Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD

Xu J, Liu RJ, Fahey S, Frick L, Leckman J, Vaccarino F, Duman RS, Williams K, Swedo S, Pittenger C. Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity. The American Journal Of Psychiatry 2021, 178: 48-64. PMID: 32539528, PMCID: PMC8573771, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070698.

Pittenger, C. (editor). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Phenomenology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment. New York: Oxford University Press

Xu M, Kobets A, Du JC, Lennington J, Li L, Banasr M, Duman RS, Vaccarino FM, DiLeone RJ, Pittenger C. Targeted ablation of cholinergic interneurons in the dorsolateral striatum produces behavioral manifestations of Tourette syndrome. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 893-8. PMID: 25561540, PMCID: PMC4311862, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419533112.

Anticevic A, Hu S, Zhang S, Savic A, Billingslea E, Wasylink S, Repovs G, Cole MW, Bednarski S, Krystal JH, Bloch MH, Li CS, Pittenger C. Global resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging analysis identifies frontal cortex, striatal, and cerebellar dysconnectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2014, 75: 595-605. PMID: 24314349, PMCID: PMC3969771, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.10.021.

Baldan LC, Williams KA, Gallezot JD, Pogorelov V, Rapanelli M, Crowley M, Anderson GM, Loring E, Gorczyca R, Billingslea E, Wasylink S, Panza KE, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Krusong K, Leventhal BL, Ohtsu H, Bloch MH, Hughes ZA, Krystal JH, Mayes L, de Araujo I, Ding YS, State MW, Pittenger C. Histidine decarboxylase deficiency causes tourette syndrome: parallel findings in humans and mice. Neuron 2014, 81: 77-90. PMID: 24411733, PMCID: PMC3894588, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.052.

Bloch MH, Wasylink S, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Panza KE, Billingslea E, Leckman JF, Krystal JH, Bhagwagar Z, Sanacora G, Pittenger C. Effects of ketamine in treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2012, 72: 964-70. PMID: 22784486, PMCID: PMC3667652, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.05.028.