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Giuseppe Blasi is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, genetics, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as molecular biology.

The main topics explored in Blasi's research include functional brain connectivity studies, schizophrenia research and treatment, genetic associations and epidemiology, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, mental health research topics, neural dynamics and brain function, and bioinformatics and genomic networks.

Blasi's publication record features frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • European Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Giuseppe Blasi include:

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
  • Brain network dynamics during working memory are modulated by dopamine and diminished in schizophrenia, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Factors Associated With Real-Life Functioning in Persons With Schizophrenia in a 4-Year Follow-up Study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Traces of Trauma: A Multivariate Pattern Analysis of Childhood Trauma, Brain Structure, and Clinical Phenotypes, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • The genetic architecture of human brainstem structures and their involvement in common brain disorders, 2020, Nature Communications

Throughout their research career, Blasi has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Alessandro Bertolino
  • Giulio Pergola
  • Leonardo Fazio
  • Antonio Rampino
  • Linda A. Antonucci

The scientist's work often integrates genetic, neuroimaging, and clinical data to address questions related to brain function and psychiatric disorders, particularly focusing on schizophrenia.

Best Publications

  • Neural mechanisms of genetic risk for impulsivity and violence in humans

    Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg;Joshua W. Buckholtz;Bhaskar Kolachana;Ahmad R. Hariri;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Polymorphisms in human dopamine D2 receptor gene affect gene expression, splicing, and neuronal activity during working memory

    Ying Zhang;Alessandro Bertolino;Leonardo Fazio;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Interaction of COMT Val108/158 Met Genotype and Olanzapine Treatment on Prefrontal Cortical Function in Patients With Schizophrenia

    Alessandro Bertolino;Grazia Caforio;Giuseppe Blasi;Mariapia De Candia

  • Effect of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase val158met Genotype on Attentional Control

    Giuseppe Blasi;Venkata S. Mattay;Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Brita Elvevåg

  • Variation of Human Amygdala Response During Threatening Stimuli as a Function of 5′HTTLPR Genotype and Personality Style

    Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Giampiero Arciero;Valeria Rubino;Valeria Latorre

  • Brain regions underlying response inhibition and interference monitoring and suppression

    Giuseppe Blasi;Terry E. Goldberg;Thomas Weickert;Saumitra Das

  • Independent component model of the default-mode brain function: Assessing the impact of active thinking.

    Fabrizio Esposito;Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Tommaso Scarabino;Valeria Latorre;Valeria Latorre

  • Additive effects of genetic variation in dopamine regulating genes on working memory cortical activity in human brain.

    Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Giuseppe Blasi;Giuseppe Blasi;Valeria Latorre;Valeria Rubino

  • Convergence of placenta biology and genetic risk for schizophrenia.

    Gianluca Ursini;Gianluca Ursini;Gianluca Ursini;Giovanna Punzi;Giovanna Punzi;Qiang Chen;Stefano Marenco

  • Prefrontal-Hippocampal Coupling During Memory Processing Is Modulated by COMT Val158Met Genotype

    Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Valeria Rubino;Fabio Sambataro;Fabio Sambataro;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Stress-Related Methylation of the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158 Allele Predicts Human Prefrontal Cognition and Activity

    Gianluca Ursini;Valentina Bollati;Leonardo Fazio;Annamaria Porcelli

  • The role of the thalamus in schizophrenia from a neuroimaging perspective.

    Giulio Pergola;Pierluigi Selvaggi;Silvestro Trizio;Alessandro Bertolino

  • Treatment with olanzapine is associated with modulation of the default mode network in patients with Schizophrenia.

    Fabio Sambataro;Giuseppe Blasi;Leonardo Fazio;Grazia Caforio

  • Functional variants of the dopamine receptor D2 gene modulate prefronto-striatal phenotypes in schizophrenia.

    Alessandro Bertolino;Leonardo Fazio;Grazia Caforio;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Brain network dynamics during working memory are modulated by dopamine and diminished in schizophrenia.

    Urs Braun;Anais Harneit;Giulio Pergola;Tommaso Menara

  • Factors Associated With Real-Life Functioning in Persons With Schizophrenia in a 4-Year Follow-up Study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.

    Armida Mucci;Silvana Galderisi;Dino Gibertoni;Alessandro Rossi

  • Functional Variation of the Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene Is Associated with Emotional Control as well as Brain Activity and Connectivity during Emotion Processing in Humans

    Giuseppe Blasi;Luciana Lo Bianco;Paolo Taurisano;Barbara Gelao

  • Genetically Determined Interaction between the Dopamine Transporter and the D2 Receptor on Prefronto-Striatal Activity and Volume in Humans

    Alessandro Bertolino;Leonardo Fazio;Annabella Di Giorgio;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Genetically determined measures of striatal D2 signaling predict prefrontal activity during working memory performance

    Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Paolo Taurisano;Nicola Marco Pisciotta;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Preferential responses in amygdala and insula during presentation of facial contempt and disgust

    Fabio Sambataro;Savino Dimalta;Annabella Di Giorgio;Paolo Taurisano

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Bertolino
Alessandro Bertolino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Annabella Di Giorgio
Annabella Di Giorgio Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Daniel R. Weinberger
Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University
Fabio Sambataro
Fabio Sambataro University of Padua
Joseph H. Callicott
Joseph H. Callicott National Institutes of Health
Venkata S. Mattay
Venkata S. Mattay Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Ahmad R. Hariri
Ahmad R. Hariri Duke University
Bruno Dallapiccola
Bruno Dallapiccola Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg Heidelberg University
Marco Colizzi
Marco Colizzi University of Udine

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