Maurice Verity, M.D.

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Work Titles
UCLA Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Professor, Surgical Pathology Emeritus Member, Brain Research Institute Professor Emeritus, Neuropathology
Education:
Degrees:
M.D., St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1956
Fellowship:
1968 - 1969 Bristol University Medical School
1961 - 1962 UCLA School of Medicine
Internship:
1963 - 1964 UCLA School of Medicine
1957 - 1957 Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals N.H.S Trust
1956 - 1956 THIS FACILITY NO LONGER EXISTS
1956 - 1956 Queen Alexandra Hospital
Residency:
1960 - 1961 UCLA School of Medicine
Certifications:
Certifications:
1975 American Board of Pathology

Contact Information:

Email Address:

averity@mednet.ucla.edu


Website:

Web-Profile

Work Phone Number:

(310) 794-7953

(310) 825-7230

Work Address:

CHS 18-170


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Middlekauff Holly R, Vigna Chris, Verity M Anthony, Fonarow Gregg C, Horwich Tamara B, Hamilton Michele A, Shieh Perry, Tupling A Russell   Abnormalities of calcium handling proteins in skeletal muscle mirror those of the heart in humans with heart failure: a shared mechanism? Journal of cardiac failure, 2012; 18(9): 724-33.
Charles-Schoeman Christina, Verity M Anthony   Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide tetrazolium reductase identifies microvasculature activation in muscle from adult patients with dermatomyositis The Journal of rheumatology, 2012; 39(1): 94-9.
Kramerova Irina, Kudryashova Elena, Wu Benjamin, Germain Sean, Vandenborne Krista, Romain Nadine, Haller Ronald G, Verity M Anthony, Spencer Melissa J   Mitochondrial abnormalities, energy deficit and oxidative stress are features of calpain 3 deficiency in skeletal muscle Human molecular genetics, 2009; 18(17): 3194-205.
Verity M Anthony   Diagnostic uncertainty in the inflammatory myopathies Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology, 2007; 21(6): 1051-70.
Mardach Rebecca, Verity M Anthony, Cederbaum Stephen D   Clinical, pathological, and biochemical studies in a patient with propionic acidemia and fatal cardiomyopathy Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2005; 85(4): 286-90.
Verity M Anthony   Introduction: A coming of age for molecular neurotoxicology Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 2002; 12(4): 472-4.
Sarafian T A, Verity M A, Vinters H V, Shih C C, Shi L, Ji X D, Dong L, Shau H   Differential expression of peroxiredoxin subtypes in human brain cell types Journal of neuroscience research, 1999; 56(2): 206-12.
Kim S, Liva S M, Dalal M A, Verity M A, Voskuhl R R   Estriol ameliorates autoimmune demyelinating disease: implications for multiple sclerosis Neurology, 1999; 52(6): 1230-8.
Verity M A   Manganese neurotoxicity: a mechanistic hypothesis Neurotoxicology, 1999; 20(2-3): 489-97.
Kalafut M, Vinuela F, Saver J L, Martin N, Vespa P, Verity M A   Multiple cerebral pseudoaneurysms and hemorrhages: the expanding spectrum of metastatic cerebral choriocarcinoma Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 1998; 8(1): 44-7.
Landry C F, Verity M A, Cherman L, Kashima T, Black K, Yates A, Campagnoni A T   Expression of oligodendrocytic mRNAs in glial tumors: changes associated with tumor grade and extent of neoplastic infiltration Cancer research, 1997; 57(18): 4098-104.
Sarafian T A, Bredesen D E, Verity M A   Cellular resistance to methylmercury Neurotoxicology, 1996; 17(1): 27-36.
Verity M A   Phospholipase A2 regulation in neural function and injury Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1995; 765(1): 341.
Verity M A, Bredesen D E, Sarafian T   Role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in neuronal degeneration. Modulation by protooncogene expression Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1995; 765(1): 340.
Sarafian T A, Vartavarian L, Kane D J, Bredesen D E, Verity M A   bcl-2 expression decreases methyl mercury-induced free-radical generation and cell killing in a neural cell line Toxicology letters, 1994; 74(2): 149-55.
Ayad M, Verity M A, Rubinstein E H   Lidocaine delays cortical ischemic depolarization: relationship to electrophysiologic recovery and neuropathology Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology, 1994; 6(2): 98-110.
Verity M A   Mechanisms of developmental neurotoxicology: theme, rationale and overview Neurotoxicology, 1994; 15(1): 5-8.
Verity M A   Oxidative damage and repair in the developing nervous system Neurotoxicology, 1994; 15(1): 81-91.
Victoroff J, Ross G W, Benson D F, Verity M A, Vinters H V   Posterior cortical atrophy. Neuropathologic correlations Archives of neurology, 1994; 51(3): 269-74.
Verity M A, Sarafian T, Pacifici E H, Sevanian A   Phospholipase A2 stimulation by methyl mercury in neuron culture Journal of neurochemistry, 1994; 62(2): 705-14.
Rubino G J, King W A, Quinn B, Marroquin C E, Verity M A   Primary pineal melanoma: case report Neurosurgery, 1993; 33(3): 511-5; discussion 515.
Verity M A, Turnbull D M   Assay of acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity in frozen muscle biopsies: application to medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency Biochemical medicine and metabolic biology, 1993; 49(3): 351-62.
Verity M A   Environmental neurotoxicity of chemicals and radiation Current opinion in neurology and neurosurgery, 1993; 6(3): 437-42.
Sarafian T A, Verity M A   Changes in protein phosphorylation in cultured neurons after exposure to methyl mercury Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1993; 679(3): 65-77.
Verity M A   Mechanisms of phospholipase A2 activation and neuronal injury Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1993; 679(3): 110-20.
Buchman A L, Vinters H V, Diethelm S, Ament M E, Verity M A   Late onset primary systemic carnitine deficiency exacerbated by carnitine-free parenteral nutrition Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1992; 11(6): 368-72.
Verity M A   Ca(2+)-dependent processes as mediators of neurotoxicity Neurotoxicology, 1992; 13(1): 139-47.
Verity M A   Neurotoxins and environmental poisons Current opinion in neurology and neurosurgery, 1992; 5(3): 401-5.
Verity M A, Torres M, Sarafian T   Paradoxical potentiation by low extracellular Ca2+ of acute chemical anoxic neuronal injury in cerebellar granule cell culture Molecular and chemical neuropathology / sponsored by the International Society for Neurochemistry and the World Federation of Neurology and research groups on neurochemistry and cerebrospinal fluid, 1991; 15(3): 217-33.
Verity M A   Use and abuse of tissue culture in neurotoxicity studies: overview of the session Neurotoxicology, 1991; 12(3): 457-8.
Verity M A   Infantile Pompe's disease, lipid storage, and partial carnitine deficiency Muscle & nerve, 1991; 14(5): 435-40.
Wuarin L, Verity M A, Sidell N   Effects of interferon-gamma and its interaction with retinoic acid on human neuroblastoma differentiation International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 1991; 48(1): 136-41.
Lones M A, Verity M A   Fatal hemorrhage in a cerebral pilocytic astrocytoma-adult type Acta neuropathologica, 1991; 81(6): 688-90.
Verity M A, Bulpitt K J, Paulus H E   Neuromuscular manifestations of L-tryptophan-associated eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome: a histomorphologic analysis of 14 patients Human pathology, 1991; 22(1): 3-11.
Sarafian T, Verity M A   Oxidative mechanisms underlying methyl mercury neurotoxicity International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 1991; 9(2): 147-53.
Verity M A   Comparative observations on inorganic and organic lead neurotoxicity Environmental health perspectives, 1990; 89(2): 43-8.
Verity M A, Sarafian T S, Guerra W, Ettinger A, Sharp J   Ionic modulation of triethyllead neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cell culture Neurotoxicology, 1990; 11(3): 415-26.
Sarafian T, Verity M A   Altered patterns of protein phosphorylation and synthesis caused by methyl mercury in cerebellar granule cell culture Journal of neurochemistry, 1990; 55(3): 922-9.
Ferreiro J A, Bhuta S, Nieberg R K, Verity M A   Amyloidoma of the skull base Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 1990; 114(9): 974-6.
Sarafian T, Verity M A   Methyl mercury stimulates protein 32P phospholabeling in cerebellar granule cell culture Journal of neurochemistry, 1990; 55(3): 913-21.
Bulpitt K J, Verity M A, Clements P J, Paulus H E   Association of L-tryptophan and an illness resembling eosinophilic fasciitis. Clinical and histopathologic findings in four patients with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome Arthritis and rheumatism, 1990; 33(7): 918-29.
Guerra W F, Verity M A, Fluharty A L, Nguyen H T, Philippart M   Multiple sulfatase deficiency: clinical, neuropathological, ultrastructural and biochemical studies Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 1990; 49(4): 406-23.
Verity M A, Roitberg B, Kepes J J   Mesolimbocortical dementia: clinico-pathological studies on two cases Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 1990; 53(6): 492-5.
Sidell N, Verity M A, Nord E P   Menthol blocks dihydropyridine-insensitive Ca2+ channels and induces neurite outgrowth in human neuroblastoma cells Journal of cellular physiology, 1990; 142(2): 410-9.
Lando M, Abemayor E, Verity M A, Sidell N   Modulation of intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate levels and the differentiation response of human neuroblastoma cells Cancer research, 1990; 50(3): 722-7.
Van Ness P C, Olsen R W, Verity M A   MPTP is proconvulsant acutely but has no long-term effect in rodent models of seizure and epilepsy Brain research, 1989; 504(2): 289-92.
Sarafian T, Hagler J, Vartavarian L, Verity M A   Rapid cell death induced by methyl mercury in suspension of cerebellar granule neurons Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 1989; 48(1): 1-10.
Verity M A, Gao Y H   Dysmaturation neuromyopathy: correlation with minimal neuropathy in sural nerve biopsies Journal of child neurology, 1988; 3(4): 276-91.
Fang M A, Verity M A, Paulus H E   Subacute perimyositis The Journal of rheumatology, 1988; 15(8): 1291-3.
Becker D P, Verity M A, Povlishock J, Cheung M   Brain cellular injury and recovery--horizons for improving medical therapies in stroke and trauma The Western journal of medicine, 1988; 148(6): 670-84.
Abols-Mantyh I, Siegel L, Verity M A, Londe H, Graves M C   Latency of mouse cytomegalovirus in sciatic nerve Neurology, 1987; 37(11): 1809-12.
Verity M A, Wechsler A F   Progressive subcortical gliosis of Neumann: a clinicopathologic study of two cases with review Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 1987; 6(3): 245-61.
Seidman B C, Olsen R W, Verity M A   Triethyllead inhibits gamma-aminobutyric acid binding to uptake sites in synaptosomal membranes Journal of neurochemistry, 1987; 49(2): 415-20.
Seidman B C, Verity M A   Selective inhibition of synaptosomal gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake by triethyllead: role of energy transduction and chloride ion Journal of neurochemistry, 1987; 48(4): 1142-9.
Machleder H I, Moll F, Verity M A   The anterior scalene muscle in thoracic outlet compression syndrome. Histochemical and morphometric studies Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 1986; 121(10): 1141-4.
Anders K H, Guerra W F, Tomiyasu U, Verity M A, Vinters H V   The neuropathology of AIDS. UCLA experience and review The American journal of pathology, 1986; 124(3): 537-58.
Sarafian T, Verity M A   Mechanism of apparent transcription inhibition by methyl mercury in cerebellar neurons Journal of neurochemistry, 1986; 47(2): 625-31.
Sarafian T, Verity M A   Influence of thyroid hormones on rat cerebellar cell aggregation and survival in culture Brain research, 1986; 391(2): 261-70.
Anders K, Steinsapir K D, Iverson D J, Glasgow B J, Layfield L J, Brown W J, Cancilla P A, Verity M A, Vinters H V   Neuropathologic findings in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Clinical neuropathology, 1986; 5(1): 1-20.
Shapshak P, Tourtellotte W W, Wolman M, Verity N, Verity M A, Schmid P, Syndulko K, Bedows E, Boostanfar R, Darvish M   Search for virus nucleic acid sequences in postmortem human brain tissue using in situ hybridization technology with cloned probes: some solutions and results on progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis tissue Journal of neuroscience research, 1986; 16(1): 281-301.
Sugie H, Verity M A   Postnatal histochemical fiber type differentiation in normal and hypothyroid rat soleus muscle Muscle & nerve, 1985; 8(8): 654-60.
Malmgren R M, Detels R, Verity M A   Co-occurrence of multiple sclerosis and glioma--case report and neuropathologic and epidemiologic review Clinical neuropathology, 1985; 3(1): 1-9.
Cheung M K, Verity M A   Experimental methyl mercury neurotoxicity: locus of mercurial inhibition of brain protein synthesis in vivo and in vitro Journal of neurochemistry, 1985; 44(6): 1799-808.
Sarafian T A, Cheung M K, Verity M A   In vitro methyl mercury inhibition of protein synthesis in neonatal cerebellar perikarya Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 1985; 10(2): 85-100.
Sarafian T, Verity M A   Inhibition of RNA and protein synthesis in isolated cerebellar cells by in vitro and in vivo methyl mercury Neurochemical pathology, 1985; 3(1): 27-39.
Sugie H, Russin R, Verity M A   Emetine myopathy: two case reports with pathobiochemical analysis Muscle & nerve, 1984; 7(1): 54-9.
Verity M A, Tam C F, Cheung M K, Mock D C, Walford R L   Delayed phytohemagglutinin-stimulated production of adenosine triphosphate by aged human lymphocytes: possible relation to mitochondrial dysfunction Mechanisms of ageing and development, 1983; 23(1): 53-65.
de Merieux P, Verity M A, Clements P J, Paulus H E   Esophageal abnormalities and dysphagia in polymyositis and dermatomyositis Arthritis and rheumatism, 1983; 26(8): 961-8.
Bedri J, Weinstein W, DeGregorio P, Verity M A   Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome The New England journal of medicine, 1983; 309(8): 492-3.
Cheung M K, Verity M A   Experimental methyl mercury neurotoxicity: similar in vivo and in vitro perturbation of brain cell-free protein synthesis Experimental and molecular pathology, 1983; 38(2): 230-42.
Verity M A, Brown W J, Cheung M K   Failure of atractyloside to inhibit synaptosomal mitochondrial energy transduction Neurochemical research, 1983; 8(2): 159-66.
Sugie H, Hanson R, Rasmussen G, Verity M A   Congenital neuromuscular disease with type I fibre hypotrophy, ophthalmoplegia and myofibril degeneration Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 1982; 45(6): 507-12.
Boudreaux D, Verity M A, Toop J   Procedure for low-speed isolation of rat and human skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Biochemical medicine, 1982; 27(3): 342-51.
Verity M A   Pathology-epitomes of progress: value of the muscle biopsy The Western journal of medicine, 1982; 136(5): 426-7.
Wechsler A F, Verity M A, Rosenschein S, Fried I, Scheibel A B   Pick's disease. A clinical, computed tomographic, and histologic study with golgi impregnation observations Archives of neurology, 1982; 39(5): 287-90.
Rhoads D E, Peterson N A, Raghupathy E, Verity M A   Stimulation of Na+-dependent, veratridine-sensitive synaptosomal amino acid uptakes by serum albumin Journal of neurochemistry, 1982; 38(5): 1305-10.
Sugie H, Rasmussen G E, Verity M A   Adult onset type II fiber centronuclear neuromyopathy with segmented demyelination Brain & development, 1982; 4(1): 7-12.
Battie C A, Verity M A   Morphology of developing cerebral cortical synaptosomal fractions isolated from eu- and hypothyroid rats Brain research, 1982; 255(2): 219-27.
Verity M A, Cheung M K, Brown W J   Studies on valinomycin inhibition of synaptosome-fraction protein synthesis The Biochemical journal, 1981; 196(1): 25-32.
Battie C, Verity M A   Presence of kynurenine hydroxylase in developing rat brain Journal of neurochemistry, 1981; 36(3): 1308-10.
Kar N C, Pearson C M, Verity M A   Muscle fructose 1,6-diphosphatase deficiency associated with an atypical central core disease Journal of the neurological sciences, 1980; 48(2): 243-56.
Kost G J, Verity M A   A new variant of late-onset myophosphorylase deficiency Muscle & nerve, 1980; 3(3): 195-201.
Cros D, Pearson C, Verity M A   Polymyositis-dermatomyositis: diagnostic and prognostic significance of muscle alkaline phosphatase The American journal of pathology, 1980; 101(1): 159-76.
Verity M A, Brown W J, Cheung M   Isolation of ribosome containing synaptosome subpopulation with active in vitro protein synthesis Journal of neuroscience research, 1980; 5(2): 143-53.
Weindruch R H, Cheung M K, Verity M A, Walford R L   Modification of mitochondrial respiration by aging and dietary restriction Mechanisms of ageing and development, 1980; 12(4): 375-92.
Cederbaum S D, Shaw K N, Spector E B, Verity M A, Snodgrass P J, Sugarman G I   Hyperargininemia with arginase deficiency Pediatric research, 1979; 13(7): 827-33.
Verity M A, Brown W J, Cheung M K   On the mechanism of ouabain inhibition of synaptosome protein synthesis Journal of neurochemistry, 1979; 32(4): 1295-301.
Ellis S G, Verity M A   Central nervous system involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: a review of neuropathologic findings in 57 cases, 1955--1977 Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 1979; 8(3): 212-21.
Dobkin B H, Verity M A   Familial neuromuscular disease with type 1 fiber hypoplasia, tubular aggregates, cardiomyopathy, and myasthenic features Neurology, 1978; 28(11): 1135-40.
Verity M A, Toop J, McAdam L P, Pearson C M   Scleromyxedema myopathy. Histochemical and electron microscopic observations American journal of clinical pathology, 1978; 69(4): 446-51.
Verity M A, Brown W J, Cheung M K, Czer G T   Thyroid hormone inhibition of synaptosome amino acid uptake and protein synthesis Journal of neurochemistry, 1977; 29(5): 853-8.
Verity M A, Brown W J, Cheung M, Czer G   Methyl mercury inhibition of synaptosome and brain slice protein synthesis: in vivo and in vitro studies Journal of neurochemistry, 1977; 29(4): 673-9.
McAdam L P, Pearson C M, Pitts W H, Sadoff L, Verity M A   Papular mucinosis with myopathy, arthritis, and eosinophilia. A histopathologic study Arthritis and rheumatism, 1977; 20(4): 989-96.
Verity M A, Ebert J T, Hepler R S   Atypical fibrous histiocytoma of the orbit: an electron-microscopic study Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde, 1977; 175(2): 73-9.
Verity M A, Montasir M   Infantile Gaucher's disease: neuropathology, acid hydrolase activities and negative staining observations Neuropädiatrie, 1977; 8(1): 89-100.
Verity M A, Wolfson W L   Cerebral lymphomatoid granulomatosis. A report of two cases, with disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy in one Acta neuropathologica, 1976; 36(2): 117-24.

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