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Overview

Elliot A. Stein is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Additional work touches on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on brain circuitry, addiction, and neuroimaging methodologies. Notable papers include:

  • Brain lesions disrupting addiction map to a common human brain circuit (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • Converging Structural and Functional Evidence for a Rat Salience Network (2020, Biological Psychiatry)
  • A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus (2022, Nature Protocols)
  • Pharmacological Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2025, Psychopharmacology Bulletin)
  • Mapping cortical and subcortical asymmetries in substance dependence: Findings from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group (2021, Addiction Biology)

The main research topics covered by their work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, and Mental Health Research Topics. They have also explored Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes as well as Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Elliot A. Stein's frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary approach and consist of:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Brain Communications

In collaboration, they have frequently co-authored with:

  • Thomas J. Ross
  • Betty Jo Salmeron
  • Yihong Yang
  • John R. Fedota
  • Reza Momenan

Best Publications

  • Right hemispheric dominance of inhibitory control: An event-related functional MRI study

    H. Garavan;T. J. Ross;E. A. Stein

  • Dissociable executive functions in the dynamic control of behavior: inhibition, error detection, and correction.

    Hugh Garavan;Thomas J. Ross;Kevin Murphy;Richard A. P. Roche

  • Cue-Induced Cocaine Craving: Neuroanatomical Specificity for Drug Users and Drug Stimuli

    Hugh Garavan;John Pankiewicz;Alan Bloom;Jung-Ki Cho

  • Rat brains also have a default mode network

    Hanbing Lu;Qihong Zou;Qihong Zou;Hong Gu;Marcus E. Raichle

  • Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate

    Yi Yuan Tang;Qilin Lu;Xiujuan Geng;Elliot A. Stein

  • Nicotine-Induced Limbic Cortical Activation in the Human Brain: A Functional MRI Study

    Elliot A. Stein;John Pankiewicz;Harold H. Harsch;Jung Ki Cho

  • Cingulate hypoactivity in cocaine users during a GO-NOGO task as revealed by event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging

    Jacqueline N. Kaufman;Thomas J. Ross;Elliot A. Stein;Hugh Garavan

  • Factors Modulating Neural Reactivity to Drug Cues in Addiction: A Survey of Human Neuroimaging Studies

    Agnes J. Jasinska;Elliot A. Stein;Jochen Kaiser;Marcus J. Naumer

  • Resting state functional connectivity in addiction: Lessons learned and a road ahead.

    Matthew T. Sutherland;Meredith J. McHugh;Vani Pariyadath;Elliot A. Stein

  • Synchronized delta oscillations correlate with the resting-state functional MRI signal

    Hanbing Lu;Yantao Zuo;Hong Gu;James A. Waltz

  • Amygdala response to both positively and negatively valenced stimuli.

    Hugh Garavan;J. Cara Pendergrass;Thomas J. Ross;Elliot A. Stein

  • Cognitive mechanisms of nicotine on visual attention.

    Natalia Sophie Lawrence;Thomas J. Ross;Elliot A. Stein

  • Multiple Neuronal Networks Mediate Sustained Attention

    Natalia S. Lawrence;Thomas J. Ross;Ray Hoffmann;Hugh Garavan

  • Relationship between Finger Movement Rate and Functional Magnetic Resonance Signal Change in Human Primary Motor Cortex

    S. M. Rao;P. A. Bandettini;J. R. Binder;J. A. Bobholz

  • A midline dissociation between error-processing and response-conflict monitoring.

    Hugh Garavan;Thomas J. Ross;J. Kaufman;Elliot A. Stein

  • Mesocorticolimbic circuits are impaired in chronic cocaine users as demonstrated by resting-state functional connectivity.

    Hong Gu;Betty Jo Salmeron;Thomas J. Ross;Xiujuan Geng

  • Neural substrates mediating human delay and trace fear conditioning

    David C. Knight;Dominic T. Cheng;Christine N. Smith;Elliot A. Stein;Elliot A. Stein

  • Neuroanatomical dissociation between bottom-up and top-down processes of visuospatial selective attention.

    Britta Hahn;Thomas J. Ross;Elliot A. Stein

  • Association of nicotine addiction and nicotine's actions with separate cingulate cortex functional circuits.

    L. Elliot Hong;Hong Gu;Yihong Yang;Thomas J. Ross

  • Amygdala and hippocampal activity during acquisition and extinction of human fear conditioning

    David C. Knight;David C. Knight;Christine N. Smith;Christine N. Smith;Dominic T. Cheng;Elliot A. Stein;Elliot A. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Ross
Thomas J. Ross National Institute on Drug Abuse
Yihong Yang
Yihong Yang National Institute on Drug Abuse
Betty Jo Salmeron
Betty Jo Salmeron National Institute on Drug Abuse
Hong Gu
Hong Gu National Institute on Drug Abuse
Hugh Garavan
Hugh Garavan University of Vermont
Stephen M. Rao
Stephen M. Rao Cleveland Clinic
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Valentina Lorenzetti
Valentina Lorenzetti Australian Catholic University
L. Elliot Hong
L. Elliot Hong University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lianne Schmaal
Lianne Schmaal University of Melbourne

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