Romina Mizrahi, University of Toronto

Research

Positron Emission Tomography Schizophrenia Biomarker Molecular Imaging Synaptic Density Synaptic Pruning

Latest papers

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18 kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024 · senior author
Interaction between peripheral and central immune markers in clinical high risk for psychosis.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2023 · senior author
Serum lipid analysis and isotopic enrichment is suggestive of greater lipogenesis in young long-term cannabis users: A secondary analysis of a case-control study.
Lipids · 2022

All 99 publications

Latest funding

Targeting opioid neurotransmission in borderline personality disorder with self-harming behavior: A [11C]NOP-1A positron emission tomography study
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$520,200
Effects of N-acetylcysteine on psychosis-like symptoms and a neurophysiological biomarker of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$351,901
Imaging synaptic density in schizophrenia
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$531,675

All 9 grants and awards

99 publications.

01

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18 kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.

Nisha Aji K, Cisbani G, Weidenauer A, Koppel A, Hafizi S, Da Silva T, Kiang M, Rusjan PM, Bazinet RP, Mizrahi R

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100742 PMID: 38495956

02

Interaction between peripheral and central immune markers in clinical high risk for psychosis.

Nisha Aji K, Hafizi S, Da Silva T, Kiang M, Rusjan PM, Weickert CS, Mizrahi R

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100636 PMID: 37293440

03

Serum lipid analysis and isotopic enrichment is suggestive of greater lipogenesis in young long-term cannabis users: A secondary analysis of a case-control study.

Cisbani G, Koppel A, Metherel AH, Smith ME, Aji KN, Andreazza AC, Mizrahi R, Bazinet RP

Lipids2022

DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12336 PMID: 35075659

04

Microglia imaging in methamphetamine use disorder: a positron emission tomography study with the 18 kDa translocator protein radioligand [F-18]FEPPA.

Rathitharan G, Truong J, Tong J, McCluskey T, Meyer JH, Mizrahi R, Warsh J, Rusjan P, Kennedy JL, Houle S, Kish SJ, Boileau I

Addiction biology2021

DOI: 10.1111/adb.12876 PMID: 32017280

05

Fatty acid amide hydrolase is lower in young cannabis users.

Jacobson MR, Watts JJ, Da Silva T, Tyndale RF, Rusjan PM, Houle S, Wilson AA, Ross RA, Boileau I, Mizrahi R

Addiction biology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/adb.12872 PMID: 31960544

06

Endocannabinoid system in psychotic and mood disorders, a review of human studies.

Garani R, Watts JJ, Mizrahi R

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110096 PMID: 32898588

07

Meta-analysis of the Glial Marker TSPO in Psychosis Revisited: Reconciling Inconclusive Findings of Patient-Control Differences.

Plavén-Sigray P, Matheson GJ, Coughlin JM, Hafizi S, Laurikainen H, Ottoy J, De Picker L, Rusjan P, Hietala J, Howes OD, Mizrahi R, Morrens M, Pomper MG, Cervenka S

Biological psychiatry2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.05.028 PMID: 32682565

08

Decreased Gamma Auditory Steady-State Response Is Associated With Impaired Real-World Functioning in Unmedicated Patients at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Ahmed S, Lepock JR, Mizrahi R, Bagby RM, Gerritsen CJ, Korostil M, Light GA, Kiang M

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience202117 citations

DOI: 10.1177/1550059420982706

09

N400 event‐related brain potential as an index of real‐world and neurocognitive function in patients at clinical high risk for schizophrenia

Lepock JR, Ahmed S, Mizrahi R, Gerritsen CJ, Maheandiran M, Bagby RM, Korostil M, Kiang M

Early Intervention in Psychiatry202112 citations

DOI: 10.1111/eip.12911

10

Negative symptoms in the clinical high-risk state for psychosis: Connection with cognition and primacy in impacting functioning.

Gerritsen C, Maheandiran M, Lepock J, Ahmed S, Kiang M, Bagby RM, Mizrahi R

Early intervention in psychiatry2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/eip.12843 PMID: 31264790

Targeting opioid neurotransmission in borderline personality disorder with self-harming behavior: A [11C]NOP-1A positron emission tomography study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kolla, Nathan J

Keywords: Positron Emission Tomography

$520,200

Effects of N-acetylcysteine on psychosis-like symptoms and a neurophysiological biomarker of the clinical high risk state for schizophrenia

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kiang, Michael

Keywords: Clinical High Risk; Electroencephalography; Event-Related Potentials; Mismatch Negativity; N-Acetylcysteine; Prodrome; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

$351,901

Imaging synaptic density in schizophrenia

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mizrahi, Romina

Keywords: Biomarker; Molecular Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography; Schizophrenia; Synaptic Density; Synaptic Pruning

$531,675

Neuroanatomical Alterations and Neuroinflammation in Schizophrenia: Testing A Novel Hypothesis In Vivo

SupervisorCIHR2016CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Hafizi, Sina

Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Positron Emission Tomography; Psychosis; Schiophrenia

$90,000

In-vivo Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rusjan, Pablo M; Ameis, Stephanie H

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Genetic Polymorphism (Rs6971); High Resolution Research Tomograph (Hrrt); Microglia Activation; Neuroinflammation; Positron Emission Tomography; Translocator Protein 18 Kda; [18f]-Feppa

$647,045

Stress-induced dopamine release in subjects at clinical high risk for psychosis: a [11C]-FLB457 PET study

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Mizrahi, Romina

Keywords: Positron Emission Tomography; Schizophrenia

$551,243

Cognitive symptoms of Schizophrenia: Biological and Clinical correlations

SupervisorCIHR2011CANADA-HOPE Scholarship Program / Fellowship

Principal investigators: Rao, Naren P

Keywords: Cognitive Symptoms; Positron Emission Tomography; Schizophrenia

$46,000

Personality traits as a vulnerability factor to an enhance stress-induced dopamine release: A PET study.

SupervisorCIHR2009Master's Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Suridjan, Ivonne

Keywords: Challenging Mental Task; D2/D3 Receptors; Dopamine Release; Early Psychosis; Neo-Pi-R Personality Factors; Neuroticism; Positron Emission Tomography; Stress; Striatum

$17,500

CIHR Emerging Team Grant in Concurrent Mental Health and Addictive Disorders

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Emerging Team Grant: Co-morbidity of brain disorders & other health problems-LOI

Principal investigators: George, Tony P

Keywords: Biobehavioural Mechanisms; Concurrent Disorders; Knowledge Translation; Psychosis; Transdisciplinary

$5,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Psychiatry
Positron, Emission Tomography (PET Centre)
Research Imaging Center
Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Psychology
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Pablo Rusjan

Positron, Emission Tomography (PET Centre)

21 shared papers, latest 2021

Michael Kiang

Faculty

21 shared papers, latest 2024

Isabelle Boileau

Faculty

18 shared papers, latest 2021

Gary Remington

Research Imaging Center

7 shared papers, latest 2019

Michele Korostil

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

6 shared papers, latest 2021

Christin Schifani

Faculty

5 shared papers, latest 2020

Romina Mizrahi

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2024

Ariel Graff-Guerrero

Research Imaging Center

4 shared papers, latest 2018

Kwame Mckenzie

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2017

Kwame Mckenzie

Psychology

3 shared papers, latest 2017

Clement Hamani

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2016

Bernard Le Foll

Department of Family and Community Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2017

Daniel Felsky

Department of Psychiatry

2 shared papers, latest 2016

Neil Vasdev

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Antonio Strafella

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Zahinoor Ismail

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Tarek Rajji

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Nathan Kolla

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Mahesh Menon

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Zahinoor Ismail

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Benoit Mulsant

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2012

James Kennedy

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2012

Sarah Duff Canning

Medicine/Neurology

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Jens Pruessner

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18&#xa0;kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.

Interaction between peripheral and central immune markers in clinical high risk for psychosis.

Serum lipid analysis and isotopic enrichment is suggestive of greater lipogenesis in young long-term cannabis users: A secondary analysis of a case-control study.

Microglia imaging in methamphetamine use disorder: a positron emission tomography study with the 18 kDa translocator protein radioligand [F-18]FEPPA.

Fatty acid amide hydrolase is lower in young cannabis users.

Endocannabinoid system in psychotic and mood disorders, a review of human studies.

Meta-analysis of the Glial Marker TSPO in Psychosis Revisited: Reconciling Inconclusive Findings of Patient-Control Differences.

Decreased Gamma Auditory Steady-State Response Is Associated With Impaired Real-World Functioning in Unmedicated Patients at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

N400 event‐related brain potential as an index of real‐world and neurocognitive function in patients at clinical high risk for schizophrenia

Negative symptoms in the clinical high-risk state for psychosis: Connection with cognition and primacy in impacting functioning.

Frequent collaborators

Pablo Rusjan

Michael Kiang

Isabelle Boileau

Gary Remington

Michele Korostil

Christin Schifani

Romina Mizrahi

Ariel Graff-Guerrero

Kwame Mckenzie

Kwame Mckenzie

Clement Hamani

Bernard Le Foll

Daniel Felsky

Neil Vasdev

Antonio Strafella

Zahinoor Ismail

Tarek Rajji

Nathan Kolla

Mahesh Menon

Zahinoor Ismail

Benoit Mulsant

James Kennedy

Sarah Duff Canning

Jens Pruessner

Neurofilament light-chain (NfL) and 18 kDa translocator protein in early psychosis and its putative high-risk.