William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Psychiatry
Dr. Francine M. Benes, PHD
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Francine Benes works in the field of Psychiatry. She attended Yale University School of Medicine. Yale University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Yale University School of Medicine is ranked 7 in research and 57 in primary care medicine She received 2 awards: "Elected Member" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Francine Benes is also published. She has 101 publications published. The lastest publication: "Brain development, VII. Human brain growth spans decades.'
Publications
- GUEST EDITORIAL The GABA System in Schizophrenia: Cells, Molecules and Microcircuitry Francine M. Benes, M.D., Ph.D.
- Circuit- and Diagnosis-Specific DNA Methylation Changes at γ-Aminobutyric Acid-Related Genes in Postmortem Human Hippocampus in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.
- Altered prefrontal cortical MARCKS and PPP1R9A mRNA expression in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- Searching human brain for mechanisms of psychiatric disorders. Implications for studies on schizophrenia.
- Prefrontal Cortical Dendritic Spine Pathology in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.
- GABAergic neurons regulate lateral ventricular development via transcription factor Pax5.
- A new paradigm for understanding gamma-aminobutyric Acid cell pathology in schizophrenia?
- Induction of the GABA Cell Phenotype: An In Vitro Model for Studying Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- Psychiatric brain banking: three perspectives on current trends and future directions.
- Relationship of GAD(67) regulation to cell cycle and DNA repair in GABA neurons in the adult hippocampus: bipolar disorder versus schizophrenia.
- Amygdalocortical circuitry in schizophrenia: from circuits to molecules.
- Site-specific regulation of cell cycle and DNA repair in post-mitotic GABA cells in schizophrenic versus bipolars.
- Neural circuitry models of schizophrenia: is it dopamine, GABA, glutamate, or something else?
- Amygdala-dependent regulation of electrical properties of hippocampal interneurons in a model of schizophrenia.
- Proceedings and data from The Schizophrenia Summit: a critical appraisal to improve the management of Schizophrenia.
- Circuitry-based gene expression profiles in GABA cells of the trisynaptic pathway in schizophrenics versus bipolars.
- N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor and calbindin-containing neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- Increasing Interaction of amygdalar afferents with GABAergic interneurons between birth and adulthood.
- Searching for unique endophenotypes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder within neural circuits and their molecular regulatory mechanisms.
- Regulation of the GABA cell phenotype in hippocampus of schizophrenics and bipolars.
- Rat modeling for GABA defects in schizophrenia.
- Regulation of synaptic plasticity in a schizophrenia model.
- Ethical issues in brain banking.
- Differences in the cellular distribution of D1 receptor mRNA in the hippocampus of bipolars and schizophrenics.
- Konrad Lorenz, 1903-1989.
- Density of glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 messenger RNA-containing neurons that express the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR2A in the anterior cingulate cortex...
- Molecular evidence for mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder.
- A disturbance of late myelination as a trigger for Alzheimer's disease.
- Long-term effects of amygdala GABA receptor blockade on specific subpopulations of hippocampal interneurons.
- Schizophrenia, II: amygdalar fiber alteration as etiology?
- DNA fragmentation decreased in schizophrenia but not bipolar disorder.
- Deserving the last great gift.
- Amygdalo-cortical sprouting continues into early adulthood: implications for the development of normal and abnormal function during adolescence.
- Differential hippocampal expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 and 67 messenger RNA in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
- Fear conditioning occludes LTP-induced presynaptic enhancement of synaptic transmission in the cortical pathway to the lateral amygdala.
- Mapping of hippocampal gene clusters regulated by the amygdala to nonlinkage sites for schizophrenia.
- The expression of proapoptosis genes is increased in bipolar disorder, but not in schizophrenia.
- Acute amygdalar activation induces an upregulation of multiple monoamine G protein coupled pathways in rat hippocampus.
- Haloperidol-induced plasticity of axon terminals in rat substantia nigra.
- CT scan studies of superficial cerebral regions: frequency and distribution of abnormalities in elderly psychiatric patients.
- Post-mortem structural analyses of schizophrenic brain: study designs and the interpretation of data.
- A modular arrangement of neuronal processes in human cortex: disruption with aging and in Alzheimer's disease.
- High-resolution scatchard analysis shows D1 receptor binding on pyramidal and nonpyramidal neurons.
- The relationship between structural brain imaging and histopathologic findings in schizophrenia research.
- What an archaeological dig can tell us about macro- and microcircuitry in brains of schizophrenia subjects.
- The role of stress and dopamine-GABA interactions in the vulnerability for schizophrenia.
- Meta-analysis of postmortem studies of Alzheimer's disease-like neuropathology in schizophrenia.
- Uncoupling of GABA(A) and benzodiazepine receptor binding activity in the hippocampal formation of schizophrenic brain.
- Effects of pre- and postnatal corticosterone exposure on the rat hippocampal GABA system.
- GluR5,6,7 subunit immunoreactivity on apical pyramidal cell dendrites in hippocampus of schizophrenics and manic depressives.
- The density of pyramidal and nonpyramidal neurons in anterior cingulate cortex of schizophrenic and bipolar subjects.
- GABAergic interneurons: implications for understanding schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- Glutamate decarboxylase(65)-immunoreactive terminals in cingulate and prefrontal cortices of schizophrenic and bipolar brain.
- Amygdalar activation alters the hippocampal GABA system: "partial" modelling for postmortem changes in schizophrenia.
- Carlsson and the discovery of dopamine.
- Two-dimensional versus three-dimensional cell counting: a practical perspective.
- Convergence and plasticity of monoaminergic systems in the medial prefrontal cortex during the postnatal period: implications for the development of psychopathology.
- Amygdalo-entorhinal inputs to the hippocampal formation in relation to schizophrenia.
- Emerging principles of altered neural circuitry in schizophrenia.
- Acute administration of SCH23390 increases D(1) receptors on nonpyramidal neurons in rat mPFC.
- Alterations of neural circuitry within layer II of anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia.
- Effect of age and neuroleptics on tyrosine hydroxylase-IR in sector CA2 of schizophrenic brain.
- Localization of cells preferentially expressing GAD(67) with negligible GAD(65) transcripts in the rat hippocampus. A double in situ hybridization study.
- Evidence for altered trisynaptic circuitry in schizophrenic hippocampus.
- Brain development, VII. Human brain growth spans decades.
- Neonatal raphe lesions increase dopamine fibers in prefrontal cortex of adult rats.
- Distribution of glutamate decarboxylase65 immunoreactive puncta on pyramidal and nonpyramidal neurons in hippocampus of schizophrenic brain.
- A reduction of nonpyramidal cells in sector CA2 of schizophrenics and manic depressives.
- Increased density of entorhinal glutamate-immunoreactive vertical fibers in schizophrenia.
- Model generation and testing to probe neural circuitry in the cingulate cortex of postmortem schizophrenic brain.
- Evidence for a diffusional model of Alzheimer amyloid A4 (beta-amyloid) deposition during neuritic plaque formation.
- Myelination of cortical-hippocampal relays during late adolescence.
- Atypical neuroleptics, dose-response relationships, and treatment-resistant psychosis.
- High resolution imaging of receptor binding in analyzing neuropsychiatric diseases.
- Laminar-specific distribution and infrastructural detail of amyloid in the Alzheimer disease cortex visualized by computer-enhanced imaging of epitopes recognized by m...
- Increased vertical axon numbers in cingulate cortex of schizophrenics.
- Progressive ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia: comparison to bipolar affective disorder and correlation with clinical course.
- Alzheimer cortical neurons containing abundant amyloid mRNA. Relationship to amyloid deposition and senile plaques.
- Evidence for axonal loss in regions occupied by senile plaques in Alzheimer cortex.
- Reduced neuronal size in posterior hippocampus of schizophrenic patients.
- Changes in dendritic spine morphology in response to increased availability of monoamines in rat medial prefrontal cortex.
- Evidence for neurodevelopment disturbances in anterior cingulate cortex of post-mortem schizophrenic brain.
- Evidence for ultrastructural changes in cortical axodendritic synapses following long-term treatment with haloperidol or clozapine.
- Deficits in small interneurons in prefrontal and cingulate cortices of schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients.
- Localization and high-resolution imaging of cortical neurotransmitter compartments using confocal laser scanning microscopy: GABA and glutamate interactions in rat cor...
- Increased GABAA receptor binding in superficial layers of cingulate cortex in schizophrenics.
- Increased density of glutamate-immunoreactive vertical processes in superficial laminae in cingulate cortex of schizophrenic brain.
- Rapid dendritic atrophy following deafferentation: an EM morphometric analysis.
- Biochemical and morphometric studies of the relationship of acetylcholine synthesis and vesicle numbers after stimulation of frog neuromuscular junctions: the effect o...
- Synaptic rearrangements in medial prefrontal cortex of haloperidol-treated rats.
- The effects of haloperidol on synaptic patterns in the rat striatum.
- Behavioral correlates of computed tomographic (CT) scan changes in older psychiatric patients.
- Quantitative cytoarchitectural studies of the cerebral cortex of schizophrenics.
- Immunostaining of neurofilament protein in human postmortem cortex: a sensitive and specific approach to the pattern analysis of human cortical cytoarchitecture.
- An analysis of the arrangement of neurons in the cingulate cortex of schizophrenic patients.
- The spatial distribution of neurons and glia in human cortex based on the poisson distribution.
- Comparison of MRI and CT scans in a group of psychiatric patients.
- Differential distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase fibers on small and large neurons in layer II of anterior cingulate cortex of schizophrenic brain.
- Up-regulation of GABAA receptor binding on neurons of the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenic subjects.
- Differences in the subregional and cellular distribution of GABAA receptor binding in the hippocampal formation of schizophrenic brain.
Schools
Yale University
Waterbury Hospital
McLean Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Psychiatry
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Elected Member
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Yale University School of Medicine
Hospital
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McLean Hospital
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