Suzanne Lourie Pineles, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Pineles received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Northwestern University and completed a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship with the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology. Her primary research interests are in the areas of cognitive, physiological and neurobiological processes involved in maintaining posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She is currently funded to examine how menstrual cycle affects startle, sensory gating, and fear conditioning in women with PTSD.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- Northwestern University, PhD
- Northwestern University, MS
- University of Pennsylvania, BA
Publications
- Published on 6/2/2022
Shor R, Borowski S, Zelkowitz RL, Pineles SL, Copeland LA, Finley EP, Perkins DF, Vogt D. The transition to civilian life: Impact of comorbid PTSD, chronic pain, and sleep disturbance on veterans' social functioning and suicidal ideation. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Jun 02. PMID: 35653743.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/28/2022
Rasmusson AM, Novikov O, Brown KD, Pinna G, Pineles SL. Pleiotropic endophenotypic and phenotype effects of GABAergic neurosteroid synthesis deficiency in posttraumatic stress disorder. Curr Opin Endocr Metab Res. 2022 Aug; 25. PMID: 36909842.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/28/2021
Rasmusson AM, Pineles SL, Brown KD, Pinna G. A role for deficits in GABAergic neurosteroids and their metabolites with NMDA receptor antagonist activity in the pathophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder. J Neuroendocrinol. 2022 02; 34(2):e13062. PMID: 34962690.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/4/2021
Carpenter JK, Bragdon L, Pineles SL. Conditioned physiological reactivity and PTSD symptoms across the menstrual cycle: Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Mar; 14(3):453-461. PMID: 35175083.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/15/2021
Liverant GI, Gallagher MW, Arditte Hall KA, Rosebrock LE, Black SK, Kind S, Fava M, Kaplan GB, Kamholz BW, Pineles SL, Sloan DM. Suppression and acceptance in unipolar depression: Short-term and long-term effects on emotional responding. Br J Clin Psychol. 2022 Mar; 61(1):1-17. PMID: 34268773.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/10/2021
Lago TR, Brownstein MJ, Page E, Beydler E, Manbeck A, Beale A, Roberts C, Balderston N, Damiano E, Pineles SL, Simon N, Ernst M, Grillon C. The novel vasopressin receptor (V1aR) antagonist SRX246 reduces anxiety in an experimental model in humans: a randomized proof-of-concept study. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Sep; 238(9):2393-2403. PMID: 33970290.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/26/2021
Liverant GI, Arditte Hall KA, Wieman ST, Pineles SL, Pizzagalli DA. Associations between insomnia and reward learning in clinical depression. Psychol Med. 2021 Feb 26; 1-10. PMID: 33634765.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/23/2021
Arditte Hall KA, DeLane SE, Anderson GM, Lago TR, Shor R, Wang W, Rasmusson AM, Pineles SL. Plasma gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed women: a preliminary report. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Jun; 238(6):1541-1552. PMID: 33620549.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/6/2021
Nillni YI, Rasmusson AM, Paul EL, Pineles SL. The Impact of the Menstrual Cycle and Underlying Hormones in Anxiety and PTSD: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here? Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2021 01 06; 23(2):8. PMID: 33404887.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/15/2020
Pineles SL, Nillni YI, Pinna G, Webb A, Arditte Hall KA, Fonda JR, Irvine J, King MW, Hauger RL, Resick PA, Orr SP, Rasmusson AM. Associations between PTSD-Related extinction retention deficits in women and plasma steroids that modulate brain GABAA and NMDA receptor activity. Neurobiol Stress. 2020 Nov; 13:100225. PMID: 32490055.
Read at: PubMed
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