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Patrick M. Fisher is affiliated with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology. Within these broad areas, Fisher's work emphasizes subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their scientific inquiries center around several core topics. These include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Treatment of Major Depression, Mental Health Research Topics, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, and Tryptophan and Brain Disorders.

Fisher has published extensively, contributing to numerous research articles. Among the recent papers are:

  • A single psilocybin dose is associated with long-term increased mindfulness, preceded by a proportional change in neocortical 5-HT2A receptor binding (2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • Exenatide once weekly for alcohol use disorder investigated in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial (2022, JCI Insight)
  • Psilocybin-induced changes in brain network integrity and segregation correlate with plasma psilocin level and psychedelic experience (2021, European Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • Psychedelic resting-state neuroimaging: A review and perspective on balancing replication and novel analyses (2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Brain serotonin 2A receptor binding predicts subjective temporal and mystical effects of psilocybin in healthy humans (2020, Journal of Psychopharmacology)

The primary venues where Fisher has published include Neuroscience Applied, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Psychopharmacology, and Human Brain Mapping. These journals reflect an ongoing engagement with interdisciplinary studies linking neuropharmacology and clinical applications.

Fisher frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably Gitte M. Knudsen, Brice Ozenne, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Vibe G. Frøkjær, and M. Madsen. Such collaboration networks suggest active involvement in multi-author neuropsychopharmacological research projects.

Best Publications

  • Altered Striatal Activation Predicting Real-World Positive Affect in Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder

    Erika E. Forbes;Ahmad R. Hariri;B.A. Samantha L. Martin;Jennifer S. Silk

  • Psychedelic effects of psilocybin correlate with serotonin 2A receptor occupancy and plasma psilocin levels.

    Martin K. Madsen;Patrick M. Fisher;Daniel Burmester;Daniel Burmester;Agnete Dyssegaard

  • A High-Resolution In Vivo Atlas of the Human Brain's Serotonin System.

    Vincent Beliveau;Melanie Ganz;Ling Feng;Brice Ozenne

  • Cortical surface-based analysis reduces bias and variance in kinetic modeling of brain PET data.

    Douglas N. Greve;Claus Svarer;Patrick M. Fisher;Ling Feng

  • FKBP5 and emotional neglect interact to predict individual differences in amygdala reactivity

    Michael G. White;Ryan Bogdan;Patrick M. Fisher;Karen Muñoz

  • Effects of HTR1A C(−1019)G on Amygdala Reactivity and Trait Anxiety

    Eric Fakra;Luke W. Hyde;Adam Gorka;Patrick M. Fisher

  • Acute 5-HT Reuptake Blockade Potentiates Human Amygdala Reactivity

    Kristin L Bigos;Bruce G Pollock;Bruce G Pollock;Howard J Aizenstein;Patrick M Fisher

  • Capacity for 5-HT1A-mediated autoregulation predicts amygdala reactivity.

    P M Fisher;C C Meltzer;C C Meltzer;S K Ziolko;J C Price

  • A single psilocybin dose is associated with long-term increased mindfulness, preceded by a proportional change in neocortical 5-HT2A receptor binding.

    Martin Korsbak Madsen;Patrick MacDonald Fisher;Dea Siggaard Stenbæk;Sara Kristiansen

  • Medial Prefrontal Cortex 5-HT2A Density Is Correlated with Amygdala Reactivity, Response Habituation, and Functional Coupling

    Patrick M. Fisher;Carolyn C. Meltzer;Julie C. Price;Rhaven L. Coleman

  • Psychedelic resting-state neuroimaging: A review and perspective on balancing replication and novel analyses

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  • Psilocybin-induced changes in brain network integrity and segregation correlate with plasma psilocin level and psychedelic experience.

    Martin K Madsen;Dea S Stenbæk;Albin Arvidsson;Sophia Armand

  • Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women

    Justin M. Carré;Patrick M. Fisher;Stephen B. Manuck;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • The Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging (Cimbi) database

    Gitte Moos Knudsen;Peter S. Jensen;David Erritzoe;William F. C. Baaré

  • Functional connectivity of the dorsal and median raphe nuclei at rest

    Vincent Beliveau;Claus Svarer;Vibe G. Frokjaer;Gitte Moos Knudsen

  • Age, Sex, and Reproductive Hormone Effects on Brain Serotonin-1A and Serotonin-2A Receptor Binding in a Healthy Population

    Eydie L Moses-Kolko;Julie C Price;Nilesh Shah;Sarah Berga

  • Central 5-HT4 receptor binding as biomarker of serotonergic tonus in humans: a [11C]SB207145 PET study.

    M. E. Haahr;P. M. Fisher;C. G. Jensen;V. G. Frokjaer

  • Recreational use of psychedelics is associated with elevated personality trait openness: Exploration of associations with brain serotonin markers:

    David Erritzoe;James Smith;Patrick M Fisher;Robin Carhart-Harris

  • Violent offenders respond to provocations with high amygdala and striatal reactivity.

    Sofi da Cunha-Bang;Sofi da Cunha-Bang;Patrick M. Fisher;Liv Vadskjær Hjordt;Liv Vadskjær Hjordt;Erik Perfalk;Erik Perfalk

  • Brain serotonin 2A receptor binding predicts subjective temporal and mystical effects of psilocybin in healthy humans

    Dea Siggaard Stenbæk;Martin Korsbak Madsen;Martin Korsbak Madsen;Brice Ozenne;Brice Ozenne;Sara Kristiansen

  • The 5-HT4 receptor levels in hippocampus correlates inversely with memory test performance in humans

    Mette Ewers Haahr;Patrick Fisher;Klaus Holst;Karine Madsen

  • FEATURE ARTICLE Medial Prefrontal Cortex 5-HT2A Density Is Correlated with Amygdala Reactivity, Response Habituation, and Functional Coupling

    Patrick M. Fisher;Carolyn C. Meltzer;Julie C. Price;Rhaven L. Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Svarer
Claus Svarer Copenhagen University Hospital
Ahmad R. Hariri
Ahmad R. Hariri Duke University
Julie C. Price
Julie C. Price Harvard University
David Erritzoe
David Erritzoe Imperial College London
Lars Vedel Kessing
Lars Vedel Kessing University of Copenhagen
William F.C. Baaré
William F.C. Baaré Copenhagen University Hospital
Kamilla W. Miskowiak
Kamilla W. Miskowiak Copenhagen University Hospital
Paul Cumming
Paul Cumming Queensland University of Technology
Justin M. Carré
Justin M. Carré Nipissing University
Douglas N. Greve
Douglas N. Greve Harvard University

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