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Lena Palaniyappan

Lena Palaniyappan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
12845
World Ranking
4484
National Ranking
256

Overview

Lena Palaniyappan is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research focuses extensively on neuroscience and medicine, with particular attention to cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Neuroimaging the consciousness of self: Review, and conceptual-methodological framework" (2020) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Resolving heterogeneity in schizophrenia through a novel systems approach to brain structure: individualized structural covariance network analysis" (2021) in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Association of Age, Antipsychotic Medication, and Symptom Severity in Schizophrenia With Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Brain Glutamate Level" (2021) in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Integrative Brain Network and Salience Models of Psychopathology and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia" (2022) in Biological Psychiatry
  • "Early treatment response in first episode psychosis: a 7-T magnetic resonance spectroscopic study of glutathione and glutamate" (2020) in Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators in Lena Palaniyappan's research include:

  • Michael Mackinley
  • Jean Théberge
  • Peter Jeon
  • Zhening Liu
  • Kara Dempster

Their work is predominantly published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Schizophrenia Research

Best Publications

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Does the salience network play a cardinal role in psychosis? An emerging hypothesis of insular dysfunction.

    Lena Palaniyappan;Peter F. Liddle

  • Neural primacy of the salience processing system in schizophrenia.

    Lena Palaniyappan;Molly Simmonite;Thomas P. White;Elizabeth B. Liddle

  • Brain surface anatomy in adults with autism: the relationship between surface area, cortical thickness, and autistic symptoms

    Christine Ecker;Cedric Ginestet;Yue Feng;Patrick Johnston

  • Brain-Wide Analysis of Functional Connectivity in First-Episode and Chronic Stages of Schizophrenia

    Tao Li;Qiang Wang;Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Edmund T. Rolls

  • Localized connectivity in depression: A meta-analysis of resting state functional imaging studies

    Sarina J. Iwabuchi;Rajeev Krishnadas;Chunbo Li;Dorothee P. Auer

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Juanjuan Ren;Hui Li;Lena Palaniyappan;Hongmei Liu

  • Dysregulated Brain Dynamics in a Triple-Network Saliency Model of Schizophrenia and Its Relation to Psychosis.

    Kaustubh Supekar;Weidong Cai;Rajeev Krishnadas;Lena Palaniyappan

  • Structural correlates of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.

    Lena Palaniyappan;Vijender Balain;Joaquim Radua;Peter F. Liddle

  • Voxel-based, brain-wide association study of aberrant functional connectivity in schizophrenia implicates thalamocortical circuitry.

    Wei Cheng;Lena Palaniyappan;Mingli Li;Keith M Kendrick

  • Neuroimaging the consciousness of self: Review, and conceptual-methodological framework.

    Paul Frewen;Matthias L. Schroeter;Giuseppe Riva;Pietro Cipresso

  • Glutathione and glutamate in schizophrenia: a 7T MRS study.

    Jyothika Kumar;Elizabeth B. Liddle;Carolina C. Fernandes;Lena Palaniyappan

  • Aberrant cortical gyrification in schizophrenia: a surface-based morphometry study.

    Lena Palaniyappan;Peter F. Liddle

  • Integrative Brain Network and Salience Models of Psychopathology and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

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  • Resolving heterogeneity in schizophrenia through a novel systems approach to brain structure: individualized structural covariance network analysis.

    Zhaowen Liu;Zhaowen Liu;Lena Palaniyappan;Lena Palaniyappan;Xinran Wu;Kai Zhang

  • Differential effects of surface area, gyrification and cortical thickness on voxel based morphometric deficits in schizophrenia.

    Lena Palaniyappan;Peter F. Liddle

  • Cortical Folding Defects as Markers of Poor Treatment Response in First-Episode Psychosis

    Lena Palaniyappan;Tiago Reis Marques;Heather Taylor;Rowena Handley;Rowena Handley

  • Association of Age, Antipsychotic Medication, and Symptom Severity in Schizophrenia With Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Brain Glutamate Level: A Mega-analysis of Individual Participant-Level Data.

    Kate Merritt;Philip K McGuire;Alice Egerton;H-Mrs in Schizophrenia Investigators;H-Mrs in Schizophrenia Investigators

  • Reality distortion is related to the structure of the salience network in schizophrenia.

    L. Palaniyappan;P. Mallikarjun;V. Joseph;T. P. White

  • Effectiveness of Early Psychosis Intervention: Comparison of Service Users and Nonusers in Population-Based Health Administrative Data

    Kelly K. Anderson;Ross Norman;Arlene MacDougall;Jordan Edwards

  • Folding of the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: regional differences in gyrification.

    Lena Palaniyappan;Pavan Mallikarjun;Verghese Joseph;Thomas P. White

  • Diagnostic Discontinuity in Psychosis: A Combined Study of Cortical Gyrification and Functional Connectivity

    Lena Palaniyappan;Peter F. Liddle

  • Antioxidant defense in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis of MRS studies of anterior cingulate glutathione.

    Tushar Kanti Das;Alborz Javadzadeh;Avyarthana Dey;Priyadharshini Sabesan

  • Targeted transcranial theta-burst stimulation alters fronto-insular network and prefrontal GABA

    Sarina Jennifer Iwabuchi;Felix Raschke;Dorothee P. Auer;Peter F. Liddle

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Théberge
Jean Théberge University of Western Ontario
Jianfeng Feng
Jianfeng Feng Fudan University
Zhening Liu
Zhening Liu Central South University
Penny A. Gowland
Penny A. Gowland University of Nottingham
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Matthew J. Brookes
Matthew J. Brookes University of Nottingham
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo University of Western Ontario
Joaquim Radua
Joaquim Radua University of Barcelona
Peter R. Williamson
Peter R. Williamson National Institutes of Health
Anthony S. David
Anthony S. David University College London

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