Graeme F Mason PhD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Psychiatry; Director Metabolic Modeling and Director Psychiatric MRS; Director, Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program; Chair, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Protocol Review Committee
Departments & Organizations
Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program
Diagnostic Radiology: Bioimaging Sciences: Magnetic Resonance Research Center; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy | Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Psychiatry: CENTURY | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Research Clinic | Adult Psychiatry
Research Interests
Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcohol Induced Disorders; Alcoholism; Amino Acids; Brain Mapping; Carbohydrates; CNS Diseases; Cocaine-Related Disorders; Fatty Acids; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Mood disorders; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Tobacco Use Disorder more...
Education
- Ph.D., Yale University, 1991
Selected Publications
- Gomez R, Behar KL, Watzl J, Weinzimer SA, Gulanski B, Sanacora G, Koretski J, Guidone E, Jiang L, Petrakis IL, Pittman B3, Krystal JH, Mason GF (2012) Intravenous ethanol infusion decreases human cortical GABA and NAA as measured with 1H-MRS at 4T. Biol Psychiatry 71: 239-246
- Patel AB, de Graaf RA, Rothman DL, Behar KL, Mason GF (2010) Evaluation of cerebral acetate transport and utilization rates in the anesthetized rat in vivo using 1H-[13C]NMR and [2-13C]acetate. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 30: 1200-1213
- Wang J, Jiang L, Jiang F, Ma X, Chowdhury GMI, Mason G (2010) Regional metabolite levels and turnover in the awake rat brain under the influence of nicotine. J Neurochem 113: 1447-1458
