Mintzer, Miriam Z., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Main Office Address

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
BBRC, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive
Room 3044
Baltimore, MD 21224

Phone: 410-550-0529
Fax: 410-550-0030

E-mail: mmintzer@jhmi.edu

Administrative Assistant

Rebecca Parvizimotlagh
E-mail: rparviz1@jhmi.edu
Phone 410-550-0451

Education

Professional Interests

My research interests are in the areas of human cognitive psychopharmacology and cognitive neuroscience.  One current project investigates acute and chronic effects of benzodiazepines and other memory-impairing drugs on human memory, guided by recent theoretical and methodological developments in memory research.  Another project is designed to characterize the changes in brain activity reliably associated with benzodiazepine-induced amnesia and to examine the pharmacological and neurochemical mechanisms underlying these changes.  Other  projects involve evaluating cognitive and memory effects of novel drugs of abuse and examining daily functioning in poly-drug abusers. 

Selected Publications

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R.  (2001).  Alcohol and false recognition: A dose-effect study.  Psychopharmacology, 159, 51-57.

Mintzer, M.Z., Griffiths, R.R., Contoreggi, C., Kimes, A.S., London, E.D., & Ernst, M.  (2001).  Effects of triazolam on brain activity during episodic memory encoding: A PET study.  Neuropsychopharmacology, 25, 744-756.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Stitzer, M.L.  (2002).  Cognitive impairment in methadone maintenance patients.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 67, 41-51.

Mintzer, M.Z., & Griffiths, R.R.  (2003).  Lorazepam and scopolamine:  A single-dose comparison of effects on human memory and attentional processes.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 11, 56-72.

Mintzer, M.Z.  (2003).  Triazolam-induced amnesia and the word-frequency effect in recognition memory:  Support for a dual process account.  Journal of Memory and Language, 48, 596-602.