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Overview

Valerie Voon is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, contributing extensively to the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Their research outputs span a broad array of topics within these disciplines, focusing predominantly on neurological and psychological mechanisms and interventions.

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

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these, the scientist's subfield specializations cover:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The main topics investigated by Voon include:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Voon's publication record features numerous papers in well-recognized scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Some of the recent peer-reviewed publications authored or co-authored by Voon include:

  • Assessing international alcohol consumption patterns during isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic using an online survey: highlighting negative emotionality mechanisms (2020, BMJ Open)
  • A Review and Expert Opinion on the Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Motor Functional Neurological Disorders (2020, Journal of Neuropsychiatry)
  • Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
  • Evidence-Based Practice for the Clinical Assessment of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Report From the American Neuropsychiatric Association Committee on Research (2020, Journal of Neuropsychiatry)
  • Deep brain stimulation for Tourette's syndrome (2020, Translational Neurodegeneration)

Throughout their research career, Voon has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Bomin Sun
  • Chencheng Zhang
  • Dianyou Li
  • Yijie Zhao
  • Qiong Ding

Best Publications

  • Deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression.

    Helen S. Mayberg;Helen S. Mayberg;Andres M. Lozano;Valerie Voon;Heather E. McNeely

  • Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of 3090 Patients

    Daniel Weintraub;Juergen Koester;Marc N. Potenza;Andrew D. Siderowf

  • Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders.

    Alberto J. Espay;Selma Aybek;Alan Carson;Mark J. Edwards

  • Disorders of compulsivity: a common bias towards learning habits

    Valerie Voon;K Derbyshire;C Rück;MA Irvine

  • Practice Parameter: Evaluation and treatment of depression, psychosis, and dementia in Parkinson disease (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    D Aarsland;M Emre;A Lees;W Poewe

  • Validation of the Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

    Daniel Weintraub;Staci Hoops;Judy A. Shea;Judy A. Shea;Kelly E. Lyons

  • Diagnostic criteria for psychosis in Parkinson's disease: Report of an NINDS, NIMH work group

    Bernard Ravina;Karen Marder;Hubert H. Fernandez;Joseph H. Friedman

  • A multicentre study on suicide outcomes following subthalamic stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

    Valerie Voon;Valerie Voon;Paul Krack;Anthony E. Lang;Andres M. Lozano

  • Priorities in Parkinson's disease research

    Wassilios G Meissner;Wassilios G Meissner;Mark Frasier;Thomas Gasser;Christopher G Goetz

  • Prevalence of repetitive and reward-seeking behaviors in Parkinson disease

    V. Voon;K. Hassan;M. Zurowski;M. de Souza

  • New Developments in Human Neurocognition: Clinical, Genetic, and Brain Imaging Correlates of Impulsivity and Compulsivity

    Naomi A Fineberg;Samuel R. Chamberlain;Anna E. Goudriaan;Dan J. Stein

  • Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals with and without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours

    Valerie Voon;Thomas B. Mole;Paula Banca;Laura Porter

  • Deep brain stimulation: neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric issues.

    Valerie Voon;Valerie Voon;Cynthia Kubu;Paul Krack;Jean-Luc Houeto

  • Medication-related impulse control and repetitive behaviors in Parkinson disease.

    Valerie Voon;Susan H. Fox

  • Impulse control disorders in parkinson disease: A multicenter case–control study

    Valerie Voon;Mandy Sohr;Anthony E. Lang;Marc N. Potenza

  • Enhanced avoidance habits in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Claire M. Gillan;Sharon Morein-Zamir;Gonzalo P. Urcelay;Akeem Sule;Akeem Sule

  • Integrated strategy for improving functional connectivity mapping using multiecho fMRI

    Prantik Kundu;Noah D. Brenowitz;Valerie Voon;Yulia Worbe

  • Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in the ICD-11.

    Shane W. Kraus;Richard B. Krueger;Peer Briken;Michael B. First

  • Should compulsive sexual behavior be considered an addiction

    Shane W. Kraus;Valerie Voon;Marc N. Potenza

  • Chronic dopaminergic stimulation in Parkinson's disease: from dyskinesias to impulse control disorders

    Valerie Voon;Pierre-Olivier Fernagut;Jeff Wickens;Christelle Baunez

  • Prospective prevalence of pathologic gambling and medication association in Parkinson disease.

    V. Voon;K. Hassan;M. Zurowski;S. Duff-Canning

  • Factors Associated With Dopaminergic Drug-Related Pathological Gambling in Parkinson Disease

    Valerie Voon;Teri Thomsen;Janis M. Miyasaki;Minella de Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil A. Harrison
Neil A. Harrison Cardiff University
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Prantik Kundu
Prantik Kundu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hugo D. Critchley
Hugo D. Critchley Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Anthony E. Lang
Anthony E. Lang University of Toronto
Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore King's College London
Marc N. Potenza
Marc N. Potenza Yale University
Juho Joutsa
Juho Joutsa Turku University Hospital
Paul Krack
Paul Krack University of Bern

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