By Professor Bronwyn Margaret Graham

Journal articles

Pestana JE; Kabir T; Graham BM, 2024, 'The effects of diazepam on fear extinction in nulliparous and primiparous female rats', Hormones and Behavior, 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105518

Smits JAJ; Abramowitz JS; Arch JJ; Papini S; Anderson RA; Dixon LJ; Graham BM; Hofmann SG; Hoyer J; Huppert JD; Jacquart J; Johnson D; McEvoy PM; McKay D; Newby J; Otto MW; Pittig A; Rief W; Rosenfield D; Timpano KR; Wannemüller A, 2024, 'Improving Exposure Therapy: Rationale and Design of an International Consortium', Psychiatric Clinics of North America, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2024.02.008

Graham B; Kershaw K; Pestana J, 2024, 'Dissociable roles of the basolateral amygdala in fear acquisition and extinction as a function of reproductive experience in female rats', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 160, pp. 106716 - 106716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106716

Pestana J; Kershaw K; Graham B, 2024, 'The effects of diazepam and chronic fluoxetine on models of anxiety differ in female rats depending on their reproductive history', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 160, pp. 106718 - 106718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106718

Graham B; Pestana J; Lonstein J; Pawluski J, 2024, 'What rodent models can tell us about the mechanisms and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in the peripartum period and beyond', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 160, pp. 106714 - 106714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106714

Kershaw KA; Pestana JE; Brooke M; Saavedra Cardona L; Graham BM, 2023, 'Dissociable role of the basolateral complex of the amygdala in the acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear following reproductive experience in female rats', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107863

Pestana JE; Graham BM, 2023, 'Reproductive experience alters the effects of diazepam and fluoxetine on anxiety-like behaviour, fear extinction, and corticosterone levels in female rats', Psychopharmacology, 240, pp. 2515 - 2528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06446-z

Pestana JE; Kershaw KA; Graham BM, 2023, 'The impact of the ovarian cycle on anxiety, allopregnanolone, and corticotropin releasing hormone changes after motherhood in female rats and women', Translational Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02480-9

Bryant EM; Richardson R; Graham BM, 2023, 'The relationship between salivary Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 and cortisol reactivity and psychological outcomes prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100606

Graham BM, 2023, 'Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter?', Lab Animal, 52, pp. 107 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41684-023-01164-7

Pestana J; Graham B, 2023, 'The impact of motherhood on anxiety symptoms over the menstrual cycle: A translational approach in female rats and women', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 153, pp. 106183 - 106183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106183

Kaluve AM; Le JT; Graham BM, 2022, 'Female rodents are not more variable than male rodents: A meta-analysis of preclinical studies of fear and anxiety', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104962

Odgers K; Kershaw KA; Li SH; Graham BM, 2022, 'The relative efficacy and efficiency of single- and multi-session exposure therapies for specific phobia: A meta-analysis', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104203

Pestana JE; Islam N; Van der Eyk NL; Graham BM, 2022, 'What Pre-clinical Rat Models Can Tell Us About Anxiety Across the Menstrual Cycle in Healthy and Clinically Anxious Humans', Current Psychiatry Reports, 24, pp. 697 - 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11920-022-01376-7

Graham BM, 2022, 'The impact of hormonal contraceptives on anxiety treatments: From preclinical models to clinical settings', Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2022.101030

Leung P; Li SH; Graham BM, 2022, 'The relationship between repetitive negative thinking, sleep disturbance, and subjective fatigue in women with Generalized Anxiety Disorder', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, pp. 666 - 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12356

Green SA; Graham BM, 2022, 'Correction to: Symptom fluctuation over the menstrual cycle in anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD: a systematic review (Archives of Women's Mental Health, (2022), 25, 1, (71-85), 10.1007/s00737-021-01187-4)', Archives of Women's Mental Health, 25, pp. 829 - 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01237-5

Ney LJ; Laing PAF; Steward T; Zuj DV; Dymond S; Harrison B; Graham B; Felmingham KL, 2022, 'Methodological implications of sample size and extinction gradient on the robustness of fear conditioning across different analytic strategies', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268814

Green SA; Graham BM, 2022, 'Symptom fluctuation over the menstrual cycle in anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD: a systematic review', Archives of Women's Mental Health, 25, pp. 71 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01187-4

Bryant EM; Richardson R; Graham BM, 2022, 'The Association Between Salivary FGF2 and Physiological and Psychological Components of the Human Stress Response', Chronic Stress, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24705470221114787

Ney LJ; Matthews A; Nicholson E; Zuj D; Ken Hsu CM; Steward T; Graham B; Harrison B; Nichols D; Felmingham K, 2021, 'BDNF genotype Val66Met interacts with acute plasma BDNF levels to predict fear extinction and recall', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103942

Ney LJ; Matthews A; Hsu CMK; Zuj DV; Nicholson E; Steward T; Nichols D; Graham B; Harrison B; Bruno R; Felmingham K, 2021, 'Cannabinoid polymorphisms interact with plasma endocannabinoid levels to predict fear extinction learning', Depression and Anxiety, 38, pp. 1087 - 1099, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23170

Li SH; Graham BM, 2021, 'Mind's eye: The impact of spider presence and cognitive therapy on size estimation biases in spider phobia', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102456

Li SH; Lloyd AR; Graham BM, 2021, 'Subjective sleep quality and characteristics across the menstrual cycle in women with and without Generalized Anxiety Disorder', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110570

Harmon-Jones SK; Graham BM; King G; Richardson R, 2021, 'It's all about who you know: Memory retention of a rat's cagemates during infancy negatively predicts adulthood hippocampal FGF2', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107448

Li SH; Graham BM; Werner-Seidler A, 2021, 'Gender differences in adolescent sleep disturbance and treatment response to smartphone app–delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: Exploratory study', JMIR Formative Research, 5, pp. e22498, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/22498

Pestana JE; McCutcheon TB; Harmon-Jones SK; Richardson R; Graham BM, 2021, 'Maternal Experience Does Not Predict Fear Extinction and Anxiety-Like Behaviour in Primiparous Rats Post-weaning', Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.742337

Graham BM; Weiner S; Li SH, 2020, 'Gender differences in avoidance and repetitive negative thinking following symptom provocation in men and women with spider phobia', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, pp. 565 - 577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12267

Li SH; Denson TF; Graham BM, 2020, 'Women With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Show Increased Repetitive Negative Thinking During the Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle', Clinical Psychological Science, 8, pp. 1037 - 1045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702620929635

Li SH; Graham BM; Werner-Seidler A, 2020, 'Gender Differences in Adolescent Sleep Disturbance and Treatment Response to Smartphone App–Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Exploratory Study (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.22498

Li SH; Graham BM, 2020, 'Progesterone levels predict reductions in behavioral avoidance following cognitive restructuring in women with spider phobia', Journal of Affective Disorders, 270, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.039

Tang S; Graham BM, 2020, 'Hormonal, reproductive, and behavioural predictors of fear extinction recall in female rats', Hormones and Behavior, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104693

Li SH; Newby J; Graham BM, 2020, 'Day at the museum. A benchmarking and feasibility study for large group, one-session exposure treatment for spider phobia', Australian Psychologist, 55, pp. 121 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ap.12425

Li SH; Lloyd AR; Graham BM, 2020, 'Physical and mental fatigue across the menstrual cycle in women with and without generalised anxiety disorder', Hormones and Behavior, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104667

Tang S; Graham BM, 2019, 'D-Cycloserine and estradiol enhance fear extinction in nulliparous but not primiparous female rats', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107088

Graham BM; Richardson R, 2019, 'Fibroblast growth factor-2 enhancement of extinction recall depends on the success of within-session extinction training in rats: a re-analysis', Psychopharmacology, 236, pp. 227 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5032-3

Tang S; Graham BM, 2019, 'Reproductive experience alters the involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in fear extinction, but not fear conditioning, in female Sprague Dawley rats', Psychopharmacology, 236, pp. 251 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-4956-y

White EC; Graham BM, 2018, 'Low estradiol is linked to increased skin conductance, but not subjective anxiety or affect, in response to an impromptu speech task', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 98, pp. 30 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.07.023

Graham BM, 2018, 'Sex hormones and gender vulnerabilities to anxiety disorders', Psychiatric Times, 35, pp. 12 - 13

Graham BM; Dong V; Richardson R, 2018, 'The impact of chronic fluoxetine on conditioned fear expression and hippocampal FGF2 in rats: Short- and long-term effects', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 155, pp. 344 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2018.09.004

Graham BM, 2018, 'Postnatal stress is associated with impaired fear conditioning and extinction, and heightened hippocampal fibroblast growth factor 2, in mother rats', Hormones and Behavior, 105, pp. 110 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.08.005

Graham BM; Scott E, 2018, 'Estradiol-induced enhancement of fear extinction in female rats: The role of NMDA receptor activation', Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 86, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.05.003

Graham BM; Shin G, 2018, 'Estradiol moderates the relationship between state-trait anxiety and attentional bias to threat in women', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, pp. 82 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.018

Graham BM; Denson TF; Barnett J; Calderwood C; Grisham JR, 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

King G; Graham BM; Richardson R, 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

Graham BM; Li SH; Black MJ; Öst LG, 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

Graham BM; Scott E, 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

King G; Graham BM; Richardson R, 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

Graham BM; Zagic D; Richardson R, 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

Graham BM; Ash C; Den ML, 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

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