Ruth Asch
Associate Research Scientist in PsychiatryCards
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Psychiatry
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Yale School of Medicine
40 Temple Street, Suite 7C, Office 750
New Haven, CT 06519
United States
About
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Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Appointments
Psychiatry
Associate Research ScientistPrimary
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Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (2022)
- PhD
- University of Cincinnati, Neuroscience (2020)
- BA
- Mount Holyoke College, Biological Sciences (2011)
- BA
- Mount Holyoke College, Psychology (2011)
Research
Research at a Glance
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Frequent collaborators of Ruth Asch's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Ruth Asch's research output by year.
Irina Esterlis, PhD
Richard Carson, PhD
Maggie Taylor Davis, PhD
Ansel Hillmer, PhD
Nabeel Nabulsi, PhD
Nicole DellaGioia
27Publications
173Citations
Publications
2024
An in vivo examination of the relationship between metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 and suicide attempts in people with borderline personality disorder
Davis M, Asch R, Weiss E, Wagner A, Fineberg S, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Carson R, Esterlis I. An in vivo examination of the relationship between metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 and suicide attempts in people with borderline personality disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024 PMID: 39613160, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBorderline personality disorderPathophysiology of borderline personality disorderSuicide attemptsPersonality disorderPositron emission tomographyAssociated with history of suicide attemptBorderline personality disorder symptomsBPD pathophysiologyPositron emission tomography outcomes measurementsHistory of suicide attemptsMetabotropic glutamate receptor type 5Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5Glutamate receptor 5Comprehensive clinical assessmentFrontolimbic circuitsMDD groupDepressive disorderEmotion regulationPsychiatric conditionsCognitive functionMGlu5Comparison controlsMDDSuicideAssociated with historyMetabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 as a Potential Biomarker of the Intersection of Trauma and Cannabis Use
Weiss E, Davis M, Asch R, D'Souza D, Cool R, Esterlis I. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 as a Potential Biomarker of the Intersection of Trauma and Cannabis Use. The International Journal Of Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 27: pyae044. PMID: 39320043, DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyae044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsTrauma-related psychopathologyCannabis useDepressive symptomsPositron emission tomographyCross-diagnostic sampleMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Treatment development effortsAssociated with depressive symptomsGlutamate receptor 5CU groupSample of individualsAvailability in vivoFrontolimbic regionsGlutamatergic systemGlutamatergic neurotransmissionMGlu5PsychopathologyReceptor 5Intersection of traumaExploratory analysisCannabisEmission tomographySymptomsParticipantsVmPFCChallenges and rewards of in vivo synaptic density imaging, and its application to the study of depression
Asch R, Abdallah C, Carson R, Esterlis I. Challenges and rewards of in vivo synaptic density imaging, and its application to the study of depression. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 50: 153-163. PMID: 39039139, PMCID: PMC11525584, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01913-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsStudies of depressionAnimal models of chronic stressPositron emission tomographyModel of chronic stressSV2A imagingSynaptic densitySignificant depressive symptomsDevelopment of novel radiotracersDepressive symptomsNeuropsychiatric disordersSymptom severityChronic stressDrug challengeSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 ANeural markersAnimal modelsSynaptic alterationsSynaptogenesis in vivoPreliminary findingsIn vivo quantificationCentral nervous systemDepressionEmission tomographySV2ASV2A positron emission tomographyW35 Nicotine Use and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5) in Individuals With Major Depressive and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Baldassarri S, Asch R, Hillmer A, Pietrzak R, DellaGioia N, Esterlis I, Davis M. W35 Nicotine Use and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5) in Individuals With Major Depressive and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2024, 260: 110653. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeficits in prefrontal metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 are associated with functional alterations during emotional processing in bipolar disorder
Asch R, Worhunsky P, Davis M, Holmes S, Cool R, Boster S, Carson R, Blumberg H, Esterlis I. Deficits in prefrontal metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 are associated with functional alterations during emotional processing in bipolar disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 361: 415-424. PMID: 38876317, PMCID: PMC11250898, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Bipolar disorderGlutamate receptor 5Positron emission tomographyFear processingEmotional processingAssociated with greater activationEmotion processing taskAssociated with impulsivityFunctional brain differencesAssociated with functional alterationsParietal brain regionsPathology of BDIncreased cortical activityAssociated with difficultiesDepressive disorderHealthy comparisonReceptor availabilityBrain differencesPre/postcentral gyriAttention difficultiesGreater activationBrain regionsPsychomotor functionTreatment developmentFirst-in-Human Study of 18F-SynVesT-2: An SV2A PET Imaging Probe with Fast Brain Kinetics and High Specific Binding
Drake L, Wu Y, Naganawa M, Asch R, Zheng C, Najafzadeh S, Pracitto R, Lindemann M, Li S, Ropchan J, Labaree D, Emery P, Dias M, Henry S, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Hillmer A, Gallezot J, Carson R, Cai Z, Huang Y. First-in-Human Study of 18F-SynVesT-2: An SV2A PET Imaging Probe with Fast Brain Kinetics and High Specific Binding. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, 65: jnumed.123.266470. PMID: 38360052, PMCID: PMC10924160, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.266470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsFirst-in-human studyPlasma free fractionTime-activity curvesCentrum semiovaleNonhuman primate's resultsFirst-in-humanFree fractionNondisplaceable binding potentialRegional time-activity curvesLow nonspecific uptakeRegional distribution volumesHigh-resolution research tomograph scannerTest-retest reproducibilityCerebral blood flowSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AHealthy volunteersArterial input functionNonspecific uptakePET imaging probeDistribution volumeSynapse densityIndividual MR imagesHighest specific bindingMR imagingPET imagingPreliminary Study of White Matter Abnormalities and Associations With the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 to Distinguish Bipolar and Major Depressive Disorders
Fan S, Asch R, Davis M, DellaGioia N, Cool R, Blumberg H, Esterlis I. Preliminary Study of White Matter Abnormalities and Associations With the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 to Distinguish Bipolar and Major Depressive Disorders. Chronic Stress 2024, 8: 24705470231225320. PMID: 38250007, PMCID: PMC10798116, DOI: 10.1177/24705470231225320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Bipolar disorderGlutamate receptor 5UF FAUncinate fasciculusFractional anisotropyWhole-brain analysisMultimodal neuroimaging approachDifferentiation of BDDiffusion-weighted MRI scansFrontotemporal dysconnectivityFrontotemporal systemFunctional dysconnectivityDepressive disorderNeurobiological mechanismsMGluR5 levelsWhite matterWhite matter abnormalitiesNeuroimaging approachesWM integrityNeural mechanismsMDDWhole-brainWM abnormalitiesReceptor 5
2023
Evaluating infusion methods and simplified quantification of synaptic density in vivo with [11C]UCB-J and [18F]SynVesT-1 PET
Asch R, Naganawa M, Nabulsi N, Huan Y, Esterlis I, Carson R. Evaluating infusion methods and simplified quantification of synaptic density in vivo with [11C]UCB-J and [18F]SynVesT-1 PET. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2023, 43: 2120-2129. PMID: 37669455, PMCID: PMC10925870, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x231200423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsExamining mGlu5 Receptor Availability as a Predictor of Vulnerability to PTSD: An [18F]FPEB and PET Study in Male and Female Rats
Asch R, Fowles K, Pietrzak R, Taylor J, Esterlis I. Examining mGlu5 Receptor Availability as a Predictor of Vulnerability to PTSD: An [18F]FPEB and PET Study in Male and Female Rats. Chronic Stress 2023, 7: 24705470231215001. PMID: 38024327, PMCID: PMC10666551, DOI: 10.1177/24705470231215001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderReceptor availabilityFemale ratsPathophysiology of PTSDFootshock exposureMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Recent preclinical findingsGlutamate receptor 5Positron emission tomographyPreclinical findingsClinical findingsFe ratsReceptor 5Lower baselineEmission tomographyGreater riskPET studiesRatsStress disorderDifferential involvementPassive copingSex differencesMalesPTSD susceptibilityBaselineNicotine Use and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in Individuals With Major Depressive and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Baldassarri S, Asch R, Hillmer A, Pietrzak R, DellaGioia N, Esterlis I, Davis M. Nicotine Use and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in Individuals With Major Depressive and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders. Chronic Stress 2023, 7: 24705470231154842. PMID: 36843572, PMCID: PMC9943964, DOI: 10.1177/24705470231154842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
honor American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award
National AwardDetails05/08/2024honor Society of Biological Psychiatry Travel Award
International AwardDetails05/08/2024honor Outstanding Research Poster, Nutrition Research Day and Symposium
Regional AwardCincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical CenterDetails09/01/2019honor First Prize Predoctoral Abstract, Neuroscience Research Day
Regional AwardUniversity of CincinnatiDetails01/01/2018honor Magna cum Laude with High Honors
Other AwardMount Holyoke CollegeDetails05/01/2011
News
News
- November 25, 2024
Yale Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids Announces Inaugural Pilot Award Winners
- February 07, 2024
Asch Selected to Receive SOBP Travel Fellowship Award
- September 07, 2023
Asch Chosen to Receive YCCI Scholar Award
- November 15, 2022Source: Biological Psychiatry
Yale Study Seeks to Understand Neurobiology Underlying Bipolar Disorder Vs. Major Depressive Disorder
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