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Karen M. Rodrigue, Ph.D.

Research Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow

Contact:

  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • The University of Texas at Dallas
  • 2200 West Mockingbird Lane
  • Dallas, Texas 75235

  • Phone: 972-883-3263
  • Fax: 972-883-3250
  • Email: Click Here

Publications:

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Head, D., Gunning-Dixon, F., Acker, J. D. (2003). Aging of the Human Striatum: Longitudinal Evidence. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 24, 1849-1856.

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Dahle, C., Head, D., & Acker, J. D. (2003). Differential Age-Related Changes in the Regional Metencephalic Volumes in Humans: A five year follow-up. Neuroscience Letters, 349(3), 163-166.

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., & Acker, J. D. (2003) Hypertension and the Brain: Vulnerability of the Prefrontal Regions and Executive Function. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117(6), 1169-1180.

Raz, N., Gunning-Dixon, F., Head, D., Rodrigue, K. M., Williamson, A., & Acker, J. D. (2004). Regional volumetry of the cerebral cortex in normal adults: differential aging, sexual dimorphism, and hemispheric asymmetry. Neurobiology of Aging, (25), 377-396.

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., Head, D., Kennedy, K. M., & Acker, J. D. (2004). Differential Changes in the Medial Temporal Structures: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study. Neurology, 62(3) 433-438.

Raz, N. Rodrigue K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Acker, J. D. (2004). Hormone replacement therapy and age-related brain shrinkage: Regional effects, Neuroreport, 15(16), 2531-2534.

Rodrigue, K. M. & Raz, N. (2004). Shrinkage of the entorhinal cortex over five years predicts memory performance in healthy adults, Journal of Neuroscience, 24(4), 956-963.

Raz, N., Lindenberger, U., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Head, D., Williamson, A., Dahle, C., Gerstorf, D. & Acker, J.D. (2005). Regional Brain Changes in Aging Healthy Adults: General Trends, Individual Differences, and Modifiers. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1676-1689.

Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., & Raz, N. (2005). Aging and longitudinal change in perceptual-motor skill acquisition in healthy adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 60(4), P174-P181.

Raz, N. & Rodrigue, K. M. (2006) Differential Aging of the Brain: patterns cognitive correlates, modifiers. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 30(6), 730-748.

Moffat, S. D., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M., & Raz, N. (2007). Age-differences in human spatial navigation: Extra-hippocampal contributions. Cerebral Cortex, 17, 1274-1282.

Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M., & Raz, N. (2007). Fragmented pictures revisited: Long-term changes in repetition priming, relation to skill learning, and the role of cognitive resources. Gerontology, 53(3), 148-158.

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., & Acker, J. D. (2007). Vascular health and longitudinal changes in brain and cognition in middle-aged and older adults. Neuropsychology, 21(2), 149-157.

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., Haacke, E. M. (2007). Brain Aging and its Modifiers: Insights from in vivo Neuromorphometry and Susceptibility Weighted Imaging. New York Academy of Sciences,1097, 84-93.

Kennedy, K. M., Erickson, K. I., Rodrigue, K. M., Voss, M. W., Colcombe, S. J., Kramer, A. F., Acker, J. D., & Raz, N. (2008). Age-Related Differences in Regional Brain Volumes: A Comparison of Optimized Voxel-Based Morphometry to Manual Volumetry. Neurobiology of Aging,doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.12.020.

Head, D., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K.M., & Raz, N. (2008). Neuroanatomical and Cognitive Mediators of Age-Related Differences in Episodic Memory. Neuropsychology, 22(4), 491-507.

Raz, N., Lindenberger, U., Ghisletta, P., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., & Acker, J. D. (2008). Neuroanatomical correlates of fluid intelligence in healthy adults and persons with vascular risk factors. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 718-726.

Raz, N., Dahle, C. L., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Land, S., & Jacobs, B. S. (2008). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met and Blood Glucose: A Synergistic Effect on Memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2:12. doi:10.3389/neuro.09.012.2008.

Raz, N., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., & Land, S. (2009). Genetic and Vascular Modifiers of Age-Sensitive Cognitive Skills: Effects of COMT, BDNF, ApoE and Hypertension. Neuropsychology, 23(1), 105-116

Deshmukh, A. B., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Land, S., Jacobs, B. S., & Raz, N. (2009). Synergistic Effects of the MTHFR C677T Polymorphism and Hypertension on Spatial Navigation. Biological Psychology, 80, 240-245.

Head, D., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M., & Raz, N. (2009). Age-Differences in Perseveration: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Mediators of Performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Neuropsychologia. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.003

Raz, N., Dahle, C. L., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., & Land, S. (2009). Effects of age, genes, and pulse pressure on executive functions in healthy adults. Neurobiology of Aging doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.05.015.

Kennedy, K.M., Rodrigue, K.M., Head, D., Gunning-Dixon, F., & Raz, N. (in press). Neuroanatomical and cognitive mediators of age-related differences in perceptual priming and learning. Neuropsychology.

Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M., Land, S., & Raz, N. (2009). BDNF val66met polymorphism influences age differences in microstructure of the corpus callosum. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 3:19 doi:10.3389/neuro.09.019.2009.

Ghisletta, P., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K.M., Lindenberger, U., & Raz, N. (in press). Adult Age Differences and Cognitive Resources in Perceptual-Motor Skill Acquisition: Application of a Multilevel Exponential Model. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K.M., & Park, D. C. (in press). Beta-amyloid deposition and the aging brain. Neuropsychology Review.