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Roger K. Pitman | Researchclopedia

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Roger K. Pitman

Massachusetts General Hospital ORCID

335

Works

41,543

Citations

104

h-index

226

i10-index

Research Topics

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Stress Responses and Cortisol Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Affiliations

Dartmouth College1982–1987

Boston University1996–2021

Tufts University2009–2011

Brigham and Women's Hospital2001–2001

United States Department of Veterans Affairs1983–2013

Top Works

Smaller hippocampal volume predicts pathologic vulnerability to psychological trauma

Mark W. Gilbertson,Martha E. Shenton,et al.

20021,626 citations

Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

Biological studies of post-traumatic stress disorder

Roger K. Pitman,Ann M. Rasmusson,et al.

20121,500 citations

Neurobiological Basis of Failure to Recall Extinction Memory in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Mohammed R. Milad,Roger K. Pitman,et al.

20091,340 citations

Recall of Fear Extinction in Humans Activates the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus in Concert

Mohammed R. Milad,Christopher I. Wright,et al.

20071,192 citations

Amygdala, Medial Prefrontal Cortex, and Hippocampal Function in PTSD

Lisa M. Shin,Scott L. Rauch,et al.

20061,187 citations

Exaggerated amygdala response to masked facial stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional MRI study

Scott L. Rauch,Paul J. Whalen,et al.

20001,102 citations

Prospective Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Following Trauma

Arieh Y. Shalev,Sara Freedman,et al.

19981,003 citations

Pilot study of secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder with propranolol

Roger K. Pitman,Kathy M. Sanders,et al.

2002971 citations

A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Responses to Overtly Presented Fearful Faces in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Lisa M. Shin,Christopher I. Wright,et al.

2005952 citations