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Matthew G. Engel

MD-PhD Candidate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Verified email at einsteinmed.edu
Cited by 127

Misunderstanding metaphor: What's the problem?

E Winner, M Engel, H Gardner - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the potential difficulties posed by task demands and by surface
features of metaphorical sentences, children aged 6, 7, and 9 years were presented with …

Motivational interviewing improves depression outcome in primary care: A cluster randomized trial.

RD Keeley, DS Brody, M Engel, BL Burke… - Journal of consulting …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To examine the effects of Motivational Interviewing (MI) conducted by primary
care providers on rates of improvement over time for depressive symptoms and remission …

Metabolic fate of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22: 6n‐3) in human cells: direct retroconversion of DHA to eicosapentaenoic acid (20: 5n‐3) dominates over elongation …

HG Park, P Lawrence, MG Engel, K Kothapalli… - FEBS …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n‐3) supplementation in humans causes eicosapentaenoic
acid (20:5n‐3) levels to rise in plasma, but not in neural tissue where 22:6n‐3 is the major …

Aspects of patient and clinician language predict adherence to antidepressant medication

JE Kaplan, RD Keeley, M Engel… - The Journal of the …, 2013 - Am Board Family Med
Objective: High-quality patient-clinician communication is associated with better medication
adherence, but the specific language components associated with adherence are poorly …

Training to use motivational interviewing techniques for depression: a cluster randomized trial

…, D Brody, S Dimidjian, M Engel… - The Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Board Family Med
Objective: The goal of this study was to assess the effects of training primary care providers (PCPs)
to use Motivational Interviewing (MI) when treating depressed patients on providers' …

The role of fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genes in oleic acid metabolism: FADS1 Δ7 desaturates 11-20: 1 to 7, 11-20: 2

HG Park, MG Engel, K Vogt-Lowell, P Lawrence… - … and Essential Fatty …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction In mammals, FADS2 catalyzes “front-end” Δ4-, Δ6-, and Δ8-desaturation of fatty
acyl chains, whereas FADS1 has Δ5-desaturase activity. Eighteen and 20-carbon …

Acoustically mounted microcrystals yield high-resolution X-ray structures

AS Soares, MA Engel, R Stearns, S Datwani… - Biochemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate a general strategy for determining structures from showers of microcrystals.
It uses acoustic droplet ejection to transfer 2.5 nL droplets from the surface of microcrystal …

Toward an emerging role for motivational interviewing in primary care

R Keeley, M Engel, A Reed, D Brody… - Current psychiatry reports, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of Review Implementing Motivational Interviewing (MI) in primary care settings has
been problematic due in part to persistent gaps in knowledge. Examples include poor …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for preserved insulin responsiveness in the aging rat brain

MG Engel, J Smith, K Mao, GF Quipildor, MH Cui… - Geroscience, 2022 - Springer
Insulin appears to exert salutary effects in the central nervous system (CNS). Thus, brain
insulin resistance has been proposed to play a role in brain aging and dementia but is …

Implementation of a statewide program to promote safe sleep, breastfeeding and tobacco cessation to high risk pregnant women

CR Ahlers-Schmidt, C Schunn, M Engel… - Journal of Community …, 2019 - Springer
Infant mortality remains a problem in the United States with sleep-related deaths accounting
for a significant portion. Known risk reduction strategies include breastfeeding, avoiding …