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Ronald M. Salomon

High Impact

Professor

Also affiliated: Northwestern University (2015); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (1994–2002); Yale New Haven Hospital (1994); University of Arizona (1993–1999); Duke University (2003); Vanderbilt University (2001–2016); VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2003); University of South Florida (2003); Veterans Health Administration (1997); Yale University (1993–1999); VA Connecticut Healthcare System (1993–1999); Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (2009–2012); Nashville VA Medical Center (2002); Cambridge University Press (2013); Stanford Medicine (2003); Columbia University (2003); Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2007–2015); Stanford University (2003)

29 h-index 87 pubs 4,564 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Middle Aged
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Tryptophan
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Serotonin
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Aged
  • Time Factors
  • Young Adult
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

Biography and Research Information

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Ronald M. Salomon's research has focused on the neurobiology of depression and the mechanisms of antidepressant action. His work has investigated the role of serotonin, specifically through tryptophan depletion challenges, in understanding how antidepressants like desipramine and fluoxetine function. He has examined diurnal variations in cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin-1 (orexin-A) levels in both control and depressed subjects, contributing to the understanding of sleep-wake regulation and its connection to mood disorders.

Salomon's research also extends to the evaluation of therapeutic interventions for depression, including studies comparing cognitive therapy with medications for moderate to severe cases and the prevention of relapse. More recently, his work has explored novel diagnostic and predictive methods, such as the evaluation of voice acoustics as potential predictors of clinical depression scores.

With an h-index of 30 and over 4,600 citations across 91 publications, Salomon is recognized as a highly cited researcher. His work has been funded by various agencies and has involved collaborations with researchers such as Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz and Dr. Jack M. Gorman.

Metrics

  • h-index: 29
  • Publications: 87
  • Citations: 4,564

Positions

  • Professor 2015–present
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatry ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Slower perception of time in depressed and suicidal patients (2020)
    European Neuropsychopharmacology 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Modern-Day Relics of Psychiatry (2019)
    The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • S75. Suicide: Out of Time? (2018)
    Biological Psychiatry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • 600. Resting State fMRI of Raphe Nucleus Activity following Ketamine (2017)
    Biological Psychiatry DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on raphé functional connectivity in depression (2015)
    Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 15 citations DOI OpenAlex

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