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Kristy Nielson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Langenecker, S. A., Zubieta, J. K., Young, E. A., Akil, H., & Nielson, K. A. (2007).  A task to manipulate attentional load, set-shifting, and inhibitory control: Convergent validity and test-retest reliability of the Parametric Go/No-go test.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, doi: 10.1080/13803390601147611 (3/12/07).

Langenecker, S. A., Caveney, A., Giordani, B., Young, E. A., Nielson, K. A., Rapport, L., Bieliauskas, L., Mordhorst, M., Marcus, S., Yodkovik, N., Kerber, K., Berent, S., Zubieta, J. K.  (2007). The sensitivity and psychometric properties of a brief computer-based cognitive screening battery in a depression clinic.  Psychiatry Research, 152, 143-154.

Nielson, K. A., and Powless, M. (2007). Positive and negative sources of emotional arousal enhance long-term word-list retention when induced as long as thirty minutes after learning.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 88, 40-47.

Woodard, J. L., Seidenberg, M., Nielson, K. A., Miller, S. K., Franczak, M., Antuono, P., Douville, K. L., & Rao, S. M.  (2007). Temporally graded activation of neocortical regions in response to memories of different ages.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(7), 1-12.

Langenecker, S. A., Briceno, E. M., Hamid, N. M., & Nielson, K. A. (2007).  An evaluation of distinct volumetric and functional MRI contributions toward understanding age and task performance: a study in the basal ganglia.  Brain Research, 1158, 58-68.

Nielson, K. A., Douville, K.L., Seidenberg, M., Woodard, J.L., Miller, S.K., Antuono, P., Franczak, M., & Rao, S.M. (2006).  Age-related functional recruitment during the recognition of famous names: an event-related fMRI study. Neurobiology of Aging, 27, 1494-1504.

Nielson, K. A., & Bryant, T. (2005).  The effects of non-contingent extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on memory consolidation.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 84, 42-48.

Nielson, K. A., Yee, D., & Erickson, K. I. (2005).  Memory enhancement by a semantically unrelated emotional arousal source induced after learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 84, 49-56.

Douville, K., Woodard, J. L., Seidenberg, M., Miller, S. K., Leveroni, C. L., Nielson, K. A., Franczak, M., Antuono, P., & Rao, S. M. (2005).  Medial temporal lobe activity for recognition of recent and remote famous names: an event-related fMRI study.  Neuropsychologia, 43, 693-703.

Nielson, K. A., Langenecker, S. A., Ross, T. J., Garavan, H., Rao, S. M., & Stein, E. A. (2004). Comparability of functional MRI response in young and old during inhibition. Neuroreport: For Rapid Communication of Neuroscience Research, 15(1), 129-133.

Langenecker, S.A., Nielson, K.A., & Rao, S. M. (2004).  fMRI of healthy older adults during Stroop interference. Neuroimage, 21(1),192-200.

Langenecker, S. A., & Nielson, K. A. (2003).  Frontal recruitment during response inhibition in older adults replicated with fMRI.  Neuroimage, 20, 1384-1392.

Guastello, S. J., Nielson, K. A., & Ross, T. J. (2002).  Temporal dynamics of brain activity in human memory processes.  Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, & Life Sciences, 6(4), 323-334.

Nielson, K. A., Langenecker, S. A., and Garavan, H. (2002) Differences in the functional neuroanatomy of inhibitory control across the adult life span.  Psychology and Aging, 17(1), 56-71.

Nielson, K. A., Garavan, H., Langenecker, S. A., Stein, E. A. & Rao, S. M. (2001).  Event-related fMRI of inhibitory control reveals lateralized prefrontal activation differences between healthy young and older adults. Brain and Cognition, 47(1-2), 169-172.

Stone, L. A. & Nielson, K. A. (2001).   Physiological response to arousal and impaired emotional expression in alexithymia.  Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 70, 92-102.

Czech, D. A., Nielson, K. A., & Laubmeier, K. K. (2000).  Chronic administration of propranolol impairs Morris water maze retention in the mouse.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 74, 17-26.

Nielson, K. A., Czech, D. A, & Laubmeier, K K. (1999).  Chronic administration of propranolol impairs inhibitory avoidance retention in the mouse.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 71, 248-257.

Victoroff, J. I., Mack, W.J., & Nielson, K. A. (1998).  Psychiatric complications of dementia: Impact on caregivers?  Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 9, 50-55.

Nielson, K. A., Sandman, C. A., Mulnard, R. A., & Cotman, C. W. (1997).  Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer’s disease: Reply.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 45, 654-655.

Victoroff, J. I., Nielson, K. A., & Mungas, D. (1997).  Caregiver and clinician assessment of behavior disorders: The California Dementia Behavior Questionnaire.  International Psychogeriatrics, 9(2), 155-174.

Satou, T., Cummings, B. J., Head, E., Nielson, K. A., Hahn, F. F., Milgram, N. W., Velazquez, P., Cribbs, D., Tenner, A., & Cotman, C. W. (1997).  The progression of ß-amyloid deposition in the frontal cortex of the aged canine. Brain Research, 774, 35-43.

Nielson, K. A., Radtke, R. C., & Jensen, R. A. (1996).  Arousal-induced modulation of memory storage processes in humans.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 66, 133-142.

Nielson, K. A., Nolan, J., Berchtold, N., Sandman, C., Mulnard, R. & Cotman, C. (1996).  Apolipoprotein-E genotyping of diabetic dementia patients:  Is diabetes rare in Alzheimer disease?  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44, 897-904.

Nielson, K. A., Cummings, B. J., & Cotman, C.W. (1996).  Constructional apraxia in Alzheimer’s disease correlates with neuritic neuropathology in occipital cortex.  Brain Research, 741(1-2), 284-293. 

Shankle, W. R., Nielson, K. A., & Cotman, C. W. (1995).  Low-dose propranolol reduces aggression and agitation resembling that associated with orbitofrontal dysfunction in elderly demented patients.  Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 9(4), 233-237.

Dick, M. B., Nielson, K. A., Beth, R. E., Shankle, W. R., & Cotman, C. W. (1995).  Acquisition and long-term retention of a fine motor skill in Alzheimer's disease.  Brain and Cognition, 29(3), 294-306.

Nielson, K. A., & Jensen, R. A. (1994).  Beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist antihypertensive medications impair arousal-induced modulation of working memory in elderly humans.  Behavioral and Neural Biology, 62, 190-200.

 

 

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