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Mariana Cherner is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in subfields such as Virology, Infectious Diseases, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Emergency Medicine, and Pharmacology.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to HIV research and treatment, including HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments. Additional research interests include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Mariana Cherner has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, frequently contributing to:

  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Viruses
  • Journal of NeuroVirology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ronald J. Ellis, Robert K. Heaton, María J. Marquine, Anya Umlauf, and Scott Letendre.

Notable recent publications by Mariana Cherner include:

  • Neuropsychological Norms for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS) Project: Methodology and sample characteristics, 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • The state of neuropsychological test norms for Spanish-speaking adults in the United States, 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Recent cannabis use in HIV is associated with reduced inflammatory markers in CSF and blood, 2020, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Demographically-adjusted norms for selected tests of verbal fluency: Results from the Neuropsychological Norms for the US-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS) project, 2020, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Methamphetamine and Cannabis: A Tale of Two Drugs and their Effects on HIV, Brain, and Behavior, 2020, Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Updated research nosology for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

    A. Antinori;G. Arendt;J. T. Becker;B. J. Brew

  • Dynamics of cognitive change in impaired HIV-positive patients initiating antiretroviral therapy

    L. A. Cysique;F. Vaida;S. Letendre;S. Gibson

  • Interrater reliability of clinical ratings and neurocognitive diagnoses in HIV.

    Steven Paul Woods;Julie D Rippeth;Alan B Frol;Joel K Levy

  • Increased human immunodeficiency virus loads in active methamphetamine users are explained by reduced effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy.

    Ronald J. Ellis;Meredith E. Childers;Mariana Cherner;Deborah Lazzaretto

  • Cortical and subcortical neurodegeneration is associated with HIV neurocognitive impairment.

    David J. Moore;Eliezer Masliah;Julie D. Rippeth;Raul Gonzalez

  • Neurocognitive dysfunction predicts postmortem findings of HIV encephalitis.

    M. Cherner;E. Masliah;R. J. Ellis;T. D. Marcotte

  • Hepatitis C augments cognitive deficits associated with HIV infection and methamphetamine.

    M. Cherner;S. Letendre;R. K. Heaton;J. Durelle

  • Molecular and pathologic insights from latent HIV-1 infection in the human brain

    Paula Desplats;Wilmar Dumaop;David Smith;Anthony Adame

  • Relationship of psychosocial factors to HIV disease progression.

    Thomas L. Patterson;William S. Shaw;Shirley J. Semple;Mariana Cherner

  • Effects of HIV-1 infection and aging on neurobehavioral functioning: preliminary findings

    Mariana Cherner;Ronald J Ellis;Deborah Lazzaretto;Corinna Young

  • Fears and fearfulness in children and adolescents: a genetic analysis of twin data.

    Jim Stevenson;Nicki Batten;Mariana Cherner

  • Pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus coinfection in the brains of patients infected with HIV.

    Scott Letendre;Amy D. Paulino;Edward Rockenstein;Anthony Adame

  • Variable patterns of neuropsychological performance in HIV-1 infection.

    S Dawes;P Suarez;C Y Casey;M Cherner

  • The effects of hepatitis C, HIV, and methamphetamine dependence on neuropsychological performance: biological correlates of disease.

    Scott L Letendre;Mariana Cherner;Ronald J Ellis;Jennifer Marquie-Beck

  • The 50 and 100-item short forms of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT): demographically corrected norms and comparisons with the full PASAT in normal and clinical samples.

    Michael C Diehr;Mariana Cherner;Tanya J Wolfson;S Walden Miller

  • Demographically corrected norms for the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-revised and Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-revised in monolingual Spanish speakers from the U.S.–Mexico border region

    M. Cherner;P. Suarez;D. Lazzaretto;L. Artiola i Fortuny

  • Neurocognitive performance of methamphetamine users discordant for history of marijuana exposure

    Raul Gonzalez;Julie D. Rippeth;Catherine L. Carey;Robert K. Heaton

  • Deficient strategic control of verbal encoding and retrieval in individuals with methamphetamine dependence.

    Steven Paul Woods;Julie D Rippeth;Emily Conover;Assawin Gongvatana

  • Randomized Trial of Central Nervous System–Targeted Antiretrovirals for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder

    Ronald J. Ellis;Scott Letendre;Florin Vaida;Richard Haubrich

  • Longer Term Improvement in Neurocognitive Functioning and Affective Distress Among Methamphetamine Users Who Achieve Stable Abstinence

    Jennifer E. Iudicello;Steven Paul Woods;Ofilio Vigil;J. Cobb Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Donald Franklin
Donald Franklin University of California, San Diego
David J. Moore
David J. Moore University of California, San Diego
Steven Paul Woods
Steven Paul Woods University of Houston
Soraya Seedat
Soraya Seedat Stellenbosch University
Erin E. Morgan
Erin E. Morgan University of California, San Diego
Raul Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez Florida International University
Gregory G. Brown
Gregory G. Brown University of California, San Diego
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego
Sarah S. Murray
Sarah S. Murray University of California, San Diego

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