Dr Ben J. Harrison
Dr. Ben J. Harrison, BSc (Hons), PhD
Research Fellow, NHMRC CJ Martin Fellow
Dr. Harrison is a Research Fellow at Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre and NHMRC C.J. Martin Overseas Training Fellow (April 2006-2010). He is a cognitive neuroscientist with specific interest in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate large-scale brain networks related to attention, willed-action and emotion in healthy and psychiatric populations.
Five recent publications (as of August 2009) include:
Harrison BJ, Soriano-Mas C, Pujol J, Ortiz H, López-Solà M, Hernández-Ribas R, Deus J, Alonso P, Yücel M, Pantelis C, Menchon JM, Cardoner N. Altered corticostriatal functional connectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry (In Press).
Harrison BJ, Pujol J, López-Solà M, Hernández-Ribas R, Deus J, Ortiz H, Soriano-Mas C, Yücel M, Pantelis C, Cardoner N (2008). Consistency and functional specialization in the default mode brain network. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105: 9781-9786.
Pujol J, Harrison BJ, Ortiz H, Deus J, Soriano-Mas C, López-Solà M, Yücel M, Perich X, Cardoner N (2009). Influence of the fusiform gyrus on amygdala response to emotional faces in the range of non-clinical social anxiety. Psychological Medicine 21: 1-11.
Harrison BJ, Pujol J, Ortiz H, Fornito A, Pantelis C, Yücel M (2008). Modulation of brain resting-state networks by sad mood induction. PLoS ONE: (3) e1794.
Yücel M, Harrison BJ, Fornito A, Wood SJ, Wellard RM, Clarke K, Pujol J, Kyrios M, Phillips M, Pantelis C (2007). Functional and spectroscopic alterations of the medial frontal cortex in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry 64: 946-955.
Contact details:
Dr. Ben Harrison
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre,
Department of Psychiatry,
The University of Melbourne,
c/o National Neuroscience Facility,
Level 3, 161 Barry Street,
Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
Phone: (+613) 8344-1878
Email: habj@unimelb.edu.au