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Victor I. Reus is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focused interest in several related subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

Their recent contributions to scientific literature include several papers addressing psychiatric and molecular aspects of mental health disorders. Notable publications include:

  • A DNA methylation clock associated with age-related illnesses and mortality is accelerated in men with combat PTSD (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "GrimAge," an epigenetic predictor of mortality, is accelerated in major depressive disorder (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Abnormal levels of mitochondrial proteins in plasma neuronal extracellular vesicles in major depressive disorder (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Contribution of common and rare variants to bipolar disorder susceptibility in extended pedigrees from population isolates (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Vitamin D and inflammation in major depressive disorder (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Victor I. Reus has worked alongside Owen M. Wolkowitz, Synthia H. Mellon, Gwyneth W. Y. Wu, Susan K. Service, and Carlos López-Jaramillo.

Their published work has appeared predominantly in several venues, including:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

The core topics that characterize Victor I. Reus' research include:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Neurobiological and neuropsychiatric effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS).

    Nicole Maninger;Owen M. Wolkowitz;Victor I. Reus;Elissa S. Epel

  • Selective Alteration of Personality and Social Behavior by Serotonergic Intervention

    Brian Knutson;Owen M. Wolkowitz;Steve W. Cole;Theresa Chan

  • Double-blind treatment of major depression with dehydroepiandrosterone.

    Owen M. Wolkowitz;Victor I. Reus;Audrey Keebler;Nicola Nelson

  • Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in nondemented elderly women: a prospective study.

    Kristine Yaffe;Terri Blackwell;Robert Gore;Laura Sands

  • Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder.

    Ricardo Segurado;Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh;Douglas F. Levinson;Cathryn M. Lewis

  • Nortriptyline and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Cigarette Smoking

    Sharon M. Hall;Victor I. Reus;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Karen L. Sees

  • Cognitive effects of corticosteroids.

    Owen M. Wolkowitz;Victor I. Reus;Victor I. Reus;Victor I. Reus;Herbert Weingartner;Herbert Weingartner;Herbert Weingartner;Karen Thompson;Karen Thompson;Karen Thompson

  • Leukocyte telomere length in major depression: correlations with chronicity, inflammation and oxidative stress--preliminary findings.

    Owen M. Wolkowitz;Synthia H. Mellon;Elissa S. Epel;Jue Lin

  • Oxidative stress, inflammation and treatment response in major depression

    Daniel Lindqvist;Daniel Lindqvist;Firdaus S. Dhabhar;S. Jill James;Christina M. Hough

  • Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) treatment of depression

    Owen M. Wolkowitz;Victor I. Reus;Eugene Roberts;Francesca Manfredi

  • Nicotine, negative affect, and depression.

    Sharon M. Hall;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Victor I. Reus;Karen L. Sees

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Increases Abstinence Rates for Depressive-History Smokers.

    Sharon M. Hall;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Victor I. Reus

  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia

    Victor I. Reus;Laura J. Fochtmann;A. Evan Eyler;Donald M. Hilty

  • Depression gets old fast: do stress and depression accelerate cell aging?

    Owen M. Wolkowitz;Elissa S. Epel;Victor I. Reus;Synthia H. Mellon

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • Psychiatric disorders and leukocyte telomere length: Underlying mechanisms linking mental illness with cellular aging.

    Daniel Lindqvist;Elissa S. Epel;Synthia H. Mellon;Brenda W. Penninx

  • The pharmacogenetics research network: from SNP discovery to clinical drug response.

    K M Giacomini;C M Brett;R B Altman;N L Benowitz

  • Genetic mapping using haplotype, association and linkage methods suggests a locus for severe bipolar disorder (BPI) at 18q22-q23

    NB Freimer;[No Value] Reus;MA Escamilla;LA McInnes

  • Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Elderly Women

    Kristine Yaffe;Terri Blackwell;Robert Gore;Laura Sands

Frequent Co-Authors

Owen M. Wolkowitz
Owen M. Wolkowitz University of California, San Francisco
Nelson B. Freimer
Nelson B. Freimer University of California, Los Angeles
Synthia H. Mellon
Synthia H. Mellon University of California, San Francisco
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Sharon M. Hall
Sharon M. Hall University of California, San Francisco
Andrés Ruiz-Linares
Andrés Ruiz-Linares Fudan University
Chiara Sabatti
Chiara Sabatti Stanford University
Carrie E. Bearden
Carrie E. Bearden University of California, Los Angeles
Ricardo F. Muñoz
Ricardo F. Muñoz Palo Alto University
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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