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Overview

Ryan Bogdan is a researcher affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States, with a focus spanning medicine and psychology. Their work concentrates on genetics, pediatrics, pharmacology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Key topics in Bogdan's research include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Frequent publication venues for Bogdan's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Nature Mental Health

Their collaborative network features coauthors with whom they have published extensively. These include Arpana Agrawal, Sarah E. Paul, Alexander S. Hatoum, Emma C. Johnson, and David A. A. Baranger.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Bogdan are:

  • "A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Childhood Outcomes," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "The addiction risk factor: A unitary genetic vulnerability characterizes substance use disorders and their associations with common correlates," 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children," 2021, JAMA Neurology

These publications reflect a focus on substance use disorders, prenatal exposure to cannabis, brain imaging in children, and genetic factors related to addiction and psychiatric outcomes.

Their research integrates diverse methodologies ranging from genome-wide association studies to neuroimaging in pediatric populations.

Best Publications

  • Reduced Caudate and Nucleus Accumbens Response to Rewards in Unmedicated Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder

    Diego A. Pizzagalli;A.M. Avram J. Holmes;Daniel G. Dillon;B.A. Elena L. Goetz

  • Mapping anhedonia onto reinforcement learning: a behavioural meta-analysis

    Quentin Jm Huys;Diego A Pizzagalli;Ryan Bogdan;Peter Dayan

  • Acute stress reduces reward responsiveness: implications for depression.

    Ryan Bogdan;Diego A. Pizzagalli

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

    Emma C Johnson;Ditte Demontis;Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Raymond K Walters

  • Associations between Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Childhood Outcomes: Results from the ABCD Study

    Sarah E. Paul;Alexander S. Hatoum;Jeremy D. Fine;Emma C. Johnson

  • Stress-System Genes and Life Stress Predict Cortisol Levels and Amygdala and Hippocampal Volumes in Children

    David Pagliaccio;Joan L Luby;Ryan Bogdan;Arpana Agrawal

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

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

  • Does centrality in a cross-sectional network suggest intervention targets for social anxiety disorder?

    Thomas L Rodebaugh;Natasha A Tonge;Marilyn L Piccirillo;Eiko Fried

  • Increased perceived stress is associated with blunted hedonic capacity: potential implications for depression research.

    Diego A. Pizzagalli;Ryan Bogdan;Kyle G. Ratner;Allison L. Jahn

  • Mineralocorticoid receptor Iso/Val (rs5522) genotype moderates the association between previous childhood emotional neglect and amygdala reactivity.

    Ryan Bogdan;Douglas E. Williamson;Ahmad R. Hariri;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Dissociation of neural regions associated with anticipatory versus consummatory phases of incentive processing

    Daniel G. Dillon;Avram J. Holmes;Allison L. Jahn;Ryan Bogdan

  • Amygdala functional connectivity, HPA axis genetic variation, and life stress in children and relations to anxiety and emotion regulation.

    David Pagliaccio;Joan L. Luby;Ryan Bogdan;Arpana Agrawal

  • Polygenic Risk Scores in Clinical Psychology: Bridging Genomic Risk to Individual Differences.

    Ryan Bogdan;David A.A. Baranger;Arpana Agrawal

  • Impact of Sleep Quality on Amygdala Reactivity, Negative Affect, and Perceived Stress

    Aric A. Prather;Ryan Bogdan;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Individual differences in reinforcement learning: behavioral, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging correlates.

    Diane L. Santesso;Daniel G. Dillon;Jeffrey L. Birk;Avram J. Holmes

  • Single Dose of a Dopamine Agonist Impairs Reinforcement Learning in Humans: Evidence from Event-related Potentials and Computational Modeling of Striatal-Cortical Function

    Diane L. Santesso;A. Eden Evins;Michael J. Frank;Erika M. Cowman Schetter

  • Acute Stress Selectively Reduces Reward Sensitivity

    Lisa Hinckley Berghorst;Ryan Bogdan;Michael J. Frank;Diego A Pizzagalli;Diego A Pizzagalli

  • Ventral Striatum Reactivity to Reward and Recent Life Stress Interact to Predict Positive Affect

    Yuliya S. Nikolova;Ryan Bogdan;Bartholomew D. Brigidi;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Evidence of CNIH3 involvement in opioid dependence

    Elliot C. Nelson;Arpana Agrawal;Andrew C. Heath;Ryan Bogdan

  • Imaging Genetics and Genomics in Psychiatry: A Critical Review of Progress and Potential.

    Ryan Bogdan;Betty Jo Salmeron;Caitlin E. Carey;Arpana Agrawal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmad R. Hariri
Ahmad R. Hariri Duke University
Arpana Agrawal
Arpana Agrawal Washington University in St. Louis
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Deanna M. Barch
Deanna M. Barch Washington University in St. Louis
Howard J. Edenberg
Howard J. Edenberg Indiana University
Alison Goate
Alison Goate Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Thomas F. Oltmanns
Thomas F. Oltmanns Washington University in St. Louis
Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis

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