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Howard J. Aizenstein

Howard J. Aizenstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Aizenstein's research aims to understand the functional neuroanatomy of geriatric depression and cognitive impairment. He is doing studies using functional and structural MR imaging of elderly subjects.

Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1993, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
  • M.D., 1995, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Relevant Publications

  • Kumar, A, Aizenstein, H, Ballmaier, M. Multimodal neuroimaging in late-life mental disorders: Entering a more mature phase of clinical neuroscience resarch. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Apr;16(4):251-254, 2008.
  • Carmichael OT, Kuller LH, Lopez OL, Thompson PM, Dutton RA, Lu A, Lee SE, Lee JY, Aizenstein HJ, Meltzer CC, Liu Y, Toga AW, Becker JT. Ventricular volume and dementia progression in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Neurobiol Aging. Feb 24, 2006.
  • Wu M, Carmichael O, Lopez-Garcia P, Carter CS, Aizenstein HJ.Quantitative comparison of AIR, SPM, and the fully deformable model for atlas-based segmentation of functional and structural MR images. Hum Brain Mapp. Feb 6, 2006.
  • Aizenstein HJ, Stenger VA, Cochran J, Clark K, Johnson M, Nebes RD, Carter CS. Regional brain activation during concurrent implicit and explicit sequence learning. Cereb Cortex. Feb;14(2):199-208, 2004. Becker JT, Lopez OL, Dew MA, Aizenstein HJ. Prevalence of cognitive disorders differs as a function of age in HIV virus infection. AIDS. Jan 1;18 Suppl 1:S11-8, 2004.
  • Aizenstein HJ, Clark KA, Butters MA, Cochran J, Stenger VA, Meltzer CC, Reynolds CF, Carter CS. The BOLD hemodynamic response in healthy aging. J Cogn Neurosci. Jun;16(5):786-93, 2004.

 

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