List of Selected Publications:

Six peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals and 7 published abstracts.

22 abstracts presented overall in various international scientific conferences including 7 oral presentations.

• Chakirova G. Orbitofrontal sulcogyral morphology: its distribution, structural and functional associations, and predictive value in different diagnostic groups. Doctoral thesis. 2013.


• Wardlaw J.M., Brindle W., Casado A.M., Shuler K., Henderson M., Thomas B., Macfarlane J., Muñoz Maniega S., Lymer K., Morris Z., Pernet C., Nailon B., Ahearn T., Mumuni A.N., Mugruza C., McLean J., Chakirova G., Tao Y., Simpson J., Stansfield A., Johnston H., Parikh J., Royle N.A., De Wilde J., Bastin M.E., Weir N., Farrall A., Valdes Hernandez M.C. 2012. A systematic review of the utility of 1.5 versus 3 Tesla magnetic resonance brain imaging in clinical practice and research. European Radiology 22, 2295 – 2303.


• Meredith S.M., Whyler N.C.A., Stanfield A., Chakirova G., Moorhead T. W. J., Job D. E., Giles S., McIntosh A. M., Johnstone E. C., Lawrie S.M. 2012. Anterior cingulate morphology in people at genetic high-risk of schizophrenia. European Psychiatry 27 (5), 377 - 385.


• Whalley H.C., Sussmann J.E., Johnstone M., Romaniuk L., Redpath H., Chakirova G., Mukherjee P., Hall J., Johnstone E.C., Lawrie S.M., McIntosh A.M. 2012. Effects of a mis-sense DISC1 variant on brain activation in two cohorts at high risk of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 159B (3), 343 - 353.


• Whalley H.C., Sussmann J., Chakirova G., Mukerjee P., Peel A., McKirdy J., Hall J., Johnstone E.C., Lawrie S.M., McIntosh A.M. 2011. The neural basis of familial risk and temperamental variation in individuals at high risk of bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry 70 (4), 343 - 349.


• Chakirova G., Whalley H.C., Thomson P.A., Hennah W., Moorhead T.W.J., Welch K.A., Giles S., Hall J., Johnstone E.C., Lawrie S.M., Porteous D.J., Brown V.J., McIntosh A.M. 2011. The effects of DISC1 risk variants on brain activation in controls, patients with bipolar disorder and patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 192, 20 – 28.


• Chakirova G., Welch K.A., Moorhead T.W.J., Stanfield A.C., Hall J., Skehel P., Brown V.J., Johnstone E.C., Owens D.G.C., Lawrie S.M., McIntosh A.M. 2010. Orbitofrontal morphology in people at high risk of developing schizophrenia. European Psychiatry 25 (6), 366 - 372.


• Chakirova G., Welch K., Moorhead T.W.J., Stanfield A.C., Hall J., Lawrie S.M., Johnstone E.C., Brown V.J., McIntosh A.M. 2009. Comparison of alteration of orbitofrontal sulcogyral pattern in people with bipolar disorder and their unaffected relatives: is there any difference? Abstract Supplement to Journal of Psychopharmacology, 23 (6): p. A50.


• Chakirova G., Welsh K.A., Moorhead T.W.J., Stanfield A.C., Hall J., Lawrie S.M., Johnstone E.C., Brown V.J., McIntosh A.M. 2009. ‘Investigation of orbitofrontal sulcogyral pattern: is it possible to distinguish individuals with schizophrenia from those with bipolar disorder?’ The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 10 (1): p145.


• Chakirova G., Thomson P., Whalley H.C., Hennah W., Hall J., Johnstone E.C., Lawrie S.M., McIntosh A.M. 2009. ‘Risk variants of DISC1 exhibit different activations during the Hayling Sentence Completion Task in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.’ Brit. Neurosci. Assoc. Abstr., vol 20, p. 137. 20th National Meeting of the British Neuroscience Association 2009.


• Chakirova G., Moorhead T.W.J., Stanfield A.C., Harris J.M., Sprooten E., Philip R., Mukherjee P., Romaniuk L., Cunningham Owens D.G., Hall J., Lawrie S.M., Johnstone E.C., McIntosh A.M. 2008. Orbitofrontal sulcogyral patterns in people at high-risk of developing schizophrenia. FENS Forum Abstracts, p342. 6th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience, 2008.