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Phone: 919.681.3169
E-Fax: 919.869.2990
E-Mail: dichter@biac.duke.edu
Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC)
Duke University Medical Center
PO Box 3918
Durham, NC 27710
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Psychiatry
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Psychology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences
Core Faculty, Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
Investigator, UNC Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center
Investigator, U54 MH066418 ("Gene-Brain-Behavior in Autism", PI: Piven)
Dr. Gabriel Dichter's research uses brain imaging and psychophysiology to examine core deficits and response to treatment in autism spectrum disorders and affective disorders.
Prinicple Investigator: fMRI Brain Imaging Studies
Co - Investigator: Social Cognition & Interaction Training for Adolescents with HFA
UNC Faculty Information
Duke Faculty Information
Completed:
- American Psychological Association Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award
- Martin Seligman Research Alliance Positive Psychology Dissertation Award
- NIMH Predoctoral Training Fellowship , T32 MH18921 (PI: Garber).
- NICHD Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, T32-HD40127 (PI: Piven, Roberts
- UNC NDRC Pilot Imaging Award
- NIH/NCRR K12 RR023248-02 (PI: Orringer; Role: Roadmap Scholar)
Current:
- K23 MH081285; “Functional Neuroimaging of Psychopharmacologic Treatment for Autism”
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Junior Faculty Development Award
- R03 MH078145 (PI); “Reward System Recovery Following Behavioral Activation Therapy in Depression”
- The Dana Foundation (PI), Functional Imaging Involving Patient-Oriented Clinical Research Award
- NARSAD (PI), Young Investigator Award, “Brain Activation Recovery following Behavioral Therapy in Depression”
- NARSAD (PI), Young Investigator Award, “The Neural Influence Of Affective Dysregulation On Executive Function In Unipolar Major Depression”
- Autism Speaks (PI: Penn; Role: Co-investigator) Pilot research Award, “Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Adolescents with High Functioning Autism”
- NARSAD (PI: Smoski; Role: Co-investigator)), Young Investigator Award, "Brain Imaging of Psychotherapy for Depression in Older Adults"
- Dichter, G.S., Felder, J., Smoski, M. (submitted); Affective Context Interferes with Cognitive Control in Unipolar Depression.
- Dichter, G.S., Felder, J., Bodfish, J., Sikich, L. & Belger, A (submitted); Mapping Social Target Detection with fMRI.
- Dichter, G.S., Felder, J., Sikich, L., Mahorney, S., & J., Bodfish (submitted); fMRI Activation Change Tracks Medication-Induced Reductions in Repetitive Behaviors in Autism: Two Case Studies.
- Turner- Brown, L., Perry, T., Dichter, G.S., Bodfish, J.W. & Penn, D (in press). Feasibility of Social Cognition and Interaction Training for Adults with High Functioning Autism; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disability. PMID: 18246419.
- Dichter, G.S. & Belger, A (in press); Atypical Modulation of Cognitive Control by Arousal in Autism; Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
- Dichter, G.S. & Tomarken (2008). The Chronometry of Affective Startle Modulation in Unipolar Depression; Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Feb; 117(1):1-15. PMID: 18266482
- Shafritz, K., Dichter, G.S., Belger, A (in press); The neural circuitry mediating shifts in behavioral response and cognitive set in autism, Biological Psychiatry. PMID: 17916328 .
- Dichter, G.S. & Belger, A (2007); Social Stimuli Interfere with Cognitive Control in Autism; NeuroImage, 35: 1219-1230. PMID: 17321151
- Belger, A. & Dichter, G.S. (2006). Structural and Functional Neuroanatomy of Schizophrenia. In J. A. Lieberman, S. Stroup & D. Perkins, (Eds.), American psychiatric publishing textbook of schizophrenia. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
- Dichter, G.S., van der Stelt, O., Boch, J.L., Belger, A. (2006). Relations among Intelligence, Executive Function, and P300 Event Related Potentials in Schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 194(3):179-87. PMID: 16534435
- Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.J., Freid, C.M., Addington, S., Shelton, R.C. (2005). Do Venlafaxine XR and Paroxetine equally influence negative and positive affect? The Journal of Affective Disorders, 85(3): 333-339. PMID: 15780704
- Tomarken, A.J., Dichter, G.S., Garber, J., Simien, C. (2004). Resting frontal brain activity: linkages to maternal depression and socio-economic status among adolescents. Biological Psychology, 67(1-2), 77-102. PMID: 15130526
- Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.T., Shelton, R., Sutton, S.K. (2004). Early- and Late-Onset Startle Modulation in Unipolar Depression. Psychophysiology, 41(3):433-40. PMID: 15102129
- Tomarken, A, Dichter, G.S., Freid, C., Addington, S., Shelton, R.C. (2004). Assessing the Effects of Bupropion SR on Mood Dimensions of Depression. The Journal of Affective Disorders, 78(3), 235-241. PMID: 15013248
- Zald, D.H., Boileau, I., El-Dearedy, W., Gunn, R., McGlone, F., Dichter, G.S., Dagher, A. (2004). Dopamine transmission in the human striatum during monetary reward tasks. J Neurosci. 24(17):4105-12. PMID: 15115805
- Dichter, G.S., Tomarken, A.J., Baucom, B. (2002). Startle Modulation Before, During, and After Exposure to Emotional Stimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 43, 191-196. PMID: 11809522
- Luber, B., Nobler, M.., Moeller, J.R., Katzman, G.P., Prudic, J., Devanand, D.P., Dichter, G.S., Sackeim, H.A. (2000). Quantitative EEG during seizures induced by electroconvulsive therapy: relations to treatment modality and clinical features. II. Topographic analyses. Journal of ECT, 16(3), 229-243. PMID: 11005044
- Nobler, M.S., Luber, B., Moeller, J.R., Katzman, G.P., Prudic, J., Devanand, D.P., Dichter, G.S., Sackeim, H.A. (2000). Quantitative EEG during seizures induced by electroconvulsive therapy: relations to treatment modality and clinical features. I. Global analyses. Journal of ECT, 16(3), 211-228. PMID: 11005043
- Tomarken, A.J., Dichter, G.S., Pendergrass, J.C. (1999). Psychological Assessment. In D. Levinson, J. J. Ponzetti & P. F. Jorgensen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Emotions (Vol. 2, pp. 545-551). New York: Macmillan.
- Dichter GS, Brunelli SA, Hofer, MA (1996). Elevated plus-maze behavior in adult offspring of selectively bred rats. Physiology & Behavior, 60(1), 299-304. PMID: 8804680
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