Julian Motzkin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• MD University of Wisconsin - Madison 05/2016
• PhD Neuroscience University of Wisconsin - Madison 05/2014
• BS Biology McGill University 05/2007

Publications (16)

Top publication keywords:
Nerve NetCriminalsCerebrovascular CirculationBrain InjuriesMotivationAmygdalaPain PerceptionAntisocial Personality DisorderPrefrontal CortexNeural PathwaysRestBrain MappingSeptal NucleiUncertaintyReward

• 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 2023 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) 2023 Motzkin JC, Kanungo I, D'Esposito M, Shirvalkar P
• Spontaneous resolution of intractable prurigo nodularis after subinsular cortex stroke.
  JAAD case reports 2022 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 2016 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 2015 Philippi CL, Motzkin JC, Pujara MS, Koenigs M

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• Interpersonal traits of psychopathy linked to reduced integrity of the uncinate fasciculus.
  Human brain mapping 2015 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 2015 Philippi CL, Pujara MS, Motzkin JC, Newman J, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M
• Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
  Handbook of clinical neurology 2015 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 2014 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 2014 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 2014 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 2014 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 2014 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 2013 Pujara M, Motzkin JC, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M
• Cortical thinning in psychopathy.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2012 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 2011 Motzkin JC, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M