2026 Maria Densmore: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	53	5094	4681	297	269	112	10635

Overview

Maria Densmore is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with a notable focus on brain connectivity and mental health disorders.

The scientist's recent research output includes publications in the following venues:

NeuroImage Clinical
Brain and Behavior
Brain Communications

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Maria Densmore include:

"Classifying heterogeneous presentations of PTSD via the default mode, central executive, and salience networks with machine learning," 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
"A randomized, controlled trial of alpha-rhythm EEG neurofeedback in posttraumatic stress disorder: A preliminary investigation showing evidence of decreased PTSD symptoms and restored default mode and salience network connectivity using fMRI," 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
"Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups," 2021, Brain and Behavior
"Posterior cingulate cortex targeted real-time fMRI neurofeedback recalibrates functional connectivity with the amygdala, posterior insula, and default-mode network in PTSD," 2023, Brain and Behavior
"Homeostatic normalization of alpha brain rhythms within the default-mode network and reduced symptoms in post-traumatic stress disorder following a randomized controlled trial of electroencephalogram neurofeedback," 2023, Brain Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

Ruth A. Lanius
Jean Théberge
Richard W. J. Neufeld
Margaret C. McKinnon
Andrew A. Nicholson

Maria Densmore has contributed extensively to several publication venues, predominantly:

NeuroImage Clinical (5 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
Brain and Behavior (3 publications)
Nature Mental Health (2 publications)
NeuroImage (2 publications)

The primary fields of study for Maria Densmore involve:

Neuroscience (37 publications)
Medicine (32 publications)
Psychology (26 publications)

The subfields of study entail:

Cognitive Neuroscience (30 publications)
Epidemiology (14 publications)
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (13 publications)
Clinical Psychology (10 publications)
Psychiatry and Mental health (8 publications)

The central research topics covered by Maria Densmore include:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (42 publications)
Traumatic Brain Injury Research (28 publications)
Mental Health Research Topics (16 publications)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (16 publications)
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (16 publications)
Memory and Neural Mechanisms (12 publications)
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (10 publications)

Best Publications

Neural Correlates of Traumatic Memories in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Functional MRI Investigation

Ruth A. Lanius;Peter C. Williamson;Maria Densmore;Kristine Boksman

733
Citations
Brain activation during script-driven imagery induced dissociative responses in PTSD: a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation.

Ruth A Lanius;Peter C Williamson;Kristine Boksman;Maria Densmore

704
Citations
Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multisite ENIGMA-PGC Study: Subcortical Volumetry Results From Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Consortia

Mark W. Logue;Sanne J.H. van Rooij;Emily L. Dennis;Sarah L. Davis

499
Citations
Glutamate and glutamine measured with 4.0 T proton MRS in never-treated patients with schizophrenia and healthy volunteers.

Jean Théberge;Robert Bartha;Dick J. Drost;Ravi S. Menon

462
Citations
Recall of emotional states in posttraumatic stress disorder: an fMRI investigation.

Ruth A Lanius;Peter C Williamson;James Hopper;Maria Densmore

417
Citations
The Nature of Traumatic Memories: A 4-T fMRI Functional Connectivity Analysis

Ruth A. Lanius;Peter C. Williamson;Maria Densmore;Kristine Boksman

386
Citations
Functional connectivity of dissociative responses in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation.

Ruth A. Lanius;Ruth A. Lanius;Peter C. Williamson;Robyn L. Bluhm;Maria Densmore

380
Citations
Resting state default-mode network connectivity in early depression using a seed region-of-interest analysis: Decreased connectivity with caudate nucleus

Robyn Bluhm;Peter Williamson;Ruth Lanius;Jean Théberge

361
Citations
Glutamate and glutamine in the anterior cingulate and thalamus of medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects measured with 4.0-T proton MRS.

Jean Théberge;Yousef Al-Semaan;Peter C. Williamson;Ravi S. Menon

305
Citations
Mind over chatter: Plastic up-regulation of the fMRI salience network directly after EEG neurofeedback

Tomas Ros;Jean Théberge;Jean Théberge;Paul A. Frewen;Rosemarie Kluetsch;Rosemarie Kluetsch

301
Citations
Switching between executive and default mode networks in posttraumatic stress disorder: Alterations in functional connectivity

Judith K. Daniels;Alexander C. McFarlane;Robyn L. Bluhm;Kathryn A. Moores

282
Citations
The neurobiology of emotion regulation in posttraumatic stress disorder: Amygdala downregulation via real-time fMRI neurofeedback.

Andrew A. Nicholson;Daniela Rabellino;Maria Densmore;Paul A. Frewen

274
Citations
Longitudinal grey-matter and glutamatergic losses in first-episode schizophrenia

Jean Théberge;Kate E. Williamson;Naoko Aoyama;Dick J. Drost

238
Citations
Clinical and neural correlates of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Paul A. Frewen;Ruth A. Lanius;David J. A. Dozois;Richard W. J. Neufeld

233
Citations
A short echo 1H spectroscopy and volumetric MRI study of the corpus striatum in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and comparison subjects

Robert Bartha;Murray B. Stein;Peter C. Williamson;Dick J. Drost

213
Citations
The Dissociative Subtype of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Unique Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Basolateral and Centromedial Amygdala Complexes

Andrew A Nicholson;Maria Densmore;Paul A Frewen;Jean Théberge

195
Citations
A 4.0-T fMRI study of brain connectivity during word fluency in first-episode schizophrenia

Kristine Boksman;Jean Théberge;Jean Théberge;Peter Williamson;Peter Williamson;Peter Williamson;Dick J. Drost;Dick J. Drost;Dick J. Drost

191
Citations
Neural correlates of levels of emotional awareness during trauma script-imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Paul Frewen;Richard D. Lane;Richard W.J. Neufeld;Maria Densmore

145
Citations
Neural correlates of trauma script-imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder with and without comorbid major depression : A functional MRI investigation

Ruth A. Lanius;Ruth A. Lanius;Ruth A. Lanius;Paul A. Frewen;Murray Girotti;Richard W.J. Neufeld

133
Citations
Unique insula subregion resting-state functional connectivity with amygdala complexes in posttraumatic stress disorder and its dissociative subtype

Andrew A. Nicholson;Iman Sapru;Maria Densmore;Paul A. Frewen

132
Citations
Brain activation to favorite music in healthy controls and depressed patients

Elizabeth A. Osuch;Robyn L. Bluhm;Peter C. Williamson;Jean Théberge

129
Citations