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Anilkumar, A.P., Kumari, V., Aasen, I., Mitterschiffhaler, M.T., & Sharma, T. (2008). An fMRI study of face encoding and recognition in first-episode schizophrenia. Acta Neuropsychiatry, 20(3), 129-138. doi: 10.111/j.1601-5215.2008.00280.x
Barkataki, I., Kumari, V., Das, M., Sumich, A., Taylor, P., & Sharma, T. (2008). Neural correlates of deficient response inhibition in mentally disordered violent individuals. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 26(1), 51-64. doi: 10.1002/bsl.787
Dunbar, G.C., Inglis, F., Kuchibhatla, R., Sharma, T., Tomlinson, M., & Wamsley, J. (2007). Effect of ispronicline, a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist, in subjects with age associated memory impairment (AAMI). Journal of Psychopharmacology, 21(2), 171-178. doi: 1177/0269881107066855
Halari, R., Mehrotra, R., Sharma, T., & Kumari, V. (2006). Does Self-perceived Mood Predict More Variance in Cognitive Performance Than Clinician-Rated Symptoms in Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32(4), 751–757. http://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbl002
Kumari, V., Aasen, I., Taylor, P., Ffytche, D.H., Das, M., Karkataki, I., O’Connell, P., Howlett, M., Williams, S.C.R., & Sharma, T. (2006). Neural dysfunction and violence in schizophrenia: an fMRI investigation. Schizophrenia Research, 84(1), 144-164. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.02.017
Kumari, V., Antonova, E. Geyer, M.A., ffytche, D., Williams, S.C.R., & 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), 463-477. doi: 10.1017/S1461145706007139
Kumari, V., Fannon, D., Sumich, A.L., & Sharma, T. (2007). Startle gating in antipsychotic-naïve first episode schizophrenia patients: One ear is better than two. Psychiatry Research, 151(1-2), 21-28. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.09.013
Kumari, V., ffytche, D.H., Das, M., Wilson, G.D., Goswami, S., & Sharma, T. (2007). Neuroticism and brain responses to anticipatory fear. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(4), 643-652. doi: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.4.643
McEvoy, J., Johnson, J., Perkins, D., Lieberman, J., Hamer, R., Keefe, R., & Tonmoy, S. (2006). Insight in first-episode psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 36(10), 1385-1393. doi:10.1017/S0033291706007793
Meda, S. A., Giuliani, N. R., Calhoun, V. D., Jagannathan, K., Schretlen, D. J., Pulver, A., Cascella, N., Keshavan, M., Kates, W., Buchanan, R., Sharma, T., & Pearlson, G.D. (2008). A large scale (N=400) investigation of gray matter differences in schizophrenia using optimized voxel-based morphometry. Schizophrenia Research, 101(1-3), 95–105. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2008.02.007
Premkumar, P., Kumari, V., Corr, P.J., & Sharma, T. (2006). Frontal lobe volumes in schizophrenia: Effects of stage and duration of illness. Journal of Psychiatry Research, 40(7), 627-637. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2006.05.009
Premkumar, P., Kumari, V., Corr, P.J.J., Fannon, D., & 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), 195-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.08.005
Sharma, T., Reed, C., Aasen, I., & 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), 73-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2006.03.037
Sumich, A., Kumari, V., Dodd, P., Ettinger, U., Hughes, C., Zachariah, E., & Sharma, T. (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), 265-277. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.018
Veena, M., Narayan, B.S., Narr, K.L., Kumari, V., Woods, R.P., Thompson, P.M., Toga, A.W., & Sharma, T. (2007). Regional cortical thinning in subjects with violent antisocial personality disorder or schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164(9), 1418-1427.