Professor Veena Kumari
Professor - Psychology
Quad North 148
- Email: veena.kumari@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268053
Corr, PJ., Munafo, M., Moore, R. and Kumari, V. (2013) 'Applying neuroscience to mental disorder'. Psychologist, 26 (1). pp. 26 - 29. ISSN: 0952-8229
O’Muircheartaigh, J., Vollmar, C., Barker, GJ., Kumari, V., Symms, MR., Thompson, P., et al. (2012) 'Abnormal thalamocortical structural and functional connectivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy'. Brain, 135 (12). pp. 3635 - 3644. ISSN: 0006-8950
Jogia, J., Dima, D., Kumari, V. and Frangou, S. (2012) 'Frontopolar cortical inefficiency may underpin reward and working memory dysfunction in bipolar disorder'. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 13 (8). pp. 605 - 615. ISSN: 1562-2975
Völter, C., Riedel, M., Wöstmann, N., Aichert, DS., Lobo, S., Costa, A., et al. (2012) 'Sensorimotor gating and D2 receptor signalling: evidence from a molecular genetic approach'. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 15 (10). pp. 1427 - 1440. ISSN: 1461-1457
Ettinger, U., Williams, SCR., Meisenzahl, EM., Möller, H-J., Kumari, V. and Koutsouleris, N. (2012) 'Association between brain structure and psychometric schizotypy in healthy individuals'. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 13 (7). pp. 544 - 549. ISSN: 1562-2975
Centeno, M., Vollmar, C., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Stretton, J., Bonelli, SB., Symms, MR., et al. (2012) 'Memory in frontal lobe epilepsy: An fMRI study'. Epilepsia, 53 (10). pp. 1756 - 1764. ISSN: 0013-9580
Gregory, S. (2012) 'The Antisocial Brain: Psychopathy Matters'. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69 (9). pp. 962 - 962. ISSN: 0003-990X
Vollmar, C., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Symms, MR., Barker, GJ., Thompson, P., Kumari, V., et al. (2012) 'Altered microstructural connectivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy'. Neurology, 78 (20). pp. 1555 - 1559. ISSN: 0028-3878
Premkumar, P., Ettinger, U., Inchley‐Mort, S., Sumich, A., Williams, SCR., Kuipers, E. and et al. (2012) 'Neural processing of social rejection: The role of schizotypal personality traits'. Human Brain Mapping, 33 (3). pp. 695 - 706. ISSN: 1065-9471
Aichert, DS., Williams, SCR., Möller, H., Kumari, V. and Ettinger, U. (2012)
'Functional neural correlates of psychometric schizotypy: An
Vyas, NS., Shamsi, SA., Malhotra, AK., Aitchison, KJ. and Kumari, V. (2012) 'Can genetics inform the management of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia?'. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26 (3). pp. 334 - 348. ISSN: 0269-8811
Kumari, V., Premkumar, P., Fannon, D., Aasen, I., Raghuvanshi, S., Anilkumar, AP., et al. (2012) 'Sensorimotor gating and clinical outcome following cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis'. Schizophrenia Research, 134 (2-3). pp. 232 - 238. ISSN: 0920-9964
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
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
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
Ettinger, U., Williams, SCR., Fannon, D., Premkumar, P., Kuipers, E., Möller, H-J. 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
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
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
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 theTCF4rs9960767 Polymorphism Disrupts Sensorimotor Gating in Schizophrenia Spectrum and Healthy Volunteers'. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (18). pp. 6684 - 6691. ISSN: 0270-6474
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 & 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'. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 12 (02). pp. 267 - 267. 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
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
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
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., 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