StephanH.HeckersMDMSc

PubMed

• Robust Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Psychosis and Its Prodrome.
  Heather Burrell Ward, Adam Beermann, Jing Xie, Gulcan Yildiz, Karlos Manzanarez Felix
  Biological Psychiatry. 2025-01-15
• The theoretical sensitivity of virtual assessment of catatonia.
  James Luccarelli, Joshua Ryan Smith, Stephan Heckers, Gregory Fricchione, Jo Ellen Wilson
  Schizophrenia Research. 2024-12-01
• The Catatonia Quick Screen (CQS): A Rapid Screening Tool for Catatonia in Adult and Pediatric Populations.
  James Luccarelli, Mark Kalinich, Jo Ellen Wilson, Jinyuan Liu, D Catherine Fuchs
  Medrxiv. 2024-11-30

Journal Articles

• Caring for the Patient with Catatonia  
  Stephan Heckers, MD, JAMA Psychiatry
• Regionally Specific Volume Deficits Along the Hippocampal Long Axis in Early and Chronic Psychosis  
  Stephan Heckers, Pratik Talati, Neil D Woodward, ScienceDirect
• Hippocampus at 25  
  Eichenbaum H, Amaral DG, Buffalo EA, Buzsáki G, Cohen N, Davachi L, Frank L, Heckers S, Morris RG, Moser EI, Nadel L, O'Keefe J, Preston A, Ranganath C, Silva A, Witter M, Hippocampus, 1/1/2016
• Diagnostic criteria for schizoaffective disorder  
  Heckers S, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 1/1/2012
• A myelin gene causative of a catatonia-depression syndrome upon aging  
  Hagemeyer N, Goebbels S, Papiol S, Kstner A, Hofer S, Begemann M, Gerwig UC, Boretius S, Wieser GL, Ronnenberg A, Gurvich A, Heckers SH, Frahm J, Nave K-A, Ehrenreich H, EMBO Molecular Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Systematic error in hippocampal volume asymmetry measurement is minimal with a manual segmentation protocol  
  Roger BP, Sheffield JM, Luksik AS, Heckers S, Frontiers in Brain Imaging Methods, 1/1/2012
• Hippocampal pathology in schizophrenia  
  Heckers S, Konradi C, Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience, 1/1/2010
• Catatonia in the DSM - Shall we move or not?  
  Heckers S, Tandon R, Bustillo J, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2010
• Brain autopsy findings in intensive care unit patients previously suffering from delirium: a pilot study  
  Janz DR, Abel TW, Jackson JC, Gunther ML, Heckers S, Ely EW, Journal of Critical Care, 1/1/2010
• The role of the hippocampus in transitive inference  
  Zalesak M, Heckers S, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 1/1/2009
• Visual and cognitive processing of face information in schizophrenia: Detection, discrimination and working memory  
  Chen Y, Norton D, McBain R, Ongur D, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Research, 1/1/2009
• Recurring episodes of delirious mania after cerebrovascular accident: a single case report  
  Bobo W, Murphy M, Heckers S, Psychosomatics, 1/1/2009
• White matter abnormalities and neurocognitive deficits associated with the passivity phenomenon in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor imaging study  
  Sim K, Yang GL, Loh D, Poon LY, Sitoh YY, Verma S, Keefe R, Collinson S, Chong SA, Heckers S, Nowinski W, Pantelis C, Psychiatry Research, 1/1/2009
• Is schizoaffective disorder a useful diagnosis?  
  Heckers S, Current Psychiatry Reports, 1/1/2009
• Neurobiology of schizophrenia spectrum disorders  
  Heckers S, Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore, 1/1/2009
• Who is at risk for a psychotic disorder?  
  Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2009
• Review of: “Mind, Brain, and Schizophrenia” by Peter Williamson  
  Heckers S, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1/1/2008
• Making progress in schizophrenia research  
  Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2008
• Optimizing the design and analysis of clinical FMRI research studies  
  Carter S, Heckers S, Nichols T, Pine D, Strother S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2008
• Circuit-based framework for understanding neurotransmitter and risk gene interactions in schizophrenia  
  Lisman JE, Coyle JT, Green RW, Javitt DC, Benes FM, Heckers S, Grace AA, Trends in Neurosciences, 1/1/2008
• Inefficient face detection in schizophrenia  
  Chen Y, Norton D, Ongur D, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2008
• Electroconvulsive seizures stimulate glial proliferation and reduce Expression of sprouty2 within the prefrontal cortex of rats  
  Ongur D, Pohlman J, Dow AL, Eisch AJ, Edwin F, Heckers S, Cohen BM, Patel TB, Carlezon WA Jr, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2007
• Abnormal cortical folding patterns within Broca's area in schizophrenia: evidence from structural MRI  
  Wisco JJ, Kuperberg G, Manoach D, Quinn BT, Busa E, Fischl B, Heckers S, Sorensen, AG, Schizophrenia Research, 1/1/2007
• The neural basis of relational memory of deficits in schizophrenia  
  Ongur D, Cullen TJ, Wolf DH, Rohan M, Barreira P, Zalesak M, Heckers S, Archives of General Psychiatry, 1/1/2006
• Increased medical temporal lobe activation during the passive viewing of emotional and neutral facial expressions in schizophrenia  
  Holt DJ, Kunkel L, Weiss AP, Geoff DC, Wright CI, Shin LM, Rauch SL, Hootnick J, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Research, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

• Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology: Schizophrenia 
  Chapter: Hippocampus 
  Page 315 - 330Heckers SEditors: Javitt D, Kantrowitz JT, Lajtha A.Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany2009
• Update on the conflict of interest policy for the ARCHIVES 
  Coyle JT, Heckers S2006
• Current Diagnosis & Treatment 
  Chapter: Schizophrenia 
  Page 261 - 288Meltzer H, Bobo W, Heckers S, Fatemi HEditors: Ebert M, Loosen P, Nurcombe B, Leckman J..McGraw HillEdition 2nd,2006
• Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders. From Bench to Bedside 
  Chapter: Schizophrenia 
  Page 111 - 129Heckers S, Berretta SEditors: Tarazi FI, Schetz JA.Humana Press, Totowa, NJ2005
• Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of general hospital psychiatry 
  Chapter: Functional neuroanatomy and the neurologic examination 
  Page 29 - 36Weiss AP, Heckers SEditors: Stern TA, Fricchione GL, Cassem NH, Jellinek MS, Rosenbaum JF.Mosby, Philadelphia, PA2004
• Intensive Care Medicine 
  Chapter: Diagnosis and treatment of agitation and delirium in the intensive care unit patient 
  Page 2153 - 2162Heckers S, Tesar GE, Querques J, Stern TAEditors: Irwin RS, Rippe JM.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2003
• Pediatric psychopharmacology: Principles and practice 
  Chapter: Synaptic function and biochemical neuroanatomy 
  Page 20 - 32Heckers S, Konradi CEditors: Irwin RS, Rippe JM.Oxford University Press, New York, NY2003
• Schizophrenie. Behandlungspraxis zwischen speziellen Methoden und integrativen Konzepten 
  Chapter: Therapie der Schizophrenie - knnen Bilder des Gehirns helfen? 
  Page 31 - 48Heckers SEditors: Machleidt W, Garlipp P, Haltenhof H.Schattauer, Stuttgart, Germany2003
• Learning and memory 
  Chapter: Schizophrenia and memory 
  Page 588 - 590Heckers S, Weiss APEditors: Byrne JH.Macmillan Reference, New York, NY2002
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook 
  Chapter: Pediatric psychopharmacology I: pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles 
  Page 939 - 950Martin A, Oesterheld J, Konradi C, Clein P, Heckers SEditors: Lewis M.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York, NY2002
• Brain circuitry and signaling in psychiatry 
  Chapter: Neural circuitry and signaling in schizophrenia 
  Page 67 - 97Heckers S, Goff DCEditors: Kaplan GB, Hammer RP.American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC2002
• The Medical Clinics of North America. Advances in the pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders: Implications for internal medicine 
  Chapter: Schizophrenia 
  Page 663 - 689Goff DC, Heckers S, Freudenreich OEditors: Nemeroff CB.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2001
• Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research 
  Chapter: Mapping cognitive function in psychiatric disorders 
  Page 61 - 72Heckers S, Rauch SLEditors: Dougherty DD, Rauch SL.American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC2001
• Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation 
  Chapter: Basic psychopharmacology 
  Page 331 - 336Heckers SEditors: Stern T, Herman JB.McGraw Hill, New York, NY2000
• Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation 
  Chapter: Delirium 
  Page 41 - 46Heckers SEditors: Stern T, Herman JB.McGraw Hill, New York, NY2000
• Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation 
  Chapter: Neuropsychiatric Dysfunction 
  Page 281 - 285Heckers SEditors: Stern T, Herman JB.McGraw Hill, New York, NY2000
• Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation 
  Chapter: Functional Neuroanatomy 
  Page 269 - 272Heckers SEditors: Stern T, Herman JB.McGraw Hill, New York, NY2000
• Child and Adolescent Clinics of North America. Psychopharmacology 
  Chapter: Anatomic and molecular principles of psychopharmacology 
  Page 1 - 22Heckers S, Konradi CEditors: Martin A, Scahill L.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2000
• Intensive Care Medicine Handbook 
  Chapter: Diagnosis and treatment of agitation and delirium in the intensive care unit patient 
  Page 871 - 875Heckers S, Tesar GE, Querques J, Stern TAEditors: Irwin RS, Rippe JM.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2000
• Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine 
  Chapter: Diagnosis and treatment of agitation and delirium in the intensive care unit patient 
  Page 2383 - 2393Heckers S, Tesar GE, Stern TAEditors: Irwin RS, Cerra FB, Rippe JM.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA1999
• Oxford textbook of critical care 
  Chapter: Agitation and confusion: causes 
  Page 531 - 534Heckers S, Stern TEditors: Webb A, Shapiro MJ, Singer M, Suter P.Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK1999
• Oxford textbook of critical care 
  Chapter: Agitation and confusion: assessment 
  Page 535 - 536Heckers S, Stern TEditors: Webb AR, Shapiro MJ, Singer M, Suter PM.Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK1999
• Oxford textbook of critical care 
  Chapter: Agitation and confusion: therapeutic management 
  Page 536 - 539Heckers S, Stern TEditors: Webb AR, Shapiro MJ, Singer M, Suter PM.Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK1999
• Oxford textbook of critical care 
  Chapter: Antidepressants 
  Page 1212 - 1214Heckers S, Stern TEditors: Webb AR, Shapiro MJ, Singer M, Suter PM.Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK1999
• The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychopharmacology 
  Chapter: Molecular Biology 
  Page 37 - 53Konradi C, Heckers S, Coyle JTEditors: Schatzberg AF, Nemeroff CB.American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC1998
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Abstracts/Posters

• Brain structure in neuropsychologically defined subgroups of schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder
  Woodward N, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
• Associative inference impairment in non-affective early psychosis
  Armstrong K, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
• Hippocampal volume and blood flow in the early stage of psychosis
  Talati P, Rane S, Donahue MJ, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
• Deficits in hippocampal habituation predict social deficits in schizophrenia
  Blackford J, Williams L, Heckers S, Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2014
• Increased hippocampal cerebral blood volume in schizophrenia
  Talati P, Rane S, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
• Longitudinal gradient of hippocampal deficit in schizophrenia
  McHugo M, Talati P, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
• Eye-movement behavior reveals relational memory impairment in first episode schizophrenia
  Armstrong K, Williams L, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
• Thalamo-cortical dysconnectivity in schizophrenia
  Ford JM, Roach BJ, Shanbag H, van Erp T, Turner J, Belger A, Vaidya J, Preda A, McEwen S, Keator D, Clahoun V, Mueller B, Heckers S, Potkin S, Mathalon DH, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2013
• Associative inference impairment in schizophrenia
  Armstrong K, Williams J, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2013
• Reduced habituation in schizophrenia
  Williams LE, Blackford JU, Luksik A, Gauthier I, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2013
• Altered corollary discharge in the saccadic eye movement system of patients with schizophrenia
  Thakkar KN, Schall JD, Heckers S, Park S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2013
• Organizational impairment of memory search in schizophrenia
  Polyn SM, McCluey JD, Geoghegan M, Bullard Z, Woolard SS, Luksik AS, Heckers S, Society for Neuroscience, 1/1/2012
• Interhemispheric functional connectivity during resting-state is reduced in schizophrenia
  Karbasforoushan H, Heckers S, Woodward ND, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
• Relational memory in psychotic bipolar disorder
  Sheffield JM, Williams LE, Cohen NJ, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
• Hippocampal volume and relational memory in schizophrenia
  Armstrong K, Williams LE, Woolard AA, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
• Experimental evaluation of in vivo transverse relaxivity of Magnevist in brain tissue
  Rane S, Kose S, Heckers S, Avison M, Gore J, 20th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, 1/1/2012
• Auditory hallucinations in psychotic disorder patients with childhood sexual abuse
  Sheffield JM, Williams LE, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2011
• Resting-state networks are differentially affected in schizophrenia
  Woodward ND, Rogers B, Armstrong K, Woolard A, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2011
• Eye-movement behavior reveals relational memory impairment in schizophrenia
  Williams LE, Must A, Avery S, Woolard A, Woodward ND, Cohen D, Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2011
• Relational memory performance is associated with hippocampal volume in schizophrenia
  Armstrong K, Woolard A, Williams L, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2011
• A functional network approach to understanding structural brain changes in schizophrenia
  Woodward ND, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2011
• Associative inference is impaired in schizophrenia
  Armstrong K, Woolard A, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2010
• Intact associative learning in schizophrenia: evidence from a Go/NoGo paradigm
  Woolard A, Kose S, Woodward ND, Verbruggen F, Logan GD, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2010
• Visual and cognitive processing of face information in schizophrenia: detection, discrimination and working memory
  Chen Y, Norton D, McBain R, Ongur D, Heckers, S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2009
• Kraepelin’s influence on the schizophrenia concept in DSM
  Heckers S, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1/1/2009
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Lectures

• Hippocampal dysfunction in psychotic disorders 
  Multiple Locations, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 - 1/1/2016
• The early stage of psychosis: Diagnosis & treatment 
  Chattanooga, TN - 1/1/2015
• How can we make progress in psychiatric research? 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2015
• What is wrong with the hippocampus in psychosis? 
  Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2014
• Imaging hippocampal function in psychotic disorders; The future of psychopathology research 
  Geneva, Switzerland - 1/1/2013
• The future of psychopathology research 
  1/1/2013
• 2012 Joint Annual Meeting ECNS - ISNIP - ISBET - EPIC 
  EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS), Bristol, Tennessee - 9/12/2012
• EEG & Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS)/ International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP): Joint Meeting 
  EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS), Bristol, Tennessee - 9/11/2012
• Neuroimaging of psychotic disorders 
  Bristol, TN - 1/1/2012
• DSM 5 - A preview 
  Memphis, TN - 1/1/2012
• Relational memory in psychotic disorders 
  Urbana, IL - 1/1/2011
• Psychotic Disorders in DSM-5 
  Asheville, NC - 1/1/2010
• Hippokampale Mechanismen der Psychose 
  Munich, Germany - 1/1/2010
• The future of psychiatric Diagnosis 
  Nashville, TN - 1/1/2009
• DSM Workgroup on Psychotic Disorders Plans for DSM-V 
  Johnson City, TN - 1/1/2009
• Hippocampal dysfunction in psychosis 
  Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2009
• Are mental illnesses disorders of the brain? 
  Nashville, TN - 1/1/2009
• Status report of the DSM-V Psychosis Work Group: DSM-V Workgroup Psychosis 
  Prague, Czech Republic - 1/1/2008
• Hippocampal dysfunction in psychiatric disorders 
  Multiple Locations, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 - 1/1/2008
• Neuroimaging in Psychiatry 
  Chattanooga, TN - 1/1/2008
• Bildgebung in der Psychiatrie (Neuroimaging in Psychiatry) 
  Freiburg, Germany - 1/1/2008
• Hippocampal mechanisms of memory dysfunction in schizophrenia 
  St. Louis, MO - 1/1/2008
• Hippocampal pathology in psychiatric disorders 
  Dallas, TX - 1/1/2008
• Neuroimaging of memory function in schizophrenia 
  New York, NY - 1/1/2006
• Is there a neuroanatomy of schizophrenia? 
  Nashville, TN - 1/1/2006
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