Steven H Woodward

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Smaller global and regional cortical volume in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD, Mail Code 334 PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1373-82. 2009
  2. ncbi Hippocampal volume and declarative memory function in combat-related PTSD
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:830-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Right anterior cingulate cortical volume covaries with respiratory sinus arrhythmia magnitude in combat veterans
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 45:451-63. 2008
  4. ncbi Estimating heart rate and RSA from the mattress-recorded kinetocardiogram
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, VA Palo Alto HCS, Menlo Park Division, Menlo Park 94025, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California, USA
    Psychophysiology 44:635-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Autonomic activation during sleep in posttraumatic stress disorder and panic: a mattress actigraphic study
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 66:41-6. 2009
  6. ncbi Hippocampal volume, PTSD, and alcoholism in combat veterans
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, Mail Code 334 PTSD, VA Palo Alto HCS, 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:674-81. 2006
  7. ncbi Brain, skull, and cerebrospinal fluid volumes in adult posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division and Psychology Service, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Trauma Stress 20:763-74. 2007
  8. ncbi Decreased anterior cingulate volume in combat-related PTSD
    Steven H Woodward
    Clinical Laboratory and Education Division and Psychology Service, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California 94034, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 59:582-7. 2006
  9. ncbi Sleep respiratory concomitants of comorbid panic and nightmare complaint in post-traumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System, California, USA
    Depress Anxiety 18:198-204. 2003
  10. ncbi Self-selection bias in sleep and psychophysiological studies of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, VA Palo Alto HCS, Menlo Park Division, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    J Trauma Stress 20:619-23. 2007

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Publications17

  1. ncbi Smaller global and regional cortical volume in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD, Mail Code 334 PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1373-82. 2009
    ..Second, lower intelligence, a risk factor for PTSD, is associated with smaller cerebral tissue volumes. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, only 1 study has observed globally smaller cerebral tissue volume in adults with PTSD...
  2. ncbi Hippocampal volume and declarative memory function in combat-related PTSD
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:830-9. 2009
    ..Small-to-moderate effects were observed on verbal declarative memory in line with a recent meta-analysis; nevertheless, little or no evidence of systematic linear covariation between memory measures and brain volumes was observed...
  3. ncbi Right anterior cingulate cortical volume covaries with respiratory sinus arrhythmia magnitude in combat veterans
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 45:451-63. 2008
    ..RSA magnitude was positively correlated with right but not left hemisphere ACC volume. This finding was statistically independent of the presence or absence of PTSD...
  4. ncbi Estimating heart rate and RSA from the mattress-recorded kinetocardiogram
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, VA Palo Alto HCS, Menlo Park Division, Menlo Park 94025, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California, USA
    Psychophysiology 44:635-8. 2007
    ..These biases are consistent with the need to constrain KCG estimation to periods free of body movement. Mattress actigraphy represents a zero-burden method of obtaining intensive longitudinal indices of cardiac status...
  5. ncbi Autonomic activation during sleep in posttraumatic stress disorder and panic: a mattress actigraphic study
    Steven H Woodward
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 66:41-6. 2009
    ..In revisiting the question, this study employed a novel method of mattress actigraphy to unobtrusively estimate heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia over multiple nights of sleep in the home...
  6. ncbi Hippocampal volume, PTSD, and alcoholism in combat veterans
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, Mail Code 334 PTSD, VA Palo Alto HCS, 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:674-81. 2006
    ..Further examination of the role of alcoholism and other comorbid conditions in studies of brain structure and function in PTSD appears warranted...
  7. ncbi Brain, skull, and cerebrospinal fluid volumes in adult posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division and Psychology Service, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Trauma Stress 20:763-74. 2007
    ..These findings co-occurred with expected effects of alcoholism and aging on cerebral tissue and CSF volumes. The results point to early developmental divergences between groups with and without PTSD following adult trauma...
  8. ncbi Decreased anterior cingulate volume in combat-related PTSD
    Steven H Woodward
    Clinical Laboratory and Education Division and Psychology Service, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California 94034, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 59:582-7. 2006
    ..We explored associations between PTSD and ACC volume in a relatively large sample of adult combat veterans in which PTSD, lifetime alcohol abuse/dependence, and Vietnam versus Gulf War service were crossed...
  9. ncbi Sleep respiratory concomitants of comorbid panic and nightmare complaint in post-traumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System, California, USA
    Depress Anxiety 18:198-204. 2003
    ..These finding are discussed in light of known telencephalic regulatory influences upon respiration rate...
  10. ncbi Self-selection bias in sleep and psychophysiological studies of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, VA Palo Alto HCS, Menlo Park Division, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    J Trauma Stress 20:619-23. 2007
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  11. ncbi Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism moderates anterior cingulate volume in posttraumatic stress disorder
    R Jay Schulz-Heik
    National Center for PTSD, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 70:1091-6. 2011
    ..The Val158Met polymorphism in the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene, which substantially influences dopamine inactivation in the frontal lobe in general and in ACC in particular, may moderate ACC integrity in PTSD...
  12. ncbi Sleep patterns and sleep-related factors between caregiving and non-caregiving women
    Cynthia M Castro
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304 1134, USA
    Behav Sleep Med 7:164-79. 2009
    ..Although the sample is small, this exploratory study supports the use of multiple nights of in-home PSG to assess caregiver sleep and provides more data on sleep patterns of female dementia caregivers and their relatives...
  13. ncbi Effects of comorbid diagnoses on sleep disturbance in PTSD
    Gregory A Leskin
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System 116A MP, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    J Psychiatr Res 36:449-52. 2002
    ..This study tested the hypothesis that PTSD patients suffer a greater proportion of sleep problems according to comorbid diagnoses...
  14. ncbi Movement during sleep: associations with posttraumatic stress disorder, nightmares, and comorbid panic disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    National Center for PTSD, Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    Sleep 25:681-8. 2002
    ..To corroborate findings from the National Comorbidy study with objective sleep data...
  15. ncbi Distinguishing current from remitted posttraumatic stress disorder
    Steven H Woodward
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:940-1; author reply 941-2. 2006
  16. ncbi Sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder and panic: convergence and divergence
    Javaid I Sheikh
    Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System 116A MP, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
    Depress Anxiety 18:187-97. 2003
    ..Additionally, such sleep studies have the potential to provide important insights into ongoing efforts to develop a cohesive conceptual framework into the patho-physiologies of these disorders...
  17. ncbi Effects of moderate-intensity exercise on polysomnographic and subjective sleep quality in older adults with mild to moderate sleep complaints
    Abby C King
    Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, SPRC, 211 Quarry Rd, Room N229, Stanford, CA 94305 5705, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:997-1004. 2008
    ..This study sought to determine the 12-month effects of exercise increases on objective and subjective sleep quality in initially inactive older persons with mild to moderate sleep complaints...