Alexandra Sporn
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Recent Articles
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Navarro R, Zarkowski P, Sporn A, Avery D
J ECT
. 2008 Jun;
25(1):39-43.
PMID: 18580815
Objectives: Previous studies of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation suggest a hemispheric imbalance in patients with major depression. These studies report an antidepressant effect by activation of the left prefrontal cortex...
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Stayer C, Sporn A, Gogtay N, Tossell J, Lenane M, Gochman P, et al.
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol
. 2005 Aug;
15(3):510-9.
PMID: 16092914
Introduction: Long-term outcomes in children with atypical psychosis have been poorly studied. Four to 6 weeks of inpatient observation and up to 11 years (mean, 4.0 +/- 1.3 years) of...
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Ordonez A, Bobb A, Greenstein D, Baker N, Sporn A, Lenane M, et al.
Biol Psychiatry
. 2005 Jul;
58(1):10-5.
PMID: 15992518
Background: Pre-, peri-, and postnatal obstetric complications (OC) are reported to be more frequent in adult patients with schizophrenia and have been linked to both greater severity and to "earlier"...
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Gochman P, Greenstein D, Sporn A, Gogtay N, Keller B, Shaw P, et al.
Schizophr Res
. 2005 May;
77(2-3):271-7.
PMID: 15913958
Objective: To examine the long term IQ trajectory for childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) in an expanded, prospective longitudinal study. Methods: Seventy children meeting DSM criteria for schizophrenia were tested at 2...
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Sporn A, Greenstein D, Gogtay N, Sailer F, Hommer D, Rawlings R, et al.
Schizophr Res
. 2005 Jan;
73(2-3):243-52.
PMID: 15653267
Background: Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS), a severe form of the disorder, is of interest for etiologic studies. Smooth pursuit eye-tracking dysfunction (ETD) is a biological marker for schizophrenia. Aims: To compare...
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Gochman P, Greenstein D, Sporn A, Gogtay N, Nicolson R, Keller A, et al.
Schizophr Res
. 2004 Sep;
71(1):43-7.
PMID: 15374571
Objective: Early onset disorders may have more salient familial/genetic etiology. Neurocognitive deficits which are seen in families of adult onset schizophrenic patients were examined in healthy family members of patients...
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Stayer C, Sporn A, Gogtay N, Tossell J, Lenane M, Gochman P, et al.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
. 2004 Jul;
43(8):1026-9.
PMID: 15266198
Extensive experience with the diagnosis of childhood-onset schizophrenia indicates a high rate of false positives. Most mislabeled patients have chronic disabling, affective, or behavioral disorders. The authors report the cases...
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Gogtay N, Sporn A, Clasen L, Nugent 3rd T, Greenstein D, Nicolson R, et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry
. 2004 Jan;
61(1):17-22.
PMID: 14706940
Background: Recent anatomical brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies show a striking postpsychotic progressive loss of cortical gray matter (GM) in patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS), which appears greater than...
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Sporn A, Gogtay N, Ortiz-Aguayo R, Alfaro C, Tossell J, Lenane M, et al.
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol
. 2003 Dec;
13(3):401-4.
PMID: 14642024
Clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic, is the most effective medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but its use is limited by the high risk of neutropenia and agranulocytosis. In children, the rate of...
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Gogtay N, Sporn A, Alfaro C, Mulqueen A, Rapoport J
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol
. 2003 Mar;
12(4):347-9.
PMID: 12625995
Akathisia is a relatively rare side effect with the newer atypical antipsychotic agents, particularly clozapine, and is easily misdiagnosed in children. As children are often unable to describe their symptoms...