Adrianna Mendrek, Ph. D., neurosciences
Fernand-Seguin Research Centre
Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital
7401 Hochelaga St.
Montreal, QC,
Canada H1N 3M5
Room : 208
Phone : 514 251-4015 poste: 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
Methods
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Electroencephalography (EEG) / Event-related potentiala
- Hormonal Assays
- Cognitive testing
Recents Publications
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. Epub ahead of print. 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.