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Darin D. Dougherty

Darin D. Dougherty

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Neuroscience

D-Index
74
Citations
20303
World Ranking
2103
National Ranking
1000

Overview

Darin D. Dougherty is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research centers on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with a notable focus on neurology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Dougherty highlight various facets of neuropsychiatric and cognitive neuroscience research. These include:

  • "Brain stimulation and brain lesions converge on common causal circuits in neuropsychiatric disease" (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Prevalence, gender correlates, and co-morbidity of trichotillomania" (2020, Psychiatry Research)
  • "Mapping dysfunctional circuits in the frontal cortex using deep brain stimulation" (2024, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Closed-loop enhancement and neural decoding of cognitive control in humans" (2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering)
  • "Mapping the subcortical connectivity of the human default mode network" (2021, NeuroImage)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Dougherty include Tina Chou, Alik S. Widge, Thilo Deckersbach, Angelique C. Paulk, and Sydney S. Cash.

Dougherty's publications are commonly found in several scientific journals and venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Brain Stimulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • NeuroImage

Best Publications

  • Reduced Caudate and Nucleus Accumbens Response to Rewards in Unmedicated Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder

    Diego A. Pizzagalli;A.M. Avram J. Holmes;Daniel G. Dillon;B.A. Elena L. Goetz

  • Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in the Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex During Traumatic Imagery in Male and Female Vietnam Veterans With PTSD

    Lisa M. Shin;Scott P. Orr;Margaret A. Carson;Scott L. Rauch

  • 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

  • Dopamine transporter density in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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

  • A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Capsule/Ventral Striatum for Chronic Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Darin D. Dougherty;Ali R. Rezai;Linda L. Carpenter;Robert H. Howland

  • Human dorsal anterior cingulate cortex neurons mediate ongoing behavioural adaptation

    Sameer A. Sheth;Matthew K. Mian;Shaun R. Patel;Shaun R. Patel;Wael F. Asaad

  • Prospective long-term follow-up of 44 patients who received cingulotomy for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Darin D. Dougherty;Lee Baer;G. Rees Cosgrove;Edwin H. Cassem

  • A 5-Year Observational Study of Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression Treated With Vagus Nerve Stimulation or Treatment as Usual: Comparison of Response, Remission, and Suicidality

    Scott T. Aaronson;Peter Sears;Francis Ruvuna;Mark Bunker

  • Anger in healthy men: a PET study using script-driven imagery.

    Darin D Dougherty;Lisa M Shin;Lisa M Shin;Nathaniel M Alpert;Roger K Pitman

  • Activation of anterior paralimbic structures during guilt-related script-driven imagery

    Lisa M Shin;Lisa M Shin;Darin D Dougherty;Scott P Orr;Roger K Pitman

  • Probing striatal function in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a PET study of implicit sequence learning.

    Rauch Sl;Savage Cr;Alpert Nm;Dougherty D

  • Neuroimaging and the functional neuroanatomy of psychotherapy.

    Joshua L. Roffman;Carl D. Marci;Debra M. Glick;Darin D. Dougherty

  • A functional neuroimaging investigation of deep brain stimulation in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder

    Scott L. Rauch;Darin D. Dougherty;Donald Malone;Ali Rezai

  • 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

  • RESEARCH: Cognitive rehabilitation for bipolar disorder: An open trial for employed patients with residual depressive symptoms.

    Thilo Deckersbach;Andrew A. Nierenberg;Ronald Kessler;Hannah G. Lund

  • The Neural Network Basis for Abnormalities of Attention and Executive Function in Major Depressive Disorder: Implications for Application of the Medical Disease Model to Psychiatric Disorders

    William E. Ottowitz;Darin D. Dougherty;Cary R. Savage

  • Brain stimulation and brain lesions converge on common causal circuits in neuropsychiatric disease

    Shan H. Siddiqi;Frederic L.W.V.J. Schaper;Frederic L.W.V.J. Schaper;Andreas Horn;Andreas Horn;Joey Hsu

  • Neural Correlates of Factor-Analyzed OCD Symptom Dimensions: A PET Study

    Scott L. Rauch;Darin D. Dougherty;Lisa M. Shin;Nathaniel M. Alpert

  • Cerebral metabolic correlates as potential predictors of response to anterior cingulotomy for treatment of major depression.

    Darin D. Dougherty;Anthony P. Weiss;G. Rees Cosgrove;Nathaniel M. Alpert

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Thilo Deckersbach
Thilo Deckersbach Harvard University
Emad N. Eskandar
Emad N. Eskandar Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Scott L. Rauch
Scott L. Rauch McLean Hospital
Sydney S. Cash
Sydney S. Cash Harvard University
Nathaniel M. Alpert
Nathaniel M. Alpert Harvard University
Benjamin D. Greenberg
Benjamin D. Greenberg Brown University
Lisa M. Shin
Lisa M. Shin Tufts University
G. Rees Cosgrove
G. Rees Cosgrove Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nancy J. Keuthen
Nancy J. Keuthen Harvard University
Louisa G. Sylvia
Louisa G. Sylvia Harvard University

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