Faculty

Matthew A Geramita, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

MD
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
PhD
Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
General Adult Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Translational Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Research Interests

Neurobiological mechanisms underlying OCD; Computational modeling; Optogenetics, In vivo electrophysiology
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Chung DW, Geramita MA, Lewis DA. Synaptic variability and cortical gamma oscillation power in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2022 Apr;179(4):277-287. PMID: 35360919
  2. Manning EE, Geramita MA, Piantadosi SC, Pierson JL, Ahmari SE. Distinct patterns of abnormal lateral orbitofrontal cortex activity during compulsive grooming and reversal learning normalize after fluoxetine. Biological Psychiatry. 2021 Nov 27;S0006-3223(21)017980-4. PMID: 35094880
  3. Geramita MA, Yttri EA, Ahmari SE. The two-step task, avoidance, and OCD. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2020 June;98(6):1007-1019. PMID: 32282095Geramita MA, Yttri EA, Ahmari SE. The two-step task, avoidance, and OCD. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2020 June;98(6):1007-1019. PMID: 32282095
  4. Geramita MA, Wen J, Rannals M, Urban NN. Decreased amplitude and reliability of odor-evoked responses in two mouse models of autism may lead to reduced sensory-evoked reliability. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2020 April 1;123(4):1283-1294. PMID: 31891524