Nicholas Massa
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Recent Articles
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Postolache T, Duncan E, Yen P, Potocki E, Barnhart M, Federline A, et al.
Folia Parasitol (Praha)
. 2025 Jan;
72.
PMID: 39817778
Markers of chronic infection Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) have been associated with suicidal self-directed violence (SSDV). We present the results of the first study relating T. gondii IgG...
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Ballato J, Moore E, Kimerling L, Lamant G, Massa N, Siahmakoun A
Appl Opt
. 2024 Jan;
63(2):POW1-POW2.
PMID: 38227235
This feature issue highlights specific photonics and optics workforce challenges, opportunities for industry support, and state-of-the-art-training methods.
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Duncan E, Roach B, Massa N, Hamilton H, Bachman P, Belger A, et al.
Schizophr Res
. 2022 Aug;
248:89-97.
PMID: 35994912
Background: The auditory N100 is an event related potential (ERP) that is reduced in schizophrenia, but its status in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) and its ability...
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Goldsmith D, Massa N, Miller B, Miller A, Duncan E
NPJ Schizophr
. 2021 Oct;
7(1):50.
PMID: 34671033
Finding biological predictors and novel mechanisms underlying negative symptoms of schizophrenia is of significant importance given the lack of effective treatments. Increasing data support a role for metabolic dysfunction and...
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Lori A, Avramopoulos D, Wang A, Mulle J, Massa N, Duncan E, et al.
Compr Psychiatry
. 2021 Mar;
107:152236.
PMID: 33721583
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is an etiologically heterogeneous disease with genetic and environmental risk factors (e.g., Toxoplasma gondii infection) differing among affected individuals. Distinguishing such risk factors may point to differences in...
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Pearce B, Massa N, Goldsmith D, Gandhi Z, Hankus A, Alrohaibani A, et al.
Front Psychiatry
. 2020 Dec;
11:552743.
PMID: 33329089
Chronic infection with (TOXO) results in microcysts in the brain that are controlled by inflammatory activation and subsequent changes in the kynurenine pathway. TOXO seropositivity is associated with a heightened...
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Massa N, Alrohaibani A, Mammino K, Bello M, Taylor N, Cuthbert B, et al.
Brain Plast
. 2020 Dec;
5(2):161-174.
PMID: 33282679
Background: Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe, chronic illness characterized by psychotic symptoms and impairments in many cognitive domains. Dysregulation of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with the cognitive...
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Goldsmith D, Massa N, Pearce B, Wommack E, Alrohaibani A, Goel N, et al.
NPJ Schizophr
. 2020 Apr;
6(1):8.
PMID: 32238816
Patients with schizophrenia exhibit psychomotor deficits that are associated with poor functional outcomes. One pathway that may be associated with psychomotor slowing is inflammation. Inflammatory markers have been shown to...
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Massa N, Owens A, Harmon W, Bhattacharya A, Ivleva E, Keedy S, et al.
Schizophr Res
. 2019 Dec;
216:357-366.
PMID: 31796306
Background: Latency of the acoustic startle reflex is the time from presentation of the startling stimulus until the response and provides an index of neural processing speed. Latency is prolonged...
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Wang A, Avramopoulos D, Lori A, Mulle J, Conneely K, Powers A, et al.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
. 2019 Jan;
92:133-147.
PMID: 30610941
T. gondii (TOXO) infects over one billion people worldwide, yet the literature lacks a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) focused on genetic variants controlling the persistence of TOXO infection. To...