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6300
World Ranking
7455
National Ranking
3212

Overview

Marc J. Kaufman is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research expertise spans several main fields including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output reflects extensive work in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's contributions cover a range of key topics, notably Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Hormonal and Reproductive Studies, HIV Research and Treatment, Sexual Differentiation and Disorders, HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, as well as Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Harrison G. Pope, James I. Hudson, Alaa N. Qrareya, Gen Kanayama, and Jason J. Paris. Their work has been published in several recurrent venues such as GeroScience, Aging, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Nature Protocols, and Communications Biology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Marc J. Kaufman include:

  • A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus, 2022, Nature Protocols
  • Clathrin-nanoparticles deliver BDNF to hippocampus and enhance neurogenesis, synaptogenesis and cognition in HIV/neuroAIDS mouse model, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Review Article: Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids, Violence, and Crime: Two Cases and Literature Review, 2021, American Journal on Addictions
  • Parameter Space and Potential for Biomarker Development in 25 Years of fMRI Drug Cue Reactivity, 2024, JAMA Psychiatry
  • HIV-1 Tat promotes age-related cognitive, anxiety-like, and antinociceptive impairments in female mice that are moderated by aging and endocrine status, 2020, GeroScience

Best Publications

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Activation During Cue-Induced Cocaine Craving

    Luis C. Maas;Scott E. Lukas;Marc J. Kaufman;Roger D. Weiss

  • Brain Reactivity to Smoking Cues Prior to Smoking Cessation Predicts Ability to Maintain Tobacco Abstinence

    Amy C. Janes;Diego A. Pizzagalli;Sarah Richardt;Blaise de B. Frederick

  • Severe depletion of cocaine recognition sites associated with the dopamine transporter in Parkinson's-diseased striatum

    Marc J. Kaufman;Bertha K. Madras

  • Cocaine-Induced Cerebral Vasoconstriction Detected in Humans With Magnetic Resonance Angiography

    Marc J. Kaufman;Jonathan M. Levin;Marjorie H. Ross;Nicholas Lange

  • Prefrontal and temporal gray matter density decreases in opiate dependence.

    In Kyoon Lyoo;In Kyoon Lyoo;Mark H. Pollack;Marisa M. Silveri;Kyung Heup Ahn

  • Cerebellar gray matter volume correlates with duration of cocaine use in cocaine-dependent subjects.

    Minyoung E Sim;In Kyoon Lyoo;In Kyoon Lyoo;Chris C Streeter;Julie Covell

  • Expression of HIV-Tat protein is associated with learning and memory deficits in the mouse.

    Amanda N. Carey;Elizabeth I. Sypek;Harminder D. Singh;Marc J. Kaufman

  • Cocaine pharmacokinetics in men and in women during the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle.

    Jack H Mendelson;Nancy K Mello;Michelle B Sholar;Arthur J Siegel

  • Prefrontal and limbic resting state brain network functional connectivity differs between nicotine-dependent smokers and non-smoking controls

    Amy C Janes;Lisa D Nickerson;Blaise De B Frederick;Marc J Kaufman

  • White matter hyperintensities in subjects with cocaine and opiate dependence and healthy comparison subjects.

    In Kyoon Lyoo;Chris C Streeter;Kyung Heup Ahn;Ho Kyu Lee

  • Autoradiographic localization of cocaine binding sites by [3H]CFT ([3H]WIN 35,428) in the monkey brain.

    Don R. Canfield;Roger D. Spealman;Marc J. Kaufman;Bertha K. Madras

  • Reduction in BOLD fMRI response to primary visual stimulation following alcohol ingestion.

    Jonathan M Levin;Marjorie H Ross;Jack H Mendelson;Jack H Mendelson;Marc J Kaufman;Marc J Kaufman

  • Neural substrates of attentional bias for smoking-related cues: an FMRI study.

    Amy C Janes;Diego A Pizzagalli;Sarah Richardt;Blaise de B Frederick

  • Brain and cognition abnormalities in long-term anabolic-androgenic steroid users

    Marc J. Kaufman;Amy C. Janes;James I. Hudson;Brian P. Brennan

  • Cerebellar vermis involvement in cocaine-related behaviors.

    Carl M. Anderson;Luis C. Maas;Blaise De B. Frederick;Jacob T. Bendor

  • Carbon monoxide exposure potentiates high-frequency auditory threshold shifts induced by noise.

    John S. Young;Margaret B. Upchurch;Marc J. Kaufman;Laurence D. Fechter

  • Methadone maintenance improves cognitive performance after two months of treatment.

    Staci A. Gruber;Golfo K. Tzilos;Marisa M. Silveri;Mark Pollack

  • Influence of baseline hematocrit and hemodilution on BOLD fMRI activation.

    Jonathan M. Levin;Blaise De B. Frederick;Marjorie H. Ross;Jonathan F. Fox

  • Cocaine decreases relative cerebral blood volume in humans: a dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Marc J. Kaufman;Jonathan M. Levin;Luis C. Maas;Stephanie L. Rose

  • Abnormal cerebral metabolism in polydrug abusers during early withdrawal: a 31P MR spectroscopy study.

    J D Christensen;M J Kaufman;J M Levin;J M Levin;J H Mendelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Blaise deB. Frederick
Blaise deB. Frederick Harvard University
J. Eric Jensen
J. Eric Jensen Harvard University
Nicholas Lange
Nicholas Lange Harvard University
Bertha K. Madras
Bertha K. Madras Harvard University
In Kyoon Lyoo
In Kyoon Lyoo Ewha Womans University
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd University of Utah
Joseph T. Coyle
Joseph T. Coyle Harvard University
Mark E. Schmidt
Mark E. Schmidt Janssen (Belgium)
Michael J. Coleman
Michael J. Coleman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jonathan Sebat
Jonathan Sebat University of California, San Diego

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