Munro, Cynthia A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Main Office Address Meyer 218 The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21287-5371 Phone: 410-614-7785 Fax: 410-955-0504 E-mail: cmunro@jhmi.edu Administrative Assistant Carolyn DiVincenzo Phone: 410-955-3268 E-mail: cdivince@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Neurobiological mechanisms underlying sex differences in the clinical manifestation of psychiatric disorders affecting cognition. The influences of sex hormones and the stress response on disorders of addiction and the dementing disorders are particular areas of focus.

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Selected Publications

Munro, C.A., McCaul, M.E., Wong, D.F., Oswald, L.M., Zhou, Y., Brasic, J., Kuwabara, H., Kumar, A., Alexander, M., Ye, W., Wand, G.S. (2006). Sex differences in striatal dopamine release in healthy adults. Biological Psychiatry, 59, 966-974.

Munro, C.A., Lyketsos, C.G. (2006). Cognitive response to sertraline treatment for depression in Alzheimer’s disease: A possible sex effect. Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease, 11, 361-365.

Munro, C.A., Oswald, L., Weerts, E., McCaul, M.E., Wand, G.S. (2005). Hormone responses to stress in abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects and social drinkers with no history of alcohol dependence, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 1133-1138. 

Munro, C.A. (2003). Dementia. In J.H. Byrne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory, 2^nd Edition. (pp. 109-112). New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.

Munro, C.A., Saxton, J., Butters, M.A. (2000). The neuropsychological consequences of abstinence among elderly alcoholics: A cross-sectional study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24(10), 1510-1516.