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MR ALEXANDER FORNITO



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Organization: Psychiatry
Position: CJ MARTIN FELLOWSHIP
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONORS) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2001
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY (CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY) University of Melbourne 25-Aug-2007
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY University of Melbourne 25-Aug-2007

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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
CJ MARTIN OVERSEAS BIOMEDICAL FELLOWSHIP - (GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BRAIN CONNECTIVITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR EMERGING MENTAL ILLNESS) Chief Investigator NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Abnormal white matter microstructure in schizophrenia: a voxelwise analysis of axial and radial diffusivity


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 101
    Page numbers: 106-110
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  • Anatomical abnormalities of the anterior cingulated and paracingulate cortex in patients with bipolar I disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging
    Volume: 162
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 123-132
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  • Anterior cingulate glutamate-glutamine levels predict symptom severity in females with obsessive-compulsive disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 467-477
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  • Modulation of brain resting-state networks by sad mood induction


    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS One
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: e1794
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  • Neuroanatomical correlates of temperament in early adolescents


    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 682-693
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  • Prefrontal and amygdala volumes are related to adolescents' affective behaviors during parent-adolescent interactions


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    Volume: 105
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 3652-3657
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  • Regional brain abnormalities associated with long-term heavy cannabis use 


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 694-701
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  • Anatomical abnormalities of the anterior cingulate cortex prior to psychosis onset: an MRI study of ultra-high risk individuals
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 758-765
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  • Surface-based morphometry of the anterior cingulate cortex in first episode schizophrenia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Brain Mapping
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 478-489
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Evidence for neuronal dysfunction in the anterior cingulate of patients with schizophrenia: A proton magentic resonance spectroscopy study at 3T


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 94
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 328-331
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  • Functional and Biochemical Alterations of the Medial frontal Cortex in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 946-955
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  • A combined spectroscopic and functional MRI investigation of the dorsal anterior cingulate region in opiate addiction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 691-702
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  • A tale of two cities: a neuroimaging investigation of Melbourne-Sydney rivalry comparing cortical thickness in healthy adults
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australasian Psychiatry
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 67-71
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  • Anterior cingulate activation in antipsychotic-naive first episode schizophrenia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 155-158
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  • Characterizing anterior cingulate activation in chronic schizophrenia: a group and single-subject fMRI study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 116
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 271-279
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  • In vivo evidence for early neurodevelopmental anomaly of the anterior cingulate cortex in bipolar disorder
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 2007
    Issue: 116
    Page numbers: 467-472
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  • Neuronal, physiological and brain-behavioural abnormalities in opiate-addicted individuals
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 611
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  • State, trait and biochemical influences on human anterior cingulate function
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Neuroimage
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 1766-1773
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Morphology of the paracingulate sulcus and executive cognition in schizophrenia


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 192-197
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  • The influence of sulcal variability on morphometry of the human anterior cingulate and paracinguate cortex
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Neuroimage
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 843-854
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Anterior cingulate dysfunction: implications for psychiatric disorders?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 350-354
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