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Heather C. Whalley is a researcher affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in several related subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work centers on a complex investigation of brain function, aging, and mental health disorders, involving advanced neuroimaging techniques and biomolecular studies. The main topics in their research include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Their recent published papers include:

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Brain structural abnormalities in obesity: relation to age, genetic risk, and common psychiatric disorders, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • DNA Methylation and Protein Markers of Chronic Inflammation and Their Associations With Brain and Cognitive Aging, 2021, Neurology
  • Structural brain correlates of serum and epigenetic markers of inflammation in major depressive disorder, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity

Whalley frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors being:

  • Andrew M. McIntosh
  • Xueyi Shen
  • Stephen M. Lawrie
  • Simon R. Cox
  • Mark J. Adams

Their work is often published in journals and platforms recognized for work in neuroimaging and psychiatric research. Common publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

    David M. Howard;Mark J. Adams;Toni Kim Clarke;Jonathan D. Hafferty

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder : findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    Tiffany C. Ho;Boris Gutman;Elena Pozzi;Hans J. Grabe

  • Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium

    T. G M van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

  • Sex Differences in the Adult Human Brain: Evidence from 5216 UK Biobank Participants

    Stuart J Ritchie;Simon R Cox;Xueyi Shen;Michael V Lombardo;Michael V Lombardo

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • 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

  • Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 19 (NIPS 2006)

    Enrico Simonotto;Heather Whalley;Stephen Lawrie;Lawrence Murray

  • 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

  • Reduced frontotemporal functional connectivity in schizophrenia associated with auditory hallucinations

    Stephen M Lawrie;Christian Buechel;Heather C Whalley;Christopher D Frith

  • Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder

    D. P. Hibar;L. T. Westlye;L. T. Westlye;T. G. M. van Erp;J. Rasmussen

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the fMRI investigation of autism spectrum disorders

    Ruth C.M. Philip;Maria R. Dauvermann;Heather C. Whalley;Katie Baynham

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of brain in people at high risk of developing schizophrenia.

    Stephen M Lawrie;Heather Whalley;Julia N Kestelman;Suheib S Abukmeil

  • Structural disconnectivity in schizophrenia: a diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging study.

    J Burns;D Job;M E Bastin;H Whalley

  • Grey matter changes over time in high risk subjects developing schizophrenia

    Dominic Edward Job;Heather C. Whalley;Eve C. Johnstone;Stephen M. Lawrie

  • White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group

    Laura S. van Velzen;Sinead Kelly;Sinead Kelly;Dmitry Isaev;Andre Aleman

  • Brain structure, genetic liability, and psychotic symptoms in subjects at high risk of developing schizophrenia

    Stephen M. Lawrie;Heather C. Whalley;Suheib S. Abukmeil;Julia N. Kestelman

  • Deficits in facial, body movement and vocal emotional processing in autism spectrum disorders

    R. C. M. Philip;H. C. Whalley;A. C. Stanfield;Reiner Heinrich Sprengelmeyer

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • Erratum: Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium (Molecular Psychiatry (2015) DOI:10.1038/mp.2015.63)

    T. G.M. Van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. McIntosh
Andrew M. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Stephen M. Lawrie
Stephen M. Lawrie University of Edinburgh
Eve C. Johnstone
Eve C. Johnstone University of Edinburgh
Jeremy Hall
Jeremy Hall Cardiff University
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Thomas Frodl
Thomas Frodl Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Mark E. Bastin
Mark E. Bastin University of Edinburgh

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