Cerebral blood flow in bipolar disorder: a systematic review

S Toma, BJ MacIntosh, W Swardfager… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neuroimaging of cerebral blood flow (CBF) can inform our understanding of the
pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD) as there is increasing support for the concept that …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated familial cardiovascular burden among adolescents with familial bipolar disorder

S Toma, L Fiksenbaum, D Omrin, BI Goldstein - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most heritable medical conditions, and
certain phenotypic characteristics are especially familial in BD. BD is also strongly associated …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral Blood Flow and Core Mood Symptoms in Youth Bipolar Disorder: Evidence for Region–Symptom Specificity

MK Dimick, S Toma, BJ MacIntosh, A Grigorian… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Building on prior findings in adults, this study investigated regional cerebral blood
flow (CBF) in relation to DSM-5 criterion A symptoms of depression and mania in youth with …

Novel therapeutic targets in mood disorders: Pentoxifylline (PTX) as a candidate treatment

…, LMW Lui, H Rashidian, R Ho, S Toma… - Progress in Neuro …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous pharmacological treatments for mood disorders are currently available; however,
rates of treatment resistance, relapse and recurrence remain high. Therefore, novel …

Correspondence between patterns of cerebral blood flow and structure in adolescents with and without bipolar disorder

NJ Luciw, S Toma, BI Goldstein… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Adolescence is a period of rapid development of the brain’s inherent functional and structural
networks; however, little is known about the region-to-region organization of adolescent …

Sex differences in brain structure among adolescents with bipolar disorder

…, AWS Metcalfe, AH Islam, S Toma… - Bipolar …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Bipolar disorder ( BD ) is twice as prevalent amongst female as amongst male
adolescents. Thus far, little is known regarding the neurostructural substrates underlying this …

Similarities and differences across bipolar disorder subtypes among adolescents

E Green, S Toma, J Collins, L Fiksenbaum… - Journal of child and …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Objectives: To compare demographic, clinical, and familial characteristics across bipolar
disorder (BD) subtypes in adolescents. Methods: A total of 168 participants, 13 to 19 years of …

Cortical volume and thickness across bipolar disorder subtypes in adolescents: a preliminary study

S Toma, AH Islam, AWS Metcalfe… - Journal of child and …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Objectives: Neuroimaging studies of adults with bipolar disorder (BD) have identified several
BD subtype distinctions, including greater deficits in prefrontal gray matter volumes in BD-I (…

F133. Cerebral blood flow is altered according to mood states in adolescents with bipolar disorder

S Toma, B MacIntosh, A Grigorian… - Biological …, 2019 - biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
Background Multiple prior studies have examined cerebral blood flow (CBF) in relation to
mood states in adults with bipolar disorder (BD). We set out examine CBF in regards to mood …

Transdiagnostic suicidality in depression: More similar than different?

S Toma, M Sinyor, RHB Mitchell… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2023 - safetylit.org
While extensive work has been conducted regarding risk factors for suicide attempts and
deaths, clinical prediction of suicide-related behaviour at an individual level remains an unmet …