J. Douglas Bremner

52.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
361 papers, 35.2k citations indexed

About

J. Douglas Bremner is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Douglas Bremner has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 35.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 100 papers in Clinical Psychology and 81 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in J. Douglas Bremner's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (81 papers), Cardiac Health and Mental Health (78 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (71 papers). J. Douglas Bremner is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (81 papers), Cardiac Health and Mental Health (78 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (71 papers). J. Douglas Bremner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. J. Douglas Bremner's co-authors include Dennis S. Charney, Eric Vermetten, Steven M. Southwick, Lawrence H. Staib, Viola Vaccarino, Christian Schmahl, Meena Vythilingam, John H. Krystal, Wayne H. Giles and Robert F. Anda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

J. Douglas Bremner

342 papers receiving 33.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood

2005 3.0k citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Hippocampal Volume Reduction in Major Depression

2000 1.3k citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
MRI-based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat- related posttraumatic stress disorder

1995 1.1k citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Magnetic resonance imaging-based measurement of hippocampal volume in posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and sexual abuse—a preliminary report

1997 877 citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Emotion Modulation in PTSD: Clinical and Neurobiological Evidence for a Dissociative Subtype

2010 745 citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Childhood Trauma Associated With Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Women With Major Depression

2002 608 citations Andrew H. Miller, J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Measurement of dissociative states with the Clinician‐Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS)

1998 593 citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Elevated CSF corticotropin-releasing factor concentrations in posttraumatic stress disorder

1997 545 citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Neural correlates of exposure to traumatic pictures and sound in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study

1999 538 citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Neural Correlates of Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

1999 534 citations J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2003 512 citations J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino et al. profile →
Does stress damage the brain?

1999 503 citations J. Douglas Bremner profile →
Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 position paper of the ESC working group on coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation

2019 258 citations Viola Vaccarino, J. Douglas Bremner et al. profile →
Diet, Stress and Mental Health

2020 247 citations J. Douglas Bremner, Kasra Moazzami et al. profile →
Stress and cardiovascular disease: an update

2024 48 citations Viola Vaccarino, J. Douglas Bremner profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Equity in pulmonary rehabilitation delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2025 ·European Respiratory Review ·Anne E. Holland, (unknown), Murilo Rezende Oliveira, J. Douglas Bremner, Sarah Rawlings, Narelle S. Cox	0
2	Mental health disorders and their impact on cardiovascular health disparities 2025 ·The Lancet Regional Health - Europe ·Viola Vaccarino, Eva Prescott, Amit Shah, J. Douglas Bremner, Paolo Raggi, Olivija Dobilienė, Chris P Gale, Raffaele Bugiardini	0
3	Cardiovascular Reactivity to Mental Stress and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease 2025 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Kasra Moazzami, Samaah Sullivan, (unknown), Alexis K. Okoh, Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Brad D. Pearce, Amit Shah, Yan V. Sun, Yi‐An Ko, Paolo Raggi, J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino, Arshed A. Quyyumi	2
4	Quantifying the Cardiovascular Response to Mental Stress Using a Compact Multimodal Wearable Sensing Patch 2025 ·(unknown), Asim H. Gazi, Michael Chan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), J. Douglas Bremner, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino, Omer T. Inan, Amit Shah	0
5	Heart–brain axis: Pushing the boundaries of cardiovascular molecular imaging 2024 ·Journal of Nuclear Cardiology ·(unknown), (unknown), James T. Thackeray, Nidaa Mikaïl, (unknown), Arshed A. Quyyumi, Frank M. Bengel, J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino, (unknown), Michael T. Osborne	4
6	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Individuals With Coronary Artery Disease 2024 ·Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ·Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Chang Liu, Yi‐An Ko, Lisa Elon, Kasra Moazzami, (unknown), Nancy Murrah, Lucy Shallenberger, Tené T. Lewis, Amit Shah, Paolo Raggi, J. Douglas Bremner, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino	1
7	Quantifying Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms During Traumatic Memories Using Interpretable Markers of Respiratory Variability 2024 ·IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics ·Asim H. Gazi, (unknown), (unknown), Erick Andres Perez Alday, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas L. Smith, J. Douglas Bremner, Amit Shah, Omer T. Inan, Viola Vaccarino	1
8	Heart Rate Variability, Deceleration Capacity of Heart Rate, and Death: A Veteran Twins Study 2024 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Minxuan Huang, Amit Shah, Rachel Lampert, Donald L. Bliwise, Dayna A. Johnson, Gari D. Clifford, Richard P. Sloan, Jack Goldberg, Yi‐An Ko, Giulia Da Poian, Erick Andres Perez Alday, Zakaria Almuwaqqat, (unknown), Mariana García, (unknown), Kasra Moazzami, J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino	3
9	Sex Differences in Vascular Response to Mental Stress and Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease 2023 ·Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Samaah Sullivan, (unknown), Mariana García, Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Kasra Moazzami, Muhammad Hammadah, Bruno B. Lima, Yingtian Hu, (unknown), Ayman Alkhoder, Lisa Elon, Tené T. Lewis, Amit Shah, Puja K. Mehta, J. Douglas Bremner, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino	12
10	Association Between Symptoms of Chronic Psychological Distress and Myocardial Ischemia Induced by Mental Stress in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease 2023 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Kasra Moazzami, Mariana García, Samaah Sullivan, Tené T. Lewis, J. Douglas Bremner, Alexander C. Razavi, Lucy Shallenberger, Yan V. Sun, Paolo Raggi, Amit Shah, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino	5
11	Biomarker Response to Mindfulness Intervention in Veterans Diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 2022 ·Mindfulness ·(unknown), Joshua Richman, Thaddeus W. W. Pace, Kelvin O. Lim, Melissa A. Polusny, Mark B. Hamner, J. Douglas Bremner, Mercy Ngosa Mumba, M. Lindsey Jacobs, (unknown), Lori L. Davis	8
12	Child Maltreatment and Inflammatory Response to Mental Stress Among Adults Who Have Survived a Myocardial Infarction 2022 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Shakira F. Suglia, Shakia T. Hardy, Alison L. Cammack, Ye Ji Kim, Bradley D. Pearce, Amit Shah, Samaah Sullivan, Matthew T. Wittbrodt, J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino	0
13	Impaired Peripheral Microvascular Function and Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease 2021 ·Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·(unknown), Mariana García, Samaah Sullivan, Chang Liu, Kasra Moazzami, Yi‐An Ko, Amit Shah, Jeong Hwan Kim, Brad D. Pearce, Irina Uphoff, J. Douglas Bremner, Paolo Raggi, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino	16
14	Everyday Discrimination and Mental Stress–Induced Myocardial Ischemia 2021 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Izraelle I. McKinnon, Amit Shah, Bruno B. Lima, Kasra Moazzami, (unknown), Samaah Sullivan, Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Mariana García, Lisa Elon, J. Douglas Bremner, Paolo Raggi, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino, Tené T. Lewis	9
15	Brain-heart connections in stress and cardiovascular disease: Implications for the cardiac patient 2021 ·Atherosclerosis ·Viola Vaccarino, Amit Shah, Puja K. Mehta, Brad D. Pearce, Paolo Raggi, J. Douglas Bremner, Arshed A. Quyyumi	46
16	Associations Between Inflammation, Cardiovascular Regenerative Capacity, and Cardiovascular Events: A Cohort Study 2021 ·Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Jeong Hwan Kim, Mariana García, Yi‐An Ko, Kasra Moazzami, Bruno B. Lima, Samaah Sullivan, (unknown), Anurag Mehta, Amit Shah, (unknown), Brad D. Pearce, J. Douglas Bremner, Edmund K. Waller, Viola Vaccarino, Arshed A. Quyyumi	5
17	Racial Disparities in Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes After a Myocardial Infarction in Young or Middle‐Aged Patients 2021 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Mariana García, Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Kasra Moazzami, (unknown), Bruno B. Lima, Samaah Sullivan, Belal Kaseer, Tené T. Lewis, Muhammad Hammadah, Oleksiy Levantsevych, Lisa Elon, J. Douglas Bremner, Paolo Raggi, Amit Shah, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino	25
18	Association Between Early Trauma and Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Black Americans 2021 ·Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ·Shabatun Islam, Jeong Hwan Kim, (unknown), Matthew Topel, Peter Baltrus, Chang Liu, Yi‐An Ko, Zakaria Almuwaqqat, Mahasin S. Mujahid, Mario Sims, Mohamed Mubasher, Kiran Ejaz, Charles Searles, Sandra B. Dunbar, Priscilla Pemu, Herman A. Taylor, J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Tené T. Lewis	11
19	Application of Noninvasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation to Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders 2020 ·Journal of Personalized Medicine ·J. Douglas Bremner, Nil Z. Gurel, Matthew T. Wittbrodt, Md Mobashir Hasan Shandhi, Mark Hyman Rapaport, Jonathon A. Nye, Bradley D. Pearce, Viola Vaccarino, Amit Shah, Jeanie Park, Marom Bikson, Omer T. Inan	52
20	Haplotypes of Serotonin Transporter Gene Associated with Both Depressive Symptoms and Interleukin-6 in Middle-Aged Males: The Twins Heart Study 2009 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Shaoyong Su, Jinying Zhao, J. Douglas Bremner, Andrew H. Miller, Mark Bouzyk, Harold Snieder, Jack Goldberg, Viola Vaccarino	0

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