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Thomas J. Metzler is affiliated with the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of medicine and neuroscience, with significant work in experimental and cognitive psychology, oncology, and clinical psychology.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of study that Metzler has contributed to include:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Oncology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics cover a range of subjects, with notable emphasis on:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Microscopic Colitis

Metzler has published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals and publications:

  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere
  • SLEEP
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Their recent published papers include:

  • Expression of the membrane tetraspanin claudin 18 on cancer cells promotes T lymphocyte infiltration and antitumor immunity in pancreatic cancer, 2024, Immunity
  • Subcortical Neuronal Correlates of Sleep in Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • Randomized controlled experimental study of hydrocortisone and D-cycloserine effects on fear extinction in PTSD, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Classification and Prediction of Post-Trauma Outcomes Related to PTSD Using Circadian Rhythm Changes Measured via Wrist-Worn Research Watch in a Large Longitudinal Cohort, 2021, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Acute cognitive effects of the hypocretin receptor antagonist almorexant relative to zolpidem and placebo: a randomized clinical trial, 2020, SLEEP

Frequent coauthors in Metzler's research include:

  • Thomas C. Neylan
  • Katja Steiger
  • Anne Richards
  • Leslie Yack
  • Jürgen Ruland

Best Publications

  • Trends and risk factors for mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs health care, 2002-2008

    Karen H. Seal;Thomas J. Metzler;Kristian S. Gima;Daniel Bertenthal

  • The Peritraumatic Distress Inventory: A Proposed Measure of PTSD Criterion A2

    Alain Brunet;Daniel S. Weiss;Thomas J. Metzler;Suzanne R. Best

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and functioning and quality of life outcomes in a nationally representative sample of male Vietnam veterans.

    Douglas F. Zatzick;Charles R. Marmar;Daniel S. Weiss;Warren S. Browner

  • Sleep disturbances in the Vietnam generation: findings from a nationally representative sample of male Vietnam veterans.

    Thomas C. Neylan;Charles R. Marmar;Thomas J. Metzler;Daniel S. Weiss

  • Predictors of posttraumatic stress in police and other first responders.

    Charles R. Marmar;Charles R. Marmar;Shannon E. McCASLIN;Shannon E. McCASLIN;Thomas J. Metzler;Thomas J. Metzler;Suzanne Best

  • VA Mental Health Services Utilization in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans in the First Year of Receiving New Mental Health Diagnoses

    Karen H. Seal;Shira Maguen;Beth Cohen;Kristian S. Gima

  • The Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire.

    Charles R. Marmar;Daniel S. Weiss;Thomas J. Metzler

  • Routine occupational stress and psychological distress in police

    Akiva M. Liberman;Suzanne R. Best;Thomas J. Metzler;Jeffrey A. Fagan

  • Characteristics of emergency services personnel related to peritraumatic dissociation during critical incident exposure.

    Charles R. Marmar;Daniel S. Weiss;Thomas J. Metzler;Kevin Delucchi

  • Predicting symptomatic distress in emergency services personnel.

    Daniel S. Weiss;Charles R. Marmar;Thomas J. Metzler;Heidi M. Ronfeldt

  • Longitudinal course and predictors of continuing distress following critical incident exposure in emergency services personnel.

    Charles R. Marmar;Daniel S. Weiss;Thomas J. Metzler;Kevin L. Delucchi

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lisa S Talbot;Shira Maguen;Thomas J Metzler;Martha Schmitz

  • Stress responses of emergency services personnel to the loma prieta earthquake interstate 880 freeway collapse and control traumatic incidents

    Charles R. Marmar;Daniel S. Weiss;Thomas J. Metzler;Heidi M. Ronfeldt

  • Childhood Trauma Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomere Length in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Aoife O'Donovan;Elissa Epel;Jue Lin;Owen Wolkowitz

  • Why are hispanics at greater risk for PTSD

    Nnamdi Pole;Suzanne R. Best;Thomas Metzler;Charles R. Marmar

  • Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers.

    Shira Maguen;Thomas J. Metzler;Shannon E. McCaslin;Sabra S. Inslicht

  • The impact of killing in war on mental health symptoms and related functioning

    Shira Maguen;Thomas J. Metzler;Brett T. Litz;Karen H. Seal

  • Killing in combat, mental health symptoms, and suicidal ideation in Iraq war veterans

    Shira Maguen;Shira Maguen;David D. Luxton;Nancy A. Skopp;Gregory A. Gahm

  • Post-traumatic stress symptoms in an elite unit of Brazilian police officers: Prevalence and impact on psychosocial functioning and on physical and mental health

    Deborah B. Maia;Charles R. Marmar;Thomas Metzler;Augusta Nóbrega

  • Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on Duty-Related Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Urban Police Officers

    Nnamdi Pole;Suzanne R. Best;Daniel S. Weiss;Thomas Metzler

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Neylan
Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco
Charles R. Marmar
Charles R. Marmar New York University
Daniel S. Weiss
Daniel S. Weiss University of California, San Francisco
Shira Maguen
Shira Maguen University of California, San Francisco
Anne Richards
Anne Richards Birkbeck, University of London
Christian Otte
Christian Otte Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Aoife O'Donovan
Aoife O'Donovan University of California, San Francisco
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Kevin L. Delucchi
Kevin L. Delucchi University of California, San Francisco
Alain Brunet
Alain Brunet McGill University

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