Christopher Pittenger

21.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher Pittenger is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Pittenger has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Clinical Psychology, 75 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 48 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Christopher Pittenger's work include Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (94 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (36 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (34 papers). Christopher Pittenger is often cited by papers focused on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (94 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (36 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (34 papers). Christopher Pittenger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Christopher Pittenger's co-authors include Ronald S. Duman, Michael H. Bloch, Eric R. Kandel, James F. Leckman, John H. Krystal, Luciana Romina Frick, Angeli Landeros‐Weisenberger, Vladimir Coric, Patricia Gruner and Gerard Sanacora and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Pittenger

150 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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Stress, Depression, and Neuroplasticity: A Convergence of Mechanisms

2007 1.4k citations Christopher Pittenger, Ronald S. Duman Neuropsychopharmacology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Christopher Pittenger	3.8k	3.6k	3.4k	1.8k	1.2k	161	10.3k
Chawki Benkelfat	2.1k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	4.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	178	8.9k
Benjamin D. Greenberg	5.9k 1.6×	4.4k 1.2×	4.6k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	719 0.6×	184	15.0k
Andreas Reif	2.4k 0.6×	3.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	466	12.3k
Conor Liston	1.0k 0.3×	4.9k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	107	11.1k
Francis S. Lee	1.6k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	7.0k 2.1×	3.1k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	138	13.4k
Johan A. den Boer	2.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	978 0.8×	213	9.6k
Victoria Arango	1.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	5.4k 1.6×	3.4k 1.9×	2.3k 1.9×	153	12.9k
Judith R. Homberg	1.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	225	9.0k
Ralph Dileone	1.1k 0.3×	3.1k 0.9×	5.4k 1.6×	3.5k 1.9×	1.9k 1.5×	101	13.9k
Alessandro Bertolino	1.1k 0.3×	5.8k 1.6×	4.3k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	748 0.6×	217	13.0k

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Pushkarskaya, Helen, Smita Krishnaswamy, & Christopher Pittenger. (2025). How to Probe Dynamics of Brain Function: A Narrative Review. Biological Psychiatry.

Allen, Andrew, et al.. (2025). Distinguishing Suicidal Obsessions from Suicidal Ideation: A First-Person Suicide Image Pilot Study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 391. 119916–119916.

Arntz, Arnoud, et al.. (2025). The imagery rescripting protocol for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ImRs-OCD): A decade of iterative refinement in treatment sequencing following ERP. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 195. 104878–104878. 1 indexed citations

Pittenger, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Sex differences in the distribution and density of regulatory interneurons in the striatum. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 18. 1415015–1415015. 2 indexed citations

Ching, Terence H. W., Noam Goldway, Natalie Gukasyan, et al.. (2024). Psychedelic medicine in psychiatry residency training: a survey of psychiatric residency program directors. International Review of Psychiatry. 36(8). 902–907. 1 indexed citations

Sun, George, Kevin N. Sheth, Lawrence J. Hirsch, et al.. (2024). The human claustrum tracks slow waves during sleep. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8964–8964. 4 indexed citations

Vreeland, Allison, Margo Thienemann, Madeleine W. Cunningham, et al.. (2023). Neuroinflammation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 46(1). 69–88. 8 indexed citations

Pittenger, Christopher. (2023). The Pharmacological Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 46(1). 107–119. 6 indexed citations

Jefferson, Sarah J., Ian Gregg, Clara Liao, et al.. (2023). 5-MeO-DMT modifies innate behaviors and promotes structural neural plasticity in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(9). 1257–1266. 34 indexed citations

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Adams, Thomas G., et al.. (2023). Frontopolar multifocal transcranial direct current stimulation reduces conditioned fear reactivity during extinction training: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 205. 107825–107825. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Meiyu, Yashika Bansal, Ashley E. Lepack, et al.. (2023). Prefrontal cortex astroglia modulate anhedonia-like behavior. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(11). 4632–4641. 22 indexed citations

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Ching, Terence H. W., Rachael Grazioplene, Stephen A. Kichuk, et al.. (2023). Safety, tolerability, and clinical and neural effects of single-dose psilocybin in obsessive–compulsive disorder: protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-crossover trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1178529–1178529. 17 indexed citations

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Rapanelli, Maximiliano, Wei Wang, Edward Hurley, et al.. (2023). Cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are involved in behavioral abnormalities associated with Cul3 deficiency: Role of prefrontal cortex projections in cognitive deficits. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 22–22. 10 indexed citations

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Warner‐Schmidt, Jennifer, et al.. (2023). Methylone, a rapid acting entactogen with robust anxiolytic and antidepressant-like activity. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 1041277–1041277. 8 indexed citations

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Pittenger, Christopher. (2023). 44.3 Antibodies Against Basal Ganglial Cholinergic Interneurons in Youth With PANS/PANDAS. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 62(10). S392–S393.

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Adams, Thomas G., Josh M. Cisler, Benjamin Kelmendi, et al.. (2021). Transcranial direct current stimulation targeting the medial prefrontal cortex modulates functional connectivity and enhances safety learning in obsessive‐compulsive disorder: Results from two pilot studies. Depression and Anxiety. 39(1). 37–48. 29 indexed citations

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Esterlis, Irina, Nicole DellaGioia, Robert H. Pietrzak, et al.. (2017). Ketamine-induced reduction in mGluR5 availability is associated with an antidepressant response: an [11C]ABP688 and PET imaging study in depression. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(4). 824–832. 108 indexed citations

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Pittenger, Christopher, Gerard Sanacora, & John H. Krystal. (2007). The NMDA Receptor as a Therapeutic Target in Major Depressive Disorder. CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets. 6(2). 101–115. 167 indexed citations

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Pittenger, Christopher, et al.. (2006). Glutamatergic dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder and the potential clinical utility of glutamate-modulating agents. 13(10). 65–77. 11 indexed citations

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Patterson, Susan L., Christopher Pittenger, Alexei Morozov, et al.. (2001). Some Forms of cAMP-Mediated Long-Lasting Potentiation Are Associated with Release of BDNF and Nuclear Translocation of Phospho-MAP Kinase. Neuron. 32(1). 123–140. 273 indexed citations

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