Research

A list of recent papers and posters is below. If you don’t have institutional access to any of the papers, but still would like to read, please contact me through this form.

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Pre-prints



2020 Publications


2019 Publications


2018 Publications


2017 Publications

  • Associations between self-reported sleep quality and white matter in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study.
    Sexton CE, Zsoldos E, Filippini N, Griffant L, Winkler A, Mahmood A, Allan CL, Topiwala A, Kyle SD, Spiegelhalder K, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M, Mackay CE, Johansen-Berg H, Ebmeier KP.
    Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 Nov;38(11):5465-5473.
  • Inferring pathobiology from structural MRI in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Modeling head motion and neuroanatomical specificity.
    Yao N, Winkler AM, Barrett J, Book GA, Beetham T, Horseman R, Leach O, Hodgson K, Knowles EE, Mathias S, Stevens MC, Assaf M, van Erp TGM, Pearlson GD, Glahn DC.
    Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 Aug;38(8):3757-3770.
    An extended Supplementary Material is available here.
  • Optimal echo time for functional MRI of the infant brain identified in response to noxious stimulation.
    Goksan S, Hartley C, Hurley SA, Winkler AM, Duff EP, Jenkinson M, Rogers R, Clare S, Slater R.
    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2017 Aug;78(2):625-631.
  • The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity.
    Colclough GL, Smith SM, Nichols TE, Winkler AM, Sotiropoulos SN, Glasser MF, Van Essen DC, Woolrich MW.
    eLife. 2017 Jul 26;6:e20178.
  • Hyperinsulinemia and elevated systolic blood pressure independently predict white matter hyperintensities with associated cognitive decrement in the middle-aged offspring of dementia patients.
    Hawkins KA, Emadi N, Pearlson GD, Winkler AM, Taylor B, Dulipsingh L, King D, Pittman B, Blank K.
    Metabolic Brain Disease. 2017 Jun;32(3):849-857.
  • Investigating resting-state functional connectivity in the cervical spinal cord at 3T.
    Eippert F, Kong Y, Winkler AM, Andersson JL, Finsterbusch J, Büchel C, Brooks JCW, Tracey I.
    Neuroimage. 2017 Feb 15;147:589-601.
    A preprint appeared on bioRxiv.
  • Reproducibility of tract-based white matter microstructural measures using the ENIGMA-DTI protocol.
    Acheson A, Wijtenburg SA, Rowland LM, Winkler A, Mathias CW, Hong LE, Jahanshad N, Patel B, Thompson PM, McGuire SA, Sherman PM, Kochunov P, Dougherty DM.
    Brain and Behavior. 2017 Jan 14;7(2):e00615.
  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume.
    Hibar DP, Adams HH, Jahanshad N, Chauhan G, Stein JL, Hofer E, Renteria ME, Bis JC, Arias-Vasquez A, Ikram MK, Desrivières S, Vernooij MW, Abramovic L, Alhusaini S, Amin N, Andersson M, Arfanakis K, Aribisala BS, Armstrong NJ, Athanasiu L, Axelsson T, Beecham AH, Beiser A, Bernard M, Blanton SH, Bohlken MM, Boks MP, Bralten J, Brickman AM, Carmichael O, Chakravarty MM, Chen Q, Ching CR, Chouraki V, Cuellar-Partida G, Crivello F, Den Braber A, Doan NT, Ehrlich S, Giddaluru S, Goldman AL, Gottesman RF, Grimm O, Griswold ME, Guadalupe T, Gutman BA, Hass J, Haukvik UK, Hoehn D, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Janowitz D, Jia T, Jørgensen KN, Karbalai N, Kasperaviciute D, Kim S, Klein M, Kraemer B, Lee PH, Liewald DC, Lopez LM, Luciano M, Macare C, Marquand AF, Matarin M, Mather KA, Mattheisen M, McKay DR, Milaneschi Y, Muñoz Maniega S, Nho K, Nugent AC, Nyquist P, Loohuis LM, Oosterlaan J, Papmeyer M, Pirpamer L, Pütz B, Ramasamy A, Richards JS, Risacher SL, Roiz-Santiañez R, Rommelse N, Ropele S, Rose EJ, Royle NA, Rundek T, Sämann PG, Saremi A, Satizabal CL, Schmaal L, Schork AJ, Shen L, Shin J, Shumskaya E, Smith AV, Sprooten E, Strike LT, Teumer A, Tordesillas-Gutierrez D, Toro R, Trabzuni D, Trompet S, Vaidya D, Van der Grond J, Van der Lee SJ, Van der Meer D, Van Donkelaar MM, Van Eijk KR, Van Erp TG, Van Rooij D, Walton E, Westlye LT, Whelan CD, Windham BG, Winkler AM, Wittfeld K, Woldehawariat G, Wolf C, Wolfers T, Yanek LR, Yang J, Zijdenbos A, Zwiers MP, Agartz I, Almasy L, Ames D, Amouyel P, Andreassen OA, Arepalli S, Assareh AA, Barral S, Bastin ME, Becker DM, Becker JT, Bennett DA, Blangero J, van Bokhoven H, Boomsma DI, Brodaty H, Brouwer RM, Brunner HG, Buckner RL, Buitelaar JK, Bulayeva KB, Cahn W, Calhoun VD, Cannon DM, Cavalleri GL, Cheng CY, Cichon S, Cookson MR, Corvin A, Crespo-Facorro B, Curran JE, Czisch M, Dale AM, Davies GE, De Craen AJ, De Geus EJ, De Jager PL, De Zubicaray GI, Deary IJ, Debette S, DeCarli C, Delanty N, Depondt C, DeStefano A, Dillman A, Djurovic S, Donohoe G, Drevets WC, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Enzinger C, Erk S, Espeseth T, Fedko IO, Fernández G, Ferrucci L, Fisher SE, Fleischman DA, Ford I, Fornage M, Foroud TM, Fox PT, Francks C, Fukunaga M, Gibbs JR, Glahn DC, Gollub RL, Göring HH, Green RC, Gruber O, Gudnason V, Guelfi S, Håberg AK, Hansell NK, Hardy J, Hartman CA, Hashimoto R, Hegenscheid K, Heinz A, Le Hellard S, Hernandez DG, Heslenfeld DJ, Ho BC, Hoekstra PJ, Hoffmann W, Hofman A, Holsboer F, Homuth G, Hosten N, Hottenga JJ, Huentelman M, Pol HE, Ikeda M, Jack CR Jr, Jenkinson M, Johnson R, Jönsson EG, Jukema JW, Kahn RS, Kanai R, Kloszewska I, Knopman DS, Kochunov P, Kwok JB, Lawrie SM, Lemaître H, Liu X, Longo DL, Lopez OL, Lovestone S, Martinez O, Martinot JL, Mattay VS, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, McMahon FJ, McMahon KL, Mecocci P, Melle I, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mohnke S, Montgomery GW, Morris DW, Mosley TH, Mühleisen TW, Müller-Myhsok B, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nichols TE, Niessen WJ, Nöthen MM, Nyberg L, Ohi K, Olvera RL, Ophoff RA, Pandolfo M, Paus T, Pausova Z, Penninx BW, Pike GB, Potkin SG, Psaty BM, Reppermund S, Rietschel M, Roffman JL, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Rotter JI, Ryten M, Sacco RL, Sachdev PS, Saykin AJ, Schmidt R, Schmidt H, Schofield PR, Sigursson S, Simmons A, Singleton A, Sisodiya SM, Smith C, Smoller JW, Soininen H, Steen VM, Stott DJ, Sussmann JE, Thalamuthu A, Toga AW, Traynor BJ, Troncoso J, Tsolaki M, Tzourio C, Uitterlinden AG, Hernández MC, Van der Brug M, van der Lugt A, van der Wee NJ, Van Haren NE, van ‘t Ent D, Van Tol MJ, Vardarajan BN, Vellas B, Veltman DJ, Völzke H, Walter H, Wardlaw JM, Wassink TH, Weale ME, Weinberger DR, Weiner MW, Wen W, Westman E, White T, Wong TY, Wright CB, Zielke RH, Zonderman AB, Martin NG, Van Duijn CM, Wright MJ, Longstreth WT, Schumann G, Grabe HJ, Franke B, Launer LJ, Medland SE, Seshadri S, Thompson PM, Ikram MA.
    Nature Communications. 2017 Jan 18;8:13624.
  • Time related effects on functional brain connectivity after serotonergic and cholinergic neuromodulation.
    Klaassens BL, Rombouts SA, Winkler AM, van Gorsel HC, van der Grond J, van Gerven JM.
    Human Brain Mapping. 2017 Jan;38(1):308-325.
  • Widening the applicability of permutation inference.
    Winkler AM.
    DPhil Thesis. University of Oxford, UK.
  • Statistical analysis of areal quantities in the brain through permutation tests.
    Winkler AM.
    PhD Thesis. Maastricht University (The Netherlands) and Université de Liège (Belgium).
  • Schizophrenia exhibits bi-directional brain-wide alterations in cortico-striato-cerebellar circuits.
    Ji JL, Diehl C, Schleifer C, Yang G, Creatura G, Repovs G, Murray J, Winkler A, Anticevic A.
    23rd Human Brain Mapping, 25-29 Jun 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Modulation of corticocortical interactions during concurrent visual and vestibular stimulus.
    Della-Justina H, Winkler A, Gamba H, Amaro Jr E.
    23rd Human Brain Mapping, 25-29 Jun 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Acceleration of imaging genetic analyses using graphical processing unit (GPU) in SOLAR-Eclipse.
    Donohue B, Ganjgahi H, Nichols N, Jahanshad N, Thompson P, Winkler P, Glahn D, Blangero J, Kochunov P.
    23rd Human Brain Mapping, 25-29 Jun 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Inferring Pathobiology from Structural MRI in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Modeling Head Motion and Neuroanatomical Specificity.
    Glahn D, Yao N, Winkler A, Barrett J, Book G, Beetham T, Horseman R, Leach O, Hodgson K, Knowles E, Mathias S, Stevens M, Assaf M, van Erp T, Pearlson G.
    72nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 18-20 May 2017, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Schizophrenia Exhibits Bi-Directional Brain-Wide Alterations in Cortico-Striato-Cerebellar Circuits.
    Ji JL, Diehl C, Schleifer C, Yang G, Creatura G, Repovs G, Murray J, Winkler A, Anticevic A.
    72nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 18-20 May 2017, San Diego, CA, USA.

2016 Publications

  • Cognitive Phenotypes and Endophenotypes: Concepts and Criteria.
    Bearden CE, Winkler A, Karlsgodt KH, Bilder R.
    in Neurophenotypes (Jagaroo V, Santangelo SL, eds). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2016, pp 61-80.
  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association.
    Adams HH, Hibar DP, Chouraki V, Stein JL, Nyquist PA, Rentería ME, Trompet S, Arias-Vasquez A, Seshadri S, Desrivières S, Beecham AH, Jahanshad N, Wittfeld K, Van der Lee SJ, Abramovic L, Alhusaini S, Amin N, Andersson M, Arfanakis K, Aribisala BS, Armstrong NJ, Athanasiu L, Axelsson T, Beiser A, Bernard M, Bis JC, Blanken LM, Blanton SH, Bohlken MM, Boks MP, Bralten J, Brickman AM, Carmichael O, Chakravarty MM, Chauhan G, Chen Q, Ching CR, Cuellar-Partida G, Braber AD, Doan NT, Ehrlich S, Filippi I, Ge T, Giddaluru S, Goldman AL, Gottesman RF, Greven CU, Grimm O, Griswold ME, Guadalupe T, Hass J, Haukvik UK, Hilal S, Hofer E, Hoehn D, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Janowitz D, Jia T, Kasperaviciute D, Kim S, Klein M, Kraemer B, Lee PH, Liao J, Liewald DC, Lopez LM, Luciano M, Macare C, Marquand A, Matarin M, Mather KA, Mattheisen M, Mazoyer B, McKay DR, McWhirter R, Milaneschi Y, Mirza-Schreiber N, Muetzel RL, Maniega SM, Nho K, Nugent AC, Loohuis LM, Oosterlaan J, Papmeyer M, Pappa I, Pirpamer L, Pudas S, Pütz B, Rajan KB, Ramasamy A, Richards JS, Risacher SL, Roiz-Santiañez R, Rommelse N, Rose EJ, Royle NA, Rundek T, Sämann PG, Satizabal CL, Schmaal L, Schork AJ, Shen L, Shin J, Shumskaya E, Smith AV, Sprooten E, Strike LT, Teumer A, Thomson R, Tordesillas-Gutierrez D, Toro R, Trabzuni D, Vaidya D, Van der Grond J, Van der Meer D, Van Donkelaar MM, Van Eijk KR, Van Erp TG, Van Rooij D, Walton E, Westlye LT, Whelan CD, Windham BG, Winkler AM, Woldehawariat G, Wolf C, Wolfers T, Xu B, Yanek LR, Yang J, Zijdenbos A, Zwiers MP, Agartz I, Aggarwal NT, Almasy L, Ames D, Amouyel P, Andreassen OA, Arepalli S, Assareh AA, Barral S, Bastin ME, Becker DM, Becker JT, Bennett DA, Blangero J, van Bokhoven H, Boomsma DI, Brodaty H, Brouwer RM, Brunner HG, Buckner RL, Buitelaar JK, Bulayeva KB, Cahn W, Calhoun VD, Cannon DM, Cavalleri GL, Chen C, Cheng CY, Cichon S, Cookson MR, Corvin A, Crespo-Facorro B, Curran JE, Czisch M, Dale AM, Davies GE, De Geus EJ, De Jager PL, de Zubicaray GI, Delanty N, Depondt C, DeStefano AL, Dillman A, Djurovic S, Donohoe G, Drevets WC, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Erk S, Espeseth T, Evans DA, Fedko IO, Fernández G, Ferrucci L, Fisher SE, Fleischman DA, Ford I, Foroud TM, Fox PT, Francks C, Fukunaga M, Gibbs JR, Glahn DC, Gollub RL, Göring HH, Grabe HJ, Green RC, Gruber O, Gudnason V, Guelfi S, Hansell NK, Hardy J, Hartman CA, Hashimoto R, Hegenscheid K, Heinz A, Le Hellard S, Hernandez DG, Heslenfeld DJ, Ho BC, Hoekstra PJ, Hoffmann W, Hofman A, Holsboer F, Homuth G, Hosten N, Hottenga JJ, Pol HE, Ikeda M, Ikram MK, Jr CR, Jenkinson M, Johnson R, Jönsson EG, Jukema JW, Kahn RS, Kanai R, Kloszewska I, Knopman DS, Kochunov P, Kwok JB, Lawrie SM, Lemaître H, Liu X, Longo DL, Jr WT, Lopez OL, Lovestone S, Martinez O, Martinot JL, Mattay VS, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, McMahon KL, McMahon FJ, Mecocci P, Melle I, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mohnke S, Montgomery GW, Morris DW, Mosley TH, Mühleisen TW, Müller-Myhsok B, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nichols TE, Niessen WJ, Nöthen MM, Nyberg L, Ohi K, Olvera RL, Ophoff RA, Pandolfo M, Paus T, Pausova Z, Penninx BW, Pike GB, Potkin SG, Psaty BM, Reppermund S, Rietschel M, Roffman JL, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Rotter JI, Ryten M, Sacco RL, Sachdev PS, Saykin AJ, Schmidt R, Schofield PR, Sigurdsson S, Simmons A, Singleton A, Sisodiya SM, Smith C, Smoller JW, Soininen H, Srikanth V, Steen VM, Stott DJ, Sussmann JE, Thalamuthu A, Tiemeier H, Toga AW, Traynor BJ, Troncoso J, Turner JA, Tzourio C, Uitterlinden AG, Hernández MC, Van der Brug M, Van der Lugt A, Van der Wee NJ, Van Duijn CM, Van Haren NE, Van T Ent D, Van Tol MJ, Vardarajan BN, Veltman DJ, Vernooij MW, Völzke H, Walter H, Wardlaw JM, Wassink TH, Weale ME, Weinberger DR, Weiner MW, Wen W, Westman E, White T, Wong TY, Wright CB, Zielke HR, Zonderman AB, Deary IJ, DeCarli C, Schmidt H, Martin NG, De Craen AJ, Wright MJ, Launer LJ, Schumann G, Fornage M, Franke B, Debette S, Medland SE, Ikram MA, Thompson PM.
    Nature Neuroscience. 2016 Dec;19(12):1569-1582.
  • Heterochronicity of white matter development and aging explains regional patient control differences in schizophrenia.
    Kochunov P, Ganjgahi H, Winkler A, Kelly S, Shukla DK, Du X, Jahanshad N, Rowland L, Sampath H, Patel B, O’Donnell P, Xie Z, Paciga SA, Schubert CR, Chen J, Zhang G, Thompson PM, Nichols TE, Hong LE.
    Human Brain Mapping. 2016 Dec;37(12):4673-4688.
  • Multidimensional heritability analysis of neuroanatomical shape.
    Ge T, Reuter M, Winkler AM, Holmes AJ, Lee PH, Tirrell LS, Roffman JL, Buckner RL, Smoller JW, Sabuncu MR.
    Nature Communications. 2016 Nov 15;7:13291 [a preprint appeared on bioRxiv].
  • Faster permutation inference in brain imaging.
    Winkler AM, Ridgway GR, Douaud G, Nichols TE, Smith SM.
    Neuroimage. 2016 Jun 7;141:502-516.
  • A comprehensive tractography study of patients with bipolar disorder and their unaffected siblings.
    Sprooten E, Barrett J, McKay DR, Knowles EE, Mathias SR, Winkler AM, Brumbaugh MS, Landau S, Cyr L, Kochunov P, Glahn DC.
    Human Brain Mapping. 2016 Oct;37(10):3474-85.
  • Ipsilesional anodal tDCS enhances the functional benefits of rehabilitation in patients after stroke.
    Allman C, Amadi U, Winkler AM, Wilkins L, Filippini N, Kischka U, Stagg CJ, Johansen-Berg H.
    Science Translational Medicine. 2016 Mar 16;8(330):330re1.
  • Non-Parametric Combination and related permutation tests for neuroimaging.
    Winkler AM, Webster MA, Brooks JC, Tracey I, Smith SM, Nichols TE.
    Human Brain Mapping. 2016 Apr;37(4):1486-511.
    The Supporting Information can be browsed directly here.
  • The common genetic influence over processing speed and white matter microstructure: Evidence from the Old Order Amish and Human Connectome Projects.
    Kochunov P, Thompson PM, Winkler A, Morrissey M, Fu M, Coyle TR, Du X, Muellerklein F, Savransky A, Gaudiot C, Sampath H, Eskandar G, Jahanshad N, Patel B, Rowland L, Nichols TE, O’Connell JR, Shuldiner AR, Mitchell BD, Hong LE.
    Neuroimage. 2016 Jan 15;125:189-97.
  • Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: large-scale proof of concept.
    Franke B, Stein JL, Ripke S, Anttila V, Hibar DP, van Hulzen KJ, Arias-Vasquez A, Smoller JW, Nichols TE, Neale MC, McIntosh AM, Lee P, McMahon FJ, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mattheisen M, Andreassen OA, Gruber O, Sachdev PS, Roiz-Santiañez R, Saykin AJ, Ehrlich S, Mather KA, Turner JA, Schwarz E, Thalamuthu A, Yao Y, Ho YY, Martin NG, Wright MJ; Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium; Psychosis Endophenotypes International Consortium; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2; Enigma Consortium, O’Donovan MC, Thompson PM, Neale BM, Medland SE, Sullivan PF. [Collaborators: Adolfsson R, Andreassen OA, Blackwood DH, Børglum AD, Bramon E, Buxbaum JD, Cichon S, Darvasi A, Domenici E, Ehrenreich H, Esko T, Gejman PV, Gill M, Gurling H, Hultman CM, Iwata N, Jablensky AV, Jönsson EG, Kendler KS, Kirov G, Knight J, Lencz T, Levinson DF, Li QS, Liu J, Malhotra AK, McCarroll SA, McQuillin A, Moran JL, Mortensen PB, Mowry BJ, Nöthen MM, Ophoff RA, Owen MJ, Palotie A, Pato CN, Petryshen TL, Posthuma D, Rietschel M, Riley BP, Rujescu D, Sham PC, Sklar P, St Clair D, Weinberger DR, Wendland JR, Werge T, Daly MJ, Sullivan PF, O’Donovan MC, Hibar DP, Stein JL, Renteria ME, Arias-Vasquez A, Desrivières S, Jahanshad N, Toro R, Wittfeld K, Abramovic L, Andersson M, Aribisala BS, Armstrong NJ, Bernard M, Bohlken MM, Boks MP, Bralten J, Brown AA, Chakravarty MM, Chen Q, Ching CR, Cuellar-Partida G, den Braber A, Giddaluru S, Goldman AL, Grimm O, Guadalupe T, Hass J, Woldehawariat G, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Janowitz D, Jia T, Kim S, Klein M, Kraemer B, Lee P, Loohuis LM, Luciano M, Macare C, Mather KA, Mattheisen M, Milaneschi Y, Nho K, Papmeyer M, Ramasamy A, Risacher SL, Roiz-Santiañez R, Rose EJ, Salami A, Sämann PG, Schmaal L, Schork AJ, Shin J, Strike LT, Teumer A, van Donkelaar MM, van Eijk KR, Walters RK, Westlye LT, Whelan CD, Winkler AM, Zwiers MP, Alhusaini S, Athanasiu L, Ehrlich S, Hakobjan MM, Hartberg CB, Haukvik U, Heister AJ, Höhn D, Kasperaviciute D, Liewald DC, Lopez LM, Makkinje RR, Matarin M, Naber MA, McKay DR, Needham M, Nugent AC, Pütz B, Royle NA, Shen L, Sprooten E, Trabzuni D, van der Marel SS, van Hulzen KJ, Walton E, Wolf C, Almasy L, Ames D, Arepalli S, Assareh AA, Bastin ME, Brodaty H, Bulayeva KB, Carless MA, Cichon S, Corvin A, Curran JE, Czisch M, de Zubicaray GI, Dillman A, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Erk S, Fedko IO, Ferrucci L, Foroud TM, Fox PT, Fukunaga M, Gibbs R, Göring HH, Green RC, Guelfi S, Hansell NK, Hartman CA, Hegenscheid K, Heinz A, Hernandez DG, Heslenfeld DJ, Hoekstra PJ, Holsboer F, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Ikeda M, Jack CR, Jenkinson M, Johnson R, Kanai R, Keil M, Kent JW, Kochunov P, Kwok JB, Lawrie SM, Liu X, Longo DL, McMahon KL, Meisenzahl E, Melle I, Mohnke S, Montgomery GW, Mostert JC, Mühleisen TW, Nalls MA, Nichols TE, Nilsson LG, Nöthen MM, Ohi K, Olvera RL, Perez-Iglesias R, Pike GB, Potkin SG, Reinvang I, Reppermund S, Rietschel M, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Rosen GD, Rujescu D, Schnell K, Schofield PR, Smith C, Steen VM, Sussmann JE, Thalamuthu A, Toga AW, Traynor B, Troncoso J, Turner JA, Hernández MC, Ent DV, van der Brug M, van der Wee NJ, van Tol MJ, Veltman DJ, Wassink TH, Westman E, Zielke RH, Zonderman A, Ashbrook DG, Hager R, Lu L, McMahon FJ, Morris DW, Williams RW, Brunner HG, Buckner RL, Buitelaar JK, Cahn W, Calhoun VD, Cavalleri GL, Crespo-Facorro B, Dale AM, Davies GE, Delanty N, Depondt C, Djurovic S, Drevets WC, Espeseth T, Gollub RL, Ho BC, Hoffmann W, Hosten N, Kahn RS, LeHellard S, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Müller-Myhsok B, Nauck M, Nyberg L, Pandolfo M, Penninx BW, Roffman JL, Sisodiya SM, Smoller JW, van Bokhoven H, van Haren NE, Völzke H, Walter H, Weiner MW, Wen W, White T, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Blangero J, Boomsma DI, Brouwer RM, Cannon DM, Cookson MR, de Geus EJ, Deary IJ, Donohoe G, Fernández G, Fisher SE, Francks C, Glahn DC, Grabe HJ, Gruber O, Hardy J, Hashimoto R, Hulshoff Pol HE, Jönsson EG, Kloszewska I, Lovestone S, Mattay VS, Mecocci P, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, Ophoff RA, Paus T, Pausova Z, Ryten M, Sachdev PS, Saykin AJ, Simmons A, Singleton A, Soininen H, Wardlaw JM, Weale ME, Weinberger DR, Adams HH, Launer LJ, Seiler S, Schmidt R, Chauhan G, Satizabal CL, Becker JT, Yanek L, van der Lee SJ, Ebling M, Fischl B, Longstreth WT, Greve D, Schmidt H, Nyquist P, Vinke LN, van Duijn CM, Luting X, Mazoyer B, Bis JC, Gudnason V, Seshadri S, Ikram MA, Martin NG, Wright MJ, Schumann G, Franke B, Thompson PM, Medland SE.]
    Nature Neuroscience. 2016 Mar;19(3):420-31.
  • Better statistics, faster
    Winkler AM, Nichols TE, Smith SM.
    Poster presented at a Wellcome Trust visit to FMRIB, 23 Jun 2016, Oxford, UK.
  • Comparing methods to compute and analyse cortical area and volume.
    Winkler AM, Greve DN, Bjuland KJ, Hagler Jr DJ, Sabuncu MR, Håberg A, Skranes J, Rimol LM.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Faster permutation inference for brain imaging.
    Winkler AM, Ridgway GR, Douaud G, Nichols TE Smith SM.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
    See also the related paper.
  • Frontostriatal hyperactivation during emotion task in those at high risk of bipolar disorder.
    Yao N, Winkler A, Book G, Stevens M, Assaf M, Pearlson G, Glahn D.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • The dynamics of intelligence at rest.
    Vidaurre D, Woolrich M, Winkler A, Miller K, Smith S.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Brain Structural abnormalities in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
    Yao N, Winkler A, Book G, Stevens M, Assaf M, Pearlson G, Glahn D.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Heterochronicity of white matter development and aging and susceptibility to schizophrenia.
    Kochunov P, Ganjgahi H, Winkler A, Kelly S, Shukla D, Du X, Jahanshad N, Rowland L, O’Donnell P, Xie Z, Paciga S, Schubert C, Thompson P, Nichols T, Hong E.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Genetic influence over processing speed and white matter microstructure.
    Kochunov P, Thompson P, Winkler A, Jahanshad N, Nichols T, Hong E.
    22nd Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland.

2015 Publications

  • A positive-negative mode of population covariation links brain connectivity, demographics and behavior.
    Smith SM, Nichols TE, Vidaurre D, Winkler AM, Behrens TEJ, Glasser MF, Ugurbil K, Barch DM, Van Essen DC, Miller KL.
    Nature Neuroscience. 2015 Nov;18(11):1565-7.
  • Multi-level block permutation.
    Winkler AM, Webster MA, Vidaurre D, Nichols TE, Smith SM.
    Neuroimage. 2015;123:253-68.
  • Perfusion shift from white to gray matter may account for processing speed deficits in schizophrenia.
    Wright SN, Hong LE, Winkler AM, Chiappelli J, Nugent K, Muellerklein F, Du X, Rowland LM, Wang DJ, Kochunov P.
    Human Brain Mapping. 2015 Oct;36(10):3793-804.
  • Striatal activity and reduced white matter increase frontal activity in youths with family histories of alcohol and other substance-use disorders performing a go/no-go task.
    Acheson A, Tagamets MA, Winkler A, Rowland LA, Mathias CW, Wright SN, Hong LE, Kochunov P, Dougherty DM.
    Brain and Behavior. 2015 Jul; 5(7): e00352.
  • Fast and powerful heritability inference for family-based neuroimaging studies.
    Ganjgahi H, Winkler AM, Glahn DC, Blangero J, Kochunov P, Nichols TE.
    Neuroimage. 2015 Jul 15;115:256-68.
  • Genetic influence on the human brain.
    McKay DR, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Knowles EEM, Sprooten E, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    in Genome Mapping and Genomics in Human and Non-Human Primates (Duggirala R, Almasy L, Williams-Blangero S, Paul SFD, Kole C, eds). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2015. pp 247-258.
  • Heritability of fractional anisotropy in human white matter: A comparison of Human Connectome Project and ENIGMA-DTI data.
    Kochunov P, Jahanshad N, Marcus D, Winkler A, Sprooten E, Nichols TE, Wright SN, Hong LE, Patel B, Behrens T, Jbabdi S, Andersson J, Lenglet C, Yacoub E, Moeller S, Auerbach E, Ugurbil K, Sotiropoulos SN, Brouwer RM, Landman B, Lemaitre H, den Braber A, Zwiers MP, Ritchie S, van Hulzen K, Almasy L, Curran J, deZubicaray GI, Duggirala R, Fox P, Martin NG, McMahon KL, Mitchell B, Olvera RL, Peterson C, Starr J, Sussmann J, Wardlaw J, Wright M, Boomsma DI, Kahn R, de Geus EJ, Williamson DE, Hariri A, van ‘t Ent D, Bastin ME, McIntosh A, Deary IJ, Hulshoff Pol HE, Blangero J, Thompson PM, Glahn DC, Van Essen DC.
    Neuroimage. 2015 Mar 4;111:300-311.
  • Shared genetic variance between obesity and white matter integrity in Mexican-Americans.
    Spieker EA, Kochunov P, Rowland LM, Sprooten E, Winkler AM, Olvera RL, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn D, Curran J.
    Frontiers in Genetics. 2015 Feb 13;6:26.
  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.
    Hibar DP, Stein JL, Renteria ME, Arias-Vasquez A, Desrivières S, Jahanshad N, Toro R, Wittfeld K, Abramovic L, Andersson M, Aribisala BS, Armstrong NJ, Bernard M, Bohlken MM, Boks MP, Bralten J, Brown AA, Mallar Chakravarty M, Chen Q, Ching CR, Cuellar-Partida G, den Braber A, Giddaluru S, Goldman AL, Grimm O, Guadalupe T, Hass J, Woldehawariat G, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Janowitz D, Jia T, Kim S, Klein M, Kraemer B, Lee PH, Olde Loohuis LM, Luciano M, Macare C, Mather KA, Mattheisen M, Milaneschi Y, Nho K, Papmeyer M, Ramasamy A, Risacher SL, Roiz-Santiañez R, Rose EJ, Salami A, Sämann PG, Schmaal L, Schork AJ, Shin J, Strike LT, Teumer A, van Donkelaar MM, van Eijk KR, Walters RK, Westlye LT, Whelan CD, Winkler AM, Zwiers MP, Alhusaini S, Athanasiu L, Ehrlich S, Hakobjan MM, Hartberg CB, Haukvik UK, Heister AJ, Hoehn D, Kasperaviciute D, Liewald DC, Lopez LM, Makkinje RR, Matarin M, Naber MA, Reese McKay D, Needham M, Nugent AC, Pütz B, Royle NA, Shen L, Sprooten E, Trabzuni D, van der Marel SS, van Hulzen KJ, Walton E, Wolf C, Almasy L, Ames D, Arepalli S, Assareh AA, Bastin ME, Brodaty H, Bulayeva KB, Carless MA, Cichon S, Corvin A, Curran JE, Czisch M, de Zubicaray GI, Dillman A, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Erk S, Fedko IO, Ferrucci L, Foroud TM, Fox PT, Fukunaga M, Raphael Gibbs J, Göring HH, Green RC, Guelfi S, Hansell NK, Hartman CA, Hegenscheid K, Heinz A, Hernandez DG, Heslenfeld DJ, Hoekstra PJ, Holsboer F, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Ikeda M, Jack CR Jr, Jenkinson M, Johnson R, Kanai R, Keil M, Kent JW Jr, Kochunov P, Kwok JB, Lawrie SM, Liu X, Longo DL, McMahon KL, Meisenzahl E, Melle I, Mohnke S, Montgomery GW, Mostert JC, Mühleisen TW, Nalls MA, Nichols TE, Nilsson LG, Nöthen MM, Ohi K, Olvera RL, Perez-Iglesias R, Bruce Pike G, Potkin SG, Reinvang I, Reppermund S, Rietschel M, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Rosen GD, Rujescu D, Schnell K, Schofield PR, Smith C, Steen VM, Sussmann JE, Thalamuthu A, Toga AW, Traynor BJ, Troncoso J, Turner JA, Valdés Hernández MC, van ‘t Ent D, van der Brug M, van der Wee NJ, van Tol MJ, Veltman DJ, Wassink TH, Westman E, Zielke RH, Zonderman AB, Ashbrook DG, Hager R, Lu L, McMahon FJ, Morris DW, Williams RW, Brunner HG, Buckner RL, Buitelaar JK, Cahn W, Calhoun VD, Cavalleri GL, Crespo-Facorro B, Dale AM, Davies GE, Delanty N, Depondt C, Djurovic S, Drevets WC, Espeseth T, Gollub RL, Ho BC, Hoffmann W, Hosten N, Kahn RS, Le Hellard S, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Müller-Myhsok B, Nauck M, Nyberg L, Pandolfo M, Penninx BW, Roffman JL, Sisodiya SM, Smoller JW, van Bokhoven H, van Haren NE, Völzke H, Walter H, Weiner MW, Wen W, White T, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Blangero J, Boomsma DI, Brouwer RM, Cannon DM, Cookson MR, de Geus EJ, Deary IJ, Donohoe G, Fernández G, Fisher SE, Francks C, Glahn DC, Grabe HJ, Gruber O, Hardy J, Hashimoto R, Hulshoff Pol HE, Jönsson EG, Kloszewska I, Lovestone S, Mattay VS, Mecocci P, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, Ophoff RA, Paus T, Pausova Z, Ryten M, Sachdev PS, Saykin AJ, Simmons A, Singleton A, Soininen H, Wardlaw JM, Weale ME, Weinberger DR, Adams HH, Launer LJ, Seiler S, Schmidt R, Chauhan G, Satizabal CL, Becker JT, Yanek L, van der Lee SJ, Ebling M, Fischl B, Longstreth WT Jr, Greve D, Schmidt H, Nyquist P, Vinke LN, van Duijn CM, Xue L, Mazoyer B, Bis JC, Gudnason V, Seshadri S, Arfan Ikram M; The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; The CHARGE Consortium; EPIGEN; IMAGEN; SYS, Martin NG, Wright MJ, Schumann G, Franke B, Thompson PM, Medland SE.
    Nature. 2015 Apr 9;520(7546):224-9.
  • Interaction of brain areas of visual and vestibular simultaneous activity with fMRI.
    Della-Justina HM, Gamba HR, Lukasova K, Nucci-da-Silva MP, Winkler AM, Amaro E Jr.
    Experimental Brain Research. 2015 Jan;233(1):237-52.
  • Discovering schizophrenia endophenotypes in randomly ascertained pedigrees.
    Glahn DC, Williams JT, McKay DR, Knowles EE, Sprooten E, Mathias SR, Curran JE, Kent JW Jr, Carless MA, Göring HH, Dyer TD, Woolsey MD, Winkler AM, Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Fox PT, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J.
    Biological Psychiatry. 2015 Jan 1;77(1):75-83.
  • Accelerated permutation inference for pedigree heritability inference with family-based neuroimaging.
    Ganjgahi H, Winkler A, Glahn D, Blangero J, Kochunov P, Nichols T.
    21st Human Brain Mapping, 14-18 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • Heritability of fractional anisotropy: a comparison of Human Connectome Project and ENIGMA-DTI data.
    Kochunov P, Wright S, Jahanshad N, Marcus D, Winkler A, Sprooten E, Nichols T, Wright S, Hong E, Behrens T, Jbabdi S, Andersson J, Lenglet C, Sotiropoulos S, Brouwer R, Landman B, Lemaitre H, den Braber A, Zwiers M, Almasy L, Curran J, de Zubicaray G, Duggirala R, Fox P, Martin N, McMahon C, Mitchell B, Olvera R, Starr J, Wardlaw J.
    21st Human Brain Mapping, 14-18 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • An HCP “MegaTrawl” – Relating connectivity to 3882 behaviour and other subject measures.
    Smith S, Vidaurre D, Glasser M, Winkler A, McCarthy P, Robinson E, Chen X, Jenkinson M, Duff E, Beckmann C, Woolrich M, Marcus D, Nichols T, Barch D, Ugurbil K, Van Essen D.
    21st Human Brain Mapping, 14-18 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • A comprehensive probabilistic tractography study in sibling pairs discordant for bipolar disorder.
    Sprooten E, Knowles E, McKay DR, Mathias S, Barrett J, Brumbaugh M, Landau S, Cyr L, Kochunov P, Winkler A, Pearlson G, Glahn D.
    21st Human Brain Mapping, 14-18 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • Predicting subject measures from fMRI connectivity for the HCP: The method.
    Vidaurre D, Nichols T, Winkler A, Woolrich M, Smith S.
    21st Human Brain Mapping, 14-18 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • Investigation into the heritabilities of some traits in the Human Connectome Project.
    Winkler AM, Harms MP, Burgess GC, Glahn DC, Smith SM, Van Essen D, Heath AC, March DM, Nichols TE.
    21st Human Brain Mapping, 14-18 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI, USA.

2014 Publications

  • Assessment of whole brain white matter integrity in youths and young adults with a family history of substance-use disorders.
    Acheson A, Wijtenburg SA, Rowland LM, Winkler AM, Gaston F, Mathias CW, Fox PT, Lovallo WR, Wright SN, Hong LE, Dougherty DM, Kochunov P.
    Human Brain Mapping. 2014 Nov;35(11):5401-13.
  • Permutation inference for the general linear model.
    Winkler AM, Ridgway GR, Webster MA, Smith SM, Nichols TE.
    Neuroimage. 2014 May 15;92:381-97.
  • Characterizing thalamo-cortical disturbances in schizophrenia and bipolar Illness.
    Anticevic A, Cole MW, Repovs G, Murray JD, Brumbaugh MS, Winkler AM, Savic A, Krystal JH, Pearlson GD, Glahn DC.
    Cerebral Cortex
    . 2014 Dec;24(12):3116-30.
  • Galvanic vestibular stimulator for fMRI studies.
    Della-Justina HM, Manczak T, Winkler AM, de Araújo DB, Souza MA; Amaro Jr E, Gamba HR.
    Brazilian Journal of Biomedical Engineering. 2014 30(1):70-82.
  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data.
    Thompson PM, Stein JL, Medland SE, Hibar DP, Vasquez AA, Renteria ME, Toro R, Jahanshad N, Schumann G, Franke B, Wright MJ, Martin NG, Agartz I, Alda M, Alhusaini S, Almasy L, Almeida J, Alpert K, Andreasen NC, Andreassen OA, Apostolova LG, Appel K, Armstrong NJ, Aribisala B, Bastin ME, Bauer M, Bearden CE, Bergmann O, Binder EB, Blangero J, Bockholt HJ, Bøen E, Bois C, Boomsma DI, Booth T, Bowman IJ, Bralten J, Brouwer RM, Brunner HG, Brohawn DG, Buckner RL, Buitelaar J, Bulayeva K, Bustillo JR, Calhoun VD, Cannon DM, Cantor RM, Carless MA, Caseras X, Cavalleri GL, Chakravarty MM, Chang KD, Ching CR, Christoforou A, Cichon S, Clark VP, Conrod P, Coppola G, Crespo-Facorro B, Curran JE, Czisch M, Deary IJ, de Geus EJ, den Braber A, Delvecchio G, Depondt C, de Haan L, de Zubicaray GI, Dima D, Dimitrova R, Djurovic S, Dong H, Donohoe G, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Ehrlich S, Ekman CJ, Elvsåshagen T, Emsell L, Erk S, Espeseth T, Fagerness J, Fears S, Fedko I, Fernández G, Fisher SE, Foroud T, Fox PT, Francks C, Frangou S, Frey EM, Frodl T, Frouin V, Garavan H, Giddaluru S, Glahn DC, Godlewska B, Goldstein RZ, Gollub RL, Grabe HJ, Grimm O, Gruber O, Guadalupe T, Gur RE, Gur RC, Göring HH, Hagenaars S, Hajek T, Hall GB, Hall J, Hardy J, Hartman CA, Hass J, Hatton SN, Haukvik UK, Hegenscheid K, Heinz A, Hickie IB, Ho BC, Hoehn D, Hoekstra PJ, Hollinshead M, Holmes AJ, Homuth G, Hoogman M, Hong LE, Hosten N, Hottenga JJ, Hulshoff Pol HE, Hwang KS, Jack CR Jr, Jenkinson M, Johnston C, Jönsson EG, Kahn RS, Kasperaviciute D, Kelly S, Kim S, Kochunov P, Koenders L, Krämer B, Kwok JB, Lagopoulos J, Laje G, Landen M, Landman BA, Lauriello J, Lawrie SM, Lee PH, Le Hellard S, Lemaître H, Leonardo CD, Li CS, Liberg B, Liewald DC, Liu X, Lopez LM, Loth E, Lourdusamy A, Luciano M, Macciardi F, Machielsen MW, Macqueen GM, Malt UF, Mandl R, Manoach DS, Martinot JL, Matarin M, Mather KA, Mattheisen M, Mattingsdal M, Meyer-Lindenberg A, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, McMahon FJ, McMahon KL, Meisenzahl E, Melle I, Milaneschi Y, Mohnke S, Montgomery GW, Morris DW, Moses EK, Mueller BA, Muñoz Maniega S, Mühleisen TW, Müller-Myhsok B, Mwangi B, Nauck M, Nho K, Nichols TE, Nilsson LG, Nugent AC, Nyberg L, Olvera RL, Oosterlaan J, Ophoff RA, Pandolfo M, Papalampropoulou-Tsiridou M, Papmeyer M, Paus T, Pausova Z, Pearlson GD, Penninx BW, Peterson CP, Pfennig A, Phillips M, Pike GB, Poline JB, Potkin SG, Pütz B, Ramasamy A, Rasmussen J, Rietschel M, Rijpkema M, Risacher SL, Roffman JL, Roiz-Santiañez R, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Rose EJ, Royle NA, Rujescu D, Ryten M, Sachdev PS, Salami A, Satterthwaite TD, Savitz J, Saykin AJ, Scanlon C, Schmaal L, Schnack HG, Schork AJ, Schulz SC, Schür R, Seidman L, Shen L, Shoemaker JM, Simmons A, Sisodiya SM, Smith C, Smoller JW, Soares JC, Sponheim SR, Sprooten E, Starr JM, Steen VM, Strakowski S, Strike L, Sussmann J, Sämann PG, Teumer A, Toga AW, Tordesillas-Gutierrez D, Trabzuni D, Trost S, Turner J, Van den Heuvel M, van der Wee NJ, van Eijk K, van Erp TG, van Haren NE, van ‘t Ent D, van Tol MJ, Valdés Hernández MC, Veltman DJ, Versace A, Völzke H, Walker R, Walter H, Wang L, Wardlaw JM, Weale ME, Weiner MW, Wen W, Westlye LT, Whalley HC, Whelan CD, White T, Winkler AM, Wittfeld K, Woldehawariat G, Wolf C, Zilles D, Zwiers MP, Thalamuthu A, Schofield PR, Freimer NB, Lawrence NS, Drevets W; the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, EPIGEN Consortium, IMAGEN Consortium, Saguenay Youth Study (SYS) Group.
    Brain Imaging & Behavior. 2014 Jun;8(2):153-82.
  • Cortical volume alterations in conduct disordered adolescents with and without bipolar disorder.
    Olvera RL, Glahn DC, O’Donnell L, Bearden CE, Soares JC, Winkler AM, Pliszka SR.
    Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2014; 3(2):416-431.
  • Influence of age, sex and genetic factors on the human brain.
    McKay DR, Knowles EE, Winkler AM, Sprooten E, Kochunov P, Olvera RL, Curran JE, Kent JW Jr, Carless MA, Göring HH, Dyer TD, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    Brain Imaging & Behavior. 2014 Jun;8(2):143-52
  • Multi-level block permutation.
    Winkler AM, Vidaurre D, Webster MA, Woolrich MW, Nichols TE, Smith SM.
    20th Human Brain Mapping, 8-12 Jun 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
    See also the related paper.
  • Permutation inference for the general linear model and the G statistic.
    Winkler AM, Ridgway GR, Webster MA, Smith SM, Nichols TE.
    20th Human Brain Mapping, 8-12 Jun 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
    See also the related paper.
  • Resting-state fMRI connectomics associate with behaviour, cognitive skills and emotions.
    Vidaurre D, Winkler AM, Woolrich MW, Nichols TE, Glasser M, Van Essen D, Smith SM.
    20th Human Brain Mapping, 8-12 Jun 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
  • The homogeneity of genetic effects on fractional anisotropy across white matter regions.
    Sprooten E, McKay DR, Knowles EEM, de Almeida MA, Kent Jr JW, Winker AM, Carless MA, Curran JE, Dyer TD, Göring HH, Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    20th Human Brain Mapping, 8-12 Jun 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Fast and powerful multiple testing inference in family-based heritability studies.
    Ganjgaji H, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Blangero J, Nichols TE.
    20th Human Brain Mapping, 8-12 Jun 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis of Resting State Functional Connectivity.
    Bijsterbosch JD, McKay DR, Winkler AM, Dunne K, Smith SM, Mills S, Kent Jr JW, Carless MA, Curran JE, Dyer TD, HH Göring, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Glahn DC, Bishop SJ.
    20th Human Brain Mapping, 8-12 Jun 2014, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Translating imaging features to genetic phenotypes: Identification of Pleiotropic Genetic Effects on Executive Function and Cortical Anatomy.
    McKay DR, Knowles EEM, Sprooten E, Winkler A, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    69th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 08-10 May 2014, New York, NY, USA.

2013 Publications


2012 Publications

  • Measuring and comparing brain cortical surface area and other areal quantities.
    Winkler AM, Sabuncu MR, Yeo BT, Fischl B, Greve DN, Kochunov P, Nichols TE, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    Neuroimage. 2012 Mar 15;61(4):1428-43.
  • P-selectin expression tracks cerebral atrophy in Mexican-Americans.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Hong LE, Lancaster J, Curran JE, Johnson MP, Winkler AM, Holcomb HH, Kent JW Jr, Mitchell B, Kochunov V, Olvera RL, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Goring H, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    Frontiers in Genetics. 2012;3:65. Epub 2012 May 1.
  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes.
    Stein JL, Medland SE, Vasquez AA, Hibar DP, Senstad RE, Winkler AM, Toro R, Appel K, Bartecek R, Bergmann O, Bernard M, Brown AA, Cannon DM, Chakravarty MM, Christoforou A, Domin M, Grimm O, Hollinshead M, Holmes AJ, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Langan C, Lopez LM, Hansell NK, Hwang KS, Kim S, Laje G, Lee PH, Liu X, Loth E, Lourdusamy A, Mattingsdal M, Mohnke S, Maniega SM, Nho K, Nugent AC, O’Brien C, Papmeyer M, Pütz B, Ramasamy A, Rasmussen J, Rijpkema M, Risacher SL, Roddey JC, Rose EJ, Ryten M, Shen L, Sprooten E, Strengman E, Teumer A, Trabzuni D, Turner J, van Eijk K, van Erp TG, van Tol MJ, Wittfeld K, Wolf C, Woudstra S, Aleman A, Alhusaini S, Almasy L, Binder EB, Brohawn DG, Cantor RM, Carless MA, Corvin A, Czisch M, Curran JE, Davies G, de Almeida MA, Delanty N, Depondt C, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Erk S, Fagerness J, Fox PT, Freimer NB, Gill M, Göring HH, Hagler DJ, Hoehn D, Holsboer F, Hoogman M, Hosten N, Jahanshad N, Johnson MP, Kasperaviciute D, Kent JW Jr, Kochunov P, Lancaster JL, Lawrie SM, Liewald DC, Mandl R, Matarin M, Mattheisen M, Meisenzahl E, Melle I, Moses EK, Mühleisen TW, Nauck M, Nöthen MM, Olvera RL, Pandolfo M, Pike GB, Puls R, Reinvang I, Rentería ME, Rietschel M, Roffman JL, Royle NA, Rujescu D, Savitz J, Schnack HG, Schnell K, Seiferth N, Smith C, Steen VM, Valdés Hernández MC, Van den Heuvel M, van der Wee NJ, Van Haren NE, Veltman JA, Völzke H, Walker R, Westlye LT, Whelan CD, Agartz I, Boomsma DI, Cavalleri GL, Dale AM, Djurovic S, Drevets WC, Hagoort P, Hall J, Heinz A, Jack CR Jr, Foroud TM, Le Hellard S, Macciardi F, Montgomery GW, Poline JB, Porteous DJ, Sisodiya SM, Starr JM, Sussmann J, Toga AW, Veltman DJ, Walter H, Weiner MW; the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI); EPIGEN Consortium; IMAGEN Consortium; Saguenay Youth Study Group (SYS), Bis JC, Ikram MA, Smith AV, Gudnason V, Tzourio C, Vernooij MW, Launer LJ, Decarli C, Seshadri S; Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium; the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium, Andreassen OA, Apostolova LG, Bastin ME, Blangero J, Brunner HG, Buckner RL, Cichon S, Coppola G, de Zubicaray GI, Deary IJ, Donohoe G, de Geus EJ, Espeseth T, Fernández G, Glahn DC, Grabe HJ, Hardy J, Hulshoff Pol HE, Jenkinson M, Kahn RS, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, McMahon FJ, McMahon KL, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Morris DW, Müller-Myhsok B, Nichols TE, Ophoff RA, Paus T, Pausova Z, Penninx BW, Potkin SG, Sämann PG, Saykin AJ, Schumann G, Smoller JW, Wardlaw JM, Weale ME, Martin NG, Franke B, Wright MJ, Thompson PM.
    Nature Genetics. 2012 Apr 15;44(5):552-561.
  • High dimensional endophenotype ranking in the search for major depression risk genes.
    Glahn DC, Curran JE, Winkler AM, Carless MA, Kent JW Jr, Charlesworth JC, Johnson MP, Göring HH, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Almasy L, Blangero J.
    Biological Psychiatry. 2012 Jan 1;71(1):6-14.
  • Genetic architecture of declarative memory: implications for complex illnesses.
    Bearden CE, Karlsgodt KH, Bachman P, van Erp TG, Winkler AM, Glahn DC.
    The Neuroscientist. 2012 Oct;18(5):516-32.
  • Identification of pleiotropic genetic effects on obesity and brain structure.
    Curran JE, Winkler AM, Olvera RL, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Kent Jr JW, Kochunov P, Mahaney MC, Comuzzie A, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    30th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Obesity Society. 20-24 Sep 2012, San Antonio, TX, USA.
  • Permutation strategies for imaging genetic analysis on pedigrees.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Blangero J, Glahn DC, Nichols TE.
    18th Human Brain Mapping, 10-14 Jun 2012, Beijing, China.
  • Measuring and comparing brain cortical surface area and other areal quantities. (This is the conference poster. For the Neuroimage paper, click here)
    Winkler AM, Sabuncu MR, Yeo BT, Fischl B, Greve DN, Kochunov P, Nichols TE, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    18th Human Brain Mapping, 10-14 Jun 2012, Beijing, China.
  • Accelerated cerebral white matter aging in schizophrenia and major depression.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Rowland L, Olvera RL, Carpenter W, Winkler AM, Blangero J, Hong E.
    18th Human Brain Mapping, 10-14 Jun 2012, Beijing, China.
  • Genome-wide significant quantitative trait locus localized for amygdala volume and fear processing in humans.
    Glahn DC, Carless MA, Winkler AM, Dyer TD, Curran JE, Johnson MP, Göring HHH, Moses EK, Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 03-05 May 2012, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Genome-wide search for pleiotropic effects on obesity and neuroanatomy.
    Curran JE, Winkler AM, Olvera RL, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Kent Jr JW, Kochunov P, Mahaney MC, Comuzzie AC, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala L, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 03-05 May 2012, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Grey matter density and cortical thickness vary with different orbitofrontal sulcogyral patterns.
    Chakirova G, Moorhead TWJ, Whalley HC, Sussmann JE, Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Welch KA, Giles S, Stanfield AC, Brown VJ, Hall J, Johnstone EC, Lawrie SM, McIntosh AM.
    3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference, 14-18 April 2012, Florence, Italy.

2011 Publications

  • Impact of DISC1 variation on neuroanatomical and neurocognitive phenotypes.
    Carless MA, Glahn DC, Johnson MP, Curran JE, Bozaoglu K, Dyer TD, Winkler AM, Cole SA, Almasy L, MacCluer JW, Duggirala R, Moses EK, Göring HH, Blangero J.
    Molecular Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;16(11):1096-104.
  • Dissecting the functions of DISC1.
    Carless MA, Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Blangero J.
    Molecular Psychiatry. (2011) 16, 1063.
  • Genetic influence on the working memory circuitry: behavior, structure, function and extensions to illness.
    Karlsgodt KH, Bachman P, Winkler AM, Bearden CE, Glahn DC.
    Behavioral Brain Research. 2011 Dec 1;225(2):610-22.
  • Blood pressure and cerebral white matter share common genetic factors in Mexican Americans.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Karlsgodt K, Olvera RL, Curran JE, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    Hypertension. 2011 Feb;57(2):330-5.
  • Genetic analysis of cortical thickness and fractional anisotropy of water diffusion in the brain.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Nichols TE, Winkler AM, Hong EL, Holcomb HH, Stein JL, Thompson PM, Curran JE, Carless MA, Olvera RL, Johnson MP, Cole SA, Kochunov V, Kent J, Blangero J.
    Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2011;5:120.
  • Genome-wide search for pleiotropic genetics effects on obesity and brain structure in Mexican-American individuals.
    Curran JE, Winkler AM, Olvera RL, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Kent Jr JW, Kochunov P, Mahaney MC, Comuzzie AG, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Glahn DC, Blangero J.
    61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, 11-15 Oct 2011, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Brain size estimates: Methods matter.
    Winkler AM, Brumbaugh MS, Kochunov P, Lombardo LE, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    17th Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2011, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
  • Prevalence and regional distribution FLAIR lesions in Mexican-Americans: Epidemiological MRI study.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Kent Jr JW, Duggirala R, Lancaster JL, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    17th Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2011, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
  • Genetics of cerebral connectivity and the integrity of cerebral white matter.
    Kochunov P, Blangero J, Winkler AM, Fox PT, Duggirala R, Glahn DC.
    17th Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2011, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
  • Genetic determinants of cortical myelination. Evidence for RORA gene.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Lancaster JL, Fox PT, Kent Jr JW, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    17th Human Brain Mapping, 26-30 Jun 2011, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
  • Pointwise heritability of the cortical thickness of the human brain.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Kent Jr JW, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging Science III, Vanderbilt University, 13-14 Jun 2011, Nashville, TN, USA.
  • Endophenotype ranking facilitates identification of novel QTLs for recurrent major depression.
    Glahn DC, Carless M, Kent Jr, JW, Winkler AM, Curran JE, Charlesworth JC, Johnson MP, Goring HHH, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Almasy L, Blangero J.
    66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 12-14 May 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Common genetic factors influence risk for major depression and default mode brain connectivity.
    Glahn DC, Olvera RL, McKay DR, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Carless MA, Curran JE, Laird AR, Forx PT, Blangero J.
    66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 12-14 May 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • White matter microstructural abnormalities in bipolar disorder: effects of lifetime history of psychosis.
    Brumbaugh MS, Winkler AM, Lombardo LE, Barrett J, Glahn DC.
    66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 12-14 May 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2010 Publications

  • Cortical thickness or grey matter volume? The importance of selecting the phenotype for imaging genetics studies.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Blangero J, Almasy L, Zilles K, Fox PT, Duggirala R, Glahn DC.
    Neuroimage. 2010 Nov 15;53(3):1135-46.
  • Genetic control over the resting brain.
    Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Carless MA, Curran JC, Olvera RL, Laird AR, Smith SM, Beckmann CF, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    PNAS. 2010 Jan 19;107(3):1223-8.
  • A multimodal assessment of the genetic control over working memory.
    Karlsgodt KH, Kochunov P, Winkler AM, Laird AR, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    Journal of Neuroscience. 2010 Jun 16;30(24):8197-202.
  • Whole brain and regional hyperintense white matter volume and blood pressure: overlap of genetic loci produced by bivariate, whole-genome linkage analyses.
    Kochunov P, Glahn D, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Kent JW Jr, Olvera RL, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    Stroke. 2010 Oct;41(10):2137-42.
  • Genetics of microstructure of cerebral white matter using diffusion tensor imaging.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster JL, Winkler AM, Smith S, Thompson PM, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    Neuroimage. 2010 Nov 15;53(3):1109-16.
  • A galvanic vestibular stimulator compatible with fMRI.
    Della-Justina HM, Winkler AM, Manczak T, Oliveira PH, de Araújo DB, Ferreira RR, Zwick A, Gamba HR.
    96th Scientific Assembly of the Radiological Society of North America, 27 Nov – 03 Dec 2010, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Endophenotype ranking facilitates identification of novel QTLs for recurrent major depression.
    Glahn DC, Kent Jr JW, Almasy L, Olvera RL, Carless M, Winkler AM, Curran JE, Charlesworth JC, Johnson MP, Göring HHH, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, 02-06 Nov 2010, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Why voxel-based methods may not offer genetically informative measurements of gray matter volume.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Blangero J, Almasy L, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Reliable heritability clustering: finding distinct genetic factors that influence cortical thickness.
    Walton R, Winkler AM, Blangero J, Fox PT, Glahn DC, Nichols TE.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Can genetic reveal what is measured by the T1w-imaging based gray matter thickness?
    Kochunov P, Blangero J, Winkler AM, Lancaster JL, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • An fMRI study of the lateralization of the vestibular system.
    Della-Justina HM, Winkler AM, Manczak T, Ferreira R, de Araújo DB, Gamba HR.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Can genetics reveal what is causing decline in DTI-FA with age?
    Kochunov P, Blangero J, Lancaster JL, Winkler AM, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Investigating genetic correlations between the central sulcus and perirolandic cortex.
    McKay DR, Kochunov P, Winkler AM, Glahn DC, Blangero J, Fox PT.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Hypertension is genetically linked to hyper-intense white matter lesions.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster JL, Winkler AM, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Genetics of gyral white matter span.
    Kochunov P, Blangero J, Rogers W, Winkler AM, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Common genetic factors influence intelligence and cortical surface area.
    Winkler AM, Karlsgodt KH, Almasy L, Kochunov P, Fox PT, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 20-22 May 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Genome-wide association analysis implicates a chromosome 13 QTL, near the SLITRK gene cluster, in human cortical thickness.
    Carless MA, Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Dyer TD, Curran JE, Almasy L, Fox PT, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 20-22 May 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • A multimodal assessment of the genetic control over working memory. (This refers to the poster. For the Journal of Neuroscience paper, click here)
    Karlsgodt KH, Kochunov P, Winkler AM, Laird A, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 20-22 May 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Genetic control over the default mode network.
    Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Carless MA, Olvera RL, Laird AR, Smith SM, Beckmann CF, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 20-22 May 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA.

2009 Publications

  • Analysis of genetic variability and whole genome linkage of whole-brain, subcortical, and ependymal hyperintense white matter volume.
    Kochunov P, Glahn D, Winkler A, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Cole S, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Fox PT, Blangero J.
    Stroke. 2009 Dec;40(12):3685-90.
  • Genome-wide significant QTL identified for human gray matter thickness at SLITRK.
    Glahn DC, Carless M, Winkler AM, Curran JE, Charlesworth JC, Johnson MP, Göring HH, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Almasy L, Fox PT, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    48th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 06-10 December 2009, Hollywood, FL, USA.
    Also presented at:
    16th Human Brain Mapping, 06-10 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Genome-wide combined linkage/association scan localizes two QTLs influencing human caudate nucleus volume.
    Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Curran JE, Carless MA, Charlesworth J, Johnson MP, Goring HH, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Almasy L, Fox P, Kochunov P, Olvera RL, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, 20-24 October 2009, Honolulu, HI, USA.
    Also presented at:
    XVII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, 04-08 November 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.
    Also presented at:
    65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 20-22 May 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Genome-wide association of human amygdala volume identifies a QTL at IRX2.
    Charlesworth J, Glahn DC, Curran JE, Winkler AM, Carless MA, Johnson MP, Goring HH, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Almasy L, Fox PT, Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Blangero J.
    59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, 20-24 October 2009, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • Deep sequencing of VPS13A reveals effects on brain function and structure.
    Bellis C, Freed KA, Curran JE, Winkler AM, Carless M, Johnson MP, Göring HH, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Fox PT, Kochunov P, Duggirala R, Glahn DC, Moses EK, Blangero J.
    59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, 20-24 October 2009, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • An automatic segmentation tool for white matter hyperintensities using FLAIR and T1-weighted images.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Dierschke NA, Lancaster JL, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Heritability of volume, surface area and thickness for anatomically defined cortical brain regions estimated in a large extended pedigree.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Fox PT, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Development of a galvanic vestibular stimulator for fMRI exams.
    Della-Justina HM, Winkler AM, Manczak T, de Oliveira PH, de Araújo DB, Carvalho Neto A, Zwick A, Gamba HR.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    Also presented at:
    2009 Annual Showcase of Research and Post-Graduation at UTFPR, 30 November to 04 December 2009, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
  • Genetics of DTI-derived parameters of cerebral white matter. A track-based heritability and linkage study in extended pedigree.
    Kochunov P, Winkler AM, Blangero J, Lancaster JL, Almasy L, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Heritability and linkage analysis of hyperintense (FLAIR) white matter lesion volumes in normal aging.
    Kochunov P, Blangero J, Winkler AM, Cole S, Almasy L, Lancaster JL, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Heritability of gyral surface area and gyral gray matter thickness.
    Kochunov P, Blangero J, Winkler AM, Lancaster JL, Kochunova V, Mangin JF, Cachia A, Fox PT, Glahn DC.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Genetics of cerebral aging. Heritability and linkage analysis of cerebral health markers in a large multifamily pedigree.
    Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Cole S, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Winkler AM, Lancaster JL, Kochunova V, Fox PT.
    15th Human Brain Mapping, 18-23 June 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Heritability of gray matter density estimated in large extended pedigrees.
    Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Dierschke NA, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC.
    64th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 14-16 May 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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2004 Publications

  • Mudanças no peso corporal de pacientes esterilizadas: um levantamento entre mulheres que utilizam serviços do Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR.
    Winkler AM, Wladeck WG, Zanine RM.
    XII Evento de Iniciação Científica da UFPR, Out 2004, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

2003 Publications

  • A survey on sexuality, social profile and STD in a Brazilian high school.
    Carvalho NS, Winkler AM, Formighieri L, Vianna OS, Varaschin PV.
    15th Biennial Congress of the International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR), 27-30 Jul 2003, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
    Also presented at:

    8th STI/AIDS World Congress, 02-05 Dec 2003, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
  • Síndrome pós-laqueadura: Um levantamento entre mulheres com laqueadura tubária e que utilizam serviços do Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR.
    Winkler AM, Wladeck WG, Zanine RM.
    XI Evento de Iniciação Científica da UFPR, Out 2003, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.