McCann, Una D., M.D.

Professor
Associate Program Director JHBMC GCRC
Director, Anxiety Disorders Program
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit

Main Office Address

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Behavioral Biology Research Center, BPRU
5510 Nathan Shock Drive
Baltimore, MD 21224-6823

Phone: 410-550-1972
Fax: 410-550-0030

E-mail: umccann@jhmi.edu

Off Campus Address

GCRC
Bayview B
Phone: 410-550-5038
Fax: 410-550-1227

Education and Government Service

Professional Interests

My two active areas of research are in the areas of amphetamine-induced monoamine neurotoxicity (i.e., MDMA, Methamphetamine, ephedrine or amphetamine-induced monoaminergic neurotoxicity), and the neurobiology of anxiety disorders.  Methods used in both research spheres include neuropharmacology, PET, MRI, fMRI, polysomnography, pharmacological challenge, and neuropsychiatric assessment.  Studies of amphetamine neurotoxicity also include preclinical studies using microarrays, cell culture, rodents and primates.

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Selected Publications

McCann UD, Szabo Z, Scheffel U, Matthews WB, Dannals RF, Ravert HT, Musachio JL, Mertl MM, Ricaurte GA.  Positron Emission Tomographic evidence of toxic effect of MDMA (AEcstasy@) on brain serotonin neurons in humans beings, The Lancet, 1998; 352:1433-1437.

McCann UD, Wong DF, Villemagne V, Dannals RF, Ricaurte GA. Brain dopamine neurotoxicity in abstinent methamphetamine and methcathinone users: Evidence from PET studies with [11C]WIN- 35,428, Journal of Neuroscience 1998;18(20):8417-8422.

McCann UD, Mertl MM, Eligulashvili V, Ricaurte GA. Cognitive performance in () 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") users: A controlled study, Psychopharmacology, 1999; 143:417-425

McCann UD, Slate SO, Geraci M, Roscow-Terrill D, and Uhde TW.  A comparison of the effects of intravenous pentagastrin in patients with social phobia, panic disorder, and healthy volunteers, Neuropsychopharmacology, 1997;16(3):229-237.

Geraci  M, Anderson TS, Slate-Cothren S, Post RM, McCann UD.  Pentagastrin-induced sleep panic attacks: Panic in the absence of elevated baseline arousal.  Biological Psychiatry, 2002;52(12):1183-9.