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Vanessa Cropley is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, focusing research efforts primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their scholarly contributions explore various domains including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics they engage with span:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Selected recent publications by Vanessa Cropley include:

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan, 2022, Nature
  • Heterogeneous aging across multiple organ systems and prediction of chronic disease and mortality, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Systematic Review: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) of Brain Iron Profile in Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Associations Between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Resting-State Functional Connectivity, and Behavior in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study: The Moderating Role of Positive Family and School Environments, 2021, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Their research frequently appears in specialized venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JAMA Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Biological Psychiatry, and Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

Vanessa Cropley collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Christos Pantelis
  • Patrick D. McGorry
  • Andrew Zalesky
  • Stephen J. Wood
  • Barnaby Nelson

Best Publications

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Cortical Brain Abnormalities in 4474 Individuals With Schizophrenia and 5098 Control Subjects via the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics Through Meta Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium

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  • 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

  • Molecular imaging of the dopaminergic system and its association with human cognitive function.

    Vanessa L Cropley;Vanessa L Cropley;Masahiro Fujita;Robert B Innis;Pradeep Jonathan Nathan

  • Microglial activation and progressive brain changes in schizophrenia.

    L E Laskaris;M A Di Biase;I Everall;G Chana

  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA.

    Joaquim Radua;Eduard Vieta;Russell Shinohara;Peter Kochunov

  • Synthesis and evaluation in monkey of two sensitive 11C-labeled aryloxyanilide ligands for imaging brain peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in vivo.

    Emmanuelle Briard;Sami S. Zoghbi;Masao Imaizumi;Jonathan P. Gourley

  • Accelerated Gray and White Matter Deterioration With Age in Schizophrenia

    Vanessa L Cropley;Paul Klauser;Rhoshel K Lenroot;Jason Bruggemann

  • Systematic Review: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) of Brain Iron Profile in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    Parsa Ravanfar;Samantha M Loi;Samantha M Loi;Warda T Syeda;Tamsyn E Van Rheenen;Tamsyn E Van Rheenen

  • Individual deviations from normative models of brain structure in a large cross-sectional schizophrenia cohort.

    Jinglei Lv;Jinglei Lv;Maria Di Biase;Maria Di Biase;Robin F. H. Cash;Luca Cocchi

  • Evidence for Network-Based Cortical Thickness Reductions in Schizophrenia.

    Cassandra M.J. Wannan;Vanessa L. Cropley;Vanessa L. Cropley;M. Mallar Chakravarty;M. Mallar Chakravarty;Chad Bousman

  • Associations Between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Resting-State Functional Connectivity, and Behavior in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study: The Moderating Role of Positive Family and School Environments

    Divyangana Rakesh;Caio Seguin;Andrew Zalesky;Vanessa Cropley

  • White Matter Disruptions in Schizophrenia Are Spatially Widespread and Topologically Converge on Brain Network Hubs

    Paul Klauser;Paul Klauser;Paul Klauser;Simon T. Baker;Vanessa L. Cropley;Chad Bousman;Chad Bousman

  • High-resolution connectomic fingerprints: Mapping neural identity and behavior

    Sina Mansour L;Ye Tian;B.T. Thomas Yeo;Vanessa Cropley

  • Does coffee enriched with chlorogenic acids improve mood and cognition after acute administration in healthy elderly? A pilot study.

    Vanessa Cropley;Rodney Croft;Beata Silber;Chris Neale

  • Small effect of dopamine release and no effect of dopamine depletion on [18F]fallypride binding in healthy humans.

    Vanessa L Cropley;Vanessa L Cropley;Robert B Innis;Pradeep Jonathan Nathan;Amira K Brown

  • Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis: An ENIGMA Working Group Mega-analysis.

    Maria Jalbrzikowski;Rebecca A. Hayes;Stephen J. Wood;Dorte Nordholm

  • Fragility and volatility of structural hubs in the human connectome

    Leonardo L. Gollo;James A. Roberts;Vanessa L. Cropley;Maria A. Di Biase;Maria A. Di Biase

  • Widespread decrease of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Parkinson's disease

    Masahiro Fujita;Masanori Ichise;Sami S. Zoghbi;Jeih San Liow

  • Pre- and post-synaptic dopamine imaging and its relation with frontostriatal cognitive function in Parkinson disease: PET studies with [11C]NNC 112 and [18F]FDOPA

    Vanessa L. Cropley;Vanessa L. Cropley;Masahiro Fujita;William Bara-Jimenez;Amira K. Brown

  • Delayed Development of Brain Connectivity in Adolescents With Schizophrenia and Their Unaffected Siblings

    Andrew Zalesky;Christos Pantelis;Vanessa L Cropley;Alex Fornito

  • Small effect of dopamine release and no effect of dopamine depletion on [F-18]fallypride binding in healthy humans

    Masahiro Fujita;Vanessa Cropley;Pradeep Nathan;Amira Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Zalesky
Andrew Zalesky University of Melbourne
Thomas W. Weickert
Thomas W. Weickert SUNY Upstate Medical University
Rhoshel K. Lenroot
Rhoshel K. Lenroot University of New South Wales
Alex Fornito
Alex Fornito Monash University
Susan L. Rossell
Susan L. Rossell Swinburne University of Technology
Barnaby Nelson
Barnaby Nelson University of Melbourne
Robert B. Innis
Robert B. Innis National Institutes of Health
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Luca Cocchi
Luca Cocchi University of Queensland
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge

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