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Journal articles
2018, 'Sex hormones are associated with rumination and interact with emotion regulation strategy choice to predict negative affect in women following a sad mood induction', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 937, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00937
,2018, 'Effects of D-cycloserine on individual differences in relapse of fear', Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 84, pp. 115 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.02.005
,2018, 'The association between estradiol levels, hormonal contraceptive use, and responsiveness to one-session-treatment for spider phobia in women', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 90, pp. 134 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.02.019
,2018, 'Effects of systemic estradiol on fear extinction in female rats are dependent on interactions between dose, estrous phase, and endogenous estradiol levels', Hormones and Behavior, 97, pp. 67 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.10.009
,2018, 'Individual differences in fear relapse', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 100, pp. 37 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2017.11.003
,2017, 'Low Endogenous Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Levels Are Associated With Heightened Conditioned Fear Expression in Rats and Humans', Biological Psychiatry, 82, pp. 601 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.03.020
,2017, 'High endogenous estradiol is associated with enhanced cognitive emotion regulation of physiological conditioned fear responses in women', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 80, pp. 7 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.02.023
,2017, 'Individual differences in fear extinction and anxiety-like behavior', Learning and Memory, 24, pp. 182 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.045021.117
,2017, 'Fibroblast growth factor-2: A promising biomarker for anxiety and trauma disorders', Journal of Experimental Neuroscience, 11, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179069517749589
,2017, 'Why are women so vulnerable to anxiety, trauma-related and stress-related disorders? The potential role of sex hormones', The Lancet Psychiatry, 4, pp. 73 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30358-3
,2016, 'Estradiol is associated with altered cognitive and physiological responses during fear conditioning and extinction in healthy and spider phobic women', Behavioral Neuroscience, 130, pp. 614 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bne0000166
,2016, 'Mothers do it differently: reproductive experience alters fear extinction in female rats and women', Translational psychiatry, 6, pp. e928 - e928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.193
,2016, 'Estradiol levels in women predict skin conductance response but not valence and expectancy ratings in conditioned fear extinction', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 134, pp. 339 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2016.08.011
,2016, 'Individual differences in conditioned fear expression are associated with enduring differences in endogenous Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 and hippocampal-mediated memory performance', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 134, pp. 248 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2016.07.021
,2016, 'Estradiol and Progesterone have Opposing Roles in the Regulation of Fear Extinction in Female Rats', Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, pp. 774 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.202
,2016, 'Individual differences in the expression of conditioned fear are associated with endogenous fibroblast growth factor 2', Learning and Memory, 23, pp. 42 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.039644.115
,2015, 'Teens that fear screams: A comparison of fear conditioning, extinction, and reinstatement in adolescents and adults', Developmental Psychobiology, 57, pp. 818 - 832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.21330
,2015, 'Fibroblast growth factor 2 as a new approach to fighting fear', JAMA Psychiatry, 72, pp. 959 - 960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1187
,2014, 'Bridging the gap: Lessons we have learnt from the merging of psychology and psychiatry for the optimisation of treatments for emotional disorders', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 62, pp. 3 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.07.012
,2014, 'A window of vulnerability: Impaired fear extinction in adolescence', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 113, pp. 90 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2013.10.009
,2014, 'Inhibition of estradiol synthesis impairs fear extinction in male rats', Learning and Memory, 21, pp. 347 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.034926.114
,2013, 'From resilience to vulnerability: Mechanistic insights into the effects of stress on transitions in critical period plasticity', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 4, pp. 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00090
,2013, 'Blockade of estrogen by hormonal contraceptives impairs fear extinction in female rats and women', Biological Psychiatry, 73, pp. 371 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.09.018
,2012, 'Low Estradiol Levels: A Vulnerability Factor for the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder', Biological Psychiatry, 72, pp. 6 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.04.029
,2011, 'The study of fear extinction: Implications for anxiety disorders', American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, pp. 1255 - 1265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040557
,2011, 'Fibroblast growth factor-2 alters the nature of extinction', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 18, pp. 80 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.2006511
,2011, 'Intraamygdala infusion of fibroblast growth factor 2 enhances extinction and reduces renewal and reinstatement in adult rats', Journal of Neuroscience, 31, pp. 14151 - 14157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3014-11.2011
,2011, 'Pharmacological enhancement of fear reduction: Preclinical models', British Journal of Pharmacology, 164, pp. 1230 - 1247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01175.x
,2009, 'Acute systemic fibroblast growth factor-2 enhances long-term extinction of fear and reduces reinstatement in rats', Neuropsychopharmacology, 34, pp. 1875 - 1882
,2009, 'Acute systemic fibroblast growth factor-2 enhances long-term memory in developing rats', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 91, pp. 424 - 430
,Conference Papers
2014, 'Estradiol and Progesterone have Opposing Roles in the Regulation of Fear Extinction', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, pp. 33S - 33S, presented at 69th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, NY, New York, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000334101800103&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Hormonal Contraceptives Interfere with Fear Extinction Memory Across Species', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, PA, Philadelphia, pp. 29S - 30S, presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, PA, Philadelphia, 03 May 2012 - 05 May 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000302466000095&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Preventing Conversion of Testosterone to Estrogen Impairs Fear Extinction Memory in the Male Rat', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, PA, Philadelphia, pp. 30S - 30S, presented at 67th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, PA, Philadelphia, 03 May 2012 - 05 May 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000302466000096&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,Conference Abstracts
2021, 'Mother’s Little Helpers: The Effects of Diazepam and Chronic Fluoxetine on Anxiety Differs in Nulliparous and Primiparous Rats', in Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier, Vol. 89, pp. s293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.729
,2018, 'Individual Differences in Extinction and Relapse: Who, Why, and What Can We Do?', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, Vol. 83, pp. S134 - S134, presented at 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, New York, 10 May 2018 - 12 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.350
,2017, 'Can What Goes up Come Back Down? The Effects of DCS on Individual Differences in Relapse of Fear', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Diego, Vol. 81, pp. S264 - S265, presented at 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), CA, San Diego, 18 May 2017 - 20 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.1062
,2015, 'Estradiol Influences the Ability of Women to Regulate their Emotional Response to Stress', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CANADA, Toronto, Vol. 77, pp. 380S - 380S, presented at 70th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry on Stress, Emotion, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology, CANADA, Toronto, 14 May 2015 - 16 May 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352207502239&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2015, 'High Levels of Estradiol Mitigate Susceptibility to Fear Relapse in Phobic Women', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CANADA, Toronto, Vol. 77, presented at 70th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry on Stress, Emotion, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology, CANADA, Toronto, 14 May 2015 - 16 May 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352207501020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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