Kevin Behar, PhD
Senior Research Scientist in PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Psychiatry
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Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory
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Yale School of Medicine
MRRC-TAC, N151, PO Box 208043
New Haven, CT 06510-8043
United States
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Psychiatry
Primary
Additional Titles
Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory
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Yale School of Medicine
MRRC-TAC, N151, PO Box 208043
New Haven, CT 06510-8043
United States
Appointments
Psychiatry
Primary
Additional Titles
Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory
Contact Info
Yale School of Medicine
MRRC-TAC, N151, PO Box 208043
New Haven, CT 06510-8043
United States
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Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory
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Psychiatry
Senior Research ScientistPrimary
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- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yale University (1986)
- PhD
- Yale University (1985)
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Overview
- NMR studies to elucidate the role of glucose and alternate fuel substrates in support of brain activity and glutamate/GABA/glutamine cycling in diabetes and mood disorders.
- NMR studies of GABA synthesis in the brain
Medical Research Interests
Central Nervous System; Glutamates; Glutamine; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; Psychiatry
ORCID
0000-0003-1467-0446
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Douglas Rothman, PhD
Graeme Mason, PhD
D. S. Fahmeed Hyder, PhD
Ognen Petroff, MD, FAAN (Neurology), FACNS, FAES, FANA
Richard Mattson, MD
Robin de Graaf, PhD
96Publications
10,289Citations
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Glutamates
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2026
Reversible alterations of brain acetate metabolism associated with alcohol consumption
Kumaragamage C, Jiang L, Angarita G, de Graaf R, Guidone E, Coppoli A, Behar K, Gulanski B, Pittman B, Weinzimer S, Rothman D, Krystal J, Mason G. Reversible alterations of brain acetate metabolism associated with alcohol consumption. Neuropsychopharmacology 2026, 1-9. PMID: 42218273, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-026-02455-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2025
Embracing Scientific Debate in Brain Metabolism
Andersen J, Aldana B, Bak L, Behar K, Borges K, Carruthers A, Cumming P, Derouiche A, Díaz‐García C, Drew K, Duarte J, Ferreira G, Giove F, Gjedde A, Hyder F, Ioannou M, Kann O, Kristian T, Lai J, Mason G, McNay E, Nedergaard M, Nowak T, Patel A, Rae C, Ryan T, Schuck P, Simpson I, Vannucci S, Waagepetersen H, Yellen G, McKenna M. Embracing Scientific Debate in Brain Metabolism. Journal Of Neurochemistry 2025, 169: e70230. PMID: 40966093, DOI: 10.1111/jnc.70230.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitationsMeSH KeywordsReduced removal of waste products from energy metabolism takes center stage in human brain aging
Mangia S, DiNuzzo M, Ponticorvo S, Dienel G, Behar K, Benveniste H, Hyder F, Giove F, Herculano-Houzel S, Petroff O, Eberly L, Filip P, Michaeli S, Rothman D. Reduced removal of waste products from energy metabolism takes center stage in human brain aging. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 8127. PMID: 40057554, PMCID: PMC11890754, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90342-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2024
Deficits in brain glucose transport among younger adults with obesity
Gunawan F, Matson B, Coppoli A, Jiang L, Ding Y, Perry R, Sanchez‐Rangel E, DeAguiar R, Behar K, Rothman D, Mason G, Hwang J. Deficits in brain glucose transport among younger adults with obesity. Obesity 2024, 32: 1329-1338. PMID: 38764181, PMCID: PMC11966602, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricBrain maps of pCO2, pO2 and pH in aging via homeostatic modeling of neuroimaging data across the lifespan
Mangia S, DiNuzzo M, Dienel G, Behar K, Benveniste H, Giove F, Herculano S, Wolf M, Li X, Filip P, Michaeli S, Rothman D. Brain maps of pCO2, pO2 and pH in aging via homeostatic modeling of neuroimaging data across the lifespan. Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine ... Scientific Meeting And Exhibition. 2024 DOI: 10.58530/2024/3889.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Neurovascular coupling is optimized to compensate for the increase in proton production from nonoxidative glycolysis and glycogenolysis during brain activation and maintain homeostasis of pH, pCO2, and pO2
DiNuzzo M, Dienel G, Behar K, Petroff O, Benveniste H, Hyder F, Giove F, Michaeli S, Mangia S, Herculano‐Houzel S, Rothman D. Neurovascular coupling is optimized to compensate for the increase in proton production from nonoxidative glycolysis and glycogenolysis during brain activation and maintain homeostasis of pH, pCO2, and pO2. Journal Of Neurochemistry 2023, 168: 632-662. PMID: 37150946, PMCID: PMC10628336, DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeasurement of neuro‐energetics and neurotransmission in the rat olfactory bulb using 1H and 1H–[13C] NMR spectroscopy
Chowdhury G, Behar K, Mason G, Rothman D, de Graaf R. Measurement of neuro‐energetics and neurotransmission in the rat olfactory bulb using 1H and 1H–[13C] NMR spectroscopy. NMR In Biomedicine 2023, 37: e4957-e4957. PMID: 37088548, PMCID: PMC10590826, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMapping of exogenous choline uptake and metabolism in rat glioblastoma using deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI)
Ip K, Thomas M, Behar K, de Graaf R, De Feyter H. Mapping of exogenous choline uptake and metabolism in rat glioblastoma using deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI). Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2023, 17: 1130816. PMID: 37187610, PMCID: PMC10175635, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1130816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricThe early days of ex vivo 1H, 13C, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance in the laboratory of Dr. Robert G. Shulman from 1975 to 1995
Rothman D, Behar K, Petroff O, Shulman R. The early days of ex vivo 1H, 13C, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance in the laboratory of Dr. Robert G. Shulman from 1975 to 1995. NMR In Biomedicine 2023, 36: e4879. PMID: 36424353, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4879.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetric
2022
Mechanistic stoichiometric relationship between the rates of neurotransmission and neuronal glucose oxidation: Reevaluation of and alternatives to the pseudo‐malate‐aspartate shuttle model
Rothman D, Behar K, Dienel G. Mechanistic stoichiometric relationship between the rates of neurotransmission and neuronal glucose oxidation: Reevaluation of and alternatives to the pseudo‐malate‐aspartate shuttle model. Journal Of Neurochemistry 2022, 168: 555-591. PMID: 36089566, DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15619.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetric
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