Leo Sher, M.D. – Original research reports
Leo Sher, M.D.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS
1. Sher L.A., Khomazyuk A.I., Neshcheret A.P. A device for the continuous recording of the temperature of the coronary venous blood. Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal (Journal of Physiology), 1988, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 114-116 (in Russian).
2. Khomazyuk A.I., Neshcheret A.P., Sher L.A. A method of continuous registration of heat production of the heart. Byulleten Experimentalnoi Biologii i Meditsiny (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine), 1988, Vol. 106, No. 7, pp. 124-126 (in Russian).
Khomazyuk A.I., Neshcheret A.P., Sher L.A. Continuous method of recording heat production by the heart. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Engl. Tr., Plenum Publ. Corp., Consultants Bureau, New York, 1988, Vol. 106, No. 7, pp. 1062-1064 (in English).
3. Khomazyuk A.I., Sher L.A., Neshcheret A.P. Heat production as a criterion of adrenergic regulation of metabolic processes of the myocardium. Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal (Journal of Physiology), 1989, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 3-9 (in Russian).
4. Enoch M.A., Goldman D., Barnett R., Sher L., Mazzanti C., Rosenthal N.E. Association between seasonal affective disorder and the 5-HT2A promoter polymorphism, -1438G/A. Molecular Psychiatry, 1999, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 89-92.
5. Sher L., Rosenthal N.E., Wehr T.A. Free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in patients with seasonal affective disorder and matched controls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 1999, Vol. 56, Nos. 2-3, pp. 195-199.
6. Sher L., Greenberg B.D., Murphy D.L., Rosenthal N.E., Sirota L.A., Hamer D.H. Pleiotropy of the serotonin transporter gene for seasonality and neuroticism. Psychiatric Genetics, 2000, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 125-130.
7. Aeschbach D., Postolache T.T., Sher L., Matthews J.R., Jackson M.A., Wehr T.A. Evidence from the waking electroencephalogram that short sleepers live under higher homeostatic sleep pressure than long sleepers. Neuroscience, 2001, Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 493-502.
8. Sher L., Matthews J.R., Turner E.H., Postolache T.T., Katz K.S., Rosenthal N.E. Early response to light therapy partially predicts long-term antidepressant effects in patients with seasonal affective disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2001, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 336-338.
9. Wehr T.A., Duncan W.C.Jr., Sher L., Aeschbach D., Schwartz P.E., Turner E.H., Postolache T.T., Rosenthal N.E. A circadian signal of change of seasons in patients with seasonal affective disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2001, Vol. 58, No. 12, pp. 1108-1114.
10. Khait V.D., Huang Y., Malone K.M., Oquendo M., Brodsky B., Sher L., Mann J.J. Is there circannual variation of human platelet 5-HT2A binding in depression? Journal of Affective Disorders, 2002, Vol. 71, Nos. 1-3, pp. 249-258.
11. Postolache T.T., Wehr T.A., Doty R.L., Sher L., Turner E.H., Bartko J.J., Rosenthal N.E. Patients with seasonal affective disorder have lower odor detection thresholds than control subjects. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2002, Vol. 59, No. 12, pp.1119-1122.
12. Aeschbach D., Sher L., Postolache T.T., Matthews J.R., Jackson M.A., Wehr T.A. A longer biological night in long sleepers than in short sleepers. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2003, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 26-30.
13. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Li S., Ellis S., Brodsky B.S., Malone K.M., Cooper T.B., Mann J.J. Prolactin response to fenfluramine administration in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and healthy controls. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2003, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 560-574.
14. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Li S., Huang Y., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A.K., Malone K.M., Mann J.J. Lower CSF homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2003, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 1712-1719.
15. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Galfalvy H.C., Cooper T.B., Mann J.J. Age effects on cortisol levels in depressed patients with and without comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder, and healthy volunteers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2004, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 53-59.
16. Zalsman G., Frisch A., Lewis R., Michaelovsky E., Hermesh H., Sher L., Nahshoni E., Wolovik L., Tyano S., Apter A., Weizman R., Weizman A. DRD4 receptor gene exon III polymorphism in inpatient suicidal adolescents. Journal of Neural Transmission, 2004, Vol. 111, No. 12, pp. 1593-1603.
17. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Galfalvy H.C., Cooper T.B., Mann J.J. The number of previous depressive episodes is positively associated with cortisol response to fenfluramine administration. In: Yehuda R., McEwen B. (editors). Biobehavioral Stress Response: Protective and Damaging Effects. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2004, Vol. 1032, pp. 283-286.
18. Zalsman G., Anderson G.M., Peskin M., Frisch A., King R.A., Vekslerchik M., Sommerfeld E., Michaelovsky E., Sher L., Weizman A., Apter A. Relationships between serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, platelet serotonin transporter binding and clinical phenotype in suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent inpatients. Journal of Neural Transmission, 2005, Vol. 112, No. 2, pp. 309-315.
19. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Li S., Burke A.K., Grunebaum M.F., Zalsman G., Huang Y.-Y., Mann J.J. Higher cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2005, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 203-209.
20. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Galfalvy H.C., Zalsman G., Cooper T.B., Mann J.J. Higher cortisol levels in spring and fall in patients with major
depression. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 2005, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 529-534.
21. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Galfalvy H.C., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A.K., Zalsman G., Mann J.J. The relationship of aggression to suicidal
behavior in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism. Addictive Behaviors, 2005, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1144-1153.
22. Sher L. Relation between rates of suicide in 15-24-year-olds and per capita consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2005, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 291-294.
23. Zalsman G., Frisch A., Baruch-Movshovits R., Sher L., King R.A., Hermesh H., Goldberg P., Gorlyn M., Misgav S., Apter A., Tyano S., Weizman A. Family-based association study of 5-HT2A receptor T102C polymorphism and suicidal behavior in Ashkenazi inpatient adolescents. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2005, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 231-238.
24. Zalsman G., Misgav S., Sommerfeld E., Kohn Y., Brunstein-Klomek A., Diller R., Sher L., Shwartz J., Shoval G., Ben-Dor D.H., Wolovik L., Oquendo M.A. Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Children’s Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): Reliability of the Hebrew version. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2005, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 255-257.
25. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Conason A.H., Brent B.A., Grunebaum M.F., Zalsman G., Burke A.K., Mann J.J. Clinical features of depressed patients with or without a family history of alcoholism. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2005, Vol. 112, No. 4, pp. 266-271.
26. Sher L., Mann J.J., Traskman-Bendz L., Winchel R., Huang Y., Fertuck E.A., Stanley B.H. Lower cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2006, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 83-89.
27. Tyano S., Zalsman G., Ofek H., Blum I., Apter A., Wolovik L., Sher L., Sommerfeld E., Harell D., Weizman A. Plasma serotonin levels and suicidal behavior in adolescents. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2006, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 49-57.
28. Sher L., Cooper T.B., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Modified dexamethasone suppression – corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test: a pilot study of young healthy volunteers and implications for alcoholism research in adolescents and young adults. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2006, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 133-137.
29. Sher L. The relationship between the frequency of alcohol use and suicide rates in young people. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2006, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 81-85.
30. Carballo J.J., Oquendo M.A., Garcia-Moreno M., Poza B., Giner L., Baca E., Zalsman G., Roche A.M., Sher L. Demographic and clinical features of adolescents and young adults with alcohol-related disorders admitted to the psychiatric emergency room. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2006, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 87-96.
31. Carballo J.J., Oquendo M.A., Giner L., Garcia-Parajua P., Iglesias J.J., Goldberg P.H., Zalsman G., Chaudhury S.R., Sher L. Prevalence of alcohol misuse among adolescents and young adults evaluated in a primary care setting. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2006, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 197-202.
32. Sher L. Per capita income is related to suicide rates in men but not in women. The Journal of Men’s Health and Gender, 2006, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 39-42.
33. Shoval G., Zalsman G., Sher L., Apter A., Weizman A. Clinical characteristics of inpatient adolescents with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 2006, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 62-70.
34. Sher L. Relation between rates of geriatric suicide and consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries. TheScientificWorldJournal, 2006, Vol. 6, pp. 383-387.
35. Harkavy-Friedman J.M., Keilp J.G., Ramsay S.R., Grunebaum M.F., Sher L., Printz D., Burke A.K., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Are BP I and BP II suicide attempters distinct neuropsychologically? Journal of Affective Disorders, 2006, Vol. 94, Nos. 1-3, pp. 255-259.
36. Grunebaum M.F., Galfalvy H.C., Nichols C.M., Caldeira N., Sher L., Dervic K., Burke A.K., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Aggression and substance abuse in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 5, Pt. 1, pp. 496-502.
37. Sher L., Carballo J.J., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A.K., Zalsman G., Huang Y.Y., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. A prospective study of the association of cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels with lethality of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 5, Pt. 2, pp. 543-550.
38. Grunebaum M.F,, Ramsay S.R., Galfalvy H.G., Ellis S.P., Burke A.K., Sher L., Printz D.J., Kahn D.A., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Correlates of suicide attempt history in bipolar disorder: a stress-diathesis perspective. Bipolar Disorders, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 5, Pt. 2, pp. 551-557.
39. Galfalvy H., Oquendo M.A., Carballo J.J., Sher L., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A., Mann J.J. Clinical predictors of suicidal acts after major depression in bipolar disorder: a prospective study. Bipolar Disorders, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 5, Pt. 2, pp. 586-595.
40. Zalsman G., Braun M., Arendt M., Grunebaum M.F., Sher L., Ainsley K. Burke A.K., Brent D.A., Parsey R.V., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. A comparison of medical lethality of suicide attempts among subjects with bipolar and major depression disorders. Bipolar Disorders, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 5, Pt. 2, pp. 558-565.
41. Shoval G., Sever J., Sher L., Diller R., Apter A., Weizman A., Zalsman G. Substance use, suicidality and adolescent schizophrenia: An Israeli 10-year retrospective study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 2006, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 767-775.
42. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A.K., Huang Y., Mann J.J. CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 12-15.
43. Shoval G., Zalsman G., Apter A., Diller R., Sher L., Weizman A. A 10- year retrospective study of inpatient adolescents with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance use. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2007, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 1-7.
44. Sher L., Sperling D., Stanley, B.H., Carballo J.J., Shoval G., Zalsman G., Burke A.K., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Triggers for suicidal behavior in depressed older adolescents and young adults: Do alcohol use disorders make a difference? International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2007, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 91-98.
45. Arendt M., Sher L., Fjordback L., Brandholdt J., Munk-Jorgensen P. Parental alcoholism predicts suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults with cannabis dependence. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2007, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 67-77.
46. Carballo J.J., Bird H., Giner L., Garcia-Parajua P., Iglesias J., Sher L., Shaffer D. Pathological personality traits and suicidal ideation among older adolescents and young adults with alcohol misuse: A pilot case-control study in a primary care setting. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2007, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 79-89.
47. Arendt M., Rosenberg R., Fjordback L., Brandholdt J., Foldager L., Sher L., Povl Munk-Jørgensen P. Testing the self-medication hypothesis of depression and aggression in cannabis dependent subjects. Psychological Medicine, 2007, Vol. 37, No. 7, pp. 935-945.
48. Lizardi D., Currier D., Galfalvy H.C., Sher L., Burke A.K., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Perceived reasons for living at index hospitalization and future suicide attempt. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2007, Vol. 195, No. 5, pp. 451-455.
49. Sher L., Milak M.S., Parsey R.V., Carballo J.J., Cooper T.B., Malone K.M., Oquendo M.A., Mann J.J. Positron emission tomography study of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid lifetime alcohol dependence. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 608-615.
50. Arendt M., Rosenberg R., Foldager L., Sher L., Povl Munk-Jørgensen P. Withdrawal symptoms do not predict relapse among subjects treated for cannabis dependence. American Journal on Addictions, 2007, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 461-467.
51. Chaudhury S.R., Grunebaum M.F., Galfalvy H.C., Burke A.K., Sher L., Parsey R.V., Everett B., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Does first episode polarity predict risk for suicide attempt in bipolar disorder? Journal of Affective Disorders, 2007, Vol. 104, Nos. 1-3, pp. 245-250.
52. Brunstein-Klomek A., Orbach I., Sher L., Sommerfeld E., Diller R., Apter A., Shahar G., Zalsman G. Quality of depression among suicidal inpatient adolescents. Archives of Suicide Research, 2008, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 133-140.
53. Flensborg-Madsen T., Knop J., Mortensen E.L., Becker U., Makhija N., Sher L., Grønbæk M. Beverage preference and risk of alcohol use disorders. A Danish prospective cohort study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2008, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 371-377.
54. Sher L., Stanley B.H., Harkavy-Friedman J., Carballo J.J., Arendt M., Brent D., Sperling D., Lizardi D., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Depressed patients with co-occurring alcohol use disorders: a unique patient population. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2008, Vol. 69, No. 6, pp. 907-915.
55. Carballo J.J., Harkavy-Friedman J., Burke A.K., Sher L., Enrique Baca-Garcia E., Sullivan G.M., Grunebaum M.F., Parsey R.V., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Family history of suicidal behavior and early traumatic experiences: additive effect on suicidality and course of bipolar illness. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2008, Vol. 109, Nos. 1-2, pp. 57-63.
56. Sher L., Stanley B.H., Cooper T., Malone K., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Serotonergic responses in depressed patients with or without a history of alcohol use disorders and healthy controls. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008, Vol. 18, No. 9, pp. 692-699.
57. Baca-Garcia E., Sher L., Perez-Rodriguez M.M., Burke A.K., Sullivan G.M., Grunebaum M.F., Stanley B.H., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Treatment of depressed bipolar patients with alcohol use disorders: plenty of room for improvement. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2009, Vol. 115, Nos. 1-2, pp. 262-268.
58. Lizardi D., Sher L., Sullivan G.M., Stanley B., Burke A.K., Oquendo M.A. The association between familial suicidal behavior and frequency of attempts among depressed suicide attempters. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2009, Vol. 119, No. 5, pp. 406-410.
59. Flensborg-Madsen T., Knop J., Mortensen E.L., Becker U., Sher L., Grønbæk M. Alcohol use disorders increase the risk of completed suicide -irrespective of other psychiatric disorders. A longitudinal cohort study. Psychiatry Research, 2009, Vol. 161, Nos. 1-2, pp. 123-130.
60. Richardson-Vejlgaard R., Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Lizardi D., Stanley B. Moral objections to suicide among mood disordered Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 360-365.
61. Flensborg-Madsen T., Knop J., Mortensen E.L., Becker U., Sher L., Grønbæk M. Co-morbidity and temporal ordering of alcohol use disorders and other psychiatric disorders. Results from a Danish register based study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2009, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 307-314.
62. Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Richardson-Vejlgaard R., Makhija N., Posner K., Mann J.J., Stanley B.H. Effect of acute alcohol use on the lethality of suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 10, pp. 901-905.
63. Oquendo M.A., Carballo J.J., Rajouria N., Currier D., Tin A., Merville J., Galfalvy H., Sher L., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A.K., Mann J.J. Are high-lethality suicide attempters with bipolar disorder a distinct phenotype? Archives of Suicide Research, 2009, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 247-256.
64. Richardson-Vejlgaard R., Sher L., Oquendo M.A., Lizardi D., Stanley B.H. Objections to suicide among depressed patients with alcohol use disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2009, Vol. 117, No. 3, pp. 197-201.
65. Virk G., Reeves G., Rosenthal N.E., Sher L., Postolache T.T. Short exposure to light treatment improves depression scores in patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder: A brief report. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 2009, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 283-286.
66. Stanley B.H., Sher L., Wilson S., Ekman R., Huang Y.Y., Mann J.J. Nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior, endogenous opioids and monoamine neurotransmitters. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2010, Vol. 124, Nos. 1-2, pp. 134-140.
67. Arendt M., Munk-Jørgensen P., Sher L., Jensen S.O. Mortality among individuals with cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine, MDMA, and opioid use disorders: A nationwide follow-up study of Danish substance users in treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2011, Vol. 114, Nos. 2-3, pp. 134-139.
68. Flensborg-Madsen T., Becker U., Grønbæk M., Knop J., Sher L., Mortensen E.L. Alcohol consumption and later risk of hospitalization with psychiatric disorders: Prospective cohort study. Psychiatry Research, 2011, Vol. 187, Nos. 1-2, pp. 214-219.
69. Oquendo M.A., Galfalvy H.C., Currier D, Grunebaum M.F., Sher L., Sullivan G.M., Burke A.K., Harkavy-Friedman J.M., Sublette M.E., Parsey R.V., Mann JJ. Treatment of suicidal behavior in high-risk bipolar disorder: a randomized clinical trial of lithium compared with valproate. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2011, Vol. 168, No. 1, pp. 1050-1056.
70. Pompili M., Innamorati M., Rihmer Z., Gonda X., Serafini G., Akiskal H., Amore M., Niolu C., Sher L., Tatarelli R., Perugi G., Girardi P. Cyclothymic–depressive–anxious temperament pattern is related to suicide risk in 346 patients with major mood disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, in press.
71. Sher L., Stanley B.H., Posner K., Arendt M., Grunebaum M.F., Neria Y., Mann J.J., Oquendo M.A. Decreased suicidal ideation in depressed patients with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: an open study. Psychiatry Research, in press.