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Beversdorf D

Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
Verified email at health.missouri.edu
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Creative innovation: possible brain mechanisms

KM Heilman, SE Nadeau, DO Beversdorf - Neurocase, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews and develops some theories about the neurobiological basis of creative
innovation (CI). CI is defined as the ability to understand and express novel orderly …

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): An essential nutrient and a nutraceutical for brain health and diseases

…, CM Greenlief, JK Yao, JC Lee, DQ Beversdorf - … and Essential Fatty …, 2018 - Elsevier
… There is evidence that supplementation with EPA and DHA together with vitamin D, could
increase serotonin release from presynaptic neurons [115]. Obviously, more studies are …

Outcomes of a social and vocational skills support group for adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum

…, T Fish, P Cloppert, DQ Beversdorf - Focus on autism and …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Beversdorf, MD, is an assistant professor of neurology at The Ohio State University. His
research interests include neuropsychology of autism spectrum disorders and the effects of …

Accelerated telomere erosion is associated with a declining immune function of caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients

…, B Laskowski, Y Zou, DQ Beversdorf… - The Journal of …, 2007 - journals.aai.org
Caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients endure chronic stress associated with a decline
of immune function. To assess the psychological and immunological changes of caregivers, …

Timing of prenatal stressors and autism

DQ Beversdorf, SE Manning, A Hillier… - Journal of autism and …, 2005 - Springer
Recent evidence supports a role for genetics in autism, but other findings are difficult to
reconcile with a purely genetic cause. Pathological changes in the cerebellum in autism are …

Childhood adversity heightens the impact of later-life caregiving stress on telomere length and inflammation

…, N Weng, WB Malarkey, DQ Beversdorf… - Psychosomatic …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
… Widely used, the CES-D has distinguished depressed from nondepressed participants in …
levels of depressive symptoms on the CES-D. These data demonstrate that adverse childhood …

Beta-adrenergic modulation of cognitive flexibility during stress

…, RM Smith, ME Tivarus, DQ Beversdorf - Journal of cognitive …, 2007 - direct.mit.edu
Stress-induced activation of the locus ceruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system produces
significant cognitive and behavioral effects, including enhanced arousal and attention. …

Chronic stress, daily stressors, and circulating inflammatory markers.

JP Gouin, R Glaser, WB Malarkey, D Beversdorf… - Health …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: Acute laboratory stressors elicit elevations in serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6)
and C-reactive protein (CRP). Chronic stressors, such as family dementia caregiving, …

Noradrenergic modulation of cognitive flexibility in problem solving

DQ Beversdorf, JD Hughes, BA Steinberg, LD Lewis… - …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
STRESS causes impaired performance on tests of creativity. Drugs that block β-adrenergic
receptors improve test performance in patients with test anxiety. Furthermore, catecholamine …

Depressive symptoms, omega-6: omega-3 fatty acids, and inflammation in older adults

…, MA Belury, K Porter, DQ Beversdorf… - Psychosomatic …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
… Widely used, the CES-D has distinguished depressed from nondepressed participants in …
variable; the models also contained CES-D as the second independent variable and the …