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2023
Leaver AM, Chen YJ, Parrish TB. Focal direct current stimulation of auditory cortex in chronic tinnitus: A randomized controlled mechanistic trial. medRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.07.12.23292557. Preprint. Under revision at Clinical Neurophysiology.
Narr KL, Leaver AM (2023) Similar brain networks predict a range of behaviors conveying psychiatric risk in male and female children. Biological Psychiatry, 94(6):442-2.
Jog MA, Anderson C, Kubicki A, Boucher M, Leaver A, Hellemann G, Iacoboni M, Woods R, Narr K. (2023) Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in depression induces structural plasticity. Scientific Reports, 13:2841.
2022
Zavaliangos-Petropulu A, Al-Sharif N, Taraku B, Leaver AM, Sahib AK, Espinoza RT, Narr KL. (2022) Neuroimaging-derived biomarkers of the antidepressant effects of ketamine. Biological Psychiatry: CNNI, 8(4):361-386.
Leaver AM, Espinoza R, Wade B, Narr KL. (2022) Parsing the network mechanisms of electroconvulsive therapy. Biological Psychiatry, 92(3):193-203.
Leaver AM, Gonzalez S, Vasavada M, Kubicki A, Jog M, Wang DJJ, Woods RP, Espinoza R, Gollan J, Parrish T, Narr K. (2022) Modulation of brain networks during MR-compatible transcranial direct current stimulation. Neuroimage, 250:118874.
2021
Vasavada MM, Loureiro J, Kubicki A, Sahib A, Wade B, Hellemann G, Espinoza RT, Congdon E, Narr KL, Leaver AM. (2021) Effects of serial ketamine infusions on corticolimbic functional connectivity in major depression. Biological Psychiatry: CNNI, 6(7):735-744.*
*Commentary in Galloway MP (2021) Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals neuroplasticity after repeated treatment with ketamine in treatment-resistant depression. Biological Psychiatry: CNNI, 6(7):676-678.
Jog MS, Kim E, Anderson C, Kubicki A, Kayathi R, Jann K, Yan L, Leaver A, Hellemann G, Iacoboni M, Woods RP, Wang DJJ, Narr KL. (2021) In-vivo imaging of targeting and modulation of depression-relevant circuitry by transcranial direction current stimulation: a randomized clinical trial. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1): 1-13.
Leaver AM, Vasavada M, Kubicki A, Wade B, Loureiro J, Hellemann G, Joshi SH, Woods RP, Espinoza R, Narr KL. (2021) Hippocampal subregions and networks linked with antidepressant response to electroconvulsive therapy. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(8):4288-4299.
Loureiro JRA, Sahib AK, Vasavada M, Leaver A, Kubicki A, Wade B, Joshi S, Hellemann G, Congdon E, Woods RP, Espinoza R, Narr KL. (2021) Ketamine’s modulation of cerebro-cerebellar circuitry during response inhibition in major depression. Neuroimage: Clinical, 32:102792.
2020
Gonzalez S, Vasavada MM, Njau S, Sahib AK, Espinoza R, Narr KL, Leaver AM. (2020) Acute changes in cerebral blood flow after single-infusion ketamine in major depression: A pilot study. Neurology, Psychiatry, and Brain Research, 38:5-11.
Loureiro JRA, Leaver A, Vasavada M, Sahib AK, Kubicki A, Joshi S, Woods RP, Wade B, Congdon E, Espinoza R, Narr KL. (2020) Modulation of amygdala reactivity following rapidly acting interventions for major depression. Human Brain Mapping, 41(7):1699-1710.
2019
Leaver AM, Vasavada M, Joshi SH, Wade B, Woods RP, Espinoza R, Narr KL. (2019) Mechanisms of antidepressant response to electroconvulsive therapy studied with perfusion MRI. Biological Psychiatry, 85(6):466-476.*
*Commentary in: McMullen & Lisanby. (2019) Better, faster, safer: Exploring biomarkers of response to transform electroconvulsive therapy. Biological Psychiatry, 85(6): 439-440.
Kubicki A, Leaver AM, Vasavada M, Njau S, Wade B, Joshi SH, Loureiro J, Hellemann G, Woods RP, Espinoza R, Narr KL. (2019) Variations in hippocampal white matter diffusivity differentiate response to electroconvulsive therapy in depression.
2018
Leaver AM, Wade B, Vasavada M, Hellemann G, Joshi SH, Espinoza R, Narr K. (2018) Fronto-temporal connectivity predicts ECT outcome in major depression. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9:92.
Leaver AM, Yang H, Siddarth P, Vlasova RM, Krause B, St. Cyr N, Narr K, Lavretsky H. (2018) Resilience and amygdala function in older healthy and depressed adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 237:27-34.
Vlasova RM, Siddarth P, Krause B, Leaver AM, Laird KT, St Cyr N, Narr KL, Lavretsky H. (2018) Resilience and white matter integrity in geriatric depression. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(8): 874-883.
2017
Wade BSC, Sui J, Hellemann G, Leaver AM, Espinoza RT, Woods RP, Abbott CC, Joshi SH, Narr KL. (2017) Inter and intra-hemispheric structural imaging markers predict depression relapse after electroconvulsive therapy: a multisite study. Translational Psychiatry, 7(12):1270.
Vasavada MM, Leaver AM, Njau S, Ercoli L, Hellemann G, Narr KL, Espinoza R. (2017) Short- and long-term cognitive outcomes in patients with major depression treated with electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of ECT, 33(4):278-285.
Njau S, Joshi SH, Espinoza R, Leaver AM, Vasavada M, Marquina A, Woods RP, Narr KL (2017) Neurochemical correlates of rapid treatment response to electroconvulsive therapy in patients with major depression. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 42(1):6.
2016
Yang H, Leaver AM, Siddarth P, Paholpak P, Ercoli L, St. Cyr N, Eyre HA, Narr KL, Khalsa DS, Lavretsky H (2016) Neurochemical and neuroanatomical plasticity following memory training and yoga interventions in older adults with mild cognitive impairment Frontiers Aging Neuroscience, 8: 277.
Leaver AM,* Turesky T,* Seydell-Greenwald A, Morgan S, Kim HJ, Rauschecker JP (2016) Intrinsic network activity in tinnitus investigated using functional MRI. Human Brain Mapping, 37: 2717-35. *Co-first authors
Eyre H, Acevedo B, Yang H, Siddarth P, van Dyk, K, Ercoli L, Leaver AM, St Cyr N, Narr K, Ercoli L, Baune B, Khalsa DS, Lavretsky H (2016) Changes in functional connectivity and cognition following a yoga intervention for older adults: a pilot study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 52(2): 673-84.
Wade B, Joshi S, Njau S, Leaver A, Vasavada M, Woods R, Gutman B, Thompson P, Espinoza E, Narr K. (2016) Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on striatal morphometry in major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharamcology, 41: 2481-2491.
Leaver AM, Espinoza R, Pirnia T, Joshi SH, Woods RP, Narr KL (2016) Modulation of intrinsic brain activity by electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 1(1): 77-86.
Pirnia T, Joshi SH, Leaver AM, Vasavada M, Njau S, Woods RP. Espinoza R, Narr KL (2016) Electroconvulsive therapy and structural neuroplasticity in neocortical, limbic and paralimbic cortex. Translational Psychiatry, 6: e832.
Njau S, Joshi SH, Leaver AM, Vasavada M, Van Fleet J, Espinoza R, Narr KL (2016) Variations in myo-inositol in fronto-limbic regions and clinical response to electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 80: 45-51.
Leaver AM & Rauschecker JP (2016) Functional topography of human auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(4): 1416-28.
Vasavada MM, Leaver AM, Espinoza RT, Joshi SH, Njau SN, Woods RP, Narr KL (2016) Structural connectivity and response to ketamine therapy in major depression: A preliminary study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 190:836-841.
Leaver AM, Seydell-Greenwald A, Rauschecker JP (2016) Auditory-limbic interactions in chronic tinnitus: challenges for neuroimaging research. Hearing Research, 334:49-57.
Eyre HA, Yang H, Leaver AM, Van Dyk K, Siddarth P, St Cyr N, Narr K, Ercoli L, Baune BT, Lavretsky H (2016) Altered resting-state functional connectivity in late-life depression: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 189:126-133.
Leaver AM, Espinoza R, Joshi SH, Vasavada M, Njau S, Pirnia T, Woods RP, Narr KL (2016) Desynchronization and Plasticity of Striato-frontal Connectivity in Major Depressive Disorder. Cerebral Cortex, 26(11): 4337-4346.
Joshi SH, Espinoza RT, Pirnia T, Shi J, Wang Y, Ayers B, Leaver AM, Woods RP, Narr KL (2015) Structural plasticity of the hippocampus and amygdala induced by electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. Biological Psychiatry, 79(4), 282-292.
2015
Narr KL, Leaver AM (2015) Connectome and schizophrenia. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 28(3):229-35.
Wade BSC, Joshi SH, Pirnia T, Leaver AM, Woods RP, Thompson PM, Espinoza R, Narr KL. (2015) Random forest classification of depression status based on subcortical brain morphometry following electroconvulsive therapy. Proc IEEE Int Biomed Imaging (ISBI), Apr:92-96
2014
Lyden H, Espinoza RT, Pirnia T, Clark K, Joshi SH, Leaver AM, Woods RP, Narr KL (2014) Electroconvulsive therapy mediates neuroplasticity of white matter microstructure in major depression. Translational Psychiatry, 4, e380.
Seydell-Greenwald A, Raven EP, Leaver AM, Turesky TK, Rauschecker JP (2014) Diffusion imaging of auditory and auditory-limbic connectivity in tinnitus: preliminary evidence and methodological challenges. Neural Plasticity, 2014, 145943.
Erickson LC, Zielinski BA, Zielinski JEV, Liu G, Turkeltaub PE, Leaver AM, Raushecker JP (2014) Distinct cortical representations for normal audiovisual speech and the McGurk effect. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 534.
2012
Leaver AM, Seydell-Greenwald A, Turesky TK, Morgan S, Kim HJ, Rauschecker JP (2012) Cortico-limbic morphology separates tinnitus from tinnitus distress. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 6, 21.
Seydell-Greenwald A, Leaver AM, Turesky TK, Morgan S, Kim HJ, Rauschecker JP (2012) Functional MRI evidence for a role of ventral prefrontal cortex in tinnitus. Brain Research, 1485, 22-39.
2011
Leaver AM, Renier L, Chevillet MA, Morgan S, Kim HJ, Rauschecker JP (2011) Dysregulation of limbic and auditory networks in tinnitus. Neuron, 69(1), 33-43.
2010
Obleser J, Leaver AM, VanMeter J, Rauschecker JP (2010) Segregation of vowels and consonants in human auditory cortex: evidence for distributed hierarchical organization. Frontiers in Auditory Neuroscience, 1(232), 1-14.
Shapiro AG & Leaver AM (2010) Edges can eliminate the appearance of the contrast asynchrony. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 30(5) 534-44.
Rauschecker JP, Leaver AM, Mühlau M. (2010) Tuning out the noise: limbic-auditory interactions in tinnitus. Neuron, 66(6) 819-26.
Leaver AM & Rauschecker JP (2010) Cortical representation of natural complex sounds: effects of acoustic features and auditory object category. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(22), 7604-12.
<2010
Leaver AM, Van Lare J, Zelinski B, Halpern AR, Rauschecker JP (2009) Brain activation during anticipation of sound sequences. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(8), 2477-85.
Leaver AM & Halpern AR (2004) The effects of training and melodic features on mode perception. Music Perception, 22(1), 117-143.