Kaustubh R. Kulkarni, MD, PhD
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Longing to act: Bayesian inference as a framework for craving in behavioral addiction
Kulkarni K, O’Brien M, Gu X. Longing to act: Bayesian inference as a framework for craving in behavioral addiction. Addictive Behaviors 2023, 144: 107752. PMID: 37201396, PMCID: PMC10330403, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn Interpretable and Predictive Connectivity-Based Neural Signature for Chronic Cannabis Use
Kulkarni K, Schafer M, Berner L, Fiore V, Heflin M, Hutchison K, Calhoun V, Filbey F, Pandey G, Schiller D, Gu X. An Interpretable and Predictive Connectivity-Based Neural Signature for Chronic Cannabis Use. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2022, 8: 320-330. PMID: 35659965, PMCID: PMC9708942, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2026
A computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users
Kulkarni K, Berner L, Rhoads S, Fiore V, Schiller D, Gu X. A computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users. Nature Mental Health 2026, 4: 551-565. PMID: 41987932, PMCID: PMC13076233, DOI: 10.1038/s44220-026-00593-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSustained activity of human substantia nigra neurons reflect prior rewards
Imtiaz Z, Kato A, Kopell B, Qasim S, Davis A, Martinez L, Heflin M, Kulkarni K, Morsi A, Charney A, Gu X, Saez I. Sustained activity of human substantia nigra neurons reflect prior rewards. IScience 2026, 29: 115458. PMID: 42006305, PMCID: PMC13090738, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115458.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Spatial Craving Patterns in Marijuana Users: Insights From fMRI Brain Connectivity Analysis With High-Order Graph Attention Neural Networks
Ding J, Yang S, Zilverstand A, Kulkarni K, Gu X, Liu F. Spatial Craving Patterns in Marijuana Users: Insights From fMRI Brain Connectivity Analysis With High-Order Graph Attention Neural Networks. IEEE Journal Of Biomedical And Health Informatics 2025, 29: 358-370. PMID: 39321007, PMCID: PMC11875913, DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2024.3462371.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD
Perl O, Duek O, Kulkarni K, Gordon C, Krystal J, Levy I, Harpaz-Rotem I, Schiller D. Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD. Nature Neuroscience 2023, 26: 2226-2236. PMID: 38036701, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01483-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Emotional adaptation during a crisis: decline in anxiety and depression after the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the United States
Shuster A, O’Brien M, Luo Y, Berner L, Perl O, Heflin M, Kulkarni K, Chung D, Na S, Fiore V, Gu X. Emotional adaptation during a crisis: decline in anxiety and depression after the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the United States. Translational Psychiatry 2021, 11: 435. PMID: 34417441, PMCID: PMC8377451, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01552-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContainment of COVID-19: Simulating the impact of different policies and testing capacities for contact tracing, testing, and isolation
Fiore V, DeFelice N, Glicksberg B, Perl O, Shuster A, Kulkarni K, O’Brien M, Pisauro M, Chung D, Gu X. Containment of COVID-19: Simulating the impact of different policies and testing capacities for contact tracing, testing, and isolation. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247614. PMID: 33788852, PMCID: PMC8011755, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247614.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
A Whole-Brain and Cross-Diagnostic Perspective on Functional Brain Network Dysfunction
Spronk M, Keane BP, Ito T, Kulkarni K, Ji JL, Anticevic A, Cole MW. A Whole-Brain and Cross-Diagnostic Perspective on Functional Brain Network Dysfunction. Cerebral Cortex 2020, 31: 547-561. PMID: 32909037, PMCID: PMC7947178, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa242.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Mapping the human brain's cortical-subcortical functional network organization
Ji JL, Spronk M, Kulkarni K, Repovš G, Anticevic A, Cole MW. Mapping the human brain's cortical-subcortical functional network organization. NeuroImage 2018, 185: 35-57. PMID: 30291974, PMCID: PMC6289683, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research