Venkataram Shivakumar

Employment

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN Scientist E (Psychiatry)
  2024 - Present
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Scientist-D
  2020 - 2023
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Wellcome-DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellow
  2019 - Present
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow
  2017 - 2019
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Young Scientist
  2015 - 2017

Education

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences PhD in Clinical Neurosciences
  2009 - 2014
• Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College MBBS
  2002 - 2008

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (141)

• Effect of add-on yoga therapy on heart rate variability in patients with schizophrenia: An open-label pilot study
  Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2026.105115
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• Gut-brain axis research in schizophrenia: Historical evolution, emerging computational models, and translational challenges – A narrative review
  Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2026.105037
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• Home-based Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES) for the Management of Psychiatric Disorders: A Scoping Review
  Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1177/02537176251387028
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• Feasibility and Tolerability of Vamana Dhauti as an Add-On Treatment in Patients with Depression: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
  Annals of Neurosciences 2026 DOI: 10.1177/09727531251368081
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• Ayurvedic Therapeutic Regimen as an Add-On to Optimized Conventional Management of Parkinson Disease: Protocol for an Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Clinical, Cortical Excitability, Neuroimmune, and Autonomic Function Parameters
  JMIR Research Protocols 2026 DOI: 10.2196/83336
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• Effects of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on resting brain functional connectivity in schizophrenia patients with persistent auditory verbal hallucinations
  Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2025.104571
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• Mismatch Negativity in Schizophrenia, Unaffected First-degree Relatives, and Healthy Controls
  Journal of Psychiatric Research 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.05.006
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• Correction: White matter diffusion estimates in obsessive-compulsive disorder across 1653 individuals: machine learning findings from the ENIGMA OCD Working Group.
  Molecular psychiatry 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02494-9
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• Study protocol for identifying resting brain functional connectivity markers of response to continuous Theta Burst Stimulation and cathodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in patients with schizophrenia with persistent auditory hallucinations
  2024 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20956.1
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• White matter diffusion estimates in obsessive-compulsive disorder across 1653 individuals: machine learning findings from the ENIGMA OCD Working Group.
  Molecular psychiatry 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02392-6
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