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Venkata S. Mattay is affiliated with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas, concentrating on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, and the application of Machine Learning in Healthcare.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Venkata S. Mattay include:

  • Brain Tau Imaging: Food and Drug Administration Approval of 18F-Flortaucipir Injection, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Intelligence, educational attainment, and brain structure in those at familial high-risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Changes in patterns of age-related network connectivity are associated with risk for schizophrenia, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Tolcapone Treatment for Cognitive and Behavioral Symptoms in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: A Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Genome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mattay include Qiang Chen, Aaron L. Goldman, Giulio Pergola, Alessandro Bertolino, and Daniel R. Weinberger.

Publications have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Human Brain Mapping, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Psychiatry, and the Journal of Alzheimer s Disease.

Best Publications

  • Serotonin Transporter Genetic Variation and the Response of the Human Amygdala

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Venkata S. Mattay;Alessandro Tessitore;Bhaskar Kolachana

  • 5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala interactions: a genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression

    Lukas Pezawas;Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg;Emily M Drabant;Beth A Verchinski

  • Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

    Peter Kirsch;Christine Esslinger;Qiang Chen;Daniela Mier

  • Hierarchical Organization of Human Cortical Networks in Health and Schizophrenia

    Danielle S. Bassett;Edward Bullmore;Edward Bullmore;Beth A. Verchinski;Venkata S. Mattay

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor val66met Polymorphism Affects Human Memory-Related Hippocampal Activity and Predicts Memory Performance

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Terry E. Goldberg;Venkata S. Mattay;Bhaskar S. Kolachana

  • The Amygdala Response to Emotional Stimuli: A Comparison of Faces and Scenes

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Alessandro Tessitore;Venkata S. Mattay;Francesco Fera

  • Catechol O-methyltransferase val158-met genotype and individual variation in the brain response to amphetamine.

    Venkata S. Mattay;Terry E. Goldberg;Francesco Fera;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Neocortical modulation of the amygdala response to fearful stimuli

    Ahmad R Hariri;Venkata S Mattay;Alessandro Tessitore;Francesco Fera

  • The Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor val66met Polymorphism and Variation in Human Cortical Morphology

    Lukas Pezawas;Beth A. Verchinski;Venkata S. Mattay;Joseph H. Callicott

  • Physiological characteristics of capacity constraints in working memory as revealed by functional MRI.

    Joseph H. Callicott;Venkata S. Mattay;Alessandro Bertolino;Kimberly Finn

  • Neural mechanisms of genetic risk for impulsivity and violence in humans

    Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg;Joshua W. Buckholtz;Bhaskar Kolachana;Ahmad R. Hariri;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • A Susceptibility Gene for Affective Disorders and the Response of the Human Amygdala

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Emily M. Drabant;Karen E. Munoz;Bhaskar S. Kolachana

  • Physiological Dysfunction of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia Revisited

    Joseph H. Callicott;Alessandro Bertolino;Venkata S. Mattay;Frederick J.P. Langheim

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

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

  • Prefrontal neurons and the genetics of schizophrenia.

    Daniel R. Weinberger;Michael F. Egan;Alessandro Bertolino;Joseph H. Callicott

  • Complexity of prefrontal cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia: more than up or down.

    Joseph H. Callicott;Venkata S. Mattay;Beth A. Verchinski;Stefano Marenco

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • A common allele in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) impacts prosocial temperament and human hypothalamic-limbic structure and function

    Heike Tost;Bhaskar Kolachana;Shabnam Hakimi;Herve Lemaitre

  • Neurophysiological correlates of age-related changes in human motor function

    V.S. Mattay;F. Fera;A. Tessitore;A.R. Hariri

  • Variation in DISC1 affects hippocampal structure and function and increases risk for schizophrenia

    Joseph H. Callicott;Richard E. Straub;Lukas Pezawas;Michael F. Egan

  • Prefrontal Neurons and the Genetics of Schizophrenia

    Daniel R. Weinberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Weinberger
Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University
Joseph H. Callicott
Joseph H. Callicott National Institutes of Health
Alessandro Bertolino
Alessandro Bertolino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg Heidelberg University
Terry E. Goldberg
Terry E. Goldberg Columbia University
Fabio Sambataro
Fabio Sambataro University of Padua
Michael F. Egan
Michael F. Egan MSD (United States)
Jeff H. Duyn
Jeff H. Duyn National Institutes of Health
Karen F. Berman
Karen F. Berman National Institutes of Health
Ahmad R. Hariri
Ahmad R. Hariri Duke University

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