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Overview

James R. Brasic is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on neurology, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's work includes topics such as genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, muscle activation and electromyography studies, neurological disorders and treatments, acute ischemic stroke management, congenital heart defects research, and schizophrenia research and treatment.

James R. Brasic has contributed to numerous publications, including the following recent papers:

  • The role of lumateperone in the treatment of schizophrenia, 2021, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
  • The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on the Severity of Symptoms and the Quality of Life in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, 2022, Nutrients
  • Cerebral Expression of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5 in Idiopathic Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X Syndrome: A Pilot Study, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • An open-label, positron emission tomography study of the striatal D2/D3 receptor occupancy and pharmacokinetics of single-dose oral brexpiprazole in healthy participants, 2020, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Molecular imaging of beta-amyloid deposition in late-life depression, 2021, Neurobiology of Aging

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Dean F. Wong
  • Ayon Nandi
  • David Russell
  • Olivier Barret
  • Samuel Martin

Frequent venues for James R. Brasic's publications are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Neurology
  • Brain Sciences
  • Nutrients

Best Publications

  • A Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS)

    David Shaffer;Madelyn S. Gould;James Brasic;Paul Ambrosini

  • In vivo imaging of amyloid deposition in Alzheimer disease using the radioligand 18F-AV-45 (florbetapir [corrected] F 18).

    Dean F. Wong;Paul B. Rosenberg;Yun Zhou;Anil Kumar

  • Sex differences in striatal dopamine release in healthy adults

    Cynthia A. Munro;Mary E. McCaul;Dean F. Wong;Lynn M. Oswald

  • Increased occupancy of dopamine receptors in human striatum during cue-elicited cocaine craving.

    Dean F. Wong;Dean F. Wong;Hiroto Kuwabara;David J. Schretlen;Katherine R. Bonson;Katherine R. Bonson

  • Relationships among ventral striatal dopamine release, cortisol secretion, and subjective responses to amphetamine.

    Lynn M Oswald;Dean F Wong;Mary McCaul;Yun Zhou

  • Elevated Intrasynaptic Dopamine Release in Tourette’s Syndrome Measured by PET

    Harvey S. Singer;Sally Szymanski;Joseph Giuliano;Fuji Yokoi

  • Mechanisms of Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Tourette Syndrome : Clues from an In Vivo Neurochemistry Study with PET

    Dean F. Wong;James R. Brašić;Harvey S. Singer;David J. Schretlen

  • Alterations of Central Dopamine Receptors Before and After Gastric Bypass Surgery

    Kimberley E. Steele;Kimberley E. Steele;Gregory P. Prokopowicz;Michael A. Schweitzer;Thomas H. Magunsuon

  • Persistent cognitive and dopamine transporter deficits in abstinent methamphetamine users.

    Una D. McCann;Hiroto Kuwabara;Anil Kumar;Michael Palermo

  • Quantification of cerebral cannabinoid receptors subtype 1 (CB1) in healthy subjects and schizophrenia by the novel PET radioligand [11C]OMAR.

    Dean F. Wong;Hiroto Kuwabara;Andrew G. Horti;Vanessa Raymont

  • The dopamine transporter is decreased in the striatum of subjects with restless legs syndrome.

    Christopher J. Earley;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong;Charlene Gamaldo

  • Linear regression with spatial constraint to generate parametric images of ligand-receptor dynamic PET studies with a simplified reference tissue model.

    Yun Zhou;Christopher J Endres;James Robert Brasić;Sung Cheng Huang

  • VMAT2 and dopamine neuron loss in a primate model of Parkinson’s disease

    Ming Kai Chen;Hiroto Kuwabara;Yun Zhou;Robert J. Adams

  • The Role of Dopamine in Value-Based Attentional Orienting

    Brian A. Anderson;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong;Emily G. Gean

  • Impulsivity and chronic stress are associated with amphetamine-induced striatal dopamine release.

    Lynn M. Oswald;Dean F. Wong;Yun Zhou;Anil Kumar

  • History of childhood adversity is positively associated with ventral striatal dopamine responses to amphetamine

    Lynn M. Oswald;Lynn M. Oswald;Gary S. Wand;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong

  • Increased synaptic dopamine in the putamen in restless legs syndrome.

    Christopher J. Earley;Hiroto Kuwabara;Dean F. Wong;Charlene Gamaldo

  • 18F-FPEB, a PET Radiopharmaceutical for Quantifying Metabotropic Glutamate 5 Receptors: A First-in-Human Study of Radiochemical Safety, Biokinetics, and Radiation Dosimetry

    Dean Foster Wong;Rikki Waterhouse;Hiroto Kuwabara;Jongho Kim

  • Aspergers Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

    James Robert Brasić

  • Clomipramine ameliorates adventitious movements and compulsions in prepubertal boys with autistic disorder and severe mental retardation

    James R. Brasic;J. Y. Barnett;D. Kaplan;B. B. Sheitman

  • Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy of lumateperone (ITI-007): a Positron Emission Tomography Study in patients with schizophrenia.

    Kimberly E. Vanover;Robert E. Davis;Yun Zhou;Weiguo Ye

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroto Kuwabara
Hiroto Kuwabara Johns Hopkins University
Harvey S. Singer
Harvey S. Singer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen
Anthony A. Grace
Anthony A. Grace University of Pittsburgh
Susan M. Courtney
Susan M. Courtney Johns Hopkins University
David J. Schretlen
David J. Schretlen Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Susan M. Resnick
Susan M. Resnick National Institutes of Health
Akira Sawa
Akira Sawa Johns Hopkins University
Edythe D. London
Edythe D. London University of California, Los Angeles
Marilyn S. Albert
Marilyn S. Albert Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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