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Bertha K. Madras is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, pharmacology, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work addresses various topics, notably cannabis and cannabinoid research, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, opioid use disorder treatment, HIV, drug use, sexual risk, and sex and gender in healthcare.

Frequent publication venues for Bertha K. Madras include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • NAM Perspectives
  • Biology of Sex Differences
  • Brain Sciences

Bertha K. Madras has collaborated extensively with coauthors such as Susan R. George, Ahmed Hasbi, Sarah L. Withey, Jack Bergman, and Meenalochani Sivasubramanian.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Bertha K. Madras include:

  • Improving Access to Evidence-Based Medical Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Strategies to Address Key Barriers Within the Treatment System (2020, NAM Perspectives)
  • Psilocybin in Treatment-Resistant Depression (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)

Additional related publications relevant to their research interests authored or co-authored by frequent collaborators include:

  • Sex difference in dopamine D1-D2 receptor complex expression and signaling affects depression- and anxiety-like behaviors (2020, Biology of Sex Differences)
  • Endocannabinoid System and Exogenous Cannabinoids in Depression and Anxiety: A Review (2023, Brain Sciences)
  • Dopamine D1-D2 receptor heteromer expression in key brain regions of rat and higher species: Upregulation in rat striatum after cocaine administration (2020, Neurobiology of Disease)

Best Publications

  • Dopamine transporter density in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Darin D Dougherty;Ali A Bonab;Thomas J Spencer;Scott L Rauch

  • Effects of cocaine and related drugs in nonhuman primates. III. Self-administration by squirrel monkeys.

    Jack Bergman;Bertha K. Madras;Sara E. Johnson;R. D. Spealman

  • The dopamine transporter and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Bertha K. Madras;Gregory M. Miller;Alan J. Fischman

  • 1-(4-Methylphenyl)-2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-pentan-1-one (Pyrovalerone) Analogues: A Promising Class of Monoamine Uptake Inhibitors

    Peter C. Meltzer;David Butler;Jeffrey R. Deschamps;Bertha K. Madras

  • Cocaine receptors labeled by [3H]2 beta-carbomethoxy-3 beta-(4-fluorophenyl)tropane.

    B K Madras;R D Spealman;M A Fahey;J L Neumeyer

  • Modafinil Occupies Dopamine and Norepinephrine Transporters in Vivo and Modulates the Transporters and Trace Amine Activity in Vitro

    Bertha K. Madras;Zhihua Xie;Zhicheng Lin;Amy J. Jassen

  • Effects of cocaine and related drugs in nonhuman primates. I. [3H]cocaine binding sites in caudate-putamen.

    B K Madras;M A Fahey;J Bergman;D R Canfield

  • Anti-hyperactivity medication: methylphenidate and amphetamine

    P Seeman;B K Madras

  • Severe depletion of cocaine recognition sites associated with the dopamine transporter in Parkinson's-diseased striatum

    Marc J. Kaufman;Bertha K. Madras

  • Polymorphisms in the 3'-untranslated region of human and monkey dopamine transporter genes affect reporter gene expression.

    G M Miller;B K Madras

  • In vivo neuroreceptor imaging in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a focus on the dopamine transporter.

    Thomas J. Spencer;Joseph Biederman;Bertha K. Madras;Stephen V. Faraone

  • PET Study Examining Pharmacokinetics, Detection and Likeability, and Dopamine Transporter Receptor Occupancy of Short- and Long-Acting Oral Methylphenidate

    Thomas J. Spencer;Joseph Biederman;Patrick E. Ciccone;Bertha K. Madras

  • MDMA (Ecstasy) and human dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin transporters: implications for MDMA-induced neurotoxicity and treatment.

    Christopher D. Verrico;Gregory M. Miller;Bertha K. Madras

  • In Vivo Neuroreceptor Imaging in Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder: A Focus on The Dopamine

    Transporter J. Spencer;Joseph Biederman;Bertha K. Madras;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Effects of cocaine and related drugs in nonhuman primates. II. Stimulant effects on schedule-controlled behavior.

    R D Spealman;B K Madras;J Bergman

  • Further evidence of dopamine transporter dysregulation in ADHD: a controlled PET imaging study using altropane.

    Thomas J. Spencer;Joseph Biederman;Bertha K. Madras;Darin D. Dougherty

  • Relevance of free tryptophan in serum to tissue tryptophan concentrations.

    Bertha K. Madras;Edith L. Cohen;Rita Messing;Hamish N. Munro

  • Substituted 3-phenyltropane analogs of cocaine: synthesis, inhibition of binding at cocaine recognition sites, and positron emission tomography imaging.

    P. C. Meltzer;A. Y. Liang;A. L. Brownell;D. R. Elmaleh

  • Discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine in squirrel monkeys: involvement of dopamine receptor subtypes.

    R D Spealman;J Bergman;B K Madras;K F Melia

  • Melatonin promotes sleep in three species of diurnal nonhuman primates.

    Irina V. Zhdanova;David A. Geiger;Anthony L. Schwagerl;Ojingwa U. Leclair

  • Methylphenidate elevates resting dopamine which lowers the impulse-triggered release of dopamine: a hypothesis.

    Philip Seeman;Bertha Madras

  • Repetitive Behaviors in Monkeys Are Linked to Specific Striatal Activation Patterns

    Esen Saka;Claudia Goodrich;Patricia Harlan;Bertha K. Madras

  • Rapid detection of Parkinson's disease by SPECT with altropane: A selective ligand for dopamine transporters

    Alan J. Fischman;Ali A. Bonab;John W. Babich;E. Prather Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Darin D. Dougherty
Darin D. Dougherty Harvard University
Marc J. Kaufman
Marc J. Kaufman Harvard University
Anna-Liisa Brownell
Anna-Liisa Brownell Harvard University
Ole Isacson
Ole Isacson Harvard University
Nathaniel M. Alpert
Nathaniel M. Alpert Harvard University
Scott L. Rauch
Scott L. Rauch McLean Hospital
Douglas L. Rosene
Douglas L. Rosene Boston University
Ronald J. Killiany
Ronald J. Killiany Boston University
Mark B. Moss
Mark B. Moss Boston University
Ullrich Wüllner
Ullrich Wüllner University Hospital Bonn

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