Publications

Effect of estradiol with or without micronized progesterone on cholinergic-related cognitive performance in postmenopausal women
Conley AC, Vega JN, Johnson JV, Dumas JA, Newhouse PA. Front Neurosci 18, 1428675 (2024).

Effects of open-label transdermal nicotine antidepressant augmentation on affective symptoms and executive function in late-life depression
*Andrews P, *Vega JN, Szymkowicz SM, Newhouse P, Tyndale R, Elson D, Kang H, Siddiqi S, Tyner E, Mather K, Gunning FM, Taylor WD. J Affect Disord 362, 416–424 (2024).

Use of Focused Computerized Cognitive Training (Neuroflex) to Improve Symptoms in Women with Persistent Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment
Vega JN, Newhouse PA, Conley AC, Szymkowicz S, Gong X, Cote S, Mayer I, Taylor WD, Morimoto SS. Digital Health, 9, 20552076231192750. (2023)

Influences of Resting-State Intrinsic Functional Brain Connectivity on the Antidepressant Treatment Response in Late-Life Depression
Ahmed R, Boyd BD, Elson D, Albert K, Begnoche P, Kang H, Landman BA, Szymkowicz SM, Andrews P, Vega J, Taylor WD. Psychological Medicine 1–10. (2022).

EEG as a functional biomarker of nicotine activity: evidence from a pilot study of adults with late-life depression
Conley AC, Key AP, Taylor WD, Albert KM, Boyd BD, Vega JN, Newhouse PN. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12: 2245. (2021).

Subjective Cognition and Mood in Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment
Vega JN, Albert KM, Mayer IA, Taylor WD, Newhouse PA. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. (2021).

Preliminary evidence that cortical amyloid burden predicts poor response to antidepressant medication treatment in cognitively intact individuals with late-life depression
Taylor WD, Boyd BD, Elson D, Andrews P, Albert K, Vega J, Newhouse PA, Woodward ND, Kang H, Shokouhi S. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 29:448-457. (2021).

Accelerated brain aging predicts impaired cognitive performance and greater disability in geriatric but not midlife adult depression
Christman S, Bermudez C, Hao L, Landman BA, Boyd B, Albert K, Woodward N, Shokouhi S, Vega J, Andrews P, Taylor WD. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1):317. (2020).

A Bayesian approach to examining default mode network functional connectivity and cognitive performance in major depressive disorder
Wang R, Albert KM, Taylor WD, Boyd BD, Blaber J, Lyu I, Landman BA, Vega J, Shokouhi S, Kang H. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, 301:111102, 301, 111102. (2020).

Persistent Intrinsic Functional Network Connectivity Alterations in Middle-Aged and Older Women With Remitted Depression
Vega JN, Albert KM, Gandelman J, Boyd B, Newhouse PA, Taylor WD. Front Psychiatry, 11:62. (2020).

Nicotinic treatment of post-chemotherapy subjective cognitive impairment: a pilot study
Vega JN, Albert KM, Mayer IA, Taylor WD, Newhouse PA. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, J Cancer Surviv. 13(5): 673-686. (2019).

Self-reported chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment compared with cognitive complaints following menopause
Vega JN, Dumas J, Newhouse PA. Psycho-Oncology, 27: 2198–2205. (2018).

Cognitive Effects of Chemotherapy and Cancer-Related Treatments in Older Adults
Vega JN, Dumas J, Newhouse PA. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(12): 1415-1426. (2017).

Altered Brain Connectivity in Early Postmenopausal Women with Subjective Cognitive Impairment
Vega JN, Zurkovsky L, Albert K, Melo A, Boyd BD, Dumas J, Woodward N, McDonald BC, Saykin AJ, Park JH, Naylor M, Newhouse PA. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, 433. (2016).

Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Individuals with Down Syndrome and Williams Syndrome Compared with Typically Developing Controls
Vega JN, Hohman TJ, Pryweller JR, Dykens EM & Thornton-Wells TA. Brain Connectivity, 5(8): 461-475. (2015).

Mild cognitive impairment: diagnosis, longitudinal course, and emerging treatments
Vega JN & Newhouse PA. Current Psychiatry Reports, 16(10): 490. (2014).

Differences in age-related effects on brain volume in Down syndrome as compared to Williams syndrome and typical development
Koran ME, Hohman TJ, Edwards CM, Vega JN, Pryweller JR, Slosky LE, Genea Crockett G, Villa de Rey L,Meda SA, Dankner N, Avery SN, Blackford JU, Dykens EM, Thornton-Wells TA. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 6(1), 8. (2014).

Genetic interactions associated with 12-month atrophy in hippocampus and entorhinal cortex in Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Meda SE, Koran ME, Pryweller JR, Vega JN, & Thornton-Wells TA. Neurobiology of Aging, 34(5), 15-18. (2013).