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List of works by Alasdair M Barr

A Tetra-Primer Amplification Refractory System Technique for the Cost-Effective and Novel Genotyping of Eight Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Gene

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A case of pseudo-Stauffer's syndrome related to asenapine use.

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A comparison of psychotic symptoms in subjects with methamphetamine versus cocaine dependence.

scientific article published on 11 February 2017

A comparison of regional brain volumes and white matter connectivity in subjects with stimulant induced psychosis versus schizophrenia

scientific article published on 22 June 2019

A longitudinal study on the effects of typical versus atypical antipsychotic drugs on hippocampal volume in schizophrenia.

scientific article published on 13 June 2007

A novel mechanism and treatment target for presynaptic abnormalities in specific striatal regions in schizophrenia

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A novel, systemically active, selective galanin receptor type-3 ligand exhibits antidepressant-like activity in preclinical tests

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A retrospective study of antipsychotic drug switching in a pediatric population

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A role for galanin in antidepressant actions with a focus on the dorsal raphe nucleus

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A systematic review of the effects of CYP2D6 phenotypes on risperidone treatment in children and adolescents

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Abnormalities of presynaptic protein CDCrel-1 in striatum of rats reared in social isolation: relevance to neural connectivity in schizophrenia.

scientific article published in July 2004

Adverse events associated with switching antipsychotics.

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Altered performance of reelin-receptor ApoER2 deficient mice on spatial tasks using the Barnes maze.

scientific article published in October 2007

An Intraplantar Hypertonic Saline Assay in Mice for Rapid Screening of Analgesics

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An evaluation of the effects of the novel antipsychotic drug lurasidone on glucose tolerance and insulin resistance: a comparison with olanzapine

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Antidiabetic-drug combination treatment for glucose intolerance in adult female rats treated acutely with olanzapine

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Antipsychotic Induced Dopamine Supersensitivity Psychosis: A Comprehensive Review.

scientific article published on 5 June 2016

Antipsychotic and psychostimulant drug combination therapy in attention deficit/hyperactivity and disruptive behavior disorders: a systematic review of efficacy and tolerability

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Antipsychotic medications: linking receptor antagonism to neuropsychological functioning in first episode psychosis.

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Antipsychotic prescribing patterns on admission to and at discharge from a tertiary care program for treatment-resistant psychosis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Antipsychotic-Associated Symptoms of Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Association between Serum Lipids and Antipsychotic Response in Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Associations of substance use, psychosis, and mortality among people living in precarious housing or homelessness: A longitudinal, community-based study in Vancouver, Canada

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Breakthrough symptoms after switching long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate from the gluteal to the deltoid site of administration

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Cardiovascular effects of acute treatment with the antipsychotic drug olanzapine in rats.

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Cardiovascular side-effects of antipsychotic drugs: the role of the autonomic nervous system.

scientific article published on 27 April 2012

Changes in serum lipids, independent of weight, are associated with changes in symptoms during long-term clozapine treatment

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Characterization of mental health in cannabis dispensary users, using structured clinical interviews and standardized assessment instruments

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Characterization of white matter integrity deficits in cocaine-dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared with non-psychotic cocaine users

scientific article published on 01 February 2016

Chronic benign neutropenia/agranulocytosis associated with non-clozapine antipsychotics

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Chronic mild stress has no effect on responding by rats for sucrose under a progressive ratio schedule.

scientific article published in July 1998

Clinical and functional characteristics of young adults living in single room occupancy housing: preliminary findings from a 10-year longitudinal study

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Clozapine administered once versus twice daily: does it make a difference?

scientific article published on 9 December 2013

Clozapine, elevated heart rate and QTc prolongation.

scientific article published in January 2018

Clozapine-Induced Cardiovascular Side Effects and Autonomic Dysfunction: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Clozapine-induced obsessive–compulsive symptoms: mechanisms and treatment

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Cognition and Plasma Ratio of Clozapine to N-desmethylclozapine in Patients With Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia.

scientific article published in December 2015

Cognitive Impairment in Marginally Housed Youth: Prevalence and Risk Factors

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Cognitive profiles and associated structural brain networks in a multimorbid sample of marginalized adults.

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Cognitive reserve, presynaptic proteins and dementia in the elderly.

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Conceptual and methodological issues in the design of clinical trials of antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia.

scientific article published on January 2007

Decreased cortical FADD protein is associated with clinical dementia and cognitive decline in an elderly community sample

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Development of a cost-efficient novel method for rapid, concurrent genotyping of five common single nucleotide polymorphisms of the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene by tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system.

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

Differential effects of 3 classes of antidiabetic drugs on olanzapine-induced glucose dysregulation and insulin resistance in female rats.

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Diffusion tensor imaging of neurocognitive profiles in a community cohort living in marginal housing

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Do serum lipids predict response to clozapine treatment?

scientific article published on March 2009

Effects of Exercise on Serum Triglycerides and Symptoms of Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 01 April 2017

Effects of chronic exercise and treatment with the antipsychotic drug olanzapine on hippocampal volume in adult female rats

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Effects of chronic mild stress on motivation for sucrose: mixed messages ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1997

Effects of physical activity on the symptoms of Tourette syndrome: A systematic review

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Effects of withdrawal from an escalating dose schedule of d-amphetamine on sexual behavior in the male rat.

scientific article published in November 1999

Electroconvulsive shock treatment differentially modulates cortical and subcortical endocannabinoid activity

scientific article published on 11 June 2007

Elevated clozapine plasma concentration secondary to a urinary tract infection: proposed mechanisms.

scientific article published on June 2016

Ethyl-EPA treatment improves motor dysfunction, but not neurodegeneration in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington disease.

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Excessive antipsychotic dosing in a Canadian outpatient population.

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Exercise prevents downregulation of hippocampal presynaptic proteins following olanzapine-elicited metabolic dysregulation in rats: Distinct roles of inhibitory and excitatory terminals.

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Exercise-associated extrapyramidal symptoms during treatment with long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications: A case report

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis: 5-HT3 receptor antagonism by antipsychotics as a potential limiting factor in Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Factors affecting severity of positive and negative symptoms of psychosis in a polysubstance using population with psychostimulant dependence

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Frontotemporal dysregulation of the SNARE protein interactome is associated with faster cognitive decline in old age.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Galmic, a nonpeptide galanin receptor agonist, affects behaviors in seizure, pain, and forced-swim tests

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Heart-rate response to alpha2-adrenergic receptor antagonism by antipsychotics

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Heterozygous reeler mice exhibit alterations in sensorimotor gating but not presynaptic proteins.

scientific article published in May 2008

High frequency of TNF alleles -238A and -376A in individuals from northern Sardinia

scientific article published on May 2004

High levels of estradiol impair spatial performance in the Morris water maze and increase 'depressive-like' behaviors in the female meadow vole.

scientific article published in November 2002

Hippocampal complexin proteins and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

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Impairment of memory consolidation by galanin correlates with in vivo inhibition of both LTP and CREB phosphorylation

scientific article published on 14 June 2009

Improving metabolic and cardiovascular health at an early psychosis intervention program in vancouver, Canada

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Incidence and risk factors for impaired mobility in older cardiac surgery patients during the early postoperative period

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

Incidence of and Risk Factors for Delirium After Cardiac Surgery at a Quaternary Care Center: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Increased SNARE Protein-Protein Interactions in Orbitofrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortices in Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Increased expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in prefrontal cortex in psychotic illness.

scientific article published in August 2013

Intermittent treatment with olanzapine causes sensitization of the metabolic side-effects in rats ⬇️

scientific article published on March 2, 2011

Long-acting injectable risperidone in treatment refractory patients: a 14-week open-label pilot study.

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

Loss of Munc18-1 long splice variant in GABAergic terminals is associated with cognitive decline and increased risk of dementia in a community sample

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Management of Medication-Related Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients with Severe Mental Illness.

scientific article published on August 2013

Managing ADHD and disruptive behaviour disorders with combination psychostimulant and antipsychotic treatment

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

Maternal exercise increases but concurrent maternal fluoxetine prevents the increase in hippocampal neurogenesis of adult offspring

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

Metabolic side-effects of the novel second-generation antipsychotic drugs asenapine and iloperidone: a comparison with olanzapine.

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Methamphetamine use: a comprehensive review of molecular, preclinical and clinical findings.

scientific article published on 27 December 2012

Mortality from treatable illnesses in marginally housed adults: a prospective cohort study.

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Much of late life cognitive decline is not due to common neurodegenerative pathologies.

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Neurocognitive profiles of marginally housed persons with comorbid substance dependence, viral infection, and psychiatric illness.

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Review from a Clinically Oriented Perspective

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Paliperidone Palmitate Long-Acting Injectable Given Intramuscularly in the Deltoid Versus the Gluteal Muscle: Are They Therapeutically Equivalent?

scientific article published on August 2015

Paradoxical effects of chronic corticosterone on forced swim behaviours in aged male and female rats.

scientific article published on July 2001

Peripheral adrenoceptors: the impetus behind glucose dysregulation and insulin resistance.

scientific article published on March 2013

Persistent antipsychotic polypharmacy and excessive dosing in the community psychiatric treatment setting: a review of medication profiles in 435 Canadian outpatients.

scientific article published on 09 March 2010

Personalized risk assessment of drug-related harm is associated with health outcomes

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Pharmacological risk factors for delirium after cardiac surgery: a review.

scientific article published on September 2012

Pharmacological treatment of antipsychotic-induced dyslipidemia and hypertension.

scientific article published on May 2014

Postoperative delirium following transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a historical cohort study.

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Preclinical models of antipsychotic drug-induced metabolic side effects.

scientific article published on 02 August 2010

Predictors of persistent psychotic symptoms in persons with methamphetamine abuse receiving psychiatric treatment

scientific article published in December 2013

Predictors of starting to smoke cigarettes in patients with first episode psychosis.

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Prefrontal fatty acid composition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Association with reelin expression.

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

Prenatal tobacco exposure in first-episode psychosis

scientific article published on 29 January 2010

Presynaptic proteins complexin-I and complexin-II differentially influence cognitive function in early and late stages of Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 19 November 2016

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Brain Infarcts and Associations With Cognitive Performance in Tenants of Marginal Housing

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Prevalence and patterns of antipsychotic use in youth at the time of admission and discharge from an inpatient psychiatric facility.

scientific article published on February 2014

Proposing the Use of Partial AUC as an Adjunctive Measure in Establishing Bioequivalence Between Deltoid and Gluteal Administration of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics.

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

Psychostimulant withdrawal as an inducing condition in animal models of depression.

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Quantitative mass spectrometry reveals changes in SNAP-25 isoforms in schizophrenia.

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Rapid Change in Fentanyl Prevalence in a Community-Based, High-Risk Sample.

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Reduced SNAP25 Protein Fragmentation Contributes to SNARE Complex Dysregulation in Schizophrenia Postmortem Brain

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Repeated Testing With the Hypertonic Saline Assay in Mice for Screening of Analgesic Activity

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Response to the Letter to the Editor on "Paliperidone Palmitate Long-Acting Injectable Given Intramuscularly in the Deltoid Versus the Gluteal Muscle: Are They Therapeutically Equivalent?"

scientific article published in December 2016

Response trajectories to clozapine in a secondary analysis of pivotal trials support using treatment response to subtype schizophrenia

scientific article published on March 2015

Reversal of Dopamine Supersensitivity as a Mechanism of Action of Clozapine

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Role of integrin-linked kinase in nerve growth factor-stimulated neurite outgrowth

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Routine exercise ameliorates the metabolic side-effects of treatment with the atypical antipsychotic drug olanzapine in rats.

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SA101. Characterization of Presynaptic SNAP-25 Aggregates in Human Postmortem Brain: A Novel Pathologic Index in Schizophrenia?

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SU48. A Comparison of Psychotic Symptoms in Subjects With Cocaine or Methamphetamine Dependence vs Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder.

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

SU60. Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Psychotic Symptom Profiles of Marginally Housed Adults.

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Selective effects of typical antipsychotic drugs on SNAP-25 and synaptophysin in the hippocampal trisynaptic pathway

scientific article published on 05 September 2005

Self-reported motivation to smoke in schizophrenia is related to antipsychotic drug treatment.

scientific article published on 4 January 2008

Spines, synapses, and schizophrenia.

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Statin add-on therapy for schizophrenia: Is the effect the same for clozapine?

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Stimulation of the ventral subiculum of the hippocampus evokes glutamate receptor-mediated changes in dopamine efflux in the rat nucleus accumbens.

scientific article published in May 1997

Structural brain markers are differentially associated with neurocognitive profiles in socially marginalized people with multimorbid illness.

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Subcortical grey matter alterations in cocaine dependent individuals with substance-induced psychosis compared to non-psychotic cocaine users

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Symptom changes in five dimensions of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale in refractory psychosis

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Synaptic protein deficits are associated with dementia irrespective of extreme old age

scientific article published on 27 December 2011

The Hotel Study-Clinical and Health Service Effectiveness in a Cohort of Homeless or Marginally Housed Persons

scientific article published on January 2017

The Pharmacokinetics of Second-Generation Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics: Limitations of Monograph Values

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The SNAP25 Interactome in Ventromedial Caudate in Schizophrenia Includes the Mitochondrial Protein ARF1

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

The hotel study: multimorbidity in a community sample living in marginal housing.

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The reelin receptors VLDLR and ApoER2 regulate sensorimotor gating in mice.

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The selective serotonin-2A receptor antagonist M100907 reverses behavioral deficits in dopamine transporter knockout mice.

scientific article published in February 2004

Therapeutic drug levels of second generation antipsychotics in youth: a systematic review

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

Tolerance to the anhedonic effects of lipopolysaccharide is associated with changes in syntaxin immunoreactivity in the nucleus accumbens.

scientific article published in March 2003

Traumatic Brain Injury in a Community-Based Cohort of Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Individuals.

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Treatment of clozapine-associated weight gain: a systematic review.

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Uncoupling protein 2 protects dopaminergic neurons from acute 1,2,3,6-methyl-phenyl-tetrahydropyridine toxicity

scientific article published in April 2005

Verbal memory improvement in first-episode psychosis APOE-ε4 carriers: a pleiotropic effect?

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Volumes of the Hippocampal Formation Differentiate Component Processes of Memory in a Community Sample of Homeless and Marginally Housed Persons

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Voluntary running influences the efficacy of fluoxetine in a model of postpartum depression.

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White matter deficits assessed by diffusion tensor imaging and cognitive dysfunction in psychostimulant users with comorbid human immunodeficiency virus infection.

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

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