Representative Publications
Kerr, D. L., Green, D. E., Duda, R. E., & Nitschke, J.B. (in preparation) Heightened anticipatory brain activity and symptom severity in specific phobia. Estimated Submission Date: November 2009
Nitschke, J.B., Sarinopoulos I., Oathes, D.J., Johnstone, T., Whalen, P.J., Davidson, R.J.,& Kalin, N.H. (2009). Anticipatory activation in the amygdala and anterior cingulate in generalized anxiety disorder and prediction of treatment response. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 302-310.
Sarinopoulos, I., Grupe, D. W., Mackiewicz, K. L., Herrington, J. D., Lor, M. Y., Steege, E. E., et al. (2009). Uncertainty during anticipation modulates neural responses to aversion in human insula and amygdala. Cerebral Cortex
Oathes, D.J., Ray, W.J., Yamasaki, A.S., Borkovec, T.D., Newman, M.G., Castonguay, L.G.,& Nitschke, J.B. (2008). Worry, generalized anxiety disorder, and emotion: Evidence from the EEG gamma band. Biological Psychology, 69, 165-170.
Oathes, D.J., Bruce, J.M., & Nitschke, J.B. (2008). Worry facilitates corticospinal motor response to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Depression and Anxiety, 25(11), 969-976.
Oathes, D.J. & Nitschke, J.B. (2008). State of the union between cognitive neuroscience and emotion. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 8(7), 1025-1027.
Nitschke, J.B., Dixon, G.E., Sarinopoulos, I., Short, S.J., Cohen, J.D., Smith, E.E., Kosslyn, S.M., Rose, R.M., & Davidson, R.J. (2006). Altering expectancy dampens neural response to aversive taste in primary taste cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 9, 435-442.
Mackiewicz, K.L., Sarinopoulos, I., Cleven, K.L., & Nitschke, J.B. (2006). The effect of anticipation and the specificity of sex differences for amygdala and hippocampus function in emotional memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, 14200-14205.
Sarinopoulos, I., Dixon, G.E., Short, S.J., Davidson, R.J., & Nitschke, J.B. (2006). Brain mechanisms of expectation associated with insula and amygdala response to aversive taste: Implications for placebo. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 20, 120-132.
Nitschke, J.B., Sarinopoulos, I., Mackiewicz, K.L., Schaefer, H.S., & Davidson, R.J. (2006). Functional neuroanatomy of aversion and its anticipation. NeuroImage, 29, 106-116.
Nitschke, J.B., & Heller, W. (2005). Distinguishing neural substrates of heterogeneity among anxiety disorders. International Review of Neurobiology, 67, 1-42.
Nitschke, J.B., & Mackiewicz, K.L. (2005). Prefrontal and anterior cingulate contributions to volition in depression. International Review of Neurobiology, 67, 73-94.
Nitschke, J.B., Nelson, E.E., Rusch, B.D., Fox, A.S., Oakes, T.R., & Davidson, R.J. (2004). Orbitofrontal cortex tracks positive mood in mothers viewing pictures of their infants. NeuroImage, 21, 583-592.
Nitschke, J.B., Heller, W., Etienne, M.A., & Miller, G.A. (2004). Prefrontal cortex activation differentiates processes affecting memory in depression. Biological Psychology, 67, 125-143.
Kerr, D. L., Gusnard, D. A., Snyder, A. Z., & Raichle, M. E. (2004). Effect of practice on reading performance and brain function. NeuroReport, 15(4), 607-10.
Mathy, R. M., Kerr, D. L., & Haydin, B. M. (2003). Methodological rigor and ethicalconsiderations in internet-mediated research. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research,Practice, Training., 40( ½), 77–85.
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