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Overview

Fleur M. Howells is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research contributions span several areas within medicine and neuroscience, focusing largely on cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, and mental health fields. The scholar's work includes exploration of brain structure and function across the lifespan, particularly using advanced MRI techniques and applications.

The most frequent topics covered in their research include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics

The main fields of study for Howells are:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

The subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • CNS Spectrums

Among recent publications are:

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years (2021) in Human Brain Mapping
  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA (2020) in NeuroImage
  • Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years (2021) in Human Brain Mapping
  • What we learn about bipolar disorder from large-scale neuroimaging: Findings and future directions from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group (2020) in Human Brain Mapping
  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan (2020) in Human Brain Mapping

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Dan J. Stein
  • Dara M. Cannon
  • David C. Glahn
  • Dominik Grotegerd
  • Kang Sim

Best Publications

  • Cortical Brain Abnormalities in 4474 Individuals With Schizophrenia and 5098 Control Subjects via the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics Through Meta Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium

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  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

    Laura K.M. Han;Richard Dinga;Richard Dinga;Tim Hahn;Christopher R.K. Ching

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA.

    Joaquim Radua;Eduard Vieta;Russell Shinohara;Peter Kochunov

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex

    Tulio Guadalupe;Samuel R. Mathias;Theo G.M. vanErp;Christopher D. Whelan;Christopher D. Whelan

  • Widespread white matter microstructural abnormalities in bipolar disorder: evidence from mega- and meta-analyses across 3033 individuals

    Pauline Favre;Pauline Favre;Melissa Pauling;Melissa Pauling;Jacques Stout;Franz Hozer

  • Neuroimaging effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing human brain: a magnetic resonance imaging review

    Kirsten Ann Donald;Emma Eastman;Fleur Margaret Howells;Colleen Adnams

  • The neurobiology of methamphetamine induced psychosis.

    Jennifer Hsin-Wen Hsieh;Dan J. Stein;Fleur Margaret Howells

  • The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with bipolar disorder: A controlled functional MRI investigation

    Victoria L Ives-Deliperi;Fleur Howells;Dan J. Stein;Ernesta M. Meintjes

  • Synergistic tonic and phasic activity of the locus coeruleus norepinephrine (LC-NE) arousal system is required for optimal attentional performance

    Fleur M. Howells;Dan J. Stein;Vivienne A. Russell

  • Perceived mental effort correlates with changes in tonic arousal during attentional tasks

    Fleur M Howells;Dan J Stein;Vivienne A Russell

  • Using structural MRI to identify bipolar disorders – 13 site machine learning study in 3020 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorders Working Group

    Abraham Nunes;Hugo G. Schnack;Christopher R.K. Ching;Christopher R.K. Ching;Ingrid Agartz

  • Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Efstathios Papachristou;Gaelle E. Doucet

  • What we learn about bipolar disorder from large‐scale neuroimaging: Findings and future directions from the ENIGMA bipolar disorder working group

    Christopher R K Ching;Derrek P Hibar;Tiril P Gurholt;Tiril P Gurholt;Abraham Nunes

  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan

    Lara M Wierenga;Gaelle E Doucet;Gaelle E Doucet;Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Ingrid Agartz;Ingrid Agartz

  • Mindfulness based cognitive therapy improves frontal control in bipolar disorder: a pilot EEG study

    Fleur M Howells;Victoria L Ives-Deliperi;Neil R Horn;Dan J Stein

  • Stress reduces the neuroprotective effect of exercise in a rat model for Parkinson's disease.

    Fleur M Howells;Vivienne A Russell;Musa V Mabandla;Lauriston A Kellaway

  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan

    Lara M Wierenga;Gaelle Doucet;Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Ingrid Agartz;Ingrid Agartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Lars T. Westlye
Lars T. Westlye University of Oslo
Edith Pomarol-Clotet
Edith Pomarol-Clotet Fidmag Sisters Hospitallers
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Joaquim Radua
Joaquim Radua University of Barcelona
Theodore D. Satterthwaite
Theodore D. Satterthwaite University of Pennsylvania
Udo Dannlowski
Udo Dannlowski University of Münster
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
Raymond Salvador
Raymond Salvador Fidmag Sisters Hospitallers

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