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Brian Hallahan

Brian Hallahan

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Psychology

D-Index
33
Citations
4223
World Ranking
10601
National Ranking
35

Overview

Brian Hallahan is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Psychology, focusing extensively on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Biological Psychiatry.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

The subfields that characterize their work are:

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Biological Psychiatry

Brian Hallahan's research topics cover:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Brian Hallahan include:

  • In vivo hippocampal subfield volumes in bipolar disorder-A mega-analysis from The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with pre-existing anxiety disorders attending secondary care, 2020, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
  • Early life Adversity, functional connectivity and cognitive performance in Schizophrenia: The mediating role of IL-6, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Childhood trauma, brain structure and emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy participants, 2020, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Changes in Default-Mode Network Associated With Childhood Trauma in Schizophrenia, 2021, Schizophrenia Bulletin

The most frequent venues of publication for Brian Hallahan's research are:

  • Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity

Collaborations form an important part of Brian Hallahan's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Colm McDonald
  • Dara M. Cannon
  • Laurena Holleran
  • Gary Donohoe
  • Derek W. Morris

Best Publications

  • Structural magnetic resonance imaging in bipolar disorder: an international collaborative mega-analysis of individual adult patient data.

    Brian Hallahan;John Newell;Jair C. Soares;Paolo Brambilla;Paolo Brambilla

  • Efficacy of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in the treatment of depression.

    Brian Hallahan;Timothy Ryan;Joseph R. Hibbeln;Ivan T. Murray

  • Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in patients with recurrent self-harm. Single-centre double-blind randomised controlled trial.

    Brian Hallahan;Joseph R Hibbeln;John M Davis;Malcolm R Garland

  • Clinical and anatomical heterogeneity in autistic spectrum disorder: a structural MRI study

    Fiona Toal;Eileen Daly;Lisa Page;Quinton Deeley

  • Fragile X-associated disorders: a clinical overview

    Anne Gallagher;Brian Hallahan;Brian Hallahan

  • Essential fatty acids and mental health

    Brian Hallahan;Malcolm R Garland

  • Neuropsychiatric syndromes of multiple sclerosis

    Ruth Murphy;Stefani O'Donoghue;Timothy Counihan;Colm McDonald

  • Women with autistic-spectrum disorder: magnetic resonance imaging study of brain anatomy

    Michael C. Craig;Shahid H. Zaman;Eileen M. Daly;William J. Cutter

  • Brain morphometry volume in autistic spectrum disorder: a magnetic resonance imaging study of adults.

    B. Hallahan;E. M. Daly;Grainne McAlonan;E. Loth

  • In vivo brain anatomy of adult males with Fragile X syndrome: an MRI study.

    Brian P. Hallahan;Brian P. Hallahan;Brian P. Hallahan;Michael C. Craig;Fiona Toal;Eileen M. Daly

  • Response inhibition and serotonin in autism: a functional MRI study using acute tryptophan depletion

    Eileen Daly;Christine Ecker;Brian Hallahan;Quinton Deeley

  • Lipids and essential fatty acids in patients presenting with self-harm

    Malcolm R Garland;Brian Hallahan;Mairead McNamara;Philip A Carney

  • Childhood trauma levels in individuals attending adult mental health services: An evaluation of clinical records and structured measurement of childhood trauma

    Amy Rossiter;Fintan Byrne;Anna Paulina Wota;Zafar Nisar

  • Anatomy and aging of the amygdala and hippocampus in autism spectrum disorder: an in vivo magnetic resonance imaging study of Asperger syndrome.

    Clodagh Murphy;Quinton Deeley;Eileen Daly;Christine Ecker

  • Serotonin and the neural processing of facial emotions in adults with autism: an fMRI study using acute tryptophan depletion.

    Eileen M Daly;Quinton Deeley;Christine Ecker;Michael Craig

  • Towards Precision Medicine in Psychosis: Benefits and Challenges of Multimodal Multicenter Studies-PSYSCAN: Translating Neuroimaging Findings From Research into Clinical Practice.

    Stefania Tognin;Hendrika H van Hell;Kate Merritt;Inge Winter-van Rossum

  • In vivo hippocampal subfield volumes in bipolar disorder-A mega-analysis from The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Bipolar Disorder Working Group.

    Unn Kristin H. Haukvik;Unn Kristin H. Haukvik;Tiril Pedersen Gurholt;Tiril Pedersen Gurholt;Stener Nerland;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen

  • Essential fatty acids and their role in the treatment of impulsivity disorders

    Brian Hallahan;Malcolm R. Garland;Malcolm R. Garland

  • Changes in male brain responses to emotional faces from adolescence to middle age

    Quinton Deeley;Eileen M. Daly;Rayna Azuma;Simon A. Surguladze

  • Progressive Brain Atrophy and Cortical Thinning in Schizophrenia after Commencing Clozapine Treatment

    Mohamed Ahmed;Dara M Cannon;Cathy Scanlon;Laurena Holleran

  • Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Bipolar Disorder: An International Collaborative Mega-Analysis of Individual Adult Patient Data

    Brian Hallahan;John Newell;Jair C. Soares;Paolo Brambilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Donohoe
Gary Donohoe University of Galway
Derek W. Morris
Derek W. Morris University of Galway
Quinton Deeley
Quinton Deeley King's College London
Paolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla University of Milan
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin
Melissa Lamar
Melissa Lamar Rush University Medical Center
Anthony J. Cleare
Anthony J. Cleare King's College London
Debbie Spain
Debbie Spain King's College London
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd University of Utah
Vincent Giampietro
Vincent Giampietro King's College London

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