Manuscripts

  1. Wittbrodt, M.T., Vaccarino, V., Shah, A.J., Mayer, E.A., Bremner, J.D. Psychometric Properties of the Lifetime Trauma Inventory. Accepted - Health Psychology. Link to Pre-Print

  2. Moazzami, K., Wittbrodt, M.T., Lima, B.B., Levantsevych, O., Kaseer, B., Martini, A., Haffar, A., Nye, J., Quyyumi, A.A., Shah, A., Vaccarino, V., Bremner, J.D. Neural Correlates of Stress and Measures of Adiposity in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Accepted - Psychosomatic Medicine

  3. Moazzami, K., Wittbrodt, M.T., Lima, B.B., Kim, J.H., Hammadah, M., Ko, Y., Obideen, M., Abdelhadi, N., Kaseer, B., Gafeer, M.M., Nye, J.A., Shah, A.J., Ward, L., Raggi, P., Keller, E.K., Bremner, J.D., Quyyumi, A.A., Vaccarino, V. (2020). Circulating Progenitor Cells and Cognitive Impairment in Men and Women with Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Pre-press, 1-10. Link to paper

  4. Bremner, J.D., Wittbrodt, M.T., Shah, A.J., Pearce, B.D., Gurel, N.Z., Inan, O.T., Raggi, P., Lewis, T.T., Quyyumi, A.A., Vaccarino, V. (2020). Confederates in the Attic: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Cardiovascular Disease, and the Return of Soldier’s Heart. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 208(3), 171-180. Link to paper

  5. Gurel, N.Z., Huang, M., Wittbrodt, M.T., Jung, H., Ladd, S.L., Shandhi, M.H., Ko, Y., Shallenberger, L., Nye, J.A., Pearce, B., Vaccarino, V., Shah, A.J., Bremner, J.D., Inan, O.T. (2020). Quantifying Acute Physiological Biomarkers of Transcutaneous Cervical Vagal Nerve Stimulation in the Context of Psychological Stress. Brain Stimulation. 13(1), 47-59. Link to paper

  6. Wittbrodt, M.T., Moazzami, K., Lima, B.B., Alam, Z.S., Corry, D., Hammadah, M., Campanella, C., Ward, L., Quyyumi, A.A., Shah, A.J., Vaccarino, V., Nye, J.A., Bremner, J.D. (2019). Early childhood trauma alters neurological responses to mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease. Journal of Affective Disorders. 254(1), 49-58. Link to paper

  7. Kasher, N., Wittbrodt, M.T., Alam, Z.S., Lima, B.B., Nye, J.A., Campanella, C., Ladd, S., Hammadah H., Shah, A.J., Raggi, P., Quyyumi, A.A., Vaccarino, V., Bremner, J.D. Sex differences in brain activation patterns with mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease. (2019). Biology of Sex Differences. 10(1), 35. Link to paper

  8. Shah, A., Chen, C., Campanella, C., Kasher, N., Evans, S., Reiff, C., Mishra, S. Hammadah, M., Lima, B.B., Wilmot, K., Al Mheid, I., Alkhoder, A., Isakadze, I., Levantsevych, S., Pimple, P.M., Garcia, E.V., Wittbrodt, M., Nye, J., Ward, L., Lewis, T.T., Kutner, M., Raggi, P., Quyyumi, A., Vaccarino V.J., Bremner, J.D. (2018). Brain correlates of stress‐induced peripheral vasoconstriction in patients with cardiovascular disease. Psychophysiology. e13291. Link to paper

  9. Wittbrodt, M.T., Sawka, M.N., Mizelle, J.C., Wheaton, L.A., Millard-Stafford, M.L. (2018). Dehydration and Exercise-Heat Stress Independently Alters Brain Structure, Function, and Impairs Visuomotor Performance. Physiological Reports. 6(16), e13805. Link to paper

    Media Coverage: Medical Express, SciTech Daily

  10. Wittbrodt, M.T. & Millard-Stafford, M.L. (2018). Dehydration Impairs Cognitive Performance: A Meta-analysis. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise. 50(11), 2360-2368. Link to paper

Received widespread media attention: Forbes, Newsweek, Popular Science, NY Post, Reuters, Runners World, CNN, Women’s Health

  1. Millard-Stafford, M., Swanson, A.E., Wittbrodt, M.T. (2018). Nature vs. Nurture: Have Performance Gaps Between Men and Women Reached an Asymptote? International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 13(4), 530-535. Link to paper

  2. Wittbrodt, M.T., Espinoza, S., & Millard-Stafford, M.L. (2015). Biological Variation of Plasma Osmolality Obtained with Capillary Versus Venous Blood. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 53(10), 1613-1619. Link to paper

  3. Wittbrodt, M.T., Millard-Stafford, M.L., Sherman, R.A., & Cheatham, C.C. (2015). Ad Libitum Fluid Replacement Attenuates Physiological Strain Resulting From Mild Hypohydration Without Impacting Cognitive Performance. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. 25(5), 439-447. Link to paper

  4. DeSousa, J., Cheatham, C.C., & Wittbrodt, M.T. (2014). The effects of a moisture-wicking fabric garment on the physiological and perceptual responses during acute exercise in the heat. Applied Ergonomics. 45(6), 1447-1453. Link to paper

  5. Wittbrodt, M.T., Gurel, N.Z., Nye, J.A., Ladd, S., Shah, A.J., Shandhi, M.H., Huang, M., Alam, Z.S., Pearce, B.D., Murrah, N., Ko, Y., Shallenberger, L.H., Vaccarino, V., Inan, O.T., Bremner, J.D. Non-Invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation Decreases Brain Activity During Trauma Scripts. (Under Review - Brain Stimulation)

  6. Wittbrodt, M.T., Moazzami, K., Shah, A.J., Lima, B.B., Hammadah, M., Mehta, P.K., Quyyumi, A.A., Vaccarino, V., Nye, J.A., Bremner, J.D. Neural Responses During Acute Mental Stress are Associated with Angina Pectoris. (Under Review - Journal of Psychosomatic Research)

  7. Gurel, N.Z., Wittbrodt, M.T., Jung, H., Ladd, S.L., Shah, A.J., Vaccarino, V., Bremner, J.D., Inan, O.T. Automatic Detection of Target Engagement in Transcutaneous Cervical Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Traumatic Stress Triggers. (Under Review - Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics)

  8. Gurel, N.Z., Wittbrodt, M.T., Jung, H., Shandhi, M.H., Stagnaro, E.G., Ladd, S.L., Huang, M., Ko, Y., Shallenberger, L., Beckwith, J., Nye, J.A., Pearce, B.D., Vaccarino, V., Shah, A.J., Inan, O.T., Bremner, J.D. Transcutaneous Cervical Vagal Nerve Stimulation Blocks Sympathetic Responses to Stress in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Under Review - Brain Stimulation)

Book Chapters

  1. Millard-Stafford M.L. & Wittbrodt M.T.. Chapter 29: Sex and Performance: Nature Versus Nurture. In: Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics. Editors: Lightfoot, J.T., Hubal, M.J., Roth, S.R. Routledge Publishing. 1st edition. 2019.
  2. Bremner, J.D. \& Wittbrodt, M.T. Stress, the brain, and trauma spectrum disorders. (In Print - Academic Press)