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Professor Veena Kumari
Professor - Psychology
Quad North 148
- Email: veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268053
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
Kumari, V., Fannon, D., Geyer, MA., Premkumar, P., Antonova, E., Simmons, A. and et al. (2008) 'Cortical grey matter volume and sensorimotor gating in schizophrenia'. Cortex, 44 (9). pp. 1206 - 1214. ISSN: 0010-9452
Anilkumar, APP., Kumari, V., Mehrotra, R., Aasen, I., Mitterschiffthaler, MT. and Sharma, T. (2008) 'An fMRI study of face encoding and recognition in first-episode schizophrenia'. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 20 (3). pp. 129 - 138. ISSN: 0924-2708
Sumich, A., Kumari, V., Dodd, P., Ettinger, U., Hughes, C., Zachariah, E. and et al. (2008) 'N100 and P300 amplitude to Go and No-Go variants of the auditory oddball in siblings discordant for schizophrenia'. Schizophrenia Research, 98 (1-3). pp. 265 - 277. ISSN: 0920-9964
Cooke, MA., Peters, ER., Greenwood, KE., Fisher, PL., Kumari, V. and Kuipers, E. (2007) 'Insight in psychosis: Influence of cognitive ability and self-esteem'. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191 (3). pp. 234 - 237. ISSN: 0007-1250
Narayan, VM., Narr, KL., Kumari, V., Woods, RP., Thompson, PM., Toga, AW. and et al. (2007) 'Regional cortical thinning in subjects with violent antisocial personality disorder or schizophrenia'. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164 (9). pp. 1418 - 1427. ISSN: 0002-953X
Narayan, VM., Narr, KL., Kumari, V., Woods, RP., Thompson, PM., Toga, AW. and et al. (2007) 'Regional cortical thinning in subjects with violent antisocial personality disorder or schizophrenia'. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 164 (9). pp. 1418 - 1427. ISSN: 0002-953X
Kumari, V., Antonova, E., Geyer, MA., Ffytche, D., Williams, SCR. and Sharma, T. (2007) 'A fMRI investigation of startle gating deficits in schizophrenia patients treated with typical or atypical antipsychotics'. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 10 (4). pp. 463 - 477. ISSN: 1461-1457
Cooke, M., Peters, E., Fannon, D., Anilkumar, APP., Aasen, I., Kuipers, E. and et al. (2007) 'Insight, distress and coping styles in schizophrenia'. Schizophrenia Research, 94 (1-3). pp. 12 - 22. ISSN: 0920-9964
Kumari, V., ffytche, DH., Das, M., Wilson, GD., Goswami, S. and Sharma, T. (2007) 'Neuroticism and Brain Responses to Anticipatory Fear'. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121 (4). pp. 643 - 652. ISSN: 0735-7044
Kumari, V., Fannon, D., Sumich, AL. and Sharma, T. (2007) 'Startle gating in antipsychotic-naïve first episode schizophrenia patients: One ear is better than two'. Psychiatry Research, 151 (1-2). pp. 21 - 28. ISSN: 0165-1781
Raveendran, V. and Kumari, V. (2007) 'Clinical, cognitive and neural correlates of self-monitoring deficits in schizophrenia: an update'. ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA, 19 (1). pp. 27 - 37. ISSN: 1601-5215
Raveendran, V. and Kumari, V. (2007) 'Clinical, cognitive and neural correlates of self-monitoring deficits in schizophrenia: An update'. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 19 (1). pp. 27 - 37. ISSN: 0924-2708
Sapara, A., Cooke, M., Fannon, D., Francis, A., Buchanan, RW., Anilkumar, APP., et al. (2007) 'Prefrontal cortex and insight in schizophrenia: A volumetric MRI study'. Schizophrenia Research, 89 (1-3). pp. 22 - 34. ISSN: 0920-9964
Halari, R., Mehrotra, R., Sharma, T. and Kumari, V. (2006) 'Does self-perceived mood predict more variance in cognitive performance than clinician-rated symptoms in schizophrenia?'. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32 (4). pp. 751 - 757. ISSN: 0586-7614
Premkumar, P., Kumari, V., Corr, PJJ. and Sharma, T. (2006) 'Frontal lobe volumes in schizophrenia: Effects of stage and duration of illness'. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 40 (7). pp. 627 - 637. ISSN: 0022-3956
Friederich, HC., Kumari, V., Uher, R., Riga, M., Schmidt, U., Campbell, IC., et al. (2006) 'Differential motivational responses to food and pleasurable cues in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: A startle reflex paradigm'. Psychological Medicine, 36 (9). pp. 1327 - 1335. ISSN: 0033-2917
Sumich, A., Harris, A., Flynn, G., Whitford, T., Tunstall, N., Kumari, V., et al. (2006) 'Event-related potential correlates of depression, insight and negative symptoms in males with recent-onset psychosis'. Clinical Neurophysiology, 117 (8). pp. 1715 - 1727. ISSN: 1388-2457
Kumari, V. and Cooke, M. (2006) 'Use of magnetic resonance imaging in tracking the course and treatment of schizophrenia'. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 6 (7). pp. 1005 - 1016. ISSN: 1473-7175
Sharma, T., Reed, C., Aasen, I. and Kumari, V. (2006) 'Cognitive effects of adjunctive 24-weeks Rivastigmine treatment to antipsychotics in schizophrenia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind investigation'. Schizophrenia Research, 85 (1-3). pp. 73 - 83. ISSN: 0920-9964
Sumich, AL., Kumari, V., Heasman, BC., Gordon, E. and Brammer, M. (2006) 'Abnormal asymmetry of N200 and P300 event-related potentials in subclinical depression'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 92 (2-3). pp. 171 - 183. ISSN: 0165-0327
O'Gorman, RL., Kumari, V., Williams, SCR., Zelaya, FO., Connor, SEJ., Alsop, DC. and et al. (2006) 'Personality factors correlate with regional cerebral perfusion'. NeuroImage, 31 (2). pp. 489 - 495. ISSN: 1053-8119
Barkataki, I., Kumari, V., Das, M., Taylor, P. and Sharma, T. (2006) 'Volumetric structural brain abnormalities in men with schizophrenia or antisocial personality disorder'. Behavioural Brain Research, 169 (2). pp. 239 - 247. ISSN: 0166-4328
Kumari, V., Aasen, I., Taylor, P., ffytche, DH., Das, M., Barkataki, I., et al. (2006) 'Neural dysfunction and violence in schizophrenia: An fMRI investigation'. Schizophrenia Research, 84 (1). pp. 144 - 164. ISSN: 0920-9964
Halari, R., Mehrotra, R., Sharma, T., Ng, V. and Kumari, V. (2006) 'Cognitive impairment but preservation of sexual dimorphism in cognitive abilities in chronic schizophrenia'. Psychiatry Research, 141 (2). pp. 129 - 139. ISSN: 0165-1781
Halari, R., Sharma, T., Hines, M., Andrew, C., Simmons, A. and Kumari, V. (2006) 'Comparable fMRI activity with differential behavioural performance on mental rotation and overt verbal fluency tasks in healthy men and women'. Experimental Brain Research, 169 (1). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0014-4819
Frangou, S., Dakhil, N., Landau, S. and Kumari, V. (2006) 'Fronto-temporal function may distinguish bipolar disorder from schizophrenia'. Bipolar Disorders, 8 (1). pp. 47 - 55. ISSN: 1398-5647
Kumari, V., Aasen, I., Ffytche, D., Williams, SCR. and Sharma, T. (2006) 'Neural correlates of adjunctive rivastigmine treatment to antipsychotics in schizophrenia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind fMRI study'. NeuroImage, 29 (2). pp. 545 - 556. ISSN: 1053-8119
Kumari, V. (2006) 'Do psychotherapies produce neurobiological effects?'. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 18 (2). pp. 61 - 70. ISSN: 0924-2708
Frangou, S., Haldane, M., Roddy, D. and Kumari, V. (2005) 'Evidence for deficit in tasks of ventral, but not dorsal, prefrontal executive function as an endophenotypic marker for bipolar disorder'. Biological Psychiatry, 58 (10). pp. 838 - 839. ISSN: 0006-3223
Antonova, E., Kumari, V., Morris, R., Halari, R., Anilkumar, A., Mehrotra, R. and et al. (2005) 'The relationship of structural alterations to cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: A voxel-based morphometry study'. Biological Psychiatry, 58 (6). pp. 457 - 467. ISSN: 0006-3223
Kumari, V., Das, M., Zachariah, E., Ettinger, U. and Sharma, T. (2005) 'Reduced prepulse inhibition in unaffected siblings of schizophrenia patients'. Psychophysiology, 42 (5). pp. 588 - 594. ISSN: 0048-5772
Kumari, V. and Postma, P. (2005) 'Nicotine use in schizophrenia: The self medication hypotheses'. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 29 (6). pp. 1021 - 1034. ISSN: 0149-7634
Aasen, I., Kumari, V. and Sharma, T. (2005) 'Effects of rivastigmine on sustained attention in schizophrenia: An fMRI study'. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25 (4). pp. 311 - 317. ISSN: 0271-0749
Kumari, V., Antonova, E., Zachariah, E., Galea, A., Aasen, I., Ettinger, U., et al. (2005) 'Structural brain correlates of prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in healthy humans'. NeuroImage, 26 (4). pp. 1052 - 1058. ISSN: 1053-8119
Cooke, MA., Peters, ER., Kuipers, E. and Kumari, V. (2005) 'Disease, deficit or denial? Models of poor insight in psychosis'. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112 (1). pp. 4 - 17. ISSN: 0001-690X
Barkataki, I., Kumari, V., Das, M., Hill, M., Morris, R., O'Connell, P., et al. (2005) 'A neuropsychological investigation into violence and mental illness'. Schizophrenia Research, 74 (1). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0920-9964
Kumari, V., Das, M., Hodgins, S., Zachariah, E., Barkataki, I., Howlett, M. and et al. (2005) 'Association between violent behaviour and impaired prepulse inhibition of the startle response in antisocial personality disorder and schizophrenia'. Behavioural Brain Research, 158 (1). pp. 159 - 166. ISSN: 0166-4328
Halari, R. and Kumari, V. (2005) 'Comparable cortical activation with inferior performance in women during a novel cognitive inhibition task'. Behavioural Brain Research, 158 (1). pp. 167 - 173. ISSN: 0166-4328
Hughes, C., Kumari, V., Das, M., Zachariah, E., Ettinger, U., Sumich, A. and et al. (2005) 'Cognitive functioning in siblings discordant for schizophrenia'. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 111 (3). pp. 185 - 192. ISSN: 0001-690X
Halari, R., Mines, M., Kumari, V., Mehrotra, R., Wheeler, M., Ng, V. and et al. (2005) 'Sex differences and individual differences in cognitive performance and their relationship to endogenous gonadal hormones and gonadotropins'. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119 (1). pp. 104 - 117. ISSN: 0735-7044
Young, AMJ., Kumari, V., Mehrotra, R., Hemsley, DR., Andrew, C., Sharma, T., et al. (2005) 'Disruption of learned irrelevance in acute schizophrenia in a novel continuous within-subject paradigm suitable for fMRI'. Behavioural Brain Research, 156 (2). pp. 277 - 288. ISSN: 0166-4328
Ettinger, U., Antonova, E., Crawford, TJ., Mitterschiffthaler, MT., Goswani, S., Sharma, T. and et al. (2005) 'Structural neural correlates of prosaccade and antisaccade eye movements in healthy humans'. NeuroImage, 24 (2). pp. 487 - 494. ISSN: 1053-8119
Aasen, I., Kolli, L. and Kumari, V. (2005) 'Sex effects in prepulse inhibition and facilitation of the acoustic startle response: Implications for pharmacological and treatment studies'. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 19 (1). pp. 39 - 45. ISSN: 0269-8811
Kumari, V., Ettinger, U., Crawford, TJ., Zachariah, E. and Sharma, T. (2005) 'Lack of association between prepulse inhibition and antisaccadic deficits in chronic schizophrenia: Implications for identification of schizophrenia endophenotypes'. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 39 (3). pp. 227 - 240. ISSN: 0022-3956
Ettinger, U., Kumari, V., Crawford, TJ., Flak, V., Sharma, T., Davis, RE. and et al. (2005) 'Saccadic eye movements, schizotypy, and the role of neuroticism'. Biological Psychology, 68 (1). pp. 61 - 78. ISSN: 0301-0511
Kumari, V., Ffytche, DH., Williams, SCR. and Gray, JA. (2004) 'Personality predicts brain responses to cognitive demands'. Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (47). pp. 10636 - 10641. ISSN: 0270-6474
Kaviani, H., Gray, JA., Checkley, SA., Raven, PW., Wilson, GD. and Kumari, V. (2004) 'Affective modulation of the startle response in depression: Influence of the severity of depression, anhedonia, and anxiety'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 83 (1). pp. 21 - 31. ISSN: 0165-0327
Antonova, E., Sharma, T., Morris, R. and Kumari, V. (2004) 'The relationship between brain structure and neurocognition in schizophrenia: A selective review'. Schizophrenia Research, 70 (2-3). pp. 117 - 145. ISSN: 0920-9964
Halari, R., Kumari, V., Mehrotra, R., Wheeler, M., Hines, M. and Sharma, T. (2004) 'The relationship of sex hormones and cortisot with cognitive functioning in schizophrenia'. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 18 (3). pp. 366 - 374. ISSN: 0269-8811
Halari, R., Kumari, V., Mehrotra, R., Wheeler, M., Hines, M. and Sharma, T. (2004) 'The relationship of sex hormones and cortisol with cognitive Functioning in schizophrenia'. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 18 (3). pp. 366 - 374. ISSN: 0269-8811