1.          Ponto LLB. Therapeutic update: How long after puncture should multiple dose vials be discarded? Iowa Pharmacist, 1980; 35:16-18.

2.          Ponto JA, Ponto LLB. Time dependence of iprofenin–labeling with technetium Tc–99m. Am J Hosp Pharm, 1981; 38:1939–1941

3.          Ponto JA, Ponto LLB. Cost–effectiveness of routine radiochemical quality assurance testing of technetium Tc–99m radio-pharmaceuticals. Am J Hosp Pharm, 1986; 43(5):1218–1222.

4.          Ponto JA, Ponto LLB, Bricker JA. Evaluation of external monitoring versus urine assay for determining post–therapy body retention of I–131. Health Physics, 1987; 52(60):819–821.

5.          Ponto LLB, Schoenwald RD. Multiple linear regression modeling of furosemide renal clearance and urinary excretion rate. J Pharm Sci, 1991; 80 (11):1084-1091.

6.          Kahn D, Weiner GJ, Ben-Haim S, Ponto LLB, Madsen MT, Bushnell DL, Watkins GL, Argenyi EA, Hichwa RD. Positron emission tomographic measurement of bone marrow blood flow to the pelvis and lumbar vertebrae in young normal adults. Blood, 1994; 83(4): 958-963.

7.          Hurtig RR, Hichwa RD, O'Leary DS, Ponto LLB, Narayana S, Watkins GL, Andreasen NC. A quantitative assessment of the timing and duration of cognitive activation in [ 15 O]water PET studies. J Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 1994; 14:423-430.

8.          Grabowski TJ, Damasio H, Frank R, Hichwa RD, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL. A new technique for PET slice orientation and MRI-PET coregistration. Human Brain Mapping, 1995; 2:123-133.

9.          Grabowski TJ, Damasio H, Frank RJ, Brown CK, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Neuroanatomical analysis of functional brain images: Validation with retinotopic mapping. Human Brain Mapping, 1995; 2:134-148.

10.       Arndt S, Cizadlo T, Andreasen NC, Zeien G, Harris G, O'Leary DS, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. A comparison of approaches to the statistical analysis of [ 15 O]H 2 O PET cognitive activation studies. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 1995; 7:155 168.

11.       Andreasen NC, O'Leary DS, Arndt S, Cizadlo T, Hurtig R, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Short-term and long-term verbal memory: A positron emission tomography study. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 1995; 92:5111- 5115.

12.       Argenyi EE, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD, Watkins GL, Kirchner PT, Ryals TJ. Follow-up treatment of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation with acetazolamide and positron emission tomography. Clin Nucl Med, 1995; 7:639-641.

13.       Hichwa RD, Kadrmas D, Watkins GL, Wollenweber SD, Maniam S, Ponto LLB, Richmond JCW, Koeppel JA. Vanadium-48: A renewable source for transmission scanning with PET. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 1995; 99:804-806.

14.       Andreasen NC, O'Leary DS, Cizadlo T, Arndt S, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Remembering the Past: Two facets of episodic memory explored with positron emission tomography. Amer J Psychiatry, 1995; 152:1576-1585.

15.       Andreasen NC, O'Leary DS, Arndt S, Cizadlo T, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. I. PET studies of memory: Novel and practiced free recall of complex narratives. Neuroimage, 1995; 2:284-295.

16.       Andreasen NC, O'Leary DS, Cizadlo T, Arndt S, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. II. PET studies of memory: Novel versus practiced free recall of word lists. Neuroimage, 1995; 2:296-305.

17.       Argenyi EE, Dogan AS, Urdaneta LF, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD, Watkins GL. Detection of unsuspected metastasis in a melanoma patient with positron emission tomography. Clin Nucl Med, 1995; 20:744-747.

18.       Narayana S, Hichwa RD, Ponto LLB, Ponto JA, Watkins GL. Dosimetry of [15 O]water: A physiologic approach. Med Phys, 1996; 23(1):159-168.

19.       O'Leary DS, Andreasen NC, Hurtig RR, Hichwa RD, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Rogers M, Kirchner PT. A positron emission tomography study of binaurally and dichotically presented stimuli: Effects of level of language and directed attention. Brain and Language, 1996; 53:20-39.

20.       Andreasen NA, O'Leary DS, Arndt S, Cizadlo T, Hurtig RR, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LB, Hichwa RD. Neural substrates of facial recognition. J Neuropsychiatry, 1996; 8(2):39-146.

21.       O'Leary DS, Andreasen NC, Hurtig RR, Kesler ML, Rogers M, Arndt S, Cizadlo T, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Kirchner PT, Hichwa RD. Auditory attentional deficits in patients with schizophrenia. A positron emission tomography study. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 1996; 53:633-641.

22.       Grabowski TJ, Frank RJ, Brown CK, Damasio H, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Reliability of PET activation across statistical methods, subject groups, and sample sizes. Human Brain Mapping, 1996; 4:23-46.

23.       Andreasen NC, O'Leary DS, Cizadlo T, Arndt S, Rezai K, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Schizophrenia and cognitive dysmetria: A positron-emission tomography study of dysfunctional prefrontal-thalamic-cerebellar circuitry. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 1996; 93:9985-9990.

24.       Andreasen NC, Arndt S, Cizadlo T, O'Leary DS, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Sample size and statistical power in [ 15 O] H 2 O studies of human cognition. J Cerebral Blood Flow Metab, 1996; 16:804-816.

25.       Paradiso S, Robinson RG, Andreasen NC, Downhill JE, Davidson RJ, Kirchner PT, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Emotional activation of limbic circuitry in elderly normal subjects in a PET study. Am J Psychiatry, 1997; 154(3):384-389.

26.       Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Flaum M, Nopoulos P, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Hypofrontality in schizophrenia: distributed dysfunctional circuits in neuroleptic-naive patients. Lancet, 1997; 349 (June 14):1730-1734.

27.       Wollenweber SD, Hichwa RD, Ponto LLB. A simple on-line arterial time-activity curve detector for [O-15]water PET studies. IEEE Trans Nuclear Science, 1997; 44(4):1613-1617.

28.       Paradiso S, Facorro BC, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins LG, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Brain activity assessed with PET during recall of word lists and narratives. NeuroReport, 1997; 8:3091-3096.

29.       O’Leary DS, Andreasen NC, Hurtig RR, Torres IJ, Flashman LA, Kesler ML, Arndt SV, Cizadlo TJ, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Auditory and visual attention assessed with PET. Human Brain Mapping, 1997;5(6):422-436.

30.       Miller DD, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Effect of antipsychotics on regional cerebral blood flow measured with positron emission tomography. Neuropsycho-pharmacology, 1997; 17(4):230-240.

31.       Narayana S, Hichwa RD, Ponto LLB, Hurtig RR, Watkins GL. Construction of a whole body blood flow model for use in positron emission tomography imaging with [15O] water. J Pharmacokinet Biopharm, 1997;25(5):539-568.

32.       Wiser AK, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Dysfunctional cortico-cerebellar circuits cause ‘cognitive dysmetria’ in schizophrenia. NeuroReport, 1998; 9(8):1895-1899.

33.       Ponto LLB, Madsen MT, Hichwa RD, Mayr N, Yuh WTC, Magnotta VA, Watkins GL, Ehrhardt JC. Assessment of blood flow in solid tumors using PET. Clin Positron Imaging, 1998; 1(2):117-121.

34.       Johnson DL, Wiebe JS, Gold SM, Andreasen NC, Hichwa RD, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB. Cerebral blood flow and personality: A positron emission tomography study. Am J Psychiatry, 1999; 156(2):252-257.

35.       Crespo-Facorro B, Paradiso S, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD. Recalling word lists reveals “cognitive dysmetria” in schizophrenia: A positron emission tomography study. Amer J Psychiatry, 1999; 156(3):386-392.

36.       Kim JJ, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Wiser AK, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Direct comparison of the neural substrates of recognition memory for words and faces. Brain, 1999; 122:1069–1083.

37.       Schultz SK, O’Leary DS, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD, Andreasen NC. Age-related changes in regional cerebral blood flow among young to mid-life adults. NeuroReport, 1999; 10:2493–2496.

38.       Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Paradiso S, Cizadlo T, Arndt S, Watkins GL, Ponto LL, Hichwa, RD. The cerebellum plays a role in conscious episodic memory retrieval. Human Brain Mapping, 1999; 8:226-234.

39.       Paradiso S, Johnson DL, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD. Cerebral blood flow changes associated with attribution of emotional valence to pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral visual stimuli in a PET study of normal subjects. Amer J Psych, 1999; 156(10):1618-1629.

40.       Block RI, O’Leary DS, Hichwa RD, Augustinack JC, Ponto LLB, Ghoneim MM, Arndt S, Ehrhardt JC, Hurtig RR, Watkins GL, Hall JA, Nathan PE, Andreasen NC. Cerebellar hypoactivity in frequent marijuana users. NeuroReport, 2000; 11:749-753.

41.       Kramer JR, Loney J, Ponto LB, Roberts MA, Grossman S. Predictors of adult height and weight in boys treated with methylphenidate for childhood behavior problems. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2000; 39(4):517-524.

42.       Wiser AK, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Crespo-Facorro B, Ponto, LB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Novel vs. Well-learned Memory for Faces: A Positron Emission Tomography Study. J Cognitive Neuroscience, 2000; 12(2):255-266.

43.       Kimm JJ, Mohamed S, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Boles Ponto LL, Hichwa RD. Regional neural dysfunctions in chronic schizophrenia studied with positron emission tomography. Amer J Psych, 2000; 157(4):542-548.

44.       Damasio AR, Grabowski TJ, Bechara A, Damasio H, Ponto LL, Parvizi J, Hichwa RD. Subcortical and cortical brain activity during the feeling of self-generated emotions. Nature Neuroscience, 2000; 3(10):1049-1056.

45.       O’Leary DS, Block RI, Flaum M, Schultz SK, Boles Ponto LL, Watkins GL, Hurtig RR, Andreasen NC, Hichwa RD. Acute marijuana effects on rCBF and cognition: a PET study. NeuroReport, 2000; 11(17):3835-3841.

46.       Crespo-Facorro B, Wiser AK, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Boles Ponto LL, Hichwa RD. Neural basis of novel and well-learned recognition memory in schizophrenia: a positron emission tomography study. Human Brain Mapping, 2001; 12(4):219-231.

47.       Miller DD, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Boles Ponto LL, Hichwa RD. Comparison of the effects of risperidone and haloperidol on regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia. Biological Psych, 2001; 49(8):704-715.

48.       Crespo-Facorro B, Paradiso S, Andreasen NC, O’Leary DS, Watkins GL, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD. Neural mechanisms of anhedonia in schizophrenia: a PET study of response to unpleasant and pleasant odors. JAMA, 2001; 286(4):427-435.

49.       Grabowski TJ, Damasio H, Tranel D, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD, Damasio AR. A role for left temporal pole in the retrieval of words for unique entities. Human Brain Mapping, 2001; 13(4):199-212.

50.       Damasio H, Grabowski TJ, Tranel D, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD, Damasio AR. Neural correlates of naming actions and of naming spatial relations. Neuroimage, 2001; 13(6 Pt 1):1053-1064.

51.       O’Leary DS, Block RI, Koeppel JA, Flaum M, Schultz SK, Andreasen NC, Ponto LB, Watkins GL, Hurtig RR, Hichwa RD. Effects of smoking marijuana on brain perfusion and cognition. Neuropsychopharmacology On-line, 2001; http://www.acnp.org/citations/Npp113001216. and Neuropsychopharmacology, 2002; 26(6):802-816.

52.       Emmorey K, Damasio H, McCullough S, Grabowski T, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD, Bellugi U. Neural systems underlying spatial language in American Sign Language. Neuroimage, 2002; 17(2):812-824.

53.       Schultz SK, O’Leary DS, Ponto LLB, Arndt S, Magnotta V, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD, Andreasen NC. Age and regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia: age effects in anterior cingulated, frontal, and parietal cortex. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2002; 14(1):19-24.

54.       Block RI, O’Leary DS, Hichwa RD, Augustinack JC, Ponto LLB, Ghoneim MM, Arndt S, Hurtig RR, Watkins GL, Hall JA, Nathan PE, Andreasen NC. Effects of frequent marijuana use on memory-related regional cerebral blood flow. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 2002; 72:237-250.

55.       Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD, Richmond JC, Clark J, Ward CA, Clermont DA. [15O] Water pharmacokinetics: influence of age and gender in normal subjects. Molecular Imaging & Biology. 2002; 4(2):129-137. Erratum: Molecular Imaging an Biology, 2002; 4(3):264-265.

56.       Ponto LLB, Kathol RG, Kettelkamp R, Watkins GL, Richmond JCW, Clark J, Hichwa RD. Global cerebral blood flow after CO2 inhalation in normal subjects and patients with panic disorder determined with [ 15 O] water and PET. J Anxiety Disorders, 2002; 16(3):247-258.

57.       Ponto LLB, Graham MM, Richmond JC, Ward CA, Clermont DA, Schmitt BA, Clark J, Conklin A, Weldon L, Watkins GL, Madsen MT, Hichwa RD. Contamination levels in blood samples drawn from the injection intravenous line. Molec Imag Biol, 2003; 4(6):410-414.

58.       Paradiso S, Robinson RG, Ponto LLB, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Regional cerebral blood flow changes during visually induced subjective sadness in healthy elderly persons. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003; 15(1):35- 44.

59.       Emmorey K, Grabowski T, McCullough S, Damasio H, Ponto LLB, Hichwa RD, Bellugi U. Neural systems underlying lexical retrieval for sign language. Neuropsychologia, 2003; 41:85-95.

60.       Tranel D, Damasio H, Eichhorn GR, Grabowski T, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD. Neural correlates of naming animals from their characteristic sounds. Neurospychologia, 2003; 41(7):847-854.

61.       Ponto LLB, Schultz SK. Ginkgo biloba extract: review of CNS effects. Ann Clin Psychiatry, 2003; 15(2):109-119.

62.       Bushnell D, Menda Y, Madsen M, O’Dorisio T, Carlisle T, Zehr P, Ponto L, Karwal M, Parker S, Ponto J, Connolly M, Bouterfa H. Assessment of hepatic toxicity from treatment with 90 Y-SMT 487 (OctreoTher") in patients with diffuse somatostatin receptor positive liver metastases. Cancer Biother Radiopharm, 2003, accepted for publication.