Publications & Presentations
Journal Publications
Bessette, K.L., Karstens, A.J., Crane, N.A., Peters, A.T., Stange, J.P., Elverman, K.H., Morimoto, S.S., Weisenbach, S.L. & Langenecker, S.A. (2020). A Lifespan Model of Interference Resolution and Inhibitory Control: Risk for Depression and Changes with Illness Progression. Neuropsychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-019-09424-5
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#Balu, D., #Karstens, A.J., Loukena, E., Maldonado Weng, J., Valencia-Olvera, A.C., LaDu, M.J. (2019). The role of APOEin transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroscience Letters,in press#both authors contributed equally
Boots, E., Zhan, L., Dion, C., Karstens, A. J., Pevens, J., Ajilore, O., Lamar, M. (2019). Cardiovascular disease risk factors, tract-based structural connectomics, and cognition in older adults. NeuroImage, 196, 152-160 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.04.024
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Karstens, A. J., Tussing-Humphreys, L., Zhan, L., Rajendran, N., Cohen, J., Dion, C., Zhou, X. J., & Lamar, M. (2019). Associations of the Mediterranean diet with cognitive and neuroimaging phenotypes of dementia in healthy older adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 109(1), 361–368. ahttps://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqy275
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DelDonno, S. R., Karstens, A. J., Cerny, B., Kling, L. R., Jenkins, L. M., Stange, J. P., Nusslock, R., Shankman, S., & Langenecker, S.A. The titrated monetary incentive delay task: Sensitivity, convergent and divergent validity, and neural correlates in an RDoC sample. (2019, in press). Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
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Karstens, A. J., Korzun, I., Avery, E. T., Kassel, M. T., Keelan, R., Kales, H., Abercrombie, H., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Langenecker, S. A., Weisenbach, S. (2018). Examining HPA-axis functioning as a mediator of the relationship between depression and cognition across the adult lifespan. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 0(0), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2018.1495309
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Colloquia/Symposia
Karstens A. J.,Valencia-Olvera, A. C., Coronel, S., Panchapakesan, K., Xiang, B., Saleh, Y., Tussing-Humphreys, L., Fitzgibbon, M., LaDu, M. J. (2019, March). The plasma lipoprotein profile as a prognostic marker of cognition in older adults: Preliminary data from a dietary intervention. GH Miller Symposium.
Karstens, A. J.(2019, March). Evaluation of Plasma Lipoprotein Profiles in a Dietary Intervention to Improve Cognition: Methodology and Preliminary Data. University of Illinois, Chicago Neuroscience Graduate Research Symposium.
Karstens, A.J.(2019, March). Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with a Healthy Diet. University of Illinois, Chicago 3 Minute Thesis Competition, Finalist.
Karstens, A. J.(2019, February). Fahr’s Disease. University of Chicago Neuropsychology Series invited seminar.
Karstens, A. J.(2018, October). White matter tracts. University of Chicago Neuropsychology Series invited seminar.
Karstens, A. J.,& Kinney, K. (2018, October). Medical comorbidities: Considerations in clinical intake, intervention, and assessment.University of Illinois, Chicago invited seminar.
Kang, M. & Karstens, A. J. (2018, February). Axonal transport defects and dying-back neuropathy in neurodegenerative diseases.University of Illinois, Chicago invited symposium and clinical case conference.
Karstens, A.,& Kinney, K. (2018, February). Huntington’s Disease. University of Illinois, Chicago invited seminar.
Karstens, A. J. (2017, March). The Mediterranean Diet and early markers of dementia. Invited talk at the University of Illinois, Chicago’s Association for Neuropsychological Student Training event.
Karstens, A. J., Korzun, I., Avery, E. T., Kassel, M. T., Keelan, R., Kales, H., Abercrombie, H., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Langenecker, S. A., & Weisenbach, S. (2017, October). Examining HPA-axis functioning as a mediator of the relationship between depression and cognition across the adult lifespan. Panel presentation at the International College of Psychoneuropharmacology Conference.
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Karstens, A. J., Ajilore, O., Kumar, A. & Lamar, M. (2017, August). Trauma Exposure through Natural Disasters: Using Neuropsychological and Neurological Implications to Inform Intervention. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
View this talk here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlyIKja7IcQ
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Karstens, A. J. (2017, March). The Mediterranean Diet and early markers of dementia. Invited talk at the University of Illinois, Chicago’s Association for Neuropsychological Student Training event.
Karstens, A. J., Ajilore, O., Libon, D. J., Charlton, R., Kumar, A. & Lamar, M. (2017, February & March). Adapting Boston Process Approach algorithms used in dementia research to a normal aging population. Panel presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 45th Annual Meeting & data blitz at the University of Illinois, Chicago Cross-program Conference.
Lamar, M, Ajilore, O., Zhan, L., Karstens, A., Dion, C., Gonzales, M., Cohen, A., & Leow, A. (2017, February). Multi-method integration of human connectomics with the Boston Process Approach to neuropsychological assessment. Panel presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society 45th Annual Meeting.
Karstens, A., Ajilore, O., Kumar, A. & Lamar, M. (2016, October & September). The separate and interactive associations of urban trauma and depression on cognition and brain structure: Implications for assessing depression and dementia in older adults. Panel presentation at the International College of Psychoneuropharmacology Conference; Seminar presentation at University of Illinois, Chicago Neuroscience Seminar Series.
Masters Thesis
Preliminary Project
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