Melynda D Casement

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Hippocampal hyperperfusion in Alzheimer's disease
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We examined the relationship between function and atrophy in the hippocampus in Alzheimer's Disease using MRI blood flow and anatomic imaging. Expand
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A meta-analysis of imagery rehearsal for post-trauma nightmares: effects on nightmare frequency, sleep quality, and posttraumatic stress.
This meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy of imagery rehearsal as a treatment for nightmares, general sleep disturbance, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Bibliographic databases and cited… Expand
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Neural and behavioral effects of interference resolution in depression and rumination
Individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) often ruminate about their depression and their life situations, impairing their concentration and performance on daily tasks. We examined… Expand
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The time course of off-line motor sequence learning.
The acquisition of motor skill occurs with practice, but skill can also increase between sessions, a process termed "off-line learning". Here, we investigated the amount of time required for the… Expand
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Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms
Highlights • Adolescent psychosocial stress prospectively predicted neural response to potential rewards.• Low parental warmth predicted increased reward response in the mPFC, striatum, and… Expand
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Conditional risk for PTSD among Latinos: a systematic review of racial/ethnic differences and sociocultural explanations.
Conditional risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)--defined as prevalence, onset, persistence, or severity of PTSD after traumatic exposure--appears to be higher among Latinos relative to… Expand
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Associations between Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index factors and health outcomes in women with posttraumatic stress disorder.
OBJECTIVE The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a widely used measure of subjective sleep disturbance in clinical populations, including individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).… Expand
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Chronic Stress is Prospectively Associated with Sleep in Midlife Women: The SWAN Sleep Study.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Evaluate whether levels of upsetting life events measured over a 9-y period prospectively predict subjective and objective sleep outcomes in midlife women. DESIGN Prospective… Expand
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The contribution of sleep to improvements in working memory scanning speed: A study of prolonged sleep restriction
Working memory scanning and motor response speeds were assessed in chronically sleep restricted participants using the Sternberg item recognition paradigm (SIRP). Twenty-two healthy volunteers (ages… Expand
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Change in sleep symptoms across Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure: a longitudinal perspective.
Sleep disturbance is a core component in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although cognitive-behavioral treatments for PTSD reduce the severity of sleep symptoms, they do not lead to complete… Expand
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