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Alan N. Simmons is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with a considerable body of work across Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Neurology.

Their research interests cover a range of topics, including Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes. They also explore Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Mental Health Research Topics, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control.

Alan N. Simmons has collaborated frequently with several coauthors throughout their career. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Irina A. Strigo (19 collaborations)
  • Katia M. Harlé (16 collaborations)
  • Andrea D. Spadoni (12 collaborations)
  • Jessica Bomyea (12 collaborations)
  • Martin P. Paulus (8 collaborations)

Their work is often published in established venues with multiple publications in each, including Biological Psychiatry, Frontiers in Pain Research, Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, and Pain.

Recent papers by Alan N. Simmons include:

  • The effects of FAAH inhibition on the neural basis of anxiety-related processing in healthy male subjects: a randomized clinical trial, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Amplification of Positivity Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: A Randomized Experimental Therapeutics Trial Targeting Social Reward Sensitivity to Enhance Social Connectedness, 2023, Biological Psychiatry
  • External validation of an opioid misuse machine learning classifier in hospitalized adult patients, 2021, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Effects of Noninvasive Cervical Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Cognitive Performance But Not Brain Activation in Healthy Adults, 2020, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • Toward Composite Pain Biomarkers of Neuropathic Pain-Focus on Peripheral Neuropathic Pain, 2022, Frontiers in Pain Research

Best Publications

  • Increased amygdala and insula activation during emotion processing in anxiety-prone subjects.

    M.P.H. Murray B. Stein;Alan N. Simmons;B.S. Justin S. Feinstein;Martin P. Paulus

  • Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism.

    Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Corianne Rogalsky;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Justin S. Feinstein

  • Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels: the neurobiology of anorexia nervosa

    Walter H. Kaye;Christina E. Wierenga;Ursula F. Bailer;Ursula F. Bailer;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons

  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Depressed Adolescents

    Colm G. Connolly;Jing Wu;Tiffany C. Ho;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Dose-dependent decrease of activation in bilateral amygdala and insula by lorazepam during emotion processing.

    Martin P. Paulus;Justin S. Feinstein;Gabriel Castillo;Alan N. Simmons

  • Association of major depressive disorder with altered functional brain response during anticipation and processing of heat pain.

    Irina A Strigo;Alan N Simmons;Scott C Matthews;Arthur D Bud Craig

  • Functional subdivisions within anterior cingulate cortex and their relationship to autonomic nervous system function.

    Scott C Matthews;Martin P Paulus;Alan N Simmons;Richard A Nelesen

  • Sucrose activates human taste pathways differently from artificial sweetener

    Guido K.W. Frank;Tyson A. Oberndorfer;Alan N. Simmons;Martin P. Paulus

  • Anticipation of aversive visual stimuli is associated with increased insula activation in anxiety-prone subjects.

    Alan Simmons;Irina Strigo;Scott C. Matthews;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus

  • Exaggerated and Disconnected Insular-Amygdalar Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Response to Threat-Related Emotional Faces in Women with Intimate-Partner Violence Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Gregory A. Fonzo;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Steven R. Thorp;Steven R. Thorp;Sonya B. Norman;Sonya B. Norman

  • Red Brain, Blue Brain: Evaluative Processes Differ in Democrats and Republicans

    Darren Schreiber;Darren Schreiber;Gregory A. Fonzo;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Christopher T. Dawes

  • Modifying resilience mechanisms in at-risk individuals: a controlled study of mindfulness training in Marines preparing for deployment

    Douglas C. Johnson;Nathaniel J. Thom;Elizabeth A. Stanley;Lori Haase

  • Altered insula response to sweet taste processing after recovery from anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

    Tyson A. Oberndorfer;Guido K.W. Frank;Alan N. Simmons;Angela Wagner

  • Anticipation of emotionally aversive visual stimuli activates right insula.

    Alan Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Murray B. Stein;Martin P. Paulus

  • Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activation during emotional anticipation and neuropsychological performance in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Robin L. Aupperle;Carolyn B. Allard;Erin M. Grimes;Alan N. Simmons

  • Escitalopram effects on insula and amygdala BOLD activation during emotional processing

    Estibaliz Arce;Alan N. Simmons;Kathryn L. Lovero;Murray B. Stein;Murray B. Stein

  • Emotion-Dependent Functional Connectivity of the Default Mode Network in Adolescent Depression

    Tiffany C. Ho;Colm G. Connolly;Eva Henje Blom;Eva Henje Blom;Kaja Z. LeWinn

  • Spinal cord stimulation in chronic pain: evidence and theory for mechanisms of action

    Jacob Caylor;Rajiv Reddy;Sopyda Yin;Christina Cui

  • Functional Activation and Neural Networks in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Related to Intimate Partner Violence

    Alan N. Simmons;Martin P. Paulus;Steven R. Thorp;Scott C. Matthews

  • Anterior Insular Cortex Anticipates Impending Stimulus Significance

    Kathryn L. Lovero;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Jennifer L. Aron;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus

  • Decreased functional coupling of the amygdala and supragenual cingulate is related to increased depression in unmedicated individuals with current major depressive disorder.

    Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews;Irina A. Strigo;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Tony T. Yang

  • Selective activation of the nucleus accumbens during risk-taking decision making.

    Scott C. Matthews;Alan N. Simmons;Scott D. Lane;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
Christina E. Wierenga
Christina E. Wierenga University of California, San Diego
Tiffany C. Ho
Tiffany C. Ho University of California, San Francisco
Sonya B. Norman
Sonya B. Norman University of California, San Diego
Matthew D. Sacchet
Matthew D. Sacchet Harvard University
Victoria B. Risbrough
Victoria B. Risbrough University of California, San Diego
Gregory G. Brown
Gregory G. Brown University of California, San Diego
Steven R. Thorp
Steven R. Thorp Alliant International University

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