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Wayne Drevets

Wayne Drevets, M.D.

Dr. Drevets engages in multi-modal neuroimaging studies that apply PET and MRI technologies to characterization of the neurophysiological, receptor pharmacological, and neuroanatomical correlates of mood and anxiety disorders.

Positions

  • Chief, NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Imaging Section
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

  • M.D., 1983, University of Kansas School of Medicine

 

Relevant Publications

  • Osuch E, Willis M, Bluhm R, Ursano R, Drevets WC: Neurophysiological responses to traumatic reminders in thea cute aftermath of serious motor vehicle collisions. Biol Psychiatry, in press.
  • Fuery ML, Pietrini P, Haxby JB, Drevets WC: Selective effects of cholinergic modulation on task performance during shifting selective attention. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2008;33:913-923.
  • Drevets W. Orbitofrontal cortex function and structure in depression. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007;1121:499-527..
  • Cannon DM, Ichise M, Rollis D, Klaver JM, Gandhi SK, Charney DS, Manji HK, Drevets WC: Elevated serotonin transporter binding in major depressive disorder assessed using [11C]DASB and position emission tomography; comparison with bipolar disorder. Bio Psychiatry. 2007;62:870-877.
  • Drevets WC, Bogers W, Raichle ME: Functional anatomical correlates of antidepressant drug treatment assessed using PET measures of regional glucose metabolism. Eur Neuropsychopharm. 2002;12:527-544.

 

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