Terence A. Ketter

Title
Associate Professor

Department
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Research Interests
Brain imagining and pharmacological studies of emotion, mood, and temperament in healthy volunteers; mood disorders.

Email
tketter@leland.stanford.edu

Phone
723-2515

Fax
725-3762

Address
PBS#2200
Mail Code: 5723

Faculty Research Description
Dr. Ketter's research interests include the use of brain imaging methods such as positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), to better understand the neurobiology of mood disorders and to explore the possibility of using these techniques to more effectively target treatments for patients with bipolar disorders. Dr. Ketter has also done research in the use of novel medications and combinations of medications in the treatment of bipolar disorders, with an emphasis on the use of anticonvulsants. His research in these areas has been published extensively.

Ketter TA, George MS, Kimbrell TA, Benson BE, Post RM: Functional brain imaging, limbic function, and affective disorders. The Neuroscientist 1996;2(1):55-65.

Ketter TA, Andreason PJ, George MS, Lee C, Gill DS, Parekh P, Willis MW, Herscovitch P, Post RM: Anterior paralimbic mediation of procaine-induced emotional and psychosensory experiences. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1996;53(1):59-69.

Marangell LB, Ketter TA, George MS, Pazzaglia PJ, Callahan AM, Parekh P, Andreason PJ, Horwitz B, Herscovitch P, Post RM: Inverse relationship of peripheral thyroid-stimulating hormone levels to brain activity in mood disorders. Am J Psychiatry 1997;154(2):224-230.

Ketter TA, Kimbrell, TA, George MS, Willis MW, Benson BE, Danielson A, Frye MA, Herscovitch P, Post RM: Baseline cerebral hypermetabolism associated with carbamazepine response, and hypometabolism with nimodipine response in mood disorders. Biol Psychiatry 1999; 46(10):1364-74.

Winsberg ME, Sachs N, Tate DL, Adalsteinsson, E, Spielman DM, Ketter TA: Deceased dorsolateral prefrontal N-acetyl aspartate in bipolar disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2000;47(6):475-81.

Areas of Study
Systems/Behavioral Neuroscience
SBRC
Ph.D.