Graduate Student

Neuroscience

Office: 516 Wilson Hall
Phone: 615-343-1446
Fax: 615-343-8449
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Curriculum Vitae

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Degrees

• B.S. Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Professional Honors

• Vanderbilt Law and Neuroscience Research Prize (Inaugural Recipient), Vanderbilt University, 2008
• Early Researcher Award; American Psychological Association, 2007
• Graduate Student Prize in Neuroeconomics (Inaugural Recipient); Center for Neuroeconomic Studies, Claremont Graduate University, 2007
• Neuroscience Research Forum Speaker Award; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, 2007
• Wisconsin HealthEmotions Research Institute Scholar: 2005, 2007
• Student Merit Award; Research Society on Alcoholism, 2007
• NIH Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award: 2003-2006

Representative Publications

• Montag C, Buckholtz JW, Hartmann P, Merz M, Hennig J, Reuter M. COMT genetic variation impacts fear processing: Psychophysiological evidence. Behavioral Neuroscience (In Press).
• Buckholtz JW, Meyer-Lindenberg A (2008). MAOA and the Neurogenetic Architecture of Human Aggression. Trends in Neurosciences March; 31(3): 120-129.
• Buckholtz JW, Callicott JH, Kolachana BK, Hariri AR, Goldberg TE, Genderson M, Mattay VS, Weinberger DR, Meyer-Lindenberg A (2008). Genetic variation in MAOA modulates ventromedial prefrontal circuitry mediating individual differences in human personality. Molecular Psychiatry March; 13(3): 313-324 (online advance of print May 22, 2007).
• Buckholtz JW, Sust S, Tan HY, Straub RS, Mattay VS, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Weinberger DR, Callicott JH (2007) fMRI evidence for functional epistasis between COMT and RGS4. Molecular Psychiatry Oct; 12(10): 893-895
• Buckholtz JW, Prust M, Sust S, Tan HY, Straub RS, Mattay VS, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Weinberger DR, Callicott JH Special Image Section: "Imaging Epistasis In Vivo: COMT and RGS4" Molecular Psychiatry (2007) 12; 885
• Buckholtz JW, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Honea RA, Egan MF, Pezawas L, Goldberg TE, Straub RE, Verchinski BA, Mattay VS, Weinberger DR, Callicott JH (2007) Allelic variation in RGS4 alters functional and structural connectivity in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience Feb 14;27(7):1584-93.
• Meyer-Lindenberg A, Buckholtz JW, Kolachana B, Hariri A, Pezawas L, Blasi G, Wabnitz A, Honea R, Verchinski B, Callicott J, Egan M, Mattay V, Weinberger D (2006). Neural mechanisms of genetic risk for violence and impulsivity in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Apr 18;103(16):6269-74.
• Tan HY, Chen Q, Sust S, Buckholtz JW, Meyers J, Egan MF, Mattay VS, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Weinberger DR, Callicott JH (2007). Epistasis between catechol-O-methyltransferase and type II metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 genes on working memory brain function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 2007 Jul 24;104(30):12536-41.
• Tan HY, Sust S, Buckholtz JW, Egan MF, Mattay V.S., Weinberger D.R., Callicott J.H (2006) Dysfunctional prefrontal regional specialization and its compensation in patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry Nov; 163(11):1969-77
• Meyer-Lindenberg A, Nichols T, Callicott J, Ding J, Kolachana B, Buckholtz J, Mattay VS, Egan M, Weinberger DR (2006) Impact of complex genetic variation in COMT on human brain function. Molecular Psychiatry Sep;11(9):867-77 (Image, page 797).
• Bonson KR , Buckholtz JW, Murphy DL (1996) Chronic administration of serotonergic antidepressants attenuates the subjective effects of LSD in humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 14(6):425-436.