Moriah E Thomason

Summary

Affiliation: Stanford University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Resting-state fMRI can reliably map neural networks in children
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    Neuroimage 55:165-75. 2011
  2. ncbi Development of spatial and verbal working memory capacity in the human brain
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    J Cogn Neurosci 21:316-32. 2009
  3. ncbi COMT genotype affects prefrontal white matter pathways in children and adolescents
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Bldg 420, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 53:926-34. 2010
  4. ncbi COMT genotype and resting brain perfusion in children
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 48:217-22. 2009
  5. ncbi Default-mode function and task-induced deactivation have overlapping brain substrates in children
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Building 420, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 41:1493-503. 2008
  6. ncbi Controlled inspiration depth reduces variance in breath-holding-induced BOLD signal
    Moriah E Thomason
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Neurosciences Program, Department of Radiology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuroimage 39:206-14. 2008
  7. ncbi Calibration of BOLD fMRI using breath holding reduces group variance during a cognitive task
    Moriah E Thomason
    Neurosciences Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 28:59-68. 2007
  8. ncbi Breath holding reveals differences in fMRI BOLD signal in children and adults
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Bldg 420, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 25:824-37. 2005
  9. ncbi Neural and behavioral responses to threatening emotion faces in children as a function of the short allele of the serotonin transporter gene
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Biol Psychol 85:38-44. 2010
  10. ncbi Comparison of spiral-in/out and spiral-out BOLD fMRI at 1.5 and 3 T
    Alison R Preston
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuroimage 21:291-301. 2004

Research Grants

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Publications18

  1. ncbi Resting-state fMRI can reliably map neural networks in children
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    Neuroimage 55:165-75. 2011
    ..Resting-state connectivity is therefore a reliable method for assessing large-scale brain networks in children...
  2. ncbi Development of spatial and verbal working memory capacity in the human brain
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    J Cogn Neurosci 21:316-32. 2009
    ..Thus, children exhibited adult-like hemispheric specialization, but appeared immature in their ability to marshal the neural resources necessary to maintain large amounts of verbal or spatial information in WM...
  3. ncbi COMT genotype affects prefrontal white matter pathways in children and adolescents
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Bldg 420, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 53:926-34. 2010
    ..This investigation paves the way for further studies of how common functional variants in the genome might influence the development of brain white matter...
  4. ncbi COMT genotype and resting brain perfusion in children
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 48:217-22. 2009
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  5. ncbi Default-mode function and task-induced deactivation have overlapping brain substrates in children
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Building 420, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 41:1493-503. 2008
    ..We describe how future studies assessing the development of these systems would benefit from examining these constructs as part of one continuous system...
  6. ncbi Controlled inspiration depth reduces variance in breath-holding-induced BOLD signal
    Moriah E Thomason
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Neurosciences Program, Department of Radiology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuroimage 39:206-14. 2008
    ..The implications of these findings for routine BH studies of BOLD-derived neurovascular response are discussed...
  7. ncbi Calibration of BOLD fMRI using breath holding reduces group variance during a cognitive task
    Moriah E Thomason
    Neurosciences Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 28:59-68. 2007
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  8. ncbi Breath holding reveals differences in fMRI BOLD signal in children and adults
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Bldg 420, Stanford, CA 94305 2130, USA
    Neuroimage 25:824-37. 2005
    ..BOLD responses varied across brain regions, but showed similar regional variation in children and adults...
  9. ncbi Neural and behavioral responses to threatening emotion faces in children as a function of the short allele of the serotonin transporter gene
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Biol Psychol 85:38-44. 2010
    ..These results indicate that in children and adolescents, s-allele carriers can be distinguished from l-allele homozygotes on the basis of hypervigilant behavioral and neural processing of negative material...
  10. ncbi Comparison of spiral-in/out and spiral-out BOLD fMRI at 1.5 and 3 T
    Alison R Preston
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuroimage 21:291-301. 2004
    ..It is concluded the spiral-in/out sequence may provide significant advantages over conventional spiral methods, especially at 3 T...
  11. ncbi Amygdala reactivity to emotional faces predicts improvement in major depression
    Turhan Canli
    Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA
    Neuroreport 16:1267-70. 2005
    ..Functional magnetic resonance imaging may thus be used as a method to identify neural markers in depressed patients at risk for poor outcome...
  12. ncbi Brain activation to emotional words in depressed vs healthy subjects
    Turhan Canli
    Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 2500, USA
    Neuroreport 15:2585-8. 2004
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  13. ncbi Improved combination of spiral-in/out images for BOLD fMRI
    Gary H Glover
    Department of Radiology and Neurosciences Program, Center for Advanced MR Technology at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 5488, USA
    Magn Reson Med 51:863-8. 2004
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  14. ncbi Default-mode and task-positive network activity in major depressive disorder: implications for adaptive and maladaptive rumination
    J Paul Hamilton
    Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 70:327-33. 2011
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  15. ncbi Mapping and correction of vascular hemodynamic latency in the BOLD signal
    Catie Chang
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuroimage 43:90-102. 2008
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  16. ncbi Stress-induced activation of the HPA axis predicts connectivity between subgenual cingulate and salience network during rest in adolescents
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52:1026-34. 2011
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  17. ncbi Immature frontal lobe contributions to cognitive control in children: evidence from fMRI
    Silvia A Bunge
    Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuron 33:301-11. 2002
    ..Thus, children exhibited immature prefrontal activation that varied according to the type of cognitive control required...
  18. ncbi Diffusion imaging, white matter, and psychopathology
    Moriah E Thomason
    Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48202 3897, USA
    Annu Rev Clin Psychol 7:63-85. 2011
    ..Here we review brain changes that have been studied with DTI over the human lifespan and findings in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. We also suggest future areas where DTI is likely to have significant impact...

Research Grants2

  1. Brain Basis of the Development of Human Working Memory
    MORIAH THOMASON; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..We will examine regionally specific DTI correlates of WM capacities in children. The fMRI, DTI, and BOLD measures ought to be informative about how the maintenance of information in WM differs between children and adults. ..