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Overview

Stephen J. Kish is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research spans critical areas in medicine and neuroscience, focusing particularly on pharmacology, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work is published predominantly in journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

The main fields of study for Stephen J. Kish include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, their subfields of interest are:

  • Pharmacology
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Biological Psychiatry

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to substance use and brain health, including:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Frequent collaborators with Stephen J. Kish include:

  • Isabelle Boileau
  • Junchao Tong
  • Pablo Rusjan
  • Jeffrey H. Meyer
  • Jerry J. Warsh

Their scholarly output includes papers on neuroinflammation, cannabis use, and alcohol-related disorders. Recent significant publications include:

  • Neuroinflammation After COVID-19 With Persistent Depressive and Cognitive Symptoms, 2023, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Quantity and Frequency of Cannabis Use in Relation to Cannabis-Use Disorder and Cannabis-Related Problems, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Translocator Protein Distribution Volume Predicts Reduction of Symptoms During Open-Label Trial of Celecoxib in Major Depressive Disorder, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Lower Brain Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Treatment-Seeking Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Positron Emission Tomography Study with [C-11]CURB, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Impacts of Canada's Cannabis Legalization on Police-Reported Crime Among Youth: Early Evidence, 2021, Addiction

Best Publications

  • Uneven pattern of dopamine loss in the striatum of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Pathophysiologic and clinical implications.

    Stephen J. Kish;Kathleen Shannak;Oleh Hornykiewicz

  • Frataxin is Reduced in Friedreich Ataxia Patients and is Associated with Mitochondrial Membranes

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Yves Lutz;Lidia Cova

  • Striatal dopamine nerve terminal markers in human, chronic methamphetamine users

    Julie M. Wilson;Kathryn S. Kalasinsky;Allan I. Levey;Catherine Bergeron

  • Kainic acid induced seizures: Neurochemical and histopathological changes

    G. Sperk;H. Lassmann;H. Baran;S.J. Kish

  • Brain cytochrome oxidase in Alzheimer's disease.

    Stephen J. Kish;Catherine Bergeron;Ali Rajput;Slobodan Dozic

  • Preferential loss of serotonin markers in caudate versus putamen in Parkinson's disease

    Stephen J. Kish;Junchao Tong;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Ali Rajput

  • Glutathione peroxidase activity in Parkinson's disease brain.

    Stephen J. Kish;Caryl Morito;Oleh Hornykiewicz

  • The role of radiotracer imaging in Parkinson disease

    B. Ravina;D. Eidelberg;J. E. Ahlskog;R. L. Albin

  • Brain S‐Adenosylmethionine Levels Are Severely Decreased in Alzheimer's Disease

    Lesley D. Morrison;David D. Smith;Stephen J. Kish

  • Aging produces a specific pattern of striatal dopamine loss: implications for the etiology of idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

    Stephen J. Kish;Kathleen Shannak;Ali Rajput;John H. N. Deck

  • Increased risk of Parkinson's disease in individuals hospitalized with conditions related to the use of methamphetamine or other amphetamine-type drugs

    Russell C. Callaghan;James K. Cunningham;Jenna Sykes;Stephen J. Kish;Stephen J. Kish

  • Hereditary form of parkinsonism-dementia

    Manfred D. Muenter;Lysia S. Forno;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Stephen J. Kish

  • Phenotypic variability of Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease is associated with prion protein heterogeneity

    Pedro Piccardo;Stephen R. Dlouhy;Patricia M.J. Lievens;Katherine Young

  • Differential changes in neurochemical markers of striatal dopamine nerve terminals in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    J. M. Wilson;A. I. Levey;A. Rajput;L. Ang

  • Brain α‐Ketoglutarate Dehydrotenase Complex Activity in Alzheimer's Disease

    Frank Mastrogiacomo;Catherine Bergeron;Stephen J. Kish

  • Dopa-responsive dystonia: pathological and biochemical observations in a case.

    A. H. Rajput;W. R. G. Gibb;X. H. Zhong;K. S. Shannak

  • Striatal dopamine, dopamine transporter, and vesicular monoamine transporter in chronic cocaine users

    J M Wilson;A I Levey;C Bergeron;K Kalasinsky

  • [11C]RTI‐32 PET studies of the dopamine transporter in early dopa‐naive Parkinson's disease Implications for the symptomatic threshold

    M. Guttman;J. Burkholder;S. J. Kish;D. Hussey

  • Cerebral cortex Gs alpha protein levels and forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation are increased in bipolar affective disorder.

    L. T. Young;P. P. Li;S. J. Kish;Kin Po Siu

  • Pharmacologic mechanisms of crystal meth

    Stephen J. Kish

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabelle Boileau
Isabelle Boileau Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Yoshiaki Furukawa
Yoshiaki Furukawa Juntendo University
Alan A. Wilson
Alan A. Wilson Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Jerry J. Warsh
Jerry J. Warsh University of Toronto
Sylvain Houle
Sylvain Houle University of Toronto
Mark Guttman
Mark Guttman University of Toronto
Oleh Hornykiewicz
Oleh Hornykiewicz University of Vienna
Rachel F. Tyndale
Rachel F. Tyndale University of Toronto
L. Trevor Young
L. Trevor Young University of Toronto
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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