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D-Index
48
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9289
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6176
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2701

Laura M. Rowland publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laura M. Rowland sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 170 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Laura M. Rowland D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laura M. Rowland sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laura M. Rowland is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and neuroscience, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and biological psychiatry.

The scientist's publications cover core topics such as functional brain connectivity studies, schizophrenia research and treatment, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, advanced MRI techniques and applications, mental health research topics, tryptophan and brain disorders, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laura M. Rowland include S. Andrea Wijtenburg, Peter Kochunov, Shuo Chen, Stephanie Hare, and Bhim M. Adhikari.

Key publication venues for their research work comprise Schizophrenia Bulletin, Frontiers in Psychiatry, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Schizophrenia Research.

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Laura M. Rowland:

  • Schizophrenia: a disorder of broken brain bioenergetics (2022), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • The Relationship Between White Matter Microstructure and General Cognitive Ability in Patients With Schizophrenia and Healthy Participants in the ENIGMA Consortium (2020), published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Metabolite Alterations in Adults With Schizophrenia, First Degree Relatives, and Healthy Controls: A Multi-Region 7T MRS Study (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Neurotransmitters and Neurometabolites in Late-Life Depression: A Preliminary Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study at 7T (2020), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Hippocampus and cognitive domain deficits in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: A comparison with matched treatment-responsive patients and healthy controls (2020), published in Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging

Their research contributions emphasize advanced neuroimaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy methods to study brain alterations related to psychiatric and neurological conditions, particularly schizophrenia.

Laura M. Rowland has contributed extensively to the fields of mental health and brain imaging, investigating cognitive functions and biochemical changes through diverse approaches in neuroimaging sciences. Their work often integrates clinical populations with healthy participants to better understand neurological disorders.

Best Publications

  • Neural basis of alertness and cognitive performance impairments during sleepiness. I. Effects of 24 h of sleep deprivation on waking human regional brain activity.

    Maria Thomas;Helen Sing;Gregory Belenky;Henry Holcomb

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

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

  • Reduced hippocampal volume and total white matter volume in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Gerardo Villarreal;Derek A Hamilton;Helen Petropoulos;Ira Driscoll

  • Effects of ketamine on anterior cingulate glutamate metabolism in healthy humans: a 4-T proton MRS study.

    Laura M. Rowland;Juan R. Bustillo;Paul G. Mullins;Rex E. Jung

  • Selective cognitive impairments associated with NMDA receptor blockade in humans.

    Laura M Rowland;Robert S Astur;Rex E Jung;Juan R Bustillo

  • 1H-MRS at 4 Tesla in minimally treated early schizophrenia.

    J.R. Bustillo;L.M. Rowland;P.G. Mullins;R. Jung;R. Jung

  • Elevated brain lactate in schizophrenia: a 7 T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

    L M Rowland;S Pradhan;S Korenic;S A Wijtenburg

  • In Vivo Measurements of Glutamate, GABA, and NAAG in Schizophrenia

    Laura M. Rowland;Kimberly Kontson;Jeffrey West;Richard A. Edden;Richard A. Edden

  • White Matter Alterations in Deficit Schizophrenia

    Laura M Rowland;Elena A Spieker;Alan Francis;Peter B Barker;Peter B Barker

  • A novel technique to study the brain's response to pain: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    Paul G. Mullins;Laura M. Rowland;Rex E. Jung;Wilmer L. Sibbitt

  • Sex differences in N-acetylaspartate correlates of general intelligence: an 1H-MRS study of normal human brain.

    Rex E. Jung;Richard J. Haier;Ronald A. Yeo;Laura M. Rowland

  • Association of White Matter With Core Cognitive Deficits in Patients With Schizophrenia

    Peter Kochunov;Thomas R. Coyle;Laura M. Rowland;Neda Jahanshad

  • Testing the hypothesis of accelerated cerebral white matter aging in schizophrenia and major depression.

    Peter Kochunov;Peter Kochunov;David C. Glahn;David C. Glahn;Laura M. Rowland;Rene L. Olvera;Rene L. Olvera

  • Medial frontal GABA is lower in older schizophrenia: a MEGA-PRESS with macromolecule suppression study

    L M Rowland;B W Krause;S A Wijtenburg;R P McMahon

  • Comparison of single voxel brain MRS AT 3T and 7T using 32-channel head coils.

    Subechhya Pradhan;Susanne Bonekamp;Joseph S. Gillen;Joseph S. Gillen;Laura M. Rowland

  • Frontal Glutamate and γ-Aminobutyric Acid Levels and Their Associations With Mismatch Negativity and Digit Sequencing Task Performance in Schizophrenia

    Laura M. Rowland;Ann Summerfelt;S. Andrea Wijtenburg;Xiaoming Du

  • Reproducibility of brain spectroscopy at 7T using conventional localization and spectral editing techniques.

    S. Andrea Wijtenburg;Laura M. Rowland;Richard A.E. Edden;Richard A.E. Edden;Peter B. Barker;Peter B. Barker;Peter B. Barker

  • Spatial memory deficits in a virtual reality eight-arm radial maze in schizophrenia.

    Elena A. Spieker;Robert S. Astur;Jeffrey T. West;Jacqueline A. Griego

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy during initial treatment with antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia.

    Juan R Bustillo;Laura M Rowland;Rex Jung;William M Brooks

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the hippocampus and occipital white matter in PTSD: preliminary results.

    Gerardo Villarreal;Helen Petropoulos;Derek A Hamilton;Laura M Rowland

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Elliot Hong
L. Elliot Hong University of Maryland, Baltimore
Peter B. Barker
Peter B. Barker Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Juan R. Bustillo
Juan R. Bustillo University of New Mexico
Peter Kochunov
Peter Kochunov University of Maryland, Baltimore
Richard Anthony Edward Edden
Richard Anthony Edward Edden Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rex E. Jung
Rex E. Jung University of New Mexico
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Anderson M. Winkler
Anderson M. Winkler National Institutes of Health

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