Recent Publications

Viveros, M-P., Mendrek, A., Paus, T., López Rodriguez, A-B., Marco, E-M., Yehuda, R., Cohen, H., Lehrner, A., Wagner, E.J. (2012). A comparative, developmental and clinical perspective of neurobehavioral sexual dimorphisms. Frontiers in Neurogenomics. Review, in press.

Stip, E., Lungu, O.V., Anselmo, K., Letourneau, G., Mendrek, A., Stip, B., Lipp, O., Lalonde, P., Bentaleb, L.A. (2012).  Neural changes associated with appetite information processing in schizophrenic patients after 16 weeks of olanzapine treatment. Translational Psychiatry, in press.

Poissant, H., Mendrek, A. & Senhadji, N. (2012). Neural correlates of forethought in Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Journal of Attention Disorders, in press.

Glaser, E., Mendrek, A., Germain, M., Lakis, N. & Lavoie, M. (2012). Sex differences in memory of emotional images: A behavioral and electrophysiological investigation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, in press (PMID 22265718)

Lungu, O.V., Anselmo, K., Letourneau, G., Mendrek, A., Stip, B., Lipp, O., Lalonde, P., Bentaleb, L.A., Stip., E. (2012). Neuronal correlates of appetite regulation in patients with schizophrenia: Is there a basis for future appetite dysfunction? European Psychiatry (EURPSY-D-11-00184), DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2012.02.001

Lecardeur, L., & Mendrek, A. (2012). Differentiating men and women with schizophrenia according to their cognitive profiles. Psychiatry Research, 195(1-2), 89.

Mendrek, A., Bourque, J., Dubé, A., Lakis, A. & Champagne, J. (2012). Emotion processing in women with schizophrenia is menstrual cycle phase and affective valence dependent: An fMRI study. International Scholarly Research Network (ISNR) Psychiatry, vol. 2012, Article ID 656274, 13 pages, (doi:10.5402/2012/656274).

Champagne, J. *, Lakis, A., Bourque, J., Stip, E., Lipp, O., Mendrek, A. (2012). Progesterone and cerebral function during emotion processing in men and women with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment (Special Issue on Psychosis and Gender), vol, 2012, Article ID 917901, 6 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/917901.

Lakis, N.*, Jiménez, J., Mancini-Marie, A., Stip, E, Lavoie, M., & Mendrek, A. (2011).  Neural correlates of emotional episodic memory in schizophrenia: effects of valence and arousal. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 194, 245-256.

Mendrek, A. Lakis, N., & Jiménez, J. (2011). Associations of sex steroid hormones with cerebral activations during mental rotation in men and women with schizophrenia. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36, 1422-1426.

Mendrek, A., Jiménez, J., Mancini-Marie, A., Fahim, C., & Stip, E. (2011). Correlations between sadness-induced cerebral activations and schizophrenia symptoms: An fMRI study of sex differences.  European Psychiatry, 26, 320-326. 

Mendrek, A. & Stip, E. (2011). Sexual dimorphism in schizophrenia: is there a need for gender-based protocols? Expert Reviews in Neurotherapeutics, 11, 951-959.

Samson*, F., Hyde, K.L., Bertone, A., Soulières, I., Mendrek, A., Ahad, P., Mottron, L., &  Zeffiro, T.A. (2011). Atypical processing of auditory temporal complexity in autistics. Neuropsychologia, 49(3):546-55. 

Jiménez, J.*, Mancini-Marie, A., Lakis, N., & Mendrek, A. (2010). Disturbed normal sexual dimorphism of brain activation during mental rotation in schizophrenia.  Schizophrenia Research, 122, 53-62.

Lecardeur, L., Mendrek, A., & Stip, E. (2010).  Sexual dimorphism of spatial working memory profiles in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 15, 397-405.  

Jiménez, J.*, Mancini-Marie, A., & Mendrek, A., (2009). The case for not combining men and women in neurocognitive studies for schizophrenia.  Schizophrenia Research, 108, 293-294.

Barbeau, E. B.*, Mendrek., A., & Mottron, L. (2009). Are autistic traits autistic? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 100, 23-28.

Guillem, F., Mendrek, A., Lavoie, M., Pampoulova, T., Stip, E. (2009). Sex differences in memory processing in schizophrenia: An event-related potential (ERP) study. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 33, 1-10.

Mendrek, A., Sepehry, A.A., & Stip, E. (2008). Sex differences in episodic memory of schizophrenia patients: a meta-analysis. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, 3, 217-225.

Émond, V., Poissant, H., Mendrek, A., Raîche, G. (2008). Autorégulation cognitive chez l’enfant avec un trouble déficitaire de l’attention et hyperactivité (TDAH) : Revue des études en neuroimagerie cérébrale fonctionnelle. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 17, 181-206.

Mendrek, A. (2007). Reversal of normal cerebral sexual dimorphism in schizophrenia: evidence and speculations. Medical Hypothesis, 69, 896-902.

Domier, C.P., Monterosso, J., Brody, A.L., Simon, S.L., Mendrek, A., Olmstead, R.E., Jarvik, M.E., Cohen, London, E.D. (2007).  Effects of cigarette smoking and abstinence on stroop task performance.  Psychopharmacology, 195, 1-9.

Xu, J., Mendrek, A., Cohen, M. S., Monterosso, J., Simon, S.L., Jarvik, M., Olmstead, R., Brody, A., Ernst, M., & London, E.D. (2007).  Effects of cigarette smoking on prefrontal cortical function in nondeprived smokers performing the Stroop task. Neuropsychopharmacology, 32, 1421-1428.

Mendrek, A., Mancini-Marie, A., Fahim, C., & Stip, E. (2007). Sex differences in the cerebral function associated with processing of aversive stimuli by schizophrenia patients. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 136-141.

Levaux, M.-N., Potvin, S., Sepehry, A.A., Sablier, J., Mendrek, A., Stip, E. (2007).  Computerized assessment of cognition in schizophrenia: Promises and pitfalls on CANTAB. European Psychiatry, 22, 104-115.

Xu, J., Mendrek, A., Cohen, M. S., Monterosso, J., Simon, S.L., Brody, A., Jarvik, M., Rodriguez, P., Ernst, M., London, E.D. (2006).  Effects of acute smoking on brain activity vary with abstinence in smokers performing the n-back task: a preliminary study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 148, 103-109.

Mendrek, A., Monterosso, J., Simon, S.L., Jarvik, M.E., Brody, A.L., Olmstead, Domier, C.P., R.E., Cohen, M.S., Ernst, M., London, E.D. (2006).  Working memory in cigarette smokers: Comparison to non-smokers and effects of abstinence. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 833-844.

Ait Bentaleb, L., Stip, E., Mendrek, A., Beauregard, M. (2006). Effet de l’écoute des mots déjà hallucinés chez des patients en rémission: étude de 6 cas par la résonance magnétique fonctionnelle.  Encéphale, 32, 27-40.

Xu, J., Mendrek, A., Cohen, M.S., Monterosso, J., Simon, S.L., Rodriguez, P., Brody, A.L., Jarvik, M.E., Olmstead, R.E., Ernst, M., London, E.D. (2005).  Brain activity in cigarette smokers performing a working memory task: Effects of smoking abstinence. Biological Psychiatry, 58, 143-150.

Mendrek, A., Kiehl, K.A., Smith, A.M., Irwin, D., Forster, B.B., & Liddle, P.F. (2005).  Dysfunction of a distributed neural circuitry in schizophrenia patients during working memory performance.  Psychological Medicine, 35, 187-196.

Stip, E., Fahim, C., Ait Bentaleb, L., Mansour, B., Mendrek, A., & Beauregard, M. (2005).  Restoration of frontal activation during a treatment with quetiapine: an fMRI study of blunted affect in schizophrenia.  Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 29, 21-26.

Mendrek, A., Laurens, K., Kiehl, K.A., Ngan, E., Stip, E., & Liddle, P.F. (2004). Changes in distributed neural circuitry function in first episode schizophrenic patients during test-retest of a working memory task.  British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 205-214.

Iverson, G.L., Mendrek, A., Bernardo, J., & Adams, R.L (2004). The persistent belief that VIQ-PIQ splits suggest lateralized brain damage.  Applied Neuropsychology, 11, 85-90.

Kiehl, K.A., Smith A.M., Mendrek, A., Forster, B.F., Hare, R.D., & Liddle, P.F. (2004).  Temporal lobe abnormalities in semantic processing by criminal psychopaths as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 130, 27-42.

Kiehl, K.A., Smith A.M., Hare, R.D., Mendrek, A., Forster, B.F., Brink, J., & Liddle, P.F. (2001).  Limbic abnormalities in affective processing by criminal psychopaths as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging, Biological Psychiatry, 50, 677-684.

Kiehl, K.A., Liddle, P.F., Smith A.M., Mendrek, A., Forster, B.F., Hare, R.D. (1999).  Neural pathways involved in the processing of concrete and abstract words.  Human Brain Mapping, 7, 225-233.

Stip, E., Lussier, I., Ngan, E., Mendrek, A., & Liddle, P. (1999).  Discriminant cognitive factors in responder and non-responder patients with schizophrenia.  European Psychiatry, 14, 1-9. 

Mendrek, A., Blaha, C. D., & Phillips, A. G. (1998).  Pre-exposure of rats to amphetamine sensitizes self-administration of this drug under a progressive ratio schedule.  Psychopharmacology, 135, 416-422. 

Wise, R. A., Mendrek, A. & Carlezon, W. A. Jr. (1996).  MK-801 (dizocilpine): synergist and conditioned stimulus for bromocriptine-induced psychomotor sensitization.  Synapse, 22, 362-368.

Carlezon, W. A. Jr., Mendrek, A. & Wise, R. A. (1995).  MK-801 disrupts the expression but not the development of bromocriptine sensitization: a state dependency sensitization.  Synapse, 20, 1-9. 

Mendrek, A., & Champagne, J. (2012). Sexe, cerveau et schizophrénie. Association francophone pour le savoir, in press.

Lakis, N.*, Champagne, J., & Mendrek, A. (2012). Mémoire émotionnelle en schizophrénie. Association francophone pour le savoir, in press. 

Royer, A. *, Schneider, F.C., J., Mendrek, A., Stip, E. (2012). Altération de la modulation cognitive et émotionnelle de l’activité cérébrale dans la schizophrénie. Association francophone pour le savoir, in press. 

Mendrek, A. (2012).  Sex and gender differences in mental health research. In: What a Difference Sex and Gender Make: A Gender, Sex and Health Research Casebook, CIHR Institute of Gender and Health, 1-7.

Mendrek, A. (2007). Dimorphisme sexuel dans la schizophrénie. Santé mentale au Québec, 1, 351-365.

Bourque, J. *, Mendrek, A. Durand, M., Lakis, A., Lipp, O., Stip, E., Lalonde, P., Grignon, S., Potvin, S. (2012). Cannabis abuse is associated with better emotional memory in schizophrenia: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychological Medicine.

Mancini-Marie, A.*, Yoon, U., Jiménez, J., Fahim, C., Potvin, S., Grant, J.A., Laverdure-Dupont, D., Dubé, A., Betrisey, C., Rainville, P., Evans, A., & Mendrek, A. (2012). Sex, age and illness duration affect gyrification index in schizophrenia. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses. 

Bourque, J. *, Lakis, A., Champagne, J., Stip, E., Lalonde, P., Lipp, O., Mendrek, A. (2012). Clozapine and visuo-spatial processing in treatment-resistant schizophrenia.  Cognitive Neuropsychiatry (CNP 2530)

Lakis, N.*, Jiménez, J., Mancini-Marie, A., Stip, E, Lipp, O., Lalonde, P., & Mendrek, A. (2012). Patients with schizophrenia assign emotional importance to neutral stimuli: An fMRI study. Schizophrenia Research 

Joseph, V., White, T.P., Mendrek, A., Francis, S., Liddle, P.F. (2012). Inter-hemispheric functional connectivity within working memory and somatosensory systems in schizophrenia. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences.

Stip, E., Cherbal, A., Homayoun, S., Letourneau, G., Bentaleb, L.A., Mendrek, A., Luck, D., Lungu, O., Doyon, J. (2012). Incidentaloma discoveries in the course of neuroimaging research. 

Poissant, H., Carbonneau, Schwartz, B., H., Mendrek, A. Raiche, G., & Joyal, C. (2012). Metacomprehension and executive processes in Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology.