David Goldman

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David Goldman is a researcher whose work spans the intersection of psychiatric genetics and molecular biology, with a particular focus on understanding the biological underpinnings of mental illness. His most influential contribution examines the role of vitamin D receptor variants in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, a 2005 study that has garnered 43 citations and helped illuminate how genetic variation in receptor proteins may influence susceptibility to serious mental illness. Building on this foundation, Goldman has also investigated the androgen receptor gene's role in psychiatric conditions, exploring how sex steroids — powerful modulators of mood and cognition — may contribute to disorders such as alcoholism and phobia through protein-affecting genetic variants. This body of work reflects a consistent drive to uncover the hormonal and genetic architecture underlying psychiatric vulnerability. His research portfolio also demonstrates intellectual breadth, extending into computational neuroscience with early work on neural network-based path planning, and more recently into philosophical and reflective inquiry through his 2021 piece on the nature of selfhood. Goldman's contributions offer valuable molecular insights for researchers seeking to understand the genetic risk factors that shape mental health outcomes.

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1. 1
   Vitamin D receptor variants in 192 patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric diseases

   43 citations · 2005
2. 2
   Mutation scanning of the androgen receptor gene in patients with psychiatric disorders reveals highly conserved variants in alcoholic and phobia patients

   9 citations · 2004
3. 3
   Path planning in a 2-D known space using neural networks and skeletonization

   8 citations · 2002
4. 4
   Where self resides

   1 citations · 2021

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