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Michael N. Smolka

Michael N. Smolka

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Psychology

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82
Citations
27125
World Ranking
1324
National Ranking
52

Overview

Michael N. Smolka is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has a research profile spanning several intersecting domains within neuroscience, psychology, and medicine.

Their research contributions are primarily situated in the following fields of study:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within those broader areas, key subfields addressed include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael N. Smolka include:

  • Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Cognitive and brain development is independently influenced by socioeconomic status and polygenic scores for educational attainment (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The empirical replicability of task-based fMRI as a function of sample size (2020, NeuroImage)
  • The IMAGEN study: a decade of imaging genetics in adolescents (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus (2022, Nature Protocols)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Andreas Heinz
  • Tobias Banaschewski
  • Frauke Nees
  • Sylvane Desrivières
  • Henrik Walter

The scientist's publications are commonly found in the following venues, reflecting the focus and reach of their work:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • NeuroImage
  • Psychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Amygdala-prefrontal coupling depends on a genetic variation of the serotonin transporter

    Andreas Heinz;Dieter F Braus;Michael N Smolka;Jana Wrase

  • The IMAGEN study: reinforcement-related behaviour in normal brain function and psychopathology.

    G Schumann;E Loth;T Banaschewski;A Barbot

  • Cue-induced activation of the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex is associated with subsequent relapse in abstinent alcoholics

    Sabine M. Grüsser;Jana Wrase;Sabine Klein;Derik Hermann

  • Correlated gene expression supports synchronous activity in brain networks

    Jonas Richiardi;Jonas Richiardi;Andre Altmann;Anna-Clare Milazzo;Anna-Clare Milazzo;Catie Chang

  • Correlation between dopamine D(2) receptors in the ventral striatum and central processing of alcohol cues and craving.

    Andreas Heinz;Thomas Siessmeier;Jana Wrase;Derik Hermann

  • Catechol-O-methyltransferase val158met genotype affects processing of emotional stimuli in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex.

    Michael N. Smolka;Gunter Schumann;Jana Wrase;Sabine M. Grüsser

  • Adolescent impulsivity phenotypes characterized by distinct brain networks.

    Robert Whelan;Patricia J Conrod;Patricia J Conrod;Jean-Baptiste Poline;Anbarasu Lourdusamy

  • Neuropsychosocial profiles of current and future adolescent alcohol misusers

    Robert Whelan;Robert Whelan;Richard Watts;Catherine A. Orr;Robert R. Althoff

  • Correlation of alcohol craving with striatal dopamine synthesis capacity and D2/3 receptor availability: a combined [18F]DOPA and [18F]DMFP PET study in detoxified alcoholic patients.

    Andreas Heinz;Thomas Siessmeier;Jana Wrase;Hans Georg Buchholz

  • The Brain’s Response to Reward Anticipation and Depression in Adolescence: Dimensionality, Specificity, and Longitudinal Predictions in a Community-Based Sample

    Argyris Stringaris;Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil;Eric Artiges;Hervé Lemaitre

  • Effect of Brain Structure, Brain Function, and Brain Connectivity on Relapse in Alcohol-Dependent Patients

    Anne Beck;Torsten Wüstenberg;Alexander Genauck;Jana Wrase

  • The neural basis of video gaming

    Simone Kühn;A. Romanowski;C. Schilling;R. Lorenz

  • Amygdala Volume Associated With Alcohol Abuse Relapse and Craving

    Jana Wrase;Nicos Makris;Dieter F. Braus;Karl Mann

  • Severity of nicotine dependence modulates cue-induced brain activity in regions involved in motor preparation and imagery

    Michael N. Smolka;Mira Bühler;Sabine Klein;Ulrich Zimmermann

  • The structure of psychopathology in adolescence and its common personality and cognitive correlates.

    Natalie Castellanos-Ryan;Frédéric N. Brière;Maeve O'Leary-Barrett;Tobias Banaschewski

  • Lower Ventral Striatal Activation During Reward Anticipation in Adolescent Smokers

    Jan Peters;Uli Bromberg;Sophia Schneider;Stefanie Brassen

  • Association of Low Striatal Dopamine D2 Receptor Availability With Nicotine Dependence Similar to That Seen With Other Drugs of Abuse

    Christoph Fehr;Igor Yakushev;Nina Hohmann;Hans-Georg Buchholz

  • Association of a regulatory polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A gene with antisocial alcoholism.

    Jerzy Samochowiec;Klaus-Peter Lesch;Matthias Rottmann;Michael Smolka

  • Dopamine in amygdala gates limbic processing of aversive stimuli in humans

    Thorsten Kienast;Ahmad R Hariri;Florian Schlagenhauf;Jana Wrase

  • Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex

    Tulio Guadalupe;Samuel R. Mathias;Theo G.M. vanErp;Christopher D. Whelan;Christopher D. Whelan

  • Gene–gene effects on central processing of aversive stimuli

    Smolka Mn;Bühler M;Schumann G;Klein S

  • Nicotine Dependence Is Characterized by Disordered Reward Processing in a Network Driving Motivation

    Mira Bühler;Sabine Vollstädt-Klein;Andrea Kobiella;Andrea Kobiella;Henning Budde

Frequent Co-Authors

Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Hugh Garavan
Hugh Garavan University of Vermont
Gunter Schumann
Gunter Schumann King's College London
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Frauke Nees
Frauke Nees Kiel University
Jean-Luc Martinot
Jean-Luc Martinot École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Robert Whelan
Robert Whelan Trinity College Dublin
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University

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