Alejandro Meruelo • UCSD Profiles (original) (raw)

  1. Depression Risk in Type 1 Versus Type 2 Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) in a Nationally Diverse Cohort. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2026 Mar; 9(2):e70172. Cruz-Vespa N, Thomas ML, McCarthy MJ, Meruelo AD. PMID: 41673527; PMCID: PMC12894052.
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  2. Comparing random forest and elastic net models to predict substance use disorder transitions in participants with cannabis and stimulant use: Evidence from the All of Us cohort. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 Jan 01; 278:113012. Zamora G, Gunawan T, Zhao Q, Meruelo AD. PMID: 41442977.
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  3. Increased risk of smoking and pain in individuals with intermittent explosive disorder in the All of Us dataset. Front Psychiatry. 2025; 16:1695905. Ralston F, Thomas ML, Stein MB, Coccaro EF, Meruelo AD. PMID: 41458015; PMCID: PMC12739756.
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  4. Modelling Incentive Salience in Adolescent Substance Use: The Influence of Substance Cues, Alcohol Expectancies and Socio-Environmental Factors. Addict Biol. 2025 Dec; 30(12):e70106. Gunawan T, Thomas ML, Brumback T, Clark DB, Goldston DB, Nooner KB, Ramchandani VA, Meruelo AD. PMID: 41318956; PMCID: PMC12664821.
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  5. Body mass index mediates the relationship between depression and triglyceride levels: Evidence from a large national cohort. J Affect Disord. 2025 Dec 01; 390:119889. Shah BB, Thomas ML, McCarthy MJ, Meruelo AD. PMID: 40652978; PMCID: PMC12817363.
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  6. Integrative analysis of psychosocial, chronotype, and environmental predictors of aggressive behavior in Adolescents: Insights from machine learning. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Sep; 189:91-103. Nguyen-Louie T, McCarthy MJ, Coccaro EF, Meruelo AD. PMID: 40483849; PMCID: PMC12258394.
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  7. Sleep and circadian disorders as risk factors for autoimmune disease: A population-based study. Neurobiol Sleep Circadian Rhythms. 2025 May; 18:100129. Li AR, Shah B, Thomas ML, McCarthy MJ, Meruelo AD. PMID: 40495997; PMCID: PMC12151192.
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  8. Exploring the metabolic signature of intermittent explosive disorder: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms for altered bilirubin metabolism. Compr Psychoneuroendocrinol. 2025 May; 22:100294. Schwimmer JB, Stein MB, Coccaro EF, Meruelo AD. PMID: 40342636; PMCID: PMC12060501.
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  9. Examining the Agreement Between Subjective and Objective Measures of Sleep: A Comparison of Munich Chronotype Questionnaire and Fitbit-Derived Sleep Metrics. J Sleep Res. 2025 Oct; 34(5):e70065. Rohr KE, Thomas ML, McCarthy MJ, Meruelo AD. PMID: 40205758; PMCID: PMC12353032.
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  10. Preliminary findings on caffeine intake, screen time, social factors, and psychological well-being: their impact on chronotype and sleep health in Hispanic adolescents. Sleep Adv. 2025 Apr; 6(2):zpaf019. Wallace AL, Aguinaldo L, Thomas ML, McCarthy MJ, Meruelo AD. PMID: 40303380; PMCID: PMC12038348.
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  11. The influence of chronotype, socioeconomic status, latitude, longitude, and seasonality on cognitive performance and academic outcomes in adolescents. Sleep Med. 2025 04; 128:95-102. Burns J, Li AR, Rohr KE, Thomas ML, McCarthy MJ, Meruelo AD. PMID: 39904139; PMCID: PMC12987577.
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  12. A four-factor model of executive function: Predicting physical and academic outcomes from cognitive assessments in adolescents. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2024 12; 70:101471. Meruelo AD, Gunawan T, Thomas ML, Ramchandani VA. PMID: 39486390; PMCID: PMC11566708.
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  13. Greater social jetlag predicts poorer NIH Toolbox crystallized cognitive and academic performance in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Chronobiol Int. 2024 Jun; 41(6):829-839. Li AR, Thomas ML, Gonzalez MR, McCarthy MJ, Hasler BP, Tapert SF, Meruelo AD. PMID: 38771191; PMCID: PMC11292803.
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  14. How Do Anger and Impulsivity Impact Fast-Food Consumption in Transitional Age Youth? AJPM Focus. 2024 Jun; 3(3):100208. Meruelo AD, Brumback T, Pelham WE, Wade NE, Thomas ML, Coccaro EF, Nooner KB, Brown SA, Tapert SF, Mrug S. PMID: 38560402; PMCID: PMC10981031.
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  15. How Does Parental Monitoring Reduce Adolescent Substance Use? Preliminary Tests of Two Potential Mechanisms. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 May; 85(3):389-394. Pelham WE, Tapert SF, Gonzalez MR, Ahiarakwe U, Patel H, Davis IS, Meruelo AD, Van Rinsveld AM, Marshall AT, Dick AS, Guillaume M, Dowling GJ, Baskin-Sommers A, Brown SA. PMID: 38227391; PMCID: PMC11095493.
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  16. The relations between chronotype, stressful life events, and impulsivity in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 11; 167:119-124. McCarthy MJ, Brumback T, Thomas ML, Meruelo AD. PMID: 37866325; PMCID: PMC11922237.
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  17. Salivary cortisol awakening levels are reduced in human subjects with intermittent explosive disorder compared with controls. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2023 05; 151:106070. Meruelo AD, Timmins MA, Irwin MR, Coccaro EF. PMID: 36863129; PMCID: PMC10262314.
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  18. Assessing cross-lagged associations between depression, anxiety, and binge drinking in the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 02 01; 243:109761. McCabe CJ, Brumback T, Brown SA, Meruelo AD. PMID: 36621201; PMCID: PMC10122417.
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  19. Pre-enlistment Anger Attacks and Postenlistment Mental Disorders and Suicidality Among US Army Soldiers. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01; 4(9):e2126626. Smith DM, Meruelo A, Campbell-Sills L, Sun X, Kessler RC, Ursano RJ, Jain S, Stein MB, Army STARRS Team. PMID: 34570207; PMCID: PMC8477262.
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  20. Corrigendum to "Neuroimaging markers of adolescent depression in the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study Journal of Affective Disorders 287 (2021) 380-386". J Affect Disord. 2021 Oct 01; 293:502. Meruelo AD, Brumback T, Nagel BJ, Baker FC, Brown SA, Tapert SF. PMID: 34247841.
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  21. Associations of developmental imbalance between sensation seeking and premeditation in adolescence and heavy episodic drinking in emerging adulthood. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 06; 45(6):1249-1264. McCabe CJ, Wall TL, Gonzalez MR, Meruelo AD, Eberson-Shumate SC, Clark DB, Nooner KB, Brown SA, Tapert SF. PMID: 33991389; PMCID: PMC8254779.
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  22. Neuroimaging markers of adolescent depression in the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study. J Affect Disord. 2021 05 15; 287:380-386. Meruelo AD, Brumback T, Nagel BJ, Baker FC, Brown SA, Tapert SF. PMID: 33836366; PMCID: PMC8117976.
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  23. Substance use initiation and the prediction of subsequent academic achievement. Brain Imaging Behav. 2020 Dec; 14(6):2679-2691. Meruelo AD, Castro N, Nguyen-Louie T, Tapert SF. PMID: 31903528; PMCID: PMC7334085.
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  24. Adolescent Cerebellar Development: An Underexplored Frontier. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 04 01; 87(7):e19-e20. Meruelo AD. PMID: 32164919; PMCID: PMC7197862.
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  25. Early adolescent brain markers of late adolescent academic functioning. Brain Imaging Behav. 2019 Aug; 13(4):945-952. Meruelo AD, Jacobus J, Idy E, Nguyen-Louie T, Brown G, Tapert SF. PMID: 29911279; PMCID: PMC6298856.
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  26. Cannabis and alcohol use, and the developing brain. Behav Brain Res. 2017 05 15; 325(Pt A):44-50. Meruelo AD, Castro N, Cota CI, Tapert SF. PMID: 28223098; PMCID: PMC5406224.
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  27. Neuropsychological performance in adolescent marijuana users with co-occurring alcohol use: A three-year longitudinal study. Neuropsychology. 2015 Nov; 29(6):829-843. Jacobus J, Squeglia LM, Infante MA, Castro N, Brumback T, Meruelo AD, Tapert SF. PMID: 25938918; PMCID: PMC4633396.
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  28. Cortical thickness in adolescent marijuana and alcohol users: A three-year prospective study from adolescence to young adulthood. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2015 Dec; 16:101-109. Jacobus J, Squeglia LM, Meruelo AD, Castro N, Brumback T, Giedd JN, Tapert SF. PMID: 25953106; PMCID: PMC4624050.
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  29. Structural differences between thermophilic and mesophilic membrane proteins. Protein Sci. 2012 Nov; 21(11):1746-53. Meruelo AD, Han SK, Kim S, Bowie JU. PMID: 23001966; PMCID: PMC3527711.
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  30. TMKink: a method to predict transmembrane helix kinks. Protein Sci. 2011 Jul; 20(7):1256-64. Meruelo AD, Samish I, Bowie JU. PMID: 21563225; PMCID: PMC3149198.
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  31. Identifying polymer-forming SAM domains. Proteins. 2009 Jan; 74(1):1-5. Meruelo AD, Bowie JU. PMID: 18831011; PMCID: PMC2605191.
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  32. C. elegans EVI1 proto-oncogene, EGL-43, is necessary for Notch-mediated cell fate specification and regulates cell invasion. Development. 2007 Feb; 134(4):669-79. Hwang BJ, Meruelo AD, Sternberg PW. PMID: 17215301.
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