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John H. Krystal

John H. Krystal

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D-Index
168
Citations
101584
World Ranking
569
National Ranking
332

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

John H. Krystal is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to both fields. They have published extensively in areas such as cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, pharmacology, biological psychiatry, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of study include treatment of major depression, tryptophan and brain disorders, functional brain connectivity studies, stress responses and cortisol, posttraumatic stress disorder research, mental health research topics, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John H. Krystal include:

  • Joel Gelernter
  • Murray B. Stein
  • Kelly Cosgrove
  • Anissa Abi-Dargham
  • Raquel E. Gur

They commonly publish in the following venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • JAMA Network Open

Among recent papers are:

  • "How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Dopamine and glutamate in schizophrenia: biology, symptoms and treatment," 2020, World Psychiatry
  • "Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health Care: Clinical Applications, Barriers, Facilitators, and Artificial Wisdom," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • "A Non-D2-Receptor-Binding Drug for the Treatment of Schizophrenia," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Candidate biomarkers in psychiatric disorders: state of the field," 2023, World Psychiatry

John H. Krystal has received recognitions including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients

    Robert M Berman;Angela Cappiello;Amit Anand;Amit Anand;Dan A Oren;Dan A Oren

  • Subanesthetic effects of the noncompetitive NMDA antagonist, ketamine, in humans: Psychotomimetic, perceptual, cognitive, and neuroendocrine responses.

    John H. Krystal;Laurence P. Karper;John P. Seibyl;Glenna K. Freeman

  • Synaptic plasticity and depression: new insights from stress and rapid-acting antidepressants

    Ronald S Duman;George K Aghajanian;Gerard Sanacora;John H Krystal

  • Move over ANOVA: progress in analyzing repeated-measures data and its reflection in papers published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

    Ralitza Gueorguieva;John H. Krystal

  • Single photon emission computerized tomography imaging of amphetamine-induced dopamine release in drug-free schizophrenic subjects

    M Laruelle;A Abi-Dargham;C H van Dyck;R Gil

  • How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Carmen Moreno;Til Wykes;Til Wykes;Silvana Galderisi;Merete Nordentoft

  • The psychotomimetic effects of intravenous Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in healthy individuals: Implications for psychosis

    Deepak Cyril D'Souza;Edward Perry;Lisa MacDougall;Yola Ammerman

  • Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study

    Sammi R Chekroud;Ralitza Gueorguieva;Amanda B Zheutlin;Martin Paulus

  • Subtype-specific alterations of gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate in patients with major depression.

    Gerard Sanacora;Ralitza Gueorguieva;C. Neill Epperson;Yu-Te Wu

  • The role of default network deactivation in cognition and disease.

    Alan Anticevic;Michael W. Cole;John D. Murray;Philip R. Corlett

  • Social supports and serotonin transporter gene moderate depression in maltreated children.

    Joan Kaufman;Bao Zhu Yang;Bao Zhu Yang;Heather Douglas-Palumberi;Shadi Houshyar

  • Increased striatal dopamine transmission in schizophrenia: confirmation in a second cohort.

    Abi-Dargham A;Gil R;Krystal J;Baldwin Rm

  • Targeting the glutamatergic system to develop novel, improved therapeutics for mood disorders

    Gerard Sanacora;Carlos A. Zarate;John H. Krystal;Husseini K. Manji

  • Measurement of dissociative states with the clinician-administered dissociative states scale (CADSS)

    J. Douglas Bremner;John H. Krystal;Frank W. Putnam;Steven M. Southwick

  • Psychobiologic Mechanisms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Dennis S. Charney;Ariel Y. Deutch;John H. Krystal;Steven M. Southwick

  • Elevated CSF Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Concentrations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    J. Douglas Bremner;Julio Licinio;Adam Darnell;John H. Krystal

  • Abnormal Noradrenergic Function in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Steven M. Southwick;John H. Krystal;C. Andrew Morgan;David Johnson

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-5-HTTLPR gene interactions and environmental modifiers of depression in children

    Joan Kaufman;Bao Zhu Yang;Bao Zhu Yang;Heather Douglas-Palumberi;Damion Grasso

  • Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol effects in schizophrenia: implications for cognition, psychosis, and addiction.

    Deepak Cyril D’Souza;Walid Michel Abi-Saab;Walid Michel Abi-Saab;Steven Madonick;Kimberlee Forselius-Bielen

  • Reduced Cortical γ-Aminobutyric Acid Levels in Depressed Patients Determined by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Gerard Sanacora;Graeme F. Mason;Douglas L. Rothman;Kevin L. Behar

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis S. Charney
Dennis S. Charney Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Steven M. Southwick
Steven M. Southwick Yale University
Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University
Chadi G. Abdallah
Chadi G. Abdallah Baylor College of Medicine
Alan Anticevic
Alan Anticevic Yale University
Gerard Sanacora
Gerard Sanacora Yale University
Ismene L. Petrakis
Ismene L. Petrakis Yale University
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Ilan Harpaz-Rotem
Ilan Harpaz-Rotem Yale University
Deepak Cyril D'Souza
Deepak Cyril D'Souza Yale University

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