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Katie L. McMahon is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields, predominantly focusing on Medicine and Neuroscience. The primary subfields of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas within brain science and neurobiology. Key focuses include Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, and Reading and Literacy Development.

Katie L. McMahon has frequently published in several venues, most notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

The list of recent papers associated with McMahon's research involvement includes:

  • Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations, 2021, Cell
  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • The reliability and heritability of cortical folds and their genetic correlations across hemispheres, 2020, Communications Biology
  • A meta-analysis of the relationship between subjective sleep and depressive symptoms in adolescence, 2021, Sleep Medicine

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Greig I. de Zubicaray
  • Lachlan T. Strike
  • Margaret J. Wright
  • Paul M. Thompson
  • David A. Copland

Best Publications

  • Toward discovery science of human brain function

    Bharat B. Biswal;Maarten Mennes;Xi Nian Zuo;Suril Gohel

  • 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

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

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

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

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Genetics of Brain Fiber Architecture and Intellectual Performance

    Ming Chang Chiang;Marina Barysheva;David W. Shattuck;Agatha D. Lee

  • An MRI investigation into the function of the transversus abdominis muscle during "drawing-in" of the abdominal wall.

    Julie Hides;Stephen Wilson;Warren Stanton;Shaun McMahon

  • Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group

    Neda Jahanshad;Peter V. Kochunov;Emma Sprooten;Emma Sprooten;René C. Mandl

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Five Loci Influencing Facial Morphology in Europeans

    Fan Liu;Fedde van der Lijn;Claudia Schurmann;Gu Zhu

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

    Laura K.M. Han;Richard Dinga;Richard Dinga;Tim Hahn;Christopher R.K. Ching

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations

    Chloe X. Yap;Chloe X. Yap;Anjali K. Henders;Anjali K. Henders;Gail A. Alvares;David L.A. Wood

  • L-Dopa Modulates Functional Connectivity in Striatal Cognitive and Motor Networks: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study

    Clare Kelly;Greig de Zubicaray;Adriana Di Martino;David A. Copland

  • GENETICS OF WHITE MATTER DEVELOPMENT: A DTI STUDY OF 705 TWINS AND THEIR SIBLINGS AGED 12 TO 29

    Ming Chang Chiang;Katie L. McMahon;Greig I. de Zubicaray;Nicholas G. Martin

  • 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

  • Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

  • Action word meaning representations in cytoarchitectonically defined primary and premotor cortices.

    Natasha Postle;Katie L. McMahon;Roderick Ashton;Matthew Meredith

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Diffusion indices on magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological performance in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    S E Rose;K L McMahon;A L Janke;B O'Dowd

  • L-Dopa Modulates Functional Connectivity in Striatal Cognitive and Motor Networks: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study

    Amc Kelly;G de Zubicaray;A di Martino;D Copland

  • Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group

    N. Jahanshad;P. V. Kochunov;E. Sprooten;R. C. Mandl

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret J. Wright
Margaret J. Wright University of Queensland
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Greig I. de Zubicaray
Greig I. de Zubicaray Queensland University of Technology
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
David A. Copland
David A. Copland University of Queensland
Narelle K. Hansell
Narelle K. Hansell University of Queensland
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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