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Fluoxetine for the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders.
- B. Birmaher, D. Axelson, +6 authors D. Brent
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and…
- 1 April 2003
OBJECTIVE
To assess the efficacy and tolerability of fluoxetine for the acute treatment of children and adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and/or social… Expand
Lifetime psychiatric disorders in school-aged offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: the Pittsburgh Bipolar Offspring study.
- B. Birmaher, D. Axelson, +9 authors D. Brent
- Psychology, Medicine
- Archives of general psychiatry
- 1 March 2009
CONTEXT
Whether offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BP) are at specifically high risk to develop BP and other psychiatric disorders has not been adequately studied.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate… Expand
A G Protein–Coupled Receptor Is Essential for Schwann Cells to Initiate Myelination
- K. Monk, S. G. Naylor, +5 authors W. Talbot
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 11 September 2009
Making Myelin The myelin sheath insulates neurons and facilitates rapid axonal conduction, and its disruption is characteristic of some neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis. Axonal… Expand
International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. XCIV. Adhesion G Protein–Coupled Receptors
- J. Hamann, Gabriela Aust, +26 authors H. Schiöth
- Biology, Medicine
- Pharmacological Reviews
- 1 April 2015
The Adhesion family forms a large branch of the pharmacologically important superfamily of G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs). As Adhesion GPCRs increasingly receive attention from a wide spectrum… Expand
New insights on schwann cell development
- K. Monk, M. L. Feltri, C. Taveggia
- Biology, Medicine
- Glia
- 1 August 2015
In the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells are glial cells that are in intimate contact with axons throughout development. Schwann cells generate the insulating myelin sheath and provide vital… Expand
The xenoestrogen bisphenol A induces inappropriate androgen receptor activation and mitogenesis in prostatic adenocarcinoma cells.
- Yelena B. Wetherill, C. E. Petre, K. Monk, A. Puga, K. Knudsen
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular cancer therapeutics
- 1 May 2002
Treatment for prostatic adenocarcinoma is reliant on the initial androgen dependence of this tumor type. The goal of therapy is to eliminate androgen receptor activity, either through direct… Expand
Schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children (K-SADS-PL) for the assessment of preschool children--a preliminary psychometric study.
- B. Birmaher, M. Ehmann, +10 authors D. Brent
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of psychiatric research
- 1 April 2009
OBJECTIVE
To assess the psychometrics of the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children present and lifetime version (K-SADS-PL) in diagnosing DSM-IV psychiatric… Expand
Gpr126 Functions in Schwann Cells to Control Differentiation and Myelination via G-Protein Activation
- A. Mogha, Andrew E. Benesh, +4 authors K. Monk
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- 13 November 2013
The myelin sheath surrounding axons ensures that nerve impulses travel quickly and efficiently, allowing for the proper function of the vertebrate nervous system. We previously showed that the… Expand
Diagnostic Precursors to Bipolar Disorder in Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder: A Longitudinal Study.
- D. Axelson, B. Goldstein, +11 authors B. Birmaher
- Psychology, Medicine
- The American journal of psychiatry
- 3 March 2015
OBJECTIVE
The authors sought to identify diagnostic risk factors of manic, mixed, or hypomanic episodes in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder ("high-risk offspring").
METHOD
High-risk… Expand
The Adhesion GPCR GPR126 Has Distinct, Domain-Dependent Functions in Schwann Cell Development Mediated by Interaction with Laminin-211
- Sarah C Petersen, R. Luo, +8 authors K. Monk
- Biology, Medicine
- Neuron
- 18 February 2015
Myelin ensheathes axons to allow rapid propagation of action potentials and proper nervous system function. In the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells (SCs) radially sort axons into a 1:1… Expand