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Marlene Oscar-Berman

Marlene Oscar-Berman

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
63
Citations
12551
World Ranking
3421
National Ranking
1585

Psychology

D-Index
63
Citations
12501
World Ranking
3153
National Ranking
1787

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Marlene Oscar-Berman is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and neuroscience, focusing extensively on substance abuse treatment, neural mechanisms, and brain function.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

They have contributed to several subfields, notably:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Physiology

Their work covers various primary research topics, including:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Opioid-induced structural and functional plasticity of medium-spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens" (2020) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Hippocampal subfield volumes in abstinent men and women with a history of alcohol use disorder" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Chronic Pain in Relation to Depressive Disorders and Alcohol Abuse" (2020) in Brain Sciences
  • "Intrinsic brain functional connectivity patterns in alcohol use disorder" (2022) in Brain Communications
  • "Brain responsivity to emotional faces differs in men and women with and without a history of alcohol use disorder" (2021) in PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Kayle S. Sawyer
  • Gordon J. Harris
  • Nasim Maleki
  • Ben Thompson
  • Susan Mosher Ruiz

Publication venues where their work most frequently appears are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Brain Communications

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Alcohol: Effects on Neurobehavioral Functions and the Brain

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Ksenija Marinković

  • Relationship between dopaminergic neurotransmission, alcoholism, and Reward Deficiency syndrome.

    Abdalla Bowirrat;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Decreased volume of the brain reward system in alcoholism.

    Nikos Makris;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Sharon Kim Jaffin;Steven M. Hodge

  • Alcoholism and the brain: an overview.

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Ksenija Marinkovic

  • Bilateral frontal lobe disease and selective delayed response deficits in humans.

    Morris Freedman;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Reward Deficiency Syndrome

    Kenneth Blum;Amanda Lih Chuan Chen;Eric R. Braverman;David E. Comings

  • Memory deficits in Alzheimer's patients: a comprehensive review.

    Giovanni A. Carlesimo;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • “Liking” and “Wanting” Linked to Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS): Hypothesizing Differential Responsivity in Brain Reward Circuitry

    Kenneth Blum;Eliot Gardner;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Mark Gold

  • Impairments of brain and behavior: the neurological effects of alcohol.

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Barbara Shagrin;Denise L Evert;Charles Epstein

  • Alcoholism, aging, and functional cerebral asymmetries.

    Ronald J. Ellis;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Measures of prefrontal system dysfunction in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Karestan C. Koenen;Kelly L. Driver;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Jessica Wolfe;Jessica Wolfe

  • Frontal white matter and cingulum diffusion tensor imaging deficits in alcoholism.

    Gordon J. Harris;Sharon Kim Jaffin;Steven M. Hodge;David Kennedy

  • Comparisons of Korsakoff and Non-Korsakoff Alcoholics on Neuropsychological Tests of Prefrontal Brain Functioning

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Shalene M. Kirkley;David A. Gansler;Ashley Couture

  • Profiles of impaired, spared, and recovered neuropsychologic processes in alcoholism.

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Mary M. Valmas;Kayle S. Sawyer;Susan Mosher Ruiz

  • Activation instead of blocking mesolimbic dopaminergic reward circuitry is a preferred modality in the long term treatment of reward deficiency syndrome (RDS): a commentary.

    Kenneth Blum;Amanda Lih Chuan Chen;Thomas J. H. Chen;Eric R. Braverman

  • Selective Delayed Response Deficits in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease

    Morris Freedman;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Comparative neuropsychology and Korsakoff's syndrome. II—Two-choice visual discrimination learning

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Stuart M. Zola-Morgan

  • Hypothesis testing and focusing behavior during concept formation by amnesic Korsakoff patients

    Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS): Molecular Neurogenetic Evidence for Predisposition to Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)

    Kenneth Blum;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Zsolt Demetrovics;Debmalya Barh

  • Lack of association between angiotensin-converting enzyme and dementia of the Alzheimer’s type in an elderly Arab population in Wadi Ara, Israel

    Abdalla Bowirrat;Jing Cui;Kristin Waraska;Robert P Friedland

  • Epilepsy and the Functional Anatomy of the Frontal Lobe

    Marlene Oscar-Berman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ksenija Marinkovic
Ksenija Marinkovic San Diego State University
Nikos Makris
Nikos Makris Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marcelo Febo
Marcelo Febo University of Florida
Morris Freedman
Morris Freedman University of Toronto
Zsolt Demetrovics
Zsolt Demetrovics Flinders University
Yijun Liu
Yijun Liu University of Florida
Stuart Zola-Morgan
Stuart Zola-Morgan University of California, San Diego
William S. Kremen
William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego
Harold Goodglass
Harold Goodglass Boston University
David E. Comings
David E. Comings City Of Hope National Medical Center

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