Bolla, Karen I.

Karen I. Bolla, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director of Neuropsychology, Bayview Campus Main Office Address Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center 4940 Eastern Avenue B Building, Rm.123 Baltimore, MD 21224 Phone: 410-550-1123 Fax: 410-550-0539 E-mail: kbolla@jhmi.edu Administrative Assistant Regina Hess Phone: 410-550-2642 E-mail: rhess@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Dr. Bolla's research focuses on exploring brain-behavior relationships in the areas of: 1) substance abuse; 2) neurotoxicant exposures; and 3) normal and abnormal aging, using cognitive measures alone and in combination with neuroimaging methodology (i.e., PET, fMRI, and volumetric brain morphology)

Selected Publications

Matochik, JA, London, EL, Eldreth, DA, Cadet, JL, Bolla, KI.  Frontal cortical tissue composition in abstinent cocaine abusers: a magnetic resonance imaging study. NeuroImage 19:1095-1102, 2003.

Bolla, K.I., Eldreth, D., Matochik, J., Cadet JL. Sex-Related Differences in a Gambling Task and Its Neurologic Correlates Cerebral Cortex. 14(11):1226-1232, 2004.

Eldreth, D., Matochik, J. Cadet JL, Bolla, K.I.  Abnormal Brain Activity in Prefrontal Brain Regions in Abstinent Marijuana Users. NeuroImage, 23(3):914-920, 2004.

Matochik, JA, Eldreth, DA, Cadet, JL, Bolla, KI.  Altered Brain Tissue Composition in Heavy Marijuana Users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Jan 7;77(1):23-30, 2004.

Bolla, K.I., Eldreth, D., Matochik, J. Cadet JL. Neural Substrates of Faulty Decision-Making in Abstinent Marijuana Users. NeuroImage, 26:480-492,2005.