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National Institute of Mental Health: Bethesda, Maryland, US

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Mark D. Kvarta

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Baltimore, MD, US

2017-07-01 to present (Psychiatry)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Baltimore, Maryland, US

2009 to 2017-05-19 | MD
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Mark D. Kvarta

University of Maryland Baltimore: Baltimore, Maryland, US

2015-06 | PhD (Program in Neuroscience)
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Mark D. Kvarta

Cornell University: Ithaca, New York, US

2004-08 to 2008-05 | B.A. (Neurobiology and Behavior)
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Works (33)

Combining neuroimaging and brain stimulation to test alternative causal pathways for nicotine addiction in schizophrenia

Brain Stimulation
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Du, Xiaoming; Choa, Fow-Sen; Chiappelli, Joshua; Bruce, Heather; Kvarta, Mark; Summerfelt, Ann; Ma, Yizhou; Regenold, William T.; Walton, Kevin; Wittenberg, George F. et al.
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Esketamine in depression: putative biomarkers from clinical research

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
2024-07-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Jenessa N. Johnston; Carlos A. Zarate, Jr.; Mark D. Kvarta
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Revisiting delusion subtypes in schizophrenia based on their underlying structures

Journal of Psychiatric Research
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrew D. van der Vaart; Yizhou Ma; Joshua Chiappelli; Heather Bruce; Mark D. Kvarta; Alia Warner; Xiaoming Du; Bhim M. Adhikari; Hemalatha Sampath; Peter Kochunov et al.
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Evidence of Neurovascular Water Exchange and Endothelial Vascular Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Study

Schizophrenia Bulletin
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Goldwaser, Eric L.; Wang, Danny J. J.; Adhikari, Bhim M.; Chiappelli, Joshua; Shao, Xingfeng; Yu, Jiaao; Lu, Tong; Chen, Shuo; Marshall, Wyatt; Yuen, Alexa et al.
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Genetic, Pregnancy, and Negative Early-Life Risks Shape Children's Brain (Dis)similarity to Schizophrenia

Neuropsychopharmacology
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Kochunov, Peter; Ma, Yizhou; Jahanshad, Neda; Thompson, Paul; Kvarta, Mark; Chen, Shuo; Hong, Elliot
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Stress Fingerprinting Depression: Association of Stress Measures and Stress Task-Based fMRI Activations Related to State and Trait Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder

Neuropsychopharmacology
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Kvarta, Mark; Yusuf, Akram; Chiappelli, Joshua; Zarate, Carlos; Hong, Elliot
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Effects of independent versus dependent stressful life events on major symptom domains of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia
2023-12-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Yizhou Ma; Joshua Chiappelli; Mark D. Kvarta; Heather Bruce; Andrew van der Vaart; Eric L. Goldwaser; Xiaoming Du; Hemalatha Sampath; Samantha Lightner; Jane Endres et al.
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Frontal white matter association with sleep quality and the role of stress

Journal of Sleep Research
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Heather A. Bruce; Peter Kochunov; Mark D. Kvarta; Eric L. Goldwaser; Joshua Chiappelli; Adina Schwartz; Samantha Lightner; Jane Endres; Alexa Yuen; Yizhou Ma et al.
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Association between brain similarity to severe mental illnesses and comorbid cerebral, physical, and cognitive impairments

NeuroImage
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yizhou Ma; Mark D. Kvarta; Bhim M. Adhikari; Joshua Chiappelli; Xiaoming Du; Andrew van der Vaart; Eric L. Goldwaser; Heather Bruce; Kathryn S. Hatch; Si Gao et al.
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Cortical connectomic mediations on gamma band synchronization in schizophrenia

Translational Psychiatry
2023-01-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoming Du; Stephanie Hare; Ann Summerfelt; Bhim M. Adhikari; Laura Garcia; Wyatt Marshall; Peng Zan; Mark Kvarta; Eric Goldwaser; Heather Bruce et al.
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Role of White Matter Microstructure in Impulsive Behavior

The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric L. Goldwaser; Xiaoming Du; Bhim M. Adhikari; Mark Kvarta; Joshua Chiappelli; Stephanie Hare; Wyatt Marshall; Anya Savransky; Kathleen Carino; Heather Bruce et al.
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Comment on “Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Depression, Independent of Genetic, Health, and Psychosocial Factors: Results From the UK Biobank”

American Journal of Psychiatry
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark Kvarta; Yizhou Ma; L. Elliot Hong
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Mapping local and long-distance resting connectivity markers of TMS-related inhibition reduction in schizophrenia

NeuroImage: Clinical
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Stephanie M. Hare; Xiaoming Du; Bhim M. Adhikari; Shuo Chen; Chen Mo; Ann Summerfelt; Mark D. Kvarta; Laura Garcia; Peter Kochunov; L. Elliot Hong
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Stressful life events and openness to experience: Relevance to depression

Journal of Affective Disorders
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Joshua Chiappelli; Mark Kvarta; Heather Bruce; Shuo Chen; Peter Kochunov; L. Elliot Hong
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White matter in prolonged glucocorticoid response to psychological stress in schizophrenia

Neuropsychopharmacology
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Eric L. Goldwaser; Joshua Chiappelli; Mark D. Kvarta; Xiaoming Du; Zachary B. Millman; Bhim M. Adhikari; Hugh O’Neill; Jessica Sewell; Samantha Lightner; Shreya Vodapalli et al.
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Association of working memory and elevated overnight urinary norepinephrine in patients with schizophrenia

Journal of Psychiatric Research
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Anya Savransky; Joshua Chiappelli; Xiaoming Du; Kathleen Carino; Mark Kvarta; Heather Bruce; Peter Kochunov; Eric Goldwaser; Yunlong Tan; Stephanie Hare et al.
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Multiple dimensions of stress vs. genetic effects on depression

Translational Psychiatry
2021-04-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark D. Kvarta; Heather A. Bruce; Joshua Chiappelli; Stephanie M. Hare; Eric L. Goldwaser; Jessica Sewell; Hemalatha Sampath; Samantha Lightner; Wyatt Marshall; Kathryn Hatch et al.
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Genetic versus stress and mood determinants of sleep in the Amish

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Heather A. Bruce; Peter Kochunov; Joshua Chiappelli; Anya Savransky; Kathleen Carino; Jessica Sewell; Wyatt Marshall; Mark Kvarta; Francis J. McMahon; Seth A. Ament et al.
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Assessment of brain cholesterol metabolism biomarker 24S-hydroxycholesterol in schizophrenia

npj Schizophrenia
2020-11-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Joshua Chiappelli; Maria S. Quinton; Dmitri Volfson; Michael Cwik; Wyatt Marshall; Heather Bruce; Eric Goldwaser; Mark Kvarta; Ann Summerfelt; Peter Kochunov et al.
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Illuminating a path from light to depression

Nature Neuroscience
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Tara A. LeGates; Mark D. Kvarta
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The Role of Hippocampal Functional Connectivity on Multisystem Subclinical Abnormalities in Schizophrenia.

Psychosomatic medicine
2020-04-18 | Journal article
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Clinical and genetic validity of quantitative bipolarity

Translational Psychiatry
2019-09 | Journal article
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Sex differences in antidepressant efficacy

Neuropsychopharmacology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85052913611

Contributors: LeGates, T.A.; Kvarta, M.D.; Thompson, S.M.
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Reward behaviour is regulated by the strength of hippocampus-nucleus accumbens synapses.

Nature
2018-11-26 | Journal article
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Motor neuron disease, TDP-43 pathology, and memory deficits in mice expressing ALS-FTD-linked UBQLN2 mutations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84996599512

Contributors: Le, N.T.T.; Chang, L.; Kovlyagina, I.; Georgiou, P.; Safren, N.; Braunstein, K.E.; Kvarta, M.D.; Dyke, A.M.V.; Legates, T.A.; Philips, T. et al.
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Demyelination as a harbinger of lymphoma: a case report and review of primary central nervous system lymphoma preceded by multifocal sentinel demyelination

BMC Neurol
2016-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark D. Kvarta; Deva Sharma; Rudolph J. Castellani; Robert E. Morales; Stephen G. Reich; Amy S. Kimball; Robert K. Shin
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Corticosterone mediates the synaptic and behavioral effects of chronic stress at rat hippocampal temporoammonic synapses

J Neurophysiol
2015-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark D. Kvarta; Keighly E. Bradbrook; Hannah M. Dantrassy; Aileen M. Bailey; Scott M. Thompson
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An excitatory synapse hypothesis of depression

Trends in Neurosciences
2015-05 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.tins.2015.03.003

Contributors: Scott M. Thompson; Angy J. Kallarackal; Mark D. Kvarta; Adam M. Van Dyke; Tara A. LeGates; Xiang Cai
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Rapid Antidepressant Action and Restoration of Excitatory Synaptic Strength After Chronic Stress by Negative Modulators of Alpha5-Containing GABAA Receptors

Neuropsychopharmacology
2015-04 | Journal article
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10.1038/npp.2015.112

Contributors: Jonathan Fischell; Adam M Van Dyke; Mark D Kvarta; Tara A LeGates; Scott M Thompson
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Chronic Stress Induces a Selective Decrease in AMPA Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Excitation at Hippocampal Temporoammonic-CA1 Synapses

Journal of Neuroscience
2013-10-02 | Journal article
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10.1523/jneurosci.2588-13.2013

Contributors: A. J. Kallarackal; M. D. Kvarta; E. Cammarata; L. Jaberi; X. Cai; A. M. Bailey; S. M. Thompson
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Local potentiation of excitatory synapses by serotonin and its alteration in rodent models of depression

Nat Neurosci
2013-03 | Journal article
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10.1038/nn.3355

Contributors: Xiang Cai; Angy J Kallarackal; Mark D Kvarta; Sasha Goluskin; Kaitlin Gaylor; Aileen M Bailey; Hey-Kyoung Lee; Richard L Huganir; Scott M Thompson
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Neuromodulator-evoked synaptic metaplasticity within a central pattern generator network

Journal of Neurophysiology
2012-08 | Journal article
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10.1152/jn.00586.2012

Contributors: M. D. Kvarta; R. M. Harris-Warrick; B. R. Johnson
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Differential Modulation of Synaptic Strength and Timing Regulate Synaptic Efficacy in a Motor Network

Journal of Neurophysiology
2010-11-03 | Journal article
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10.1152/jn.00809.2010

Contributors: B. R. Johnson; J. M. Brown; M. D. Kvarta; J. Y. J. Lu; L. R. Schneider; F. Nadim; R. M. Harris-Warrick
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Peer review (10 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience. (1)
Review activity for European journal of psychology open. (1)
Review activity for Journal of psychopharmacology (1)
Review activity for Nature mental health. (1)
Review activity for Neuropsychopharmacology. (3)
Review activity for Translational psychiatry. (3)