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132
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75466
World Ranking
2291
National Ranking
87

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Léo-Pariseau Prize, Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas)

Overview

Gustavo Turecki is affiliated with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Canada. Their research primarily spans Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work touches on several significant subfields including Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to numerous research topics, notably focusing on Tryptophan and brain disorders, Treatment of Major Depression, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Mental Health Research Topics, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Their frequent publication venues reflect a strong presence in several specialized journals, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, Translational Psychiatry, and European Neuropsychopharmacology.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Single-nucleus transcriptomics of the prefrontal cortex in major depressive disorder implicates oligodendrocyte precursor cells and excitatory neurons" (2020) in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Molecular adaptations of the blood-brain barrier promote stress resilience vs. depression" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Comparison of mental health symptoms before and during the covid-19 pandemic: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 134 cohorts" (2023) in BMJ
  • "Intravenous arketamine for treatment-resistant depression: open-label pilot study" (2020) in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Gustavo Turecki has collaborated extensively with a number of frequent co-authors, including Naguib Mechawar, Corina Nagy, Sidney H. Kennedy, Jane A. Foster, and Roumen Milev. These partnerships underscore a consistent engagement with other researchers in related areas of study.

The scientist was awarded the Léo-Pariseau Prize by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse

    Patrick O McGowan;Aya Sasaki;Aya Sasaki;Ana C D'Alessio;Sergiy Dymov

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Suicide and suicidal behaviour

    Gustavo Turecki;David A Brent

  • Conserved role of intragenic DNA methylation in regulating alternative promoters

    Alika K. Maunakea;Raman P. Nagarajan;Mikhail Bilenky;Tracy J. Ballinger

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Psychiatric diagnoses in 3275 suicides: a meta-analysis

    Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre;Caroline Kim;Gustavo Turecki

  • Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression.

    Caroline Menard;Caroline Menard;Madeline L. Pfau;Georgia E. Hodes;Veronika Kana

  • Suicide and suicide risk

    Gustavo Turecki;David A. Brent;David Gunnell;David Gunnell;Rory C. O’Connor

  • Impaired Repression at a 5-Hydroxytryptamine 1A Receptor Gene Polymorphism Associated with Major Depression and Suicide

    Sylvie Lemonde;Gustavo Turecki;David Bakish;Lisheng Du

  • Sex-specific transcriptional signatures in human depression.

    Benoit Labonté;Olivia Engmann;Immanuel Purushothaman;Caroline Menard

  • Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions

    Juliane Winkelmann;Barbara Schormair;Peter Lichtner;Stephan Ripke

  • Personality traits as correlates of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide completions: a systematic review.

    Jelena Brezo;J. Paris;Gustavo Turecki

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Risk Factors for Suicide Completion in Major Depression: A Case-Control Study of Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors in Men

    Alexandre Dumais;A. D. Lesage;Martin Alda;Guy Rouleau

  • Effects of the Social Environment and Stress on Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Methylation: A Systematic Review.

    Gustavo Turecki;Michael J. Meaney

  • Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report

    Mirko Manchia;Mazda Adli;Nirmala Akula;Raffaella Ardau

  • Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder.

    Ricardo Segurado;Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh;Douglas F. Levinson;Cathryn M. Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Naguib Mechawar
Naguib Mechawar McGill University
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Andreas J. Forstner
Andreas J. Forstner Philipp University of Marburg
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn

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