Selected Publications
Bouchard M, Bellinger DC, Weuve J, Mathews-Bellinger J, Gilman SE, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Weisskopf MG; Blood lead levels and major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in U.S. young adults, Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, in press.
Weisskopf MG, Jain N, Nie H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J, Hu H; A prospective study of bone lead concentration and death from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer in the VA Normative Aging Study, Circulation, 120(12):1056-64, 2009.
Weisskopf MG, Morozova N, O'Reilly E, McCullough ML, Calle EE, Thun MJ, Ascherio A; Prospective study of chemical exposures and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry, 80(5):558-61, 2009.
Weisskopf MG, O'Reilly E, Chen H, Schwarzschild MA, Ascherio A. Plasma urate and risk of Parkinson's disease; Am. J. Epidemiol., 166(5):561-567, 2007.
Weisskopf MG, Hu H, Sparrow D, Lenkinski RE, Wright RO; Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Evidence of Glial Effects of Cumulative Lead Exposure in the Adult Human Hippocampus; Environ. Health. Perspect., 115(4):519-523, 2007
Weisskopf MG, Myers GJ; Cumulative effect of lead on cognition: Is bone more revealing than blood? Neurology, 67(9):1536-7, 2006.
Weisskopf MG, O’Reilly EJ, McCullough, ML, Calle EE, Thun MJ, Cudkowicz M, Ascherio A; Prospective study of military service and mortality from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Neurology, 64(1):32-7, 2005.
Weisskopf MG, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Spiro III A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H; Cumulative lead exposure and prospective change in cognition among elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study; Am. J. Epidemiol., 160(12):1184-93, 2004.
Weisskopf MG, Hu H, Mulkern RV, White R, Aro A, Oliveira S, Wright RO; Cognitive Deficits and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Adult Monozygotic Twins with Lead Poisoning; Environ. Health. Perspect., 112(5):620-625, 2004.
Weisskopf MG , Chen H, Schwarzschild MA, Kawachi I, Ascherio A; Prospective study of phobic anxiety and risk of Parkinson’s disease; Mov. Disord., 18(6):646-51, 2003 .
Weisskopf MG , Hanrahan LP, Anderson HA, for the Great Lakes Consortium; Decreased sex ratio following maternal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls from contaminated Great Lakes sport-caught fish: a retrospective cohort study; Environ. Health., 2:2, 2003.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Public health dispatch: Potential risk of lead exposure in dental offices; Morb Mort. Wkly Rep., 50(40):873-874, 2001.
Weisskopf MG, Bauer EP, LeDoux JE; L-type voltage-gated calcium channels mediate NMDA-independent associative long-term potentiation at thalamic input synapses to the amygdala; J. Neurosci., 19:10512-10519, 1999.
Weisskopf MG, Nicoll RA; Presynaptic changes during mossy fibre LTP revealed by NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic responses; Nature, 376:256-259, 1995.
Weisskopf MG, Castillo PE, Zalutsky RA, Nicoll RA; Mediation of hippocampal mossy fiber long-term potentiation by cyclic AMP; Science, 265:1878-1882, 1994.
Weisskopf MG, Zalutsky RA, Nicoll RA; The opioid peptide dynorphin mediates heterosynaptic depression of hippocampal mossy fibre synapses and modulates long-term potentiation; Nature, 362:423-427, 1993.