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10068
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Anissa Abi-Dargham is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research focuses on a range of topics within neuroscience and psychiatry, particularly exploring cognitive neuroscience, molecular and cellular mechanisms, and clinical aspects of mental health disorders.

The scientist's recent publications reflect their engagement with current issues in psychiatric research. Notable recent papers include:

  • Candidate biomarkers in psychiatric disorders: state of the field (2023, World Psychiatry)
  • Baseline reward processing and ventrostriatal dopamine function are associated with pramipexole response in depression (2020, Brain)
  • Evidence for Dopamine Abnormalities in the Substantia Nigra in Cocaine Addiction Revealed by Neuromelanin-Sensitive MRI (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Molecular imaging of schizophrenia: Neurochemical findings in a heterogeneous and evolving disorder (2020, Behavioural Brain Research)
  • Two Hypotheses on the High Incidence of Dementia in Psychotic Disorders (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)

Research collaboration is a significant aspect of Abi-Dargham's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Raquel E. Gur
  • John H. Krystal
  • Cameron Carter
  • New York (likely an institutional or collaborative affiliation)
  • Deanna M. Barch

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in several key venues, demonstrating a focus on psychiatric and neurobiological research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

Abi-Dargham's research spans multiple subfields, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These subfields cover:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Neurology

The main topics driving their scientific inquiry include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

The scientist has been recognized for their contributions with membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2016.

Best Publications

  • Single photon emission computerized tomography imaging of amphetamine-induced dopamine release in drug-free schizophrenic subjects

    M Laruelle;A Abi-Dargham;C H van Dyck;R Gil

  • Increased baseline occupancy of D2 receptors by dopamine in schizophrenia.

    Anissa Abi-Dargham;Janine Rodenhiser;David Printz;Yolanda Zea-Ponce

  • The nature of dopamine dysfunction in schizophrenia and what this means for treatment

    Oliver D. Howes;Joseph Kambeitz;Euitae Kim;Daniel Stahl

  • Increased striatal dopamine transmission in schizophrenia: confirmation in a second cohort.

    Abi-Dargham A;Gil R;Krystal J;Baldwin Rm

  • Prefrontal dopamine D1 receptors and working memory in schizophrenia.

    Anissa Abi-Dargham;Osama Mawlawi;Ilise Lombardo;Roberto Gil

  • Increased dopamine transmission in schizophrenia: relationship to illness phases.

    Marc Laruelle;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Roberto Gil;Roberto Gil;Lawrence Kegeles

  • Imaging human mesolimbic dopamine transmission with positron emission tomography. Part II: amphetamine-induced dopamine release in the functional subdivisions of the striatum.

    Diana Martinez;Mark Slifstein;Allegra Broft;Osama Mawlawi

  • Increased synaptic dopamine function in associative regions of the striatum in schizophrenia.

    Lawrence S. Kegeles;Anissa Abi-Dargham;W. Gordon Frankle;Roberto Gil

  • Glutamate, Dopamine, and Schizophrenia

    Marc Laruelle;Lawrence S. Kegeles;Anissa Abi-Dargham

  • Dopamine as the wind of the psychotic fire: new evidence from brain imaging studies.

    Marc Laruelle;Anissa Abi-Dargham

  • Schizophrenia, Dopamine and the Striatum: From Biology to Symptoms

    Robert Ali McCutcheon;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Oliver David Howes

  • Alcohol Dependence Is Associated with Blunted Dopamine Transmission in the Ventral Striatum

    Diana Martinez;Roberto Gil;Mark Slifstein;Dah Ren Hwang

  • Do we still believe in the dopamine hypothesis? New data bring new evidence

    Anissa Abi-Dargham

  • Modulation of amphetamine-induced striatal dopamine release by ketamine in humans: implications for schizophrenia.

    Lawrence S Kegeles;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Yolanda Zea-Ponce;Janine Rodenhiser-Hill

  • Single photon emission computed tomographic imaging demonstrates loss of striatal dopamine transporters in Parkinson disease.

    R B Innis;J P Seibyl;B E Scanley;M Laruelle

  • Deficits in Prefrontal Cortical and Extrastriatal Dopamine Release in Schizophrenia: A Positron Emission Tomographic Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Mark Slifstein;Mark Slifstein;Elsmarieke van de Giessen;Elsmarieke van de Giessen;Jared Van Snellenberg;Jared Van Snellenberg;Judy L. Thompson;Judy L. Thompson;Judy L. Thompson

  • Neurobiology of dopamine in schizophrenia.

    Olivier Guillin;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Marc Laruelle

  • Low dopamine D(2) receptor binding potential in social phobia.

    Franklin R. Schneier;Michael R. Liebowitz;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Yolanda Zea-Ponce

  • SPECT Imaging of Striatal Dopamine Release after Amphetamine Challenge

    M Laruelle;A Abi-Dargham;C H van Dyck;W Rosenblatt

  • The nature of dopamine dysfunction in schizophrenia and what this means for treatment

    J Kambeitz;O Howes;E Kim;D Stahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Laruelle
Marc Laruelle Columbia University
Lawrence S. Kegeles
Lawrence S. Kegeles Columbia University
Robert B. Innis
Robert B. Innis National Institutes of Health
Diana Martinez
Diana Martinez Columbia University
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal Yale University
Dennis S. Charney
Dennis S. Charney Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Yiyun Huang
Yiyun Huang Yale University
Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University
John Seibyl
John Seibyl Yale University
Roger N. Gunn
Roger N. Gunn Imperial College London

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