Peg Nopoulos M.D.
peggy-nopoulos@uiowa.edu
Professor of Psychiatry

Our lab studies the structure and function of the brain using imaging tools such as MRI and cognitive / behavioral assessment. In the healthy brain we study topics such as brain development over the lifespan, gender differences and social cognition. Disease populations that we work with include patients with schizophrenia, Huntington's Disease, and children with clefts of the lip/palate.

Selected Publications

Nopoulos, P., S. Berg, et al. (2002). "Structural brain abnormalities in adult males with clefts of the lip and/or palate." Genet Med 4(1): 1-9.

Nopoulos, P., I. Choe, et al. (2005). "Ventral frontal cortex morphology in adult males with isolated orofacial clefts: relationship to abnormalities in social function." Cleft Palate Craniofac J 42(2): 138-44.

Nopoulos, P., M. Flaum, et al. (1997). "Sex differences in brain morphology in schizophrenia." Am J Psychiatry 154(12): 1648-54.

Nopoulos, P., M. Flaum, et al. (2000). "Sexual dimorphism in the human brain: evaluation of tissue volume, tissue composition and surface anatomy using magnetic resonance imaging." Psychiatry Res 98(1): 1-13.

White, T., N. C. Andreasen, et al. (2003). "Gyrification abnormalities in childhood- and adolescent-onset schizophrenia." Biol Psychiatry 54(4): 418-26.