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Overview

Steven G. Potkin is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging methodologies. The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of brain function, particularly through advanced neuroimaging techniques.

The primary fields of study in Potkin's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader fields, notable subfields of research encompass:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Physiology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The key research topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Steven G. Potkin has contributed to multiple scientific journals and repositories, publishing frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • GeroScience
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging

Close collaborative relationships are evident with several co-authors who have appeared repeatedly in publications alongside Potkin, including:

  • Daniel H. Mathalon
  • Adrian Preda
  • Vince D. Calhoun
  • Theo G.M. van Erp
  • Bryon A. Mueller

Among the recent articles involving or authored by Steven G. Potkin are the following:

  • "Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "The neurobiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia: paths to antipsychotic resistance and a roadmap for future research" (2020), published in Schizophrenia
  • "Longitudinal Associations of Blood Phosphorylated Tau181 and Neurofilament Light Chain With Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer Disease" (2021), published in JAMA Neurology
  • "A meta-analysis of deep brain structural shape and asymmetry abnormalities in 2,833 individuals with schizophrenia compared with 3,929 healthy volunteers via the ENIGMA Consortium" (2021), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • "Large-scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Clozapine treatment for suicidality in schizophrenia: International Suicide Prevention Trial (InterSePT).

    Herbert Y. Meltzer;Larry Alphs;Alan I. Green;A. Carlo Altamura

  • Measurement of Premorbid Adjustment in Chronic Schizophrenia

    H E Cannon-Spoor;S G Potkin;R J Wyatt

  • Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium

    T. G M van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

  • Gene expression for glutamic acid decarboxylase is reduced without loss of neurons in prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics.

    Schahram Akbarian;James J. Kim;Steven G. Potkin;Jennifer O. Hagman

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease

    Mark H Tuszynski;Mark H Tuszynski;Leon Thal;Leon Thal;Mary Pay;David P Salmon

  • Dynamic functional connectivity analysis reveals transient states of dysconnectivity in schizophrenia

    E. Damaraju;E.A. Allen;E.A. Allen;A. Belger;J.M. Ford;J.M. Ford

  • Aripiprazole, an Antipsychotic With a Novel Mechanism of Action, and Risperidone vs Placebo in Patients With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

    Steven G. Potkin;Anutosh R. Saha;Mary J. Kujawa;William H. Carson

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • Altered Distribution of Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate—Diaphorase Cells in Frontal Lobe of Schizophrenics Implies Disturbances of Cortical Development

    Schahram Akbarian;William E. Bunney;Steven G. Potkin;Sharon B. Wigal

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Targeting acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase in dementia

    Roger M. Lane;Steven G. Potkin;Albert Enz

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • Distorted distribution of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase neurons in temporal lobe of schizophrenics implies anomalous cortical development.

    Schahram Akbarian;Angel Viñuela;James J. Kim;Steven G. Potkin

  • Selective alterations in gene expression for NMDA receptor subunits in prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics

    S Akbarian;NJ Sucher;D Bradley;A Tafazzoli

  • Sex-related difference in amygdala activity during emotionally influenced memory storage.

    Larry Cahill;Richard J. Haier;T. Nathan S. White;James Fallon

  • Ziprasidone 80 mg/day and 160 mg/day in the acute exacerbation of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a 6-week placebo-controlled trial. Ziprasidone Study Group.

    David G Daniel;Dan L Zimbroff;Steven G Potkin;Karen R Reeves

  • Erratum: Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium (Molecular Psychiatry (2015) DOI:10.1038/mp.2015.63)

    T. G.M. Van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

  • Feed-forward hierarchical model of the ventral visual stream applied to functional brain image classification

    David B. Keator;James H. Fallon;Anita Lakatos;Charless C. Fowlkes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica A. Turner
Jessica A. Turner The Ohio State University
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Daniel H. Mathalon
Daniel H. Mathalon University of California, San Francisco
Theo G.M. van Erp
Theo G.M. van Erp University of California, Irvine
Andrew J. Saykin
Andrew J. Saykin Indiana University
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Fabio Macciardi
Fabio Macciardi University of California, Irvine
Aysenil Belger
Aysenil Belger University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William E. Bunney
William E. Bunney University of California, Irvine

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