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Professor Veena Kumari
Professor - Psychology
Quad North 148
- Email: veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268053
Ettinger, U., Schmechtig, A., Toulopoulou, T., Borg, C., Orrells, C., Owens, S., et al. (2012) 'Prefrontal and striatal volumes in monozygotic twins concordant and discordant for schizophrenia'. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38 (1). pp. 192 - 203. ISSN: 0586-7614
Pompei, F., Dima, D., Rubia, K., Kumari, V. and Frangou, S. (2011) 'Dissociable functional connectivity changes during the Stroop task relating to risk, resilience and disease expression in bipolar disorder'. NeuroImage, 57 (2). pp. 576 - 582. ISSN: 1053-8119
Ettinger, U., Williams, SCR., Fannon, D., Premkumar, P., Kuipers, E., Möller, HJ. and et al. (2011) 'Functional magnetic resonance imaging of a parametric working memory task in schizophrenia: Relationship with performance and effects of antipsychotic treatment'. Psychopharmacology, 216 (1). pp. 17 - 27. ISSN: 0033-3158
Kumari, V., Fannon, D., Peters, ER., Ffytche, DH., Sumich, AL., Premkumar, P., et al. (2011) 'Neural changes following cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis: A longitudinal study'. Brain, 134 (8). pp. 2396 - 2407. ISSN: 0006-8950 Open Access Link
Pompei, F., Jogia, J., Tatarelli, R., Girardi, P., Rubia, K., Kumari, V. and et al. (2011) 'Familial and disease specific abnormalities in the neural correlates of the Stroop Task in Bipolar Disorder'. NeuroImage, 56 (3). pp. 1677 - 1684. ISSN: 1053-8119
Premkumar, P., Peters, ER., Fannon, D., Anilkumar, AP., Kuipers, E. and Kumari, V. (2011) 'Coping styles predict responsiveness to cognitive behaviour therapy in psychosis'. Psychiatry Research, 187 (3). pp. 354 - 362. ISSN: 0165-1781
Vollmar, C., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Barker, GJ., Symms, MR., Thompson, P., Kumari, V., et al. (2011) 'Motor system hyperconnectivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: A cognitive functional magnetic resonance imaging study'. Brain, 134 (6). pp. 1710 - 1719. ISSN: 0006-8950 Open Access Link
Quednow, BB., Ettinger, U., Mössner, R., Rujescu, D., Giegling, I., Collier, DA., et al. (2011) 'The schizophrenia risk allele c of the tcf4 rs9960767 polymorphism disrupts sensorimotor gating in schizophrenia spectrum and healthy volunteers'. Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (18). pp. 6684 - 6691. ISSN: 0270-6474
O'Muircheartaigh, J., Vollmar, C., Traynor, C., Barker, GJ., Kumari, V., Symms, MR., et al. (2011) 'Clustering probabilistic tractograms using independent component analysis applied to the thalamus'. NeuroImage, 54 (3). pp. 2020 - 2032. ISSN: 1053-8119
O'Muircheartaigh, J., Vollmar, C., Barker, GJ., Kumari, V., Symms, MR., Thompson, P., et al. (2011) 'Focal structural changes and cognitive dysfunction in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy'. Neurology, 76 (1). pp. 34 - 40. ISSN: 0028-3878
Coen, SJ., Kano, M., Farmer, AD., Kumari, V., Giampietro, V., Brammer, M., et al. (2011) 'Neuroticism influences brain activity during the experience of visceral pain'. Gastroenterology, 141 (3). pp. 909 - 917.e1. ISSN: 0016-5085
Kaviani, H., Kumari, V. and Wilson, GD. (2010) 'A psychophysiological investigation of laterality in human emotion elicited by pleasant and unpleasant film clips'. Annals of General Psychiatry, 9 (1). pp. 38. ISSN: 1744-859X
Crawford, TJ., Hamm, JP., Kean, M., Schmechtig, A., Kumari, V., Anilkumar, AP. and et al. (2010) 'The perception of real and illusory motion in schizophrenia'. Neuropsychologia, 48 (10). pp. 3121 - 3127. ISSN: 0028-3932
Carrus, D., Christodoulou, T., Hadjulis, M., Haldane, M., Galea, A., Koukopoulos, A., et al. (2010) 'Gender differences in immediate memory in bipolar disorder'. Psychological Medicine, 40 (8). pp. 1349 - 1355. ISSN: 0033-2917
Schmechtig, A., Vassos, E., Kumari, V., Hutton, SB., Collier, DA., Morris, RG., et al. (2010) 'Association of Neuregulin 1 rs3924999 genotype with antisaccades and smooth pursuit eye movements'. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 9 (6). pp. 621 - 627. ISSN: 1601-1848
Cooke, MA., Peters, ER., Fannon, D., Aasen, I., Kuipers, E. and Kumari, V. (2010) 'Cognitive insight in psychosis: The relationship between self-certainty and self-reflection dimensions and neuropsychological measures'. Psychiatry Research, 178 (2). pp. 284 - 289. ISSN: 0165-1781
Vollmar, C., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Barker, GJ., Symms, MR., Thompson, P., Kumari, V., et al. (2010) 'Identical, but not the same: Intra-site and inter-site reproducibility of fractional anisotropy measures on two 3.0T scanners'. NeuroImage, 51 (4). pp. 1384 - 1394. ISSN: 1053-8119
Kumari, V., Fannon, D., Ffytche, DH., Raveendran, V., Antonova, E., Premkumar, P., et al. (2010) 'Functional MRI of verbal self-monitoring in schizophrenia: Performance and illness-specific effects'. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 36 (4). pp. 740 - 755. ISSN: 0586-7614
Premkumar, P., Parbhakar, VA., Fannon, D., Lythgoe, D., Williams, SC., Kuipers, E. and et al. (2010) 'N-acetyl aspartate concentration in the anterior cingulate cortex in patients with schizophrenia: A study of clinical and neuropsychological correlates and preliminary exploration of cognitive behaviour therapy effects'. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 182 (3). pp. 251 - 260. ISSN: 0925-4927
Petrovsky, N., Quednow, BB., Ettinger, U., Schmechtig, A., Mössner, R., Collier, DA., et al. (2010) 'Sensorimotor gating is associated with CHRNA3 polymorphisms in schizophrenia and healthy volunteers'. Neuropsychopharmacology, 35 (7). pp. 1429 - 1439. ISSN: 0893-133X
Kumari, V., Konstantinou, J., Papadopoulos, A., Aasen, I., Poon, L., Halari, R. and et al. (2010) 'Evidence for a role of progesterone in menstrual cycle-related variability in prepulse inhibition in healthy young women'. Neuropsychopharmacology, 35 (4). pp. 929 - 937. ISSN: 0893-133X
Kumari, V., Antonova, E., Fannon, D., Peters, ER., Ffytche, DH., Premkumar, P., et al. (2010) 'Beyond dopamine: Functional MRI predictors of responsiveness to cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis'. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4 (FEB). pp. 1 - 18. ISSN: 1662-5153 Open Access Link
Giakoumaki, SG., Bitsios, P., Frangou, S., Roussos, P., Aasen, I., Galea, A. and et al. (2010) 'Low baseline startle and deficient affective startle modulation in remitted bipolar disorder patients and their unaffected siblings'. Psychophysiology, 47 (4). pp. 659 - 668. ISSN: 0048-5772
Antonova, E. and Kumari, V. (2010) 'Where will insights into hippocampal activity in schizophrenia lead us?'. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 10 (1). pp. 1 - 4. ISSN: 1473-7175
Premkumar, P., Fannon, D., Kuipers, E., Peters, ER., Anilkumar, APP., Simmons, A. and et al. (2009) 'Structural magnetic resonance imaging predictors of responsiveness to cognitive behaviour therapy in psychosis'. Schizophrenia Research, 115 (2-3). pp. 146 - 155. ISSN: 0920-9964
Schmidt, H., Jogia, J., Fast, K., Christodoulou, T., Haldane, M., Kumari, V. and et al. (2009) 'No gender differences in brain activation during the N-back task: An fMRI study in healthy individuals'. Human Brain Mapping, 30 (11). pp. 3609 - 3615. ISSN: 1065-9471
Kumari, V., Peters, ER., Fannon, D., Antonova, E., Premkumar, P., Anilkumar, AP., et al. (2009) 'Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Activity Predicts Responsiveness to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Schizophrenia'. Biological Psychiatry, 66 (6). pp. 594 - 602. ISSN: 0006-3223
Quednow, BB., Schmechtig, A., Ettinger, U., Petrovsky, N., Collier, DA., Vollenweider, FX., et al. (2009) 'Sensorimotor Gating Depends on Polymorphisms of the Serotonin-2A Receptor and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase, but Not on Neuregulin-1 Arg38Gln Genotype: A Replication Study'. Biological Psychiatry, 66 (6). pp. 614 - 620. ISSN: 0006-3223
Halari, R., Premkumar, P., Farquharson, L., Fannon, D., Kuipers, E. and Kumari, V. (2009) 'Rumination and negative symptoms in schizophrenia'. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197 (9). pp. 703 - 706. ISSN: 0022-3018
Elsabagh, S., Premkumar, P., Anilkumar, APP. and Kumari, V. (2009) 'A longer duration of schizophrenic illness has sex-specific associations within the working memory neural network in schizophrenia'. Behavioural Brain Research, 201 (1). pp. 41 - 47. ISSN: 0166-4328
Kumari, V., Barkataki, I., Goswami, S., Flora, S., Das, M. and Taylor, P. (2009) 'Dysfunctional, but not functional, impulsivity is associated with a history of seriously violent behaviour and reduced orbitofrontal and hippocampal volumes in schizophrenia'. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 173 (1). pp. 39 - 44. ISSN: 0925-4927
Kumari, V., Das, M., Taylor, PJ., Barkataki, I., Andrew, C., Sumich, A., et al. (2009) 'Neural and behavioural responses to threat in men with a history of serious violence and schizophrenia or antisocial personality disorder'. Schizophrenia Research, 110 (1-3). pp. 47 - 58. ISSN: 0920-9964
Ettinger, U., Williams, SCR., Patel, D., Michel, TM., Nwaigwe, A., Caceres, A., et al. (2009) 'Effects of acute nicotine on brain function in healthy smokers and non-smokers: Estimation of inter-individual response heterogeneity'. NeuroImage, 45 (2). pp. 549 - 561. ISSN: 1053-8119
Petrovsky, N., Schmechtig, A., Flomen, RH., Kumari, V., Collier, D., Makoff, A., et al. (2009) 'CHRFAM7A copy number and 2-bp deletion polymorphisms and antisaccade performance'. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 12 (2). pp. 267 - 273. ISSN: 1461-1457
Hardoon, DR., Ettinger, U., Mourão-Miranda, J., Antonova, E., Collier, D., Kumari, V., et al. (2009) 'Correlation-based multivariate analysis of genetic influence on brain volume'. Neuroscience Letters, 450 (3). pp. 281 - 286. ISSN: 0304-3940
Kumari, V., Anilkumar, A., Ffytche, D., Mehrotra, R., Mitterschiffthaler, M. and Sharma, T. (2008) 'Neural effects of ziprasidone monotherapy in first-episode schizophrenia: A longitudinal study using fMRI and a procedural learning paradigm'. Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses, 1 (4). pp. 317 - 327. ISSN: 1935-1232
Ettinger, U., Kumari, V., Collier, DA., Powell, J., Luzi, S., Michel, TM., et al. (2008) 'Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met genotype is associated with BOLD response as a function of task characteristic'. Neuropsychopharmacology, 33 (13). pp. 3046 - 3057. ISSN: 0893-133X
Premkumar, P., Fannon, D., Kuipers, E., Cooke, MA., Simmons, A. and Kumari, V. (2008) 'Association between a longer duration of illness, age and lower frontal lobe grey matter volume in schizophrenia'. Behavioural Brain Research, 193 (1). pp. 132 - 139. ISSN: 0166-4328
Kumari, V., Aasen, I., Papadopoulos, A., Bojang, F., Poon, L., Halari, R. and et al. (2008) 'A comparison of prepulse inhibition in pre- and postmenopausal women and age-matched men'. Neuropsychopharmacology, 33 (11). pp. 2610 - 2618. ISSN: 0893-133X
Cooke, MA., Fannon, D., Kuipers, E., Peters, E., Williams, SC. and Kumari, V. (2008) 'Neurological basis of poor insight in psychosis: A voxel-based MRI study'. Schizophrenia Research, 103 (1-3). pp. 40 - 51. ISSN: 0920-9964
Kumari, V., Antonova, E. and Geyer, MA. (2008) 'Prepulse inhibition and "psychosis-proneness" in healthy individuals: An fMRI study'. European Psychiatry, 23 (4). pp. 274 - 280. ISSN: 0924-9338
Premkumar, P., Fannon, D., Kuipers, E., Simmons, A., Frangou, S. and Kumari, V. (2008) 'Emotional decision-making and its dissociable components in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A behavioural and MRI investigation'. Neuropsychologia, 46 (7). pp. 2002 - 2012. ISSN: 0028-3932
Ettinger, U., Ffytche, DH., Kumari, V., Kathmann, N., Reuter, B., Zelaya, F. and et al. (2008) 'Decomposing the neural correlates of antisaccade eye movements using event-related fmri'. Cerebral Cortex, 18 (5). pp. 1148 - 1159. ISSN: 1047-3211
Barkataki, I., Kumari, V., Das, M., Sumich, A., Taylor, P. and Sharma, T. (2008) 'Neural correlates of deficient response inhibition in mentally disordered violent individuals'. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 26 (1). pp. 51 - 64. ISSN: 0735-3936
Premkumar, P., Kumari, V., Corr, PJJ., Fannon, D. and Sharma, T. (2008) 'Neuropsychological function-brain structure relationships and stage of illness: An investigation into chronic and first-episode schizophrenia'. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 162 (3). pp. 195 - 204. ISSN: 0925-4927
Kumari, V., Peters, ER., Fannon, D., Premkumar, P., Aasen, I., Cooke, MA., et al. (2008) 'Uncontrollable voices and their relationship to gating deficits in schizophrenia'. Schizophrenia Research, 101 (1-3). pp. 185 - 194. ISSN: 0920-9964
Jogia, J., Haldane, M., Cobb, A., Kumari, V. and Frangou, S. (2008) 'Pilot investigation of the changes in cortical activation during facial affect recognition with lamotrigine monotherapy in bipolar disorder'. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192 (3). pp. 197 - 201. ISSN: 0007-1250
Malhi, GS., Green, M., Fagiolini, A., Peselow, ED. and Kumari, V. (2008) 'Schizoaffective disorder: Diagnostic issues and future recommendations'. Bipolar Disorders, 10 (1 PART 2). pp. 215 - 230. ISSN: 1398-5647
Sumich, A., Kumari, V., Gordon, E., Tunstall, N. and Brammer, M. (2008) 'Event-related potential correlates of paranormal ideation and unusual experiences'. Cortex, 44 (10). pp. 1342 - 1352. ISSN: 0010-9452
Haldane, M., Jogia, J., Cobb, A., Kozuch, E., Kumari, V. and Frangou, S. (2008) 'Changes in brain activation during working memory and facial recognition tasks in patients with bipolar disorder with Lamotrigine monotherapy'. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 18 (1). pp. 48 - 54. ISSN: 0924-977X
Premkumar, P., Cooke, MA., Fannon, D., Peters, E., Michel, TM., Aasen, I., et al. (2008) 'Misattribution bias of threat-related facial expressions is related to a longer duration of illness and poor executive function in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder'. European Psychiatry, 23 (1). pp. 14 - 19. ISSN: 0924-9338