About

Prof. Anderson Mon is a distinguished neuroscientist and bioengineer with extensive experience in neuroimaging, brain metabolism, and substance use disorders. He specializes in the effects of alcohol and substance dependence on brain structure and function, with a particular focus on brain volume recovery and neurocognitive changes during abstinence. Prof. Mon’s research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, including cognitive neuroscience, addiction biology, and metabolic disorders. His work has made significant contributions to understanding how chronic alcohol use and smoking affect brain morphology and metabolic processes, particularly in the context of recovery and relapse prevention. Prof. Mon holds a BSc from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), an MSc from Keele University, and a PhD from the University of Sheffield.

Education

• BSc (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology - KNUST)
• MSc (Keele University)
• PhD (University of Sheffield)

Research Interest

Neuroscience, medical imaging, brain metabolism, addiction biology, alcohol dependence, chronic smoking, cognitive recovery, metabolic disorders.

Publications

Scholar Profile

Scopus

Selected Publications

• Durazzo, T.C., Mon, A., Gazdzinski, S., Meyerhoff, D.J. Regional brain volume changes in alcohol‐dependent individuals during early abstinence: associations with relapse following treatment. Addiction Biology, 2017.
• Durazzo, T.C., Meyerhoff, D.J., Mon, A., Abé, C., Gazdzinski, S., Murray, D.E. Chronic cigarette smoking in healthy middle-aged individuals is associated with decreased regional brain N-acetylaspartate and glutamate levels. Biological Psychiatry, 2016.
• Mon, A., Abé, C., Durazzo, T.C., Meyerhoff, D.J. Fat may affect magnetic resonance signal intensity and brain tissue volumes. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2016.
• Durazzo, T.C., Mon, A., Gazdzinski, S., Yeh, P-H., Meyerhoff, D.J. Serial longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging data indicate non-linear regional gray matter volume recovery in abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals. Addiction Biology, 2015.
• Murray, D.E., Durazzo, T.C., Mon, A., Schmidt, T.P., Meyerhoff, D.J. Brain perfusion in polysubstance users: Relationship to substance and tobacco use, cognition, and self-regulation. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2015.
• Pennington, D.L., Durazzo, T.C., Schmidt, T.P., Abé, C., Mon, A., Meyerhoff, D.J. Alcohol use disorder with and without stimulant use: brain morphometry and its associations with cigarette smoking, cognition, and inhibitory control. PloS One, 2015.
• Hoefer, M.E., Pennington, D.L., Durazzo, T.C., Mon, A., Abé, C., Truran, D., Hutchison, K.E., Meyerhoff, D.J. Genetic and behavioral determinants of hippocampal volume recovery during abstinence from alcohol. Alcohol, 2014.
• Mon, A., Durazzo, T.C., Abé, C., Gazdzinski, S., Pennington, D., Schmidt, T., Meyerhoff, D.J. Structural brain differences in alcohol-dependent individuals with and without comorbid substance dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2014.
• Meyerhoff, D.J., Mon, A., Metzler, T., Neylan, T.C. Cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate in posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationships to self-reported sleep quality. Sleep, 2014.
• Mon, A., Durazzo, T.C., Meyerhoff, D.J., Cabana, M., Halpern-Felsher, B. Rejoinder-response to: Human linear growth trajectory defined. American Journal of Human Biology, 2014.