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Overview

Jack B. Nitschke is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research is primarily focused on neuroscience and medicine, with notable contributions in cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, epidemiology, clinical psychology, and neurology.

Their main research topics encompass functional brain connectivity studies, traumatic brain injury research, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, mental health research topics, advanced MRI techniques and applications, stress responses and cortisol, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for Jack B. Nitschke's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

They have collaborated extensively with co-authors including Nicholas D. Davenport, Richard J. Davidson, Seth G. Disner, Daniel W. Grupe, and Terri A. deRoon-Cassini.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Nitschke include:

  • Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • A comparison of methods to harmonize cortical thickness measurements across scanners and sites, 2022, NeuroImage
  • Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup, 2024, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neuroimaging-based classification of PTSD using data-driven computational approaches: A multisite big data study from the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD consortium, 2023, NeuroImage
  • Remodeling of the Cortical Structural Connectome in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Results From the ENIGMA-PGC Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Consortium, 2022, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Best Publications

  • Uncertainty and anticipation in anxiety: an integrated neurobiological and psychological perspective.

    Dan W. Grupe;Jack B. Nitschke

  • Depression: perspectives from affective neuroscience.

    Richard J. Davidson;Diego Pizzagalli;Jack B. Nitschke;Katherine Putnam

  • Making a Life Worth Living Neural Correlates of Well-Being

    Heather L. Urry;Jack B. Nitschke;Isa Dolski;Daren C. Jackson

  • Anterior cingulate activity as a predictor of degree of treatment response in major depression: evidence from brain electrical tomography analysis.

    Diego Pizzagalli;Roberto D. Pascual-Marqui;Jack B. Nitschke;Terrence R. Oakes

  • Patterns of regional brain activity differentiate types of anxiety.

    Wendy Heller;Jack B. Nitschke;Marci A. Etienne;Gregory A. Miller

  • Now You Feel It, Now You Don't Frontal Brain Electrical Asymmetry and Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation

    Daren C. Jackson;Corrina J. Mueller;Isa Dolski;Kim M. Dalton

  • Regional brain function, emotion and disorders of emotion.

    Richard J Davidson;Heather Abercrombie;Jack B Nitschke;Katherine Putnam

  • Orbitofrontal cortex tracks positive mood in mothers viewing pictures of their newborn infants.

    Jack B Nitschke;Eric E Nelson;Brett D Rusch;Andrew S Fox

  • Functional neuroanatomy of aversion and its anticipation.

    Jack B. Nitschke;Issidoros C. Sarinopoulos;Kristen L. Mackiewicz;Hillary S. Schaefer

  • Anticipatory activation in the amygdala and anterior cingulate in generalized anxiety disorder and prediction of treatment response.

    Jack B. Nitschke;Issidoros Sarinopoulos;Desmond J. Oathes;Tom Johnstone

  • Contrasting patterns of brain activity in anxious apprehension and anxious arousal.

    Jack B. Nitschke;Wendy Heller;Patrick A. Palmieri;Gregory A. Miller

  • Distinguishing Dimensions of Anxiety and Depression

    Jack B. Nitschke;Wendy Heller;Jennifer C. Imig;Roderick P. McDonald

  • The puzzle of regional brain activity in depression and anxiety: The importance of subtypes and comorbidity.

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  • Uncertainty during Anticipation Modulates Neural Responses to Aversion in Human Insula and Amygdala

    I. Sarinopoulos;D. W. Grupe;K. L. Mackiewicz;J. D. Herrington

  • Breathing-Based Meditation Decreases Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in U.S. Military Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Longitudinal Study

    Emma M Seppälä;Jack B Nitschke;Dana L Tudorascu;Andrea Hayes

  • Altering expectancy dampens neural response to aversive taste in primary taste cortex

    Jack B. Nitschke;Gregory E. Dixon;Issidoros Sarinopoulos;Sarah Jessie Short

  • A functional magnetic resonance imaging predictor of treatment response to venlafaxine in generalized anxiety disorder.

    Paul J. Whalen;Tom Johnstone;Leah H. Somerville;Jack B. Nitschke

  • Brain electrical tomography in depression: the importance of symptom severity, anxiety, and melancholic features.

    Diego A Pizzagalli;Jack B Nitschke;Terrence R Oakes;Andrew M Hendrick

  • Neuropsychological Differentiation of Depression and Anxiety

    Jennifer Keller;Jack B. Nitschke;Tina Bhargava;Patricia J. Deldin

  • Lateralization in Emotion and Emotional Disorders

    Wendy Heller;Jack B. Nitschke;Gregory A. Miller

  • Reduced Structural Connectivity of a Major Frontolimbic Pathway in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Do P. M. Tromp;Daniel W. Grupe;Desmond J. Oathes;Daniel R. McFarlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wendy Heller
Wendy Heller University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Gregory A. Miller
Gregory A. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Rajendra A. Morey
Rajendra A. Morey Duke University
Tanja Jovanovic
Tanja Jovanovic Wayne State University
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Ruth A. Lanius
Ruth A. Lanius University of Western Ontario
William S. Kremen
William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University

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