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Benjamin D. Greenberg

Benjamin D. Greenberg

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Neuroscience

D-Index
84
Citations
33873
World Ranking
1371
National Ranking
691

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
33850
World Ranking
14905
National Ranking
7534

Overview

Benjamin D. Greenberg is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a significant focus on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, functional brain connectivity studies, neurological disorders and treatments, neural and behavioral psychology studies, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, and traumatic brain injury research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Greenberg include:

  • Exome sequencing in obsessive-compulsive disorder reveals a burden of rare damaging coding variants (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a crisis of access (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Non-invasive and Reversible Deep Brain Neuromodulation-A Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Research (2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • Genome-wide association study of pediatric obsessive-compulsive traits: shared genetic risk between traits and disorder (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Mapping PTSD symptoms to brain networks: a machine learning study (2020, Translational Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Greenberg include:

  • Nicole McLaughlin
  • Noah S. Philip
  • Linda L. Carpenter
  • Steven A. Rasmussen
  • Mascha van 't Wout-Frank

Greenberg's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry (7 publications)
  • Brain Stimulation (6 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry (3 publications)
  • Neurosurgery (3 publications)

The researcher's work reveals a concentrated interest in understanding psychiatric disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder, and developing neuromodulation and brain stimulation techniques for therapeutic applications. Their range of publications in both psychiatry and neuroscience journals reflects a multidisciplinary approach bridging clinical practice and experimental neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Association of Anxiety-Related Traits with a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene Regulatory Region

    Klaus-Peter Lesch;Dietmar Bengel;Armin Heils;Sue Z. Sabol

  • Population and familial association between the D4 dopamine receptor gene and measures of Novelty Seeking

    Jonathan Benjamin;Lin Li;Chavis Patterson;Benjamin D. Greenberg

  • Serotonin transporter promoter gain-of-function genotypes are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Xian-Zhang Hu;Robert H. Lipsky;Guanshan Zhu;Longina A. Akhtar

  • Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Capsule/Ventral Striatum for Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Donald A. Malone;Darin D. Dougherty;Ali R. Rezai;Linda L. Carpenter

  • Deep brain stimulation of the ventral internal capsule/ventral striatum for obsessive-compulsive disorder: worldwide experience.

    B D Greenberg;Lutgardis Gabriëls;D A Malone;A R Rezai

  • Three-Year Outcomes in Deep Brain Stimulation for Highly Resistant Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

    Benjamin D Greenberg;Donald A Malone;Gerhard M Friehs;Ali R Rezai

  • Mood Improvement Following Daily Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Depression: A Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial

    Mark S. George;Eric M. Wassermann;Tim A. Kimbrell;John T. Little

  • Genetic variation in the serotonin transporter promoter region affects serotonin uptake in human blood platelets.

    Benjamin D. Greenberg;Teresa J. Tolliver;Su Jan Huang;Qian Li

  • Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

    Paul D. Arnold;Kathleen D. Askland;Cristina Barlassina;Laura Bellodi

  • Effect of Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Preliminary Study

    Benjamin D. Greenberg;Mark S. George;Juliet D. Martin;Jonathan Benjamin

  • Menstrual cycle effects on cortical excitability.

    M. J. Smith;J. C. Keel;B. D. Greenberg;L. F. Adams

  • Association between the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and personality traits in a primarily female population sample

    Benjamin D. Greenberg;Qian Li;Frank R. Lucas;Stella Hu

  • Frequency dependence of antidepressant response to left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a function of baseline cerebral glucose metabolism

    Timothy A Kimbrell;John T Little;Robert T Dunn;Mark A Frye

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in pharmacotherapy-refractory major depression: comparative study of fast, slow and sham rTMS

    Frank Padberg;Peter Zwanzger;Heike Thoma;Norbert Kathmann

  • A genetic association for cigarette smoking behavior.

    Sue Z. Sabol;Mark L. Nelson;Craig Fisher;Lorraine Gunzerath

  • Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Pilot Study Using a Blinded, Staggered-Onset Design

    Wayne K. Goodman;Kelly D. Foote;Benjamin D. Greenberg;Nikki Ricciuti

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom dimensions show specific relationships to psychiatric comorbidity

    Gregor Hasler;V. Holland LaSalle-Ricci;Jonne G. Ronquillo;Sarah A. Crawley

  • Genome-wide association study in obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCGAS

    Mattheisen M;Samuels Jf;Wang Y;Greenberg Bd

  • Invasive Circuitry-Based Neurotherapeutics: Stereotactic Ablation and Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD

    Benjamin D Greenberg;Scott L Rauch;Suzanne N Haber

  • Altered cortical excitability in obsessive–compulsive disorder

    B.D. Greenberg;U. Ziemann;G. Corá-Locatelli;A. Harmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Rasmussen
Steven A. Rasmussen Brown University
Dennis L. Murphy
Dennis L. Murphy National Institutes of Health
Mark A. Riddle
Mark A. Riddle Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Scott L. Rauch
Scott L. Rauch McLean Hospital
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
Gerald Nestadt
Gerald Nestadt Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John Piacentini
John Piacentini University of California, Los Angeles
David L. Pauls
David L. Pauls Harvard University
Abby J. Fyer
Abby J. Fyer Columbia University
Yin Yao Shugart
Yin Yao Shugart National Institutes of Health

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