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Carolina Makowski

University of California San Diego
Verified email at ucsd.edu
Cited by 1871

Evaluating accuracy of striatal, pallidal, and thalamic segmentation methods: Comparing automated approaches to manual delineation

C Makowski, S Béland, P Kostopoulos, N Bhagwat… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Accurate automated quantification of subcortical structures is a greatly pursued endeavour
in neuroimaging. In an effort to establish the validity and reliability of these methods in …

Head motion: the dirty little secret of neuroimaging in psychiatry

C Makowski, M Lepage, AC Evans - Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2019 - jpn.ca
Psychiatry is at a crossroads when choosing final samples for analysis of neuroimaging data.
Many patient populations exhibit significantly increased motion in the scanner compared …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial patterning of tissue volume loss in schizophrenia reflects brain network architecture

G Shafiei, RD Markello, C Makowski, A Talpalaru… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is growing recognition that connectome architecture shapes cortical and
subcortical gray matter atrophy across a spectrum of neurological and psychiatric diseases. …

Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

DJ Hagler Jr, SN Hatton, MD Cornejo, C Makowski… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is an ongoing, nationwide
study of the effects of environmental influences on behavioral and brain development in …

[HTML][HTML] Task fMRI paradigms may capture more behaviorally relevant information than resting-state functional connectivity

W Zhao, C Makowski, DJ Hagler, HP Garavan… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Characterizing the optimal fMRI paradigms for detecting behaviorally relevant functional
connectivity (FC) patterns is a critical step to furthering our knowledge of the neural basis of …

[HTML][HTML] Vertex-wise multivariate genome-wide association study identifies 780 unique genetic loci associated with cortical morphology

…, T Kaufmann, D van der Meer, CE Palmer, C Makowski… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain morphology has been shown to be highly heritable, yet only a small portion of the
heritability is explained by the genetic variants discovered so far. Here we extended the …

The genetic architecture of human cortical folding

…, T Kaufmann, AA Shadrin, C Makowski… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The folding of the human cerebral cortex is a highly genetically regulated process that
allows for a much larger surface area to fit into the cranial vault and optimizes functional …

The effect of second-generation antipsychotics on hippocampal volume in first episode of psychosis: longitudinal study

M Bodnar, AK Malla, C Makowski, MM Chakravarty… - BJPsych Open, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCurrent neuroscience literature has related treatment with aripiprazole to improved
memory performance and subcellular changes in the hippocampus.AimsTo explore the …

Persistent and distressing psychotic-like experiences using adolescent brain cognitive development℠ study data

…, M Savill, S Avenevoli, RS Huber, C Makowski… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Childhood psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are associated with a range of impairments; a
subset of children experiencing PLEs will develop psychiatric disorders, including psychotic …

Amphetamine in adolescence disrupts the development of medial prefrontal cortex dopamine connectivity in a DCC-dependent manner

LM Reynolds, CS Makowski, SV Yogendran… - …, 2015 - nature.com
Initiation of drug use during adolescence is a strong predictor of both the incidence and
severity of addiction throughout the lifetime. Intriguingly, adolescence is a period of dynamic …