RuthMBencaMDPhD

PubMed

• 433 citations
  Ten Putative Contributors to the Obesity Epidemic
  Emily J. McAllister, Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, Scott W. Keith, Louis J. Aronne, Jamie L. Barger
  Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 2009-12-02
• 59 citations
  Special considerations in insomnia diagnosis and management: depressed, elderly, and chronic pain populations.
  Ruth M. Benca, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Harvey Moldofsky
  The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2004-05-01
• 168 citations
  Amyloid burden is associated with self-reported sleep in nondemented late middle-aged adults
  Kate E. Sprecher, Barbara B. Bendlin, Annie M. Racine, Ozioma C. Okonkwo, Bradley T. Christian
  Neurobiology of Aging. 2015-09-01

Journal Articles

• Patients presenting to a Men�s Health clinic are at high risk for depression, insomnia, and sleep apnea  
  Walia A.S., Lomeli L.J.M., Jiang P., Benca R., Yafi F.A., Int J Impot Res, 1/1/2018
• Symptoms of sleep disorders, depression, and anxiety are associated with adverse safety outcomes in healthcare workers  
  Weaver M.D., Vetter C., Rajaratnam S.M.W., O�Brien C.S., Qadri S., Benca R.M., Rogers A.E., Leary E.B., Walsh J.K., Czeisler C.A., Barger L.K., J Sleep Res, 1/1/2018
• Reconsidering insomnia as a disorder rather than just a symptom in psychiatric practice  
  Benca R.M., Buysse D.J., J Clin Psychiatry, 1/1/2018
• The relationship of person-specific eveningness chronotype, greater seasonality, and less rhythmicity to suicidal behavior: A literature review  
  Rumble M.E., Dickson D., McCall W.V., Krystal A.D., Case D., Rosenquist P.B., Benca R.M., J Affect Disord, 1/1/2018
• Insomnia and relationship with immunosuppressant therapy after lung transplantation  
  Rohde K.A., Schlei Z.W., Katers K.M., Weber A.K., Brokhof M.M., Hawes D.S., Radford K.L., Francois M.L., Menninga N.J., Cornwell R., Benca R., Hayney M.S., Dopp J.M., Prog Transplant, 1/1/2017
• Suvorexant in elderly patients with insomnia: Pooled analyses of data from phase III randomized controlled clinical trials  
  Herring W.J., Connor K.M., Snyder E., Snavely D.B., Zhang Y., Hutzelmann J., Matzura-Wolfe D., Benca R.M., Krystal A.D., Walsh J.K., Lines C., Roth T., Michelson D., Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 1/1/2017
• Clinical profile of suvorexant for the treatment of insomnia over 3 months in women and men: subgroup analysis of pooled phase-3 data  
  Herring W.J., Connor K.M., Snyder E., Snavely D.B., Zhang Y., Hutzelmann J., Matzura-Wolfe D., Benca R.M., Krystal A.D., Walsh J.K., Lines C., Roth T., Michelson D., Psychopharmacology, 1/1/2017
• Sleep-disordered breathing and the menopausal transition among participants in the Sleep in Midlife Women Study  
  Mirer A.G., Young T., Palta M., Benca R.M., Rasmuson A., Peppard P.E., Menopause, 1/1/2017
• Hypnotic medications and suicide: Risk, mechanisms, mitigation, and the FDA  
  McCall W.V., Benca R.M., Rosenquist P.B., Riley M.A., McCloud L., Newman J.C., Case D., Rumble M., Krystal A.D., Am J Psychiatry, 1/1/2017
• Sex differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and actigraphic assessments of sleep and rest-activity rhythms in a population-based sample  
  White K.H., Rumble M.E., Benca R.M., Psychosom Med, 1/1/2016
• Suvorexant in patients with insomnia: Pooled analyses of three-month data from phase-3 randomized controlled clinical trials  
  Herring W.J., Connor K.M., Snyder E., Snavely D.B., Zhang Y., Hutzelmann J., Matzura-Wolfe D., Benca R.M., Krystal A.D., Walsh J.K., Lines C., Roth T., Michelson D., J Clin Sleep Med, 1/1/2016
• Restless legs syndrome following lung transplantation: Prevalence and relationship with tacrolimus exposure  
  Menninga N.J., Rohde K.A., Schlei Z.W., Katers K.M., Weber A.K., Brokhof M.M., Hawes D.S., Radford K.L., Francois M.L., Cornwell R.D., Benca R., Hayney M.S., Dopp J.M., Prog Transplant, 1/1/2016
• Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in young and middle-aged adults: Effects of positive airway pressure and compliance on arterial stiffness, hemodynamic function, a...  
  Korcarz C.E., Benca R., Barnet J.H., Stein J.H., J Am Heart Assoc, 1/1/2016
• Sleep reverts changes in human grey and white matter caused by wake-dependent training  
  Bernardi, G., Cecchetti, L., Siclari, F., Buchmann, A., Yu, X., Handjaras, G., Bellesi, M., Ricciardi, E., Kecskemeti, S.R., Riedner, B.A., Alexander, A.L., Benca, R.M..., Sleep reverts changes in human grey and white matter caused by wake-dependent training, 1/1/2016
• High resolution topography of age-related changes in sleep electroencephalography  
  Sprecher, K.E., Riedner, B.A., Smith, R.F., Tononi, G., Davidson, R.J., Benca, R.M., PLoS One, 1/1/2016
• Regional patterns of elevated alpha and high-frequency EEG activity during NREM sleep in chronic insomnia  
  Riedner, B.A., Goldstein, M.R., Plante, D.T., Tononi, G., Davidson, R., Benca, R.M., Sleep, 1/1/2016
• Effects of oral temazepam on sleep spindles during non-rapid eye movement sleep: a high density EEG investigation  
  Plante, D.T., Goldstein, M.R., Cook, J.D., Smith, R., Riedner, B.A., Rumble, M.E., Jelenchick, L., Roth, A., Tononi, G., Benca, R.M., Peterson, M.J., Int J Psychophysiol, 1/1/2016
• Sleep related cognitions in individuals with symptoms of insomnia and depression  
  Levenson, J.C., Benca, R.M., Rumble, M.E., J Clin Sleep Med, 1/15/2015
• Effects of partial sleep deprivation on slow waves during non-rapid eye movement sleep: A high-density EEG investigation  
  Plante, D.T., Goldstein, M.R., Cook, J.D., Smith, R., Riedner, B.A., Rumble, M.E., Jelenchick, L., Roth, A., Tononi, G., Benca, R.M., Peterson, M.J., Clin Neurophys, 1/1/2015
• Sleep disturbances in mood disorders  
  Rumble, M.E., White, K.H., Benca, R.M., Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 1/1/2015
• Amyloid burden is associated with self-reported sleep in cognitively healthy late middle-aged adults  
  Sprecher, K.E., Bendlin, B.B., Racine, A.M., Okonkwo, O.C., Christian, B.T., Koscik, R.L., Sager, M.A., Asthana, S., Johnson, S.C., Benca, R.M., Neurobiology of Aging, 1/1/2015
• Circadian actigraphic rest-activity rhythms following surgery for endometrial cancer: A prospective, longitudinal study  
  Rumble, M.E., Rose, S.L., White, K.H., Moore, A.H., Gehrman, P., Benca, R.M., Costanzo, E.S., Gynecol Oncol, 1/1/2015
• A multi-site randomized clinical trial to reduce suicidal ideation in suicidal adult outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder: Development of a methodology to enhanc...  
  McCall, W.V., Benca, R.M., Rosenquist, P.B., Riley, M.A., Hodges, C., Gubosh, B., McCloud, L., Newman, J.C., Case, D., Rumble, M., Mayo, M., White, K.H., Phillips, M.,..., Clin Trials, 1/1/2015
• Suvorexant in patients with insomnia: Results from two 3-month randomized controlled clinical trials  
  Herring, W.J., Connor, K.M., Ivgy-May, N., Snyder, E., Liu, K., Snavely, D.B., Krystal, A.D., Walsh, J.K., Benca, R.M., Rosenberg, R., Sangal, R.B., Budd, K., Hutzelma..., Biol Psychiatry, 1/23/2014
• Regional reductions in sleep EEG power in obstructive sleep apnea: A high-density EEG study  
  Jones, S.G., Riedner, B.A., Smith, R.F., Ferrarelli, F., Tononi, G., Davidson, R.J., Benca, R.M., Sleep, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

• Lectures on neurobiology of sleep and sleep disorders 
  1/1/2019
• Lectures on diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders 
  1/1/2019
• Lectures on sleep disorders 
  1/1/2019
• Lectures on diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorder 
  1/1/2019
• Epidemiology of insomnia and suicide 
  Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2018
• Pharmacotherapy of insomnia 
  Dana Point, CA - 1/1/2018
• Sleep and suicide 
  Dana Point, CA - 1/1/2018
• Sleep disorders for neurologists 
  Orange, CA - 1/1/2018
• What can we learn from the sleeping brain? 
  University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, 2015; Penn State University, Hershey, PA, 2017 - 1/1/2017
• Sleep and psychiatric disorders: The role of local sleep 
  Penn State University, Hershey, PA - 1/1/2017
• What a psychiatrist should know about sleep 
  1/1/2017
• Sleep and mood disorders: Lessons from manic birds and depressed humans 
  Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition, Penn State University, State College, PA - 1/1/2017
• Local sleep changes in sleep and psychiatric disorders 
  Prague, Czech Republic - 1/1/2017
• Selecting and using pharmacotherapy for insomnia: An everyday clinical practice update 
  Prague, Czech Republic - 1/1/2017
• Sleep, aging and neurodegenerative disorders 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2017
• Using hdEEG to explore sleep and psychiatric disorders: The role of local sleep 
  1/1/2016
• Sleep and mood disorders: Lessons from manic birds and depressed humans 
  Rush University, Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
• Sleep disturbances in major depression 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2014
• Insufficient sleep and health outcomes: Well-being and depression 
  Houston, TX - 1/1/2014
• Year in Review 
  Richmond, VA - 1/1/2014
• Local and global changes in sleep EEG activity in aging, neurodegenerative disorders and sleep disorders: Evidence for cellular stress? 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2014
• Lecture on insomnia 
  1/1/2013
• Normal sleep and sleep deprivation 
  Madison, WI - 1/1/2013
• Sleep apnea and brain function 
  1/1/2013
• Insomnia 
  Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2013
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Other

• REM sleep deprivation produces a motivational deficit for food reward that is reversed by intra-accumbens amphetamine in rats 
  Hanlon, E.C., Baldo, B.A., Benca, R.M., Kelley, A.E., Elsevier. Brain Research Bulletin
  1/1/2010
• Diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 
  Friedlander, S. & Benca, R.M., Pulmonary and Critical Care Update
  1/1/2007
• Studies on the cellular basis of the CBA/N immune defect 
  Benca RM