Adrianna Mendrek

Adrianna Mendrek, Ph. D., Neurosciences

Fernand-Seguin Research Center
Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital
7331 Hochelaga Street
Montreal (Quebec) H1N 3V2
Phone: 514-251-4015, ext. 3528
Fax: 514-251-2617
Email: adrianna.mendrek@umontreal.ca


Research areas

Biological, Psychological and Social Signatures of Mental Health
Technology Development and Knowledge Transfer
Treatment and Rehabilitation adapted to Populations

Academic profile

Associate Research Professor, Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin
Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, M.A. Psychology University of

Postdoctoral Training, Psychiatry/Neuroimaging (September 2002)
University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Ph.D. Neuroscience/Psychiatry (May 2001)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

M.A. Psychology (May 1997)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Research Interests

  • sex/gender and mental health.
  • functional neuroanatomy of cognitive and emotional processing in schizophrenia, drug addiction and other psychiatric disorders.
  • neural basis of atypical perception and higher cognitive functions in autism and ADHD

For more information: http://www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/2005-2006/20060410/R_2.html

Vidéos

Methods

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging
  • Electroencephalography (EEG) / Event-related potentiala
  • Hormonal Assays
  • Cognitive testing

Recents Publications

Lakis, N., Jimenez, J. A., Mancini-Marie, A., Stip, E., Lavoie, M. E., & Mendrek, A. (2011). Neural correlates of emotional recognition memory in schizophrenia: Effects of valence and arousal. Psychiatry Research, 194(3), 245-256. Pubmed

Lecardeur, L., & Mendrek, A. (2011). Differentiating men and women with schizophrenia according to their cognitive profiles. Psychiatry research. Pubmed

Mendrek, A., Jimenez, J. A., 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 : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 26(5), 320-326.

Mendrek, A., & Lakis, N. (2011). Gender differences in brain function associated with cognitive and emotion processing in schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, S204-S204.  

Mendrek, A., Lakis, N., & Jimenez, J. (2011). Associations of sex steroid hormones with cerebral activations during mental rotation in men and women with schizophrenia. Psychoneuroendocrinology,36 (9), 1422-1426. Pubmed

Mendrek, A., & Stip, E. (2011). Sexual dimorphism in schizophrenia: is there a need for gender-based protocols? Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 11(7), 951-959. Pubmed

Samson, F., Hyde, K. L., Bertone, A., Soulieres, I., Mendrek, A., Ahad, P., et al. (2010). Atypical processing of auditory temporal complexity in autistics. Neuropsychologia. Pubmed

Jimenez, J. A., Mancini-Marie, A., Lakis, N., Rinaldi, M., & Mendrek, A. (2010). Disturbed sexual dimorphism of brain activation during mental rotation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia research, 122(1-3), 53-62. Pubmed

Lecardeur, L., Mendrek, A., & Stip, E. (2010) Sexual dimorphism of spatial working memory profiles in schizophrenia. Cognitive neuropsychiatry, 1-9. Epub ahead of print. Pubmed

Barbeau EB, Mendrek A, Mottron L. (2009). Are autistic traits autistic? British Journal of Psychology, 100(pt 1):23-28.

Jimenez J, Mancini-Marie A, Mendrek A. The case for not combining men and women in neurocognitive studies for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 2009 Mar;108(1-3):293-4.

Mancini-Marie A, Cohen-Adad J, Jimenez J, Corcoran C, Rainville P, Stip E, Mendrek A, et coll. Sex Differences in Corpus Callosum Fractional Anisotropy in Schizophrenia Patients: a Pilot Tractography Study Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2009 Mar;35:210-1.

Barbeau EB, Mendrek A, Mottron L. Are autistic traits autistic? British Journal of Psychology. 2009 Feb;100:23-8.

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

Domier, C. P., Simon, S., Mendrek, A., et al. (2007). "Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Abstinence on Stroop Task Performance" Psychopharmacology 195(1):1-9.

Levaux, M. N., Potvin, S., Mendrek, A., et al. (2007). "Cognitive Assessment in Schizophrenia: Promises and Pitfalls of CANTAB." European Psychiatry 22(2):104-115.

Mendrek, A. (2007). "Dimorphisme sexuelle dans la schizophrénie." Sante Mentale au Québec 1: 351-365.

Mendrek, A. (2007). "Reversal of Normal Cerebral Sexual Dimorphism in Schizophrenia: Evidence and Speculations." Medical Hypothesis 69: 896-902.

Mendrek, A., A. Mancini-Marie, et al. (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.

Xu, J., Mendrek, A., et al. (2007). "Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Prefrontal Cortical Function in Nondeprived Smokers Performing the Stroop Task." Neuropsychopharmacology 32:1421-1428

Bentaleb, L., Stip, E., Mendrek, A., et al. (2006). "Effet de l’écoute de mots déjà hallucinés chez des sujets schizophrènes en rémission : une étude de six cas par la résonance magnétique nucléaire fonctionnelle." L'Encephale 32: 27-40.

Mendrek, A., J. Monterosso, et al. (2006). "Working Memory in Nonsmokers and in Cigarette Smokers during Abstinence and Relative Satiety." Addictive Behaviors 31: 833-844.

Mendrek, A., K. Kiehl, et al. (2005). "Dysfunction of a Distributed Neural Circuitry in Schizophrenia Patients during Working Memory Performance." Psychological Medicine 35: 187-196.

Stip, E., C. Fahim, et al. (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.

Stip, E., Fahim, C., Mendrek, A., et al. (2005). "Restoration of Frontal Activation During a Treatment with Quetiapine: an fMRI Study of Blunted Affect in Schizophrenia" Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 29: 21-26.

Xu, J., Mendrek, A., et al. (2005). "Brain Activity in Cigarette Smokers Performing a Working Memory Task: Effects of Smoking Abstinence." Biological Psychiatry 58:143-150.

Iverson, G., Mendrek, A., et al. (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., et al. (2004). "Temporal Lobe Abnormalities in Semantic Processing by Criminal Psychopaths as Revealed by Functionnal Magnetic Resonance Imaging." Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 130: 27-42.

Mendrek, A., Laurens, K., et al. (2004). "Changes in a Distributed Neural Circuitry Function in the First Episode Schizophrenic Patients during a Test-retest of a Working Memory Task." British Journal of Psychiatry 185: 205-214.

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