Anne Blood

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Evidence for altered basal ganglia-brainstem connections in cervical dystonia
    Anne J Blood
    Mood and Motor Control Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e31654. 2012
  2. ncbi Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion
    A J Blood
    Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:11818-23. 2001
  3. ncbi Basal ganglia activity remains elevated after movement in focal hand dystonia
    Anne J Blood
    Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Ann Neurol 55:744-8. 2004
  4. ncbi White matter abnormalities in dystonia normalize after botulinum toxin treatment
    Anne J Blood
    Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Neuroreport 17:1251-5. 2006
  5. ncbi The pathophysiological basis of dystonias
    Xandra O Breakefield
    Department of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Nat Rev Neurosci 9:222-34. 2008
  6. ncbi Association of a polymorphism near CREB1 with differential aversion processing in the insula of healthy participants
    Roy H Perlis
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:882-92. 2008
  7. ncbi The role of the basal ganglia in bimanual coordination
    Eduard Kraft
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Brain Res 1151:62-73. 2007

Research Grants

  1. Basal Ganglia Function in Focal Dystonia
    Anne J Blood; Fiscal Year: 2010
  2. Basal Ganglia Function in Focal Dystonia
    Anne Blood; Fiscal Year: 2009
  3. Decreased Motor Thresholds in Dystonia
    Anne Blood; Fiscal Year: 2005

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Evidence for altered basal ganglia-brainstem connections in cervical dystonia
    Anne J Blood
    Mood and Motor Control Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e31654. 2012
    ..While studies in animal models support a role for this circuitry in the pathophysiology of the movement disorder dystonia, thus far, there is only indirect evidence for this in humans with dystonia...
  2. ncbi Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion
    A J Blood
    Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:11818-23. 2001
    ..This finding links music with biologically relevant, survival-related stimuli via their common recruitment of brain circuitry involved in pleasure and reward...
  3. ncbi Basal ganglia activity remains elevated after movement in focal hand dystonia
    Anne J Blood
    Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Ann Neurol 55:744-8. 2004
    ..We posit that inhibitory control of the basal ganglia may be faulty in focal hand dystonia, and that the increases we observe in "resting" activity may mask basal ganglia abnormalities in standard imaging contrast analyses...
  4. ncbi White matter abnormalities in dystonia normalize after botulinum toxin treatment
    Anne J Blood
    Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Neuroreport 17:1251-5. 2006
    ..This raises the possibility that we have observed activity-dependent white matter plasticity in the adult human brain...
  5. ncbi The pathophysiological basis of dystonias
    Xandra O Breakefield
    Department of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Nat Rev Neurosci 9:222-34. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi Association of a polymorphism near CREB1 with differential aversion processing in the insula of healthy participants
    Roy H Perlis
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:882-92. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi The role of the basal ganglia in bimanual coordination
    Eduard Kraft
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Brain Res 1151:62-73. 2007
    ..Our results suggest a critical role of the basal ganglia in the neural control of bimanual coordination...

Research Grants6

  1. Basal Ganglia Function in Focal Dystonia
    Anne J Blood; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Such a finding would argue the importance of early and effective treatment and provide valuable information needed for developing new, improved treatments for the disorder. ..
  2. Basal Ganglia Function in Focal Dystonia
    Anne Blood; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Such a finding would argue the importance of early and effective treatment and provide valuable information needed for developing new, improved treatments for the disorder. ..
  3. Decreased Motor Thresholds in Dystonia
    Anne Blood; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ....