Julian Motzkin, MD, PhD | Neuroimaging Technology Research Center

HS Asst Clinical Professor

[email protected]

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/julian.motzkin

Honors and Awards

UCSF Society of Hellman Fellows, UCSF, 2025-2027

Biological Psychiatry Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award (Finalist), 2016

AAN Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2016

Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2015

Jerzy Rose Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2014

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Frontier Fellow, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2013-2014

Ann E. Kelley Fellowship in Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011

Samuel R. Powers, MD Research Fellowship Award, Albany Medical College, 2008

Publications

Deep behavioral phenotyping tracks functional recovery following tibia fracture in mice.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Layne JE, Snapper DM, Czachor ME, Lam C, Matityahu JD, Lind DRG, Huard M, Morioka K, Motzkin JC, Basbaum AI, Weinrich JAP, Bahney CS

Therapeutic DBS for OCD Suppresses the Default Mode Network.

Human brain mapping

Slepneva N, Basich-Pease G, Reid L, Frank AC, Norbu T, Krystal AD, Sugrue LP, Motzkin JC, Larson PS, Starr PA, Morrison MA, Lee AM

Neuroanatomy of the nociceptive system: From nociceptors to brain networks.

International review of neurobiology

Motzkin JC, Basbaum AI, Crowther AJ

Therapeutic DBS for OCD Suppresses the Default Mode Network.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Slepneva N, Basich-Pease G, Reid L, Frank AC, Norbu T, Krystal AD, Sugrue LP, Motzkin JC, Larson PS, Starr PA, Morrison MA, Lee AM

Human ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions enhance the effect of expectations on pain perception.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

Motzkin JC, Hiser J, Carroll I, Wolf R, Baskaya MK, Koenigs M, Atlas LY

Network targets for therapeutic brain stimulation: towards personalized therapy for pain.

Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)

Motzkin JC, Kanungo I, D'Esposito M, Shirvalkar P

Spontaneous resolution of intractable prurigo nodularis after subinsular cortex stroke.

JAAD case reports

Kashem SW, Motzkin JC, Leslie KS

Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Damage Is Associated with Decreased Ventral Striatum Volume and Response to Reward.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Pujara MS, Philippi CL, Motzkin JC, Baskaya MK, Koenigs M

Subclinical depression severity is associated with distinct patterns of functional connectivity for subregions of anterior cingulate cortex.

Journal of psychiatric research

Philippi CL, Motzkin JC, Pujara MS, Koenigs M

Interpersonal traits of psychopathy linked to reduced integrity of the uncinate fasciculus.

Human brain mapping

Wolf RC, Pujara MS, Motzkin JC, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Decety J, Kosson DS, Koenigs M

Altered resting-state functional connectivity in cortical networks in psychopathy.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Philippi CL, Pujara MS, Motzkin JC, Newman J, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M

Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

Handbook of clinical neurology

Motzkin JC, Koenigs MR

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage alters resting blood flow to the bed nucleus of stria terminalis.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Oler JA, Kalin NH, Baskaya MK, Koenigs M

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions alter neural and physiological correlates of anticipation.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Wolf RC, Baskaya MK, Koenigs M

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex mediates visual attention during facial emotion recognition.

Brain : a journal of neurology

Wolf RC, Philippi CL, Motzkin JC, Baskaya MK, Koenigs M

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex is critical for the regulation of amygdala activity in humans.

Biological psychiatry

Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Wolf RC, Baskaya MK, Koenigs M

Neural correlates of substance abuse: reduced functional connectivity between areas underlying reward and cognitive control.

Human brain mapping

Motzkin JC, Baskin-Sommers A, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M

Neural correlates of reward and loss sensitivity in psychopathy.

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience

Pujara M, Motzkin JC, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M

Cortical thinning in psychopathy.

The American journal of psychiatry

Ly M, Motzkin JC, Philippi CL, Kirk GR, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M

Reduced prefrontal connectivity in psychopathy.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Motzkin JC, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M