemical markers of mood: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of normal human brain
Rex E Jung
Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Research Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mexico
Biol Psychiatry 51:224-9. 2002
..Further efforts will be necessary to determine if high Cho is associated with increased incidence of mood disorders throughout life...
- MRI morphometric and neuropsychological correlates of long-term memory in survivors of childhood leukemia
Dina E Hill
Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 42:611-7. 2004
..It was concluded that the hippocampus, as an early developing structure, may be less vulnerable to chemotherapy treatment. Children surviving ALL are able to retain and retrieve once learned information comparable with peers...
