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Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

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30 h-index 82 pubs 3,516 cited

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Ashley Acheson, a Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, investigates the neurobiological underpinnings of impulsive behavior and substance use disorders. Her work frequently examines the role of white matter microstructure in these conditions, as well as the impact of early life experiences, such as prenatal opioid exposure and early life adversity, on brain development and behavioral outcomes.

Acheson is the Principal Investigator on the "Family Health Patterns: A Study Across Generations" grant, funded by the NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for $612,342. This project explores intergenerational influences on health patterns. Her research also extends to the reliability of neuroimaging techniques, such as diffusion fractional anisotropy and cortical thickness measurements in studies like the ABCD diffusion fractional anisotropy and cortical thickness analysis. She has published 78 papers, accumulating 3,474 citations, and holds an h-index of 30, designating her as a highly cited researcher.

Her collaborative network includes researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, such as Mustafa N. Mithaiwala (4 shared publications), Xiawei Ou (1 shared publication), Harold S. Ballard (1 shared publication), and Melanie S. Beehler (1 shared publication). Acheson maintains an active lab website detailing her group's ongoing research.

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h-index: 30
Publications: 82
Citations: 3,516

Selected Publications

Family History of Substance Use and Stressful Life Events Impact Adolescent Maturation of Cerebral White Matter (2025)

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Dysregulated Neuroimmune and Anhedonia-like Behavioral Response Following Peripheral Immune Challenge in Mice Carrying the Val66Met Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Polymorphism (2025)

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Increased white blood cell in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders (2024)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Site‐Wise Reliability Analysis of the <scp>ABCD</scp> Diffusion Fractional Anisotropy and Cortical Thickness: Impact of Scanner Platforms (2024)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Assessing prenatal and early childhood social and environmental determinants of health in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD) (2024)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
White matter and latency of visual evoked potentials during maturation: A miniature pig model of adolescent development (2024)

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A site-wise reliability analysis of the ABCD diffusion fractional anisotropy and cortical thickness: impact of scanner platforms (2024)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Prospective Multi-Institutional Study Comparing the Brain Development in the Third Trimester between Opioid-Exposed and Nonexposed Fetuses Using Advanced Fetal MR Imaging Techniques (2024)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
DTI of Opioid-Exposed Fetuses Using ComBat Harmonization: A Bi-Institutional Study (2023)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Ancestral, Pregnancy, and Negative Early-Life Risks Shape Children’s Brain (Dis)similarity to Schizophrenia (2023)

7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Early life adversity and increased antisocial and depressive tendencies in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders: Findings from the Family Health Patterns project (2021)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
White Matter Integrity and Nicotine Dependence: Evaluating Vertical and Horizontal Pleiotropy (2021)

10 citations DOI OpenAlex