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Michael T. Treadway

Michael T. Treadway

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Psychology

D-Index
46
Citations
16183
World Ranking
6290
National Ranking
3401

Overview

Michael T. Treadway is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, behavioral neuroscience, biological psychiatry, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as stress responses and cortisol, mental health research topics, tryptophan and brain disorders, functional brain connectivity studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

Michael T. Treadway has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Among recent papers associated with their work are:

  • Aiding and Abetting Anhedonia: Impact of Inflammation on the Brain and Pharmacological Implications, 2021, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Functional connectivity in reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia as therapeutic targets in depression with high inflammation: evidence from a dopamine challenge study, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Gene signatures in peripheral blood immune cells related to insulin resistance and low tyrosine metabolism define a sub-type of depression with high CRP and anhedonia, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • The effort-doors task: Examining the temporal dynamics of effort-based reward processing using ERPs, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Dose-response effects of d-amphetamine on effort-based decision-making and reinforcement learning, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Jennifer C. Felger, Ebrahim Haroon, Andrew H. Miller, Jessica Cooper, and Jessica A. Cooper.

Best Publications

  • Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

    Sara W. Lazar;Catherine E. Kerr;Rachel H. Wasserman;Jeremy R. Gray

  • Reconsidering anhedonia in depression: lessons from translational neuroscience.

    Michael T. Treadway;David H. Zald

  • Network analysis of depression and anxiety symptom relationships in a psychiatric sample.

    Courtney Beard;Alex J. Millner;Marie J. C. Forgeard;Eiko I. Fried

  • Worth the 'EEfRT'? The effort expenditure for rewards task as an objective measure of motivation and anhedonia.

    Michael T. Treadway;Joshua W. Buckholtz;Ashley N. Schwartzman;Warren E. Lambert

  • Reward processing dysfunction in major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

    Alexis E. Whitton;Michael T. Treadway;Diego A. Pizzagalli

  • Effort-Based Decision-Making in Major Depressive Disorder: A Translational Model of Motivational Anhedonia

    Michael T. Treadway;Nicholas A. Bossaller;Richard C. Shelton;David H. Zald

  • Dopaminergic Network Differences in Human Impulsivity

    Joshua W. Buckholtz;Michael T. Treadway;Ronald L. Cowan;Neil D. Woodward

  • Mesolimbic dopamine reward system hypersensitivity in individuals with psychopathic traits

    Joshua W. Buckholtz;Michael T. Treadway;Ronald L. Cowan;Neil D. Woodward

  • The Impact of Stress and Major Depressive Disorder on Hippocampal and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Morphology

    Emily L. Belleau;Michael T. Treadway;Diego A. Pizzagalli;Diego A. Pizzagalli

  • Dopaminergic mechanisms of individual differences in human effort-based decision-making.

    M. T. Treadway;J. W. Buckholtz;R. L. Cowan;N. D. Woodward

  • Inflammation Effects on Motivation and Motor Activity: Role of Dopamine.

    Jennifer C Felger;Michael T Treadway

  • Illness Progression, Recent Stress, and Morphometry of Hippocampal Subfields and Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Major Depression

    Michael T. Treadway;Michael L. Waskom;Daniel G. Dillon;Avram J. Holmes;Avram J. Holmes

  • Effort, anhedonia, and function in schizophrenia: reduced effort allocation predicts amotivation and functional impairment.

    Deanna M;Michael T Treadway;Nathan Schoen

  • Amping Up Effort: Effects of d-Amphetamine on Human Effort-Based Decision-Making

    Margaret C. Wardle;Michael T. Treadway;Leah M. Mayo;David H. Zald;David H. Zald

  • Clashing Diagnostic Approaches: DSM-ICD Versus RDoC

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Michael T. Treadway

  • Parsing Anhedonia Translational Models of Reward-Processing Deficits in Psychopathology

    Michael T. Treadway;David H. Zald

  • Impaired Effort Allocation in Patients with Schizophrenia

    Michael T. Treadway;Joel S. Peterman;David H. Zald;Sohee Park

  • Effort-Based Decision-Making Paradigms for Clinical Trials in Schizophrenia: Part 1—Psychometric Characteristics of 5 Paradigms

    L. Felice Reddy;L. Felice Reddy;William P. Horan;William P. Horan;M Deanna;Robert W. Buchanan

  • Reward Processing, Neuroeconomics, and Psychopathology

    David H. Zald;Michael T. Treadway

  • Anhedonia in depression: biological mechanisms and computational models.

    Jessica A Cooper;Amanda R Arulpragasam;Michael T Treadway

  • Early adverse events, HPA activity and rostral anterior cingulate volume in MDD.

    Michael T. Treadway;Merida M. Grant;Zhaohua Ding;Steven D. Hollon

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
David H. Zald
David H. Zald Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Deanna M. Barch
Deanna M. Barch Washington University in St. Louis
Gabriel S. Dichter
Gabriel S. Dichter University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Harriet de Wit
Harriet de Wit University of Chicago
Jonathan K. Wynn
Jonathan K. Wynn University of California, Los Angeles
Jack J. Blanchard
Jack J. Blanchard University of Maryland, College Park
Jared W. Young
Jared W. Young University of California, San Diego
Mats Lekander
Mats Lekander Karolinska Institute

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