ThomasCooganNeylanMD

Psychiatry • San Francisco, CA

Professor of Psychiatry, In Residence; Director of PTSD Research; Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Research at VAMC

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Office
4150 Clement St
Vamc 116p
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone+1 415-750-6961
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Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Psychiatry, 1986 - 1989
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1986
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1988 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1986 - 1994
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Treating People With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Open Trial of Escitalopram Treatment for Male Subjects With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Start of enrollment: 2003 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Effect of a Hypocretin/Orexin Antagonist on Neurocognitive Performance Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Clinical Evaluation of Florbetapir F 18 (18F-AV-45) Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2
Perioperative Propranolol in Patients With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Start of enrollment: 2012 May 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Integrative Exercise for Post-Deployment Stress Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Analyzing Female Trauma Exposed Responses to a Medication Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Improving Mind/Body Health and Functioning With Integrative Exercise Start of enrollment: 2017 Sep 04
Completed
Not Applicable
Treatment of Disturbed Sleep in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 02
Recruiting
Phase 4
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Sex differences in response inhibition-related neural predictors of PTSD in recent trauma-exposed civilians.
Bibian Borst, Tanja Jovanovic, Stacey L House, Steven E Bruce, Nathaniel G Harnett, Alyssa R Roeckner, Timothy D Ely, Lauren A M Lebois, Dmitri Young, Francesca L Beau...> ;Biological Psychiatry. Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2024 Mar 22
Association of psychiatric disorders with clinical diagnosis of long COVID in US veterans.
Kristen Nishimi, Thomas C Neylan, Daniel Bertenthal, Karen H Seal, Aoife O'Donovan> ;Psychological Medicine. 2024 Feb 5
Spatiotemporal characteristics of neurophysiological changes in patients with four-repeat tauopathies.
Niyatee Samudra, Hannah Lerner, Leslie Yack, Christine M Walsh, Heidi E Kirsch, Kiwamu Kudo, Claire Yballa, Renaud La Joie, Maria L Gorno-Tempini, Salvatore Spina, Wil...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2024 Feb 1
Neuronal and glial vulnerability of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in tauopathies: evidence from human studies and animal models.
Son, G., Grinberg, L., Neylan, T.> ;Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2024 Jan 10
Post-traumatic stress and future substance use outcomes: leveraging antecedent factors to stratify risk.
Henri M Garrison-Desany, Jacquelyn L Meyers, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Donglin Zeng, Thomas C Neylan, Gari D Clifford, Tanj...> ;Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1
Wake, NREM, and REM sleep measures predict incident dementia.
Thomas C Neylan, Christine M Walsh> ;Sleep. 2024 Mar 11
2 citations
Association between microbiome and the development of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae after traumatic stress exposure.
Abigail L Zeamer, Marie-Claire Salive, Xinming An, Francesca L Beaudoin, Stacey L House, Jennifer S Stevens, Donglin Zeng, Thomas C Neylan, Gari D Clifford, Sarah D Li...> ;Translational Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 18
1 citations
Autonomic dysregulation during sleep in Parkinsonian spectrum disorders - A proof of concept.
Yeilim Cho, Daniel J Levendowski, Christine M Walsh, Debby Tsuang, Joyce K Lee-Iannotti, Chris Berka, Gandis Mazeika, David Salat, Joanne M Hamilton, Bradley F Boeve, ...> ;Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Prior Sexual Trauma Exposure Impacts Posttraumatic Dysfunction and Neural Circuitry Following a Recent Traumatic Event in the AURORA Study.
Grace E Rowland, Alyssa Roeckner, Timothy D Ely, Lauren A M Lebois, Sanne J H van Rooij, Steven E Bruce, Tanja Jovanovic, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming...> ;Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 2023 Oct 1
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Neural Correlates of Threat and Reward Processing in Survivors of Recent Trauma.
E Kate Webb, Timothy D Ely, Grace E Rowland, Lauren A M Lebois, Sanne J H van Rooij, Steven E Bruce, Tanja Jovanovic, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An,...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Sep 5
Associations of alcohol and cannabis use with change in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms over time in recently trauma-exposed individuals.
Cecilia A Hinojosa, Amanda Liew, Xinming An, Jennifer S Stevens, Archana Basu, Sanne J H van Rooij, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Donglin Zeng, Thomas C Neylan...> ;Psychological Medicine. 2024 Jan 1
Potential Limitations for Assessing Adverse Posttraumatic Neuropsychiatric Sequelae With Wrist-Wearable Device and Self-report Survey-Reply.
Laura D Straus, Thomas C Neylan, Samuel A McLean> ;JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 1
2 citations
Histaminergic neurotransmission in aging and Alzheimer's disease: A review of therapeutic opportunities and gaps.
Abhijit Satpati, Thomas Neylan, Lea T Grinberg> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2023 Apr 25
1 citations
Nightmares and cardiovascular disease: an emerging risk factor?
Thomas C Neylan, Beth E Cohen> ;Sleep. 2023 Jun 13
Internal capsule microstructure mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and PTSD following adulthood trauma exposure.
Samantha A Wong, Lauren A M Lebois, Timothy D Ely, Sanne J H van Rooij, Steven E Bruce, Vishnu P Murty, Tanja Jovanovic, Stacey L House, Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming ...> ;Molecular Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 17
1 citations
Sleep Spindles Favor Emotion Regulation Over Memory Consolidation of Stressors in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Nikhilesh Natraj, Thomas C Neylan, Leslie M Yack, Thomas J Metzler, Steven H Woodward, Samantha Q Hubachek, Cassandra Dukes, Nikhila S Udupa, Daniel H Mathalon, Anne R...> ;Biological Psychiatry. Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2023 Sep 1
5 citations
Alzheimer's disease phenotypes show different sleep architecture.
Neus Falgàs, Christine M Walsh, Leslie Yack, Alexander J Simon, Isabel E Allen, Joel H Kramer, Howard J Rosen, Renaud La Joie, Gil Rabinovici, Bruce Miller, Salvatore ...> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2023 Aug 1
11 citations
Structural inequities contribute to racial/ethnic differences in neurophysiological tone, but not threat reactivity, after trauma exposure.
Nathaniel G Harnett, Negar Fani, Sierra Carter, Leon D Sanchez, Grace E Rowland, William M Davie, Camilo Guzman, Lauren A M Lebois, Timothy D Ely, Sanne J H van Rooij,...> ;Molecular Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 1
6 citations
Utility of Wrist-Wearable Data for Assessing Pain, Sleep, and Anxiety Outcomes After Traumatic Stress Exposure.
Laura D Straus, Xinming An, Yinyao Ji, Samuel A McLean, Thomas C Neylan, , Ayse S Cakmak, Anne Richards, Gari D Clifford, Mochuan Liu, Donglin Zeng, Stacey L House, Fr...> ;JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 1
Childhood adversities and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression following a motor vehicle collision in adulthood.
H N Ziobrowski, B Holt-Gosselin, M V Petukhova, A J King, S Lee, S L House, F L Beaudoin, X An, J S Stevens, D Zeng, T C Neylan, G D Clifford, S D Linnstaedt, L T Germ...> ;Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2023 Jan 10
4 citations
Use of serial smartphone-based assessments to characterize diverse neuropsychiatric symptom trajectories in a large trauma survivor cohort.
Francesca L Beaudoin, Xinming An, Archana Basu, Yinyao Ji, Mochuan Liu, Ronald C Kessler, Robert F Doughtery, Donglin Zeng, Kenneth A Bollen, Stacey L House, Jennifer ...> ;Translational Psychiatry. 2023 Jan 7
2 citations
The Accuracy and Reliability of Sleep Staging and Sleep Biomarkers in Patients with Isolated Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder.
Daniel J Levendowski, Thomas C Neylan, Joyce K Lee-Iannotti, Paul C Timm, Cyrus Guevarra, Elise Angel, David Shprecher, Gandis Mazeika, Christine M Walsh, Bradley F Bo...> ;Nature and Science of Sleep. 2023 Jan 1
1 citations
Proof-of-concept for characterization of neurodegenerative disorders utilizing two non-REM sleep biomarkers.
Daniel J Levendowski, Thomas C Neylan, Christine M Walsh, Debby Tsuang, David Salat, Joanne M Hamilton, Joyce K Lee-Iannotti, Chris Berka, Gandis Mazeika, Bradley F Bo...> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2023 Jan 1
Association of select psychiatric disorders with incident brain aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage among veterans.
Daniel L Cooke, Hui Shen, Madhavi Duvvuri, Daniel Thompson, Thomas Neylan, William Wolfe, Steven Hetts, Bruce Ovbiagele, Mary Whooley, Beth Cohen> ;Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 2023 Jan 1
5 citations
Non-REM sleep with hypertonia in Parkinsonian Spectrum Disorders: A pilot investigation.
Daniel J Levendowski, Christine M Walsh, Bradley F Boeve, Debby Tsuang, Joanne M Hamilton, David Salat, Chris Berka, Joyce K Lee-Iannotti, David Shprecher, Philip R We...> ;Sleep Medicine. 2022 Dec 1
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Authored Content

The Role of Co-Neurotransmitters in Sleep and Wake RegulationOctober 2018
The Role of Co-Neurotransmitters in Sleep and Wake RegulationOctober 2018
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation in Veterans: Results from the Mind Your Heart StudyApril 2018
F179. Epigenetic Biomarkers in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After CRF1 Receptor Antagonist TreatmentApril 2018
The Effects of Early Trauma and the FKBP5 Gene on PTSD and the HPA Axis in a Clinical Sample of Gulf War Veterans☆March 2018
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Press Mentions

New Insights into Why Alzheimer's Can Bring DrowsinessApril 9th, 2022
New Insights into Why Alzheimer's Can Bring DrowsinessApril 8th, 2022
Sleepiness in Alzheimer’s Disease Due to Loss of Wake-Promoting NeuronsApril 5th, 2022
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Grant Support

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Of Insomnia In Posttraumatic Stress DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2008–2010
Neuroendocrine Regulation Of Sleep In PTSDNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2008
Sleep And Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Function In PTSDNational Center For Research Resources2004
Sleep &Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Function In PTSDNational Center For Research Resources2000–2002
Sleep And Arousal Disturbances In PTSDNational Institute Of Mental Health1998–2002

Hospital Affiliations

UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, California
San Francisco VA Medical CenterSan Francisco, California