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Overview

J. John Mann is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields including psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with significant focus on clinical psychology, biological psychiatry, experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, and molecular biology.

The main topics of their work cover areas such as suicide and self-harm studies, tryptophan and brain disorders, treatment of major depression, mental health research topics, stress responses and cortisol, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and functional brain connectivity studies.

The scientist's recent notable papers include:

  • Improving Suicide Prevention Through Evidence-Based Strategies: A Systematic Review (2021) published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Dysregulation of adult hippocampal neuroplasticity in major depression: pathogenesis and therapeutic implications (2022) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Spatial epigenome-transcriptome co-profiling of mammalian tissues (2023) published in Nature
  • Spatial profiling of chromatin accessibility in mouse and human tissues (2022) published in Nature
  • Social connectedness as a determinant of mental health: A scoping review (2022) published in PLoS ONE

J. John Mann has worked frequently with co-authors such as Hanga Galfalvy, M. Elizabeth Sublette, María A. Oquendo, Gorazd Rosoklija, and Andrew J. Dwork.

Their publications have appeared in journals with multiple contributions including Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Molecular Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Psychiatry Research.

Best Publications

  • The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Initial Validity and Internal Consistency Findings From Three Multisite Studies With Adolescents and Adults

    Kelly Posner;Gregory K. Brown;Barbara Stanley;David A. Brent

  • Evaluation of 14 nonlinear deformation algorithms applied to human brain MRI registration.

    Arno Klein;Jesper L. R. Andersson;Babak A. Ardekani;Babak A. Ardekani;John Ashburner

  • Toward a clinical model of suicidal behavior in psychiatric patients.

    J. John Mann;Christine Waternaux;Gretchen L. Haas;Kevin M. Malone

  • Neurobiology of suicidal behaviour.

    J. John Mann

  • Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging

    Maura Boldrini;Camille A. Fulmore;Alexandria N. Tartt;Laika R. Simeon

  • Increased baseline occupancy of D2 receptors by dopamine in schizophrenia.

    Anissa Abi-Dargham;Janine Rodenhiser;David Printz;Yolanda Zea-Ponce

  • The anatomy of mood disorders-review of structural neuroimaging studies

    Jair C. Soares;J. John Mann

  • Serotonin receptor 1A knockout: an animal model of anxiety-related disorder.

    Sylvie Ramboz;Ronald Oosting;Djamel Aït Amara;Hank F. Kung

  • Lrp5 Controls Bone Formation by Inhibiting Serotonin Synthesis in the Duodenum

    Vijay K. Yadav;Je Hwang Ryu;Nina Suda;Kenji F. Tanaka

  • Confronting depression and suicide in physicians: a consensus statement.

    Miriam Davis;Thomas Detre;Daniel E. Ford

  • Antidepressants increase neural progenitor cells in the human hippocampus

    Maura Boldrini;Maura Boldrini;Mark D Underwood;René Hen;Gorazd B Rosoklija;Gorazd B Rosoklija

  • A serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and prefrontal cortical binding in major depression and suicide.

    J. John Mann;Yung Yu Huang;Mark D. Underwood;Suham A. Kassir

  • Prospective Study of Clinical Predictors of Suicidal Acts After a Major Depressive Episode in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder

    Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga Galfalvy;Stefani Russo;Steven P. Ellis

  • 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

  • A serotonin-dependent mechanism explains the leptin regulation of bone mass, appetite, and energy expenditure.

    Vijay K. Yadav;Franck Oury;Nina Suda;Zhong Wu Liu

  • Early Evidence on the Effects of Regulators’ Suicidality Warnings on SSRI Prescriptions and Suicide in Children and Adolescents

    Robert D. Gibbons;C. Hendricks Brown;Kwan Hur;Sue M. Marcus

  • INCREASED SEROTONIN-2 BINDING SITES IN FRONTAL CORTEX OF SUICIDE VICTIMS

    Michael Stanley;J.John Mann

  • Increased serotonin2 and beta-adrenergic receptor binding in the frontal cortices of suicide victims.

    J. John Mann;Michael Stanley;P. Anne McBride;Bruce S. McEwen

  • The neurobiology of suicide

    John Mann

  • Clonidine binds to imidazole binding sites as well as α2-adrenoceptors in the ventrolateral medulla

    Paul Ernsberger;Mary P. Meeley;J.John Mann;Donald J. Reis

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo University of Pennsylvania
Victoria Arango
Victoria Arango Columbia University
Ramin V. Parsey
Ramin V. Parsey Stony Brook University
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
Hanga Galfalvy
Hanga Galfalvy Columbia University
John G. Keilp
John G. Keilp Columbia University
David A. Brent
David A. Brent University of Pittsburgh
Allen Frances
Allen Frances Duke University
Mark D. Underwood
Mark D. Underwood Columbia University
Beth S. Brodsky
Beth S. Brodsky Columbia University

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