John F Enwright, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Transcriptomics in human postmortem brain

Selected Publications

  1. Arion D, Enwright JF 3rd, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Lewis DA. Cell type-specific profiles and developmental trajectories of transcriptomes in primate prefrontal layer 3 pyramidal neurons: Implications for schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 1;181(10):920-934.
  2. Enwright Iii JF, Arion D, MacDonald WA, Elbakri R, Pan Y, Vyas G, Berndt A, Lewis DA. Differential gene expression in layer 3 pyramidal neurons across 3 regions of the human cortical visual spatial working memory network. Cereb Cortex. 2023 Feb 20;33(5):1581-1594.
  3. Arion D, Enwright JF, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Lewis DA. Differential gene expression between callosal and ipsilateral projection neurons in the monkey dorsolateral prefrontal and posterior parietal cortices. Cereb Cortex. 2022 Apr 19.
  4. Enwright JF, Sonapala S, Foglio A, Berry R, Fish KN, Lewis DA. Integrity of parvalbumin neurons and perineuronal nets in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Aug;41(9):2206-14. PMID: 26868058
  5. Enwright Iii JF, Huo Z, Arion D, Corradi JP, Tseng G, Lewis DA. Transcriptome alterations of prefrontal cortical parvalbumin neurons in schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 2018, Jul; 23(7):1606-1613.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Biology, University of Virginia
Postdoctoral
Endrocrinology/Cell Biology, University of Virginia