Kristina Legget, PhD, MA

Publications

• McFadden KL, Cornier MA, Tregellas JR. The role of alpha-7 nicotinic receptors in food intake behaviors. Front Psychol. 2014;5:553. PubMed PMID: 24936193
• McFadden KL, Tregellas JR, Shott ME, Frank GK. Reduced salience and default mode network activity in women with anorexia nervosa. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2014 May;39(3):178-88. PubMed PMID: 24280181
• McFadden KL, Steinmetz SE, Carroll AM, Simon ST, Wallace A, Rojas DC. Test-retest reliability of the 40 Hz EEG auditory steady-state response. PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e85748. PubMed PMID: 24465679
• Wylie KP, Smucny J, Legget KT, Tregellas JR. Targeting Functional Biomarkers in Schizophrenia with Neuroimaging. Curr Pharm Des. 2016 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26818860
• Tregellas JR, Smucny J, Legget KT, Stevens KE. Effects of a ketogenic diet on auditory gating in DBA/2 mice: A proof-of-concept study. Schizophr Res. 2015 Dec;169(1-3):351-4. PubMed PMID: 26453015
• Legget KT, Cornier MA, Rojas DC, Lawful B, Tregellas JR. Harnessing the power of disgust: a randomized trial to reduce high-calorie food appeal through implicit priming. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Aug;102(2):249-55. PubMed PMID: 26109580
• Cornier MA, McFadden KL, Thomas EA, Bechtell JL, Bessesen DH, Tregellas JR. Propensity to obesity impacts the neuronal response to energy imbalance. Front Behav Neurosci. 2015;9:52. PubMed PMID: 25767441
• Hernandez TD, Palafox C, McFadden KL, Ramsberger G, Rings J, Brenner LA. Acupressure as a model for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatment following acquired brain injury: translating lessons from the laboratory. Int J Phys Med Rehabil. 2015;3:269.
• Hernandez TD, Tallavajhula SS, Legget KT, Levisohn PM. Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Neurorehabilitation. In MA Ashley (Ed.), Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Case Management, 4th ed.
• Bergouignan A, Legget KT, De Jong N, Kealey E, Nikolovski J, Groppel JL, Jordan C, O'Day R, Hill JO, Bessesen DH. Effect of frequent interruptions of prolonged sitting on self-perceived levels of energy, mood, food cravings and cognitive function. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2016 Nov 3;13(1):113. PubMed PMID: 27809874
• Legget KT, Wylie KP, Cornier MA, Melanson EL, Paschall CJ, Tregellas JR. Exercise-related changes in between-network connectivity in overweight/obese adults. Physiol Behav. 2016 May 1;158:60-7. PubMed PMID: 26921099
• Wylie KP, Smucny J, Legget KT, Tregellas JR. Targeting Functional Biomarkers in Schizophrenia with Neuroimaging. Curr Pharm Des. 2016;22(14):2117-23. PubMed PMID: 26818860
• Legget KT, Cornier MA, Bessesen DH, Mohl B, Thomas EA, Tregellas JR. Greater Reward-Related Neuronal Response to Hedonic Foods in Women Compared with Men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Feb;26(2):362-367. PubMed PMID: 29239138
• Shapiro ALB, Sauder KA, Tregellas JR, Legget KT, Gravitz SL, Ringham BM, Glueck DH, Johnson SL, Dabelea D. Exposure to maternal diabetes in utero and offspring eating behavior: The EPOCH study. Appetite. 2017 Sep 1;116:610-615. PubMed PMID: 28478063
• Smucny J, Wylie KP, Kronberg E, Legget KT, Tregellas JR. Nicotinic modulation of salience network connectivity and centrality in schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res. 2017 Jun;89:85-96. PubMed PMID: 28193583
• Legget KT, Hild AK, Steinmetz SE, Simon ST, Rojas DC. MEG and EEG demonstrate similar test-retest reliability of the 40Hz auditory steady-state response. Int J Psychophysiol. 2017 Apr;114:16-23. PubMed PMID: 28161286
• Shapiro ALB, Johnson SL, Sutton B, Legget KT, Dabelea D, Tregellas JR. Eating in the absence of hunger in young children is related to brain reward network hyperactivity and reduced functional connectivity in executive control networks. Pediatr Obes. 2019 Jan 18;:e12502. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30659756
• Tregellas JR, Smucny J, Rojas DC, Legget KT. Predicting academic career outcomes by predoctoral publication record. PeerJ. 2018;6:e5707. PubMed PMID: 30310749
• Legget KT, Cornier MA, Bessesen DH, Mohl B, Thomas EA, Tregellas JR. Greater Reward-Related Neuronal Response to Hedonic Foods in Women Compared with Men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Feb;26(2):362-367. PubMed PMID: 29239138
• Berman BD, Groth CL, Shelton E, Sillau SH, Sutton B, Legget KT, Tregellas JR. Hemodynamic responses are abnormal in isolated cervical dystonia. J Neurosci Res. 2019 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31692015
• Shomaker LB, Berman Z, Burke M, Annameier SK, Pivarunas B, Sanchez N, Smith AD, Hendrich S, Riggs NR, Legget KT, Cornier MA, Melby C, Johnson SA, Lucas-Thompson R. Mindfulness-based group intervention in adolescents at-risk for excess weight gain: A randomized controlled pilot study. Appetite. 2019 Sep 1;140:213-222. PubMed PMID: 31112737
• Halliday TM, Polsky S, Schoen JA, Legget KT, Tregellas JR, Williamson KM, Cornier MA. Comparison of surgical versus diet-induced weight loss on appetite regulation and metabolic health outcomes. Physiol Rep. 2019 Apr;7(7):e14048. PubMed PMID: 30927343
• Shapiro ALB, Johnson SL, Sutton B, Legget KT, Dabelea D, Tregellas JR. Eating in the absence of hunger in young children is related to brain reward network hyperactivity and reduced functional connectivity in executive control networks. Pediatr Obes. 2019 Jun;14(6):e12502. PubMed PMID: 30659756
• Legget KT, Wylie KP, Cornier MA, Berman BD, Tregellas JR. Altered between-network connectivity in individuals prone to obesity. Physiol Behav. 2021 Feb 1;229:113242. PubMed PMID: 33157075
• Tregellas JR, Legget KT. Rapid Early Brain Development Highlights a Critical Period and Possible Intervention Window. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Oct;5(10):937-938. PubMed PMID: 33032731
• Wylie KP, Tregellas JR, Bear JJ, Legget KT. Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms are Associated with Connectivity Between Large-Scale Neural Networks and Brain Regions Involved in Social Processing. J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Aug;50(8):2765-2778. PubMed PMID: 32006272
• Berman BD, Groth CL, Shelton E, Sillau SH, Sutton B, Legget KT, Tregellas JR. Hemodynamic responses are abnormal in isolated cervical dystonia. J Neurosci Res. 2020 Apr;98(4):692-703. PubMed PMID: 31692015
• Legget KT, Cornier MA, Erpelding C, Lawful BP, Bear JJ, Kronberg E, Tregellas JR. An implicit priming intervention alters brain and behavioral responses to high-calorie foods: a randomized controlled study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35030242
• Bernstein R, Sanchez N, Clark ELM, Conte I, Gulley LD, Legget KT, Cornier MA, Melby C, Johnson SA, Lucas-Thompson R, Shomaker LB. Mindfulness-based intervention in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain: 1.5-year follow-up of pilot randomized controlled trial. Eat Behav. 2021 Dec;43:101580. PubMed PMID: 34775283
• Wylie KP, Kronberg E, Legget KT, Sutton B, Tregellas JR. Stable Meta-Networks, Noise, and Artifacts in the Human Connectome: Low- to High-Dimensional Independent Components Analysis as a Hierarchy of Intrinsic Connectivity Networks. Front Neurosci. 2021;15:625737. PubMed PMID: 34025337
• Legget KT, Wylie KP, Cornier MA, Berman BD, Tregellas JR. Altered between-network connectivity in individuals prone to obesity. Physiol Behav. 2021 Feb 1;229:113242. PubMed PMID: 33157075
• Legget KT, Cornier MA, Erpelding C, Lawful BP, Bear JJ, Kronberg E, Tregellas JR. An implicit priming intervention alters brain and behavioral responses to high-calorie foods: a randomized controlled study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Apr 1;115(4):1194-1204. PubMed PMID: 35030242
• Purcell SA, Legget KT, Halliday TM, Pan Z, Creasy SA, Blankenship JM, Hild A, Tregellas JR, Melanson EL, Cornier MA (2022). Appetitive and metabolic responses to an exercise versus dietary intervention in adults with obesity. Transl J Am Coll Sports Med, 7(4): e0002111.
• Legget KT, Cornier MA, Sarabia L, Delao EM, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig C, Erpelding C, Mitchell T, Hild A, Kronberg E, Tregellas JR. Sex Differences in Effects of Mood, Eating-Related Behaviors, and BMI on Food Appeal and Desire to Eat: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Nutrients. 2023 Feb 2;15(3). PubMed PMID: 36771467
• Hranilovich JA, Legget KT, Dodd KC, Wylie KP, Tregellas JR. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of headache: Issues, best-practices, and new directions, a narrative review. Headache. 2023 Mar;63(3):309-321. PubMed PMID: 36942411

Practice Locations

Department of Psychiatry - Faculty and Staff Mental Health
1890 N Revere Ct
Anschutz Health Sciences Bldg, Suite 5242
Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-4987

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Psychology