Current Research
Poster Presentations:Oathes, D.J. McFarlin, D.R., Jenson, M.J., Kral, T.R.A., & Nitschke, J.B. (2009, June) Correlations between amygdala activity during the anticipation of aversion and trait worry symptoms in generalized anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, CA.
Oathes, D.J., Sarinopoulos, I., Lor, M., Kalin, N.H., & Nitschke, J.B. (2009, April).
Normalization of amygdala function in generalized anxiety disorder patients following
treatment with venlafaxine. Poster presented at the annual Wisconsin Symposium on
Emotion, Madison, WI.
Oathes, D.J., McFarlin, D.R., Kral, T.R.A., Jenson, M.J., Sarinopoulos, I., & Nitschke, J.B. (2009, March). The aftermath of affective stimuli: Evidence from fMRI recorded insula and amygdala activity in generalized anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
McFarlin, D., Kerr, D., Green, D., & Nitschke, J. (2009) The effect of controllability on context dependent Granger causality in snake phobia fMRI data at 400-ms resolution. Society for Neuroscience
Kerr, D., Green, D., & Nitschke, J. (2009) Relationship between neural activity and skin conductance response during anticipation and viewing of aversive videos in specific phobia. Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Society for Neuroscience 2009, Chicago, IL, USA: The Effect of Controllability on Context Dependent Granger Causality in Snake Phobia fMRI Data at 400-ms Resolution
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA: Anticipatory Anxiety Predicts Reduced Gaze Fixation on Aversive Stimuli in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Kerr, D., Green, D., Oathes, D., Fink, T, McFarlin, D., & Nitschke, J. (2008) Neural correlates of anticipation in snake phobia. Society for Neuroscience
Oathes, D.J., McFarlin, D.R., Jenson, M.J., Kral, T.R.A., Staples, A.M., Nitschke, J.B. (2008, November). Neural dynamics of anticipation and response to emotional pictures in generalized anxiety disorder. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Kerr, D, Green, D, Oathes, D., Flink, D., McFarlin, D., Nitschke, J. (2008, November). Neural correlates of anticipation in snake phobia. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C
Oathes, D.J., Lee, J.E., Kral, T.R.A., Alexander, A.L., Nitschke, J.B. (2008, September). Diffusion tensor imaging and chronic worry symptoms in generalized anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, PA.
Green, D., Kerr, D., Flink, T., Sarinopoulos, I., & Nitschke, J. (2008) Snake phobics anticipating and responding to snakes: Skin conductance responses and fMRI . Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Schaus, A., Kerr, D., Sarinopoulos, I., Lor, M., Green, D., & Nitschke, J. (2007) Effect of anticipation on memory of emotionally salient stimuli in a clinical population of snake phobics. Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Kerr, D., Sarinopoulos, I., Schaus, A., Green, D., & Nitschke, J. (2007) Impact of controllability on neural activity during anticipation of disgust videos. Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Society for Neuroscience 2007, San Diego, CA, USA: Neural Activity in Anticipation of and in Response to Both Aversive and Neutral Pictures in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Society for Research in Psychopathology 2007, Iowa City, IA, USA: Normalization of Amygdala Function in Generalized Anxiety Disorder Patients Following Treatment with Venlafaxine
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2007, Chicago, IL, USA: Distinguishing Neural Responses to Aversion and Uncertainty
Kerr, D., Sarinopoulos, I., Schaus, A., Green, D., Curtin, J., & Nitschke, J. (2006) Neural correlates of uncontrollability and anticipation in snake phobics. Society of Neuroscience
Kerr, D., Schaefer, H., Herrington, J., Bluske, K., Sarinopoulos, I., Steege, E., Curtin, J., & Nitschke, J. (2006) Impact of uncontrollability on brain areas activated by the anticipation of disgust and phobogenic snake videos. Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Society for Neuroscience 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA: Neural Correlates of Anticipation and Uncontrollability in Snake Phobia
Society for Neuroscience 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA: The Influence of Uncertainty on Functional Connectivity during the Perception of Aversive Pictures
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2006, Florence, Italy: Uncertainty Heightens Amygdala and Insula Responses to Aversive Stimuli
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA: Impact of Uncontrollability on Brain Areas Activated by the Anticipation of Disgust and Phobogenic Snake Videos
Society for Neuroscience 2005, Washington D.C., USA: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Patients Show Neural Abnormalities During the Anticipation of Aversion
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2005, Toronto, ON, Canada: Neural Activity in Reponse to and for Memory Encoding of Aversive Pictures
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2005, Toronto, ON, Canada: Neural Correlates of a Mother's Bond to Her Newborn Infant
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2004, Budapest, Hungary: Neural Correlates of Anticipating and Reacting to Aversive Pictures: An Event-Related fMRI Study
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2004, Budapest, Hungary: Neural Ciruitry of the Anticipation of and Reactivity to Aversive and Ambiguous Stimuli
June 4, 2007. Dr. Jack B. Nitschke at the UW Psychiatry Department is recruiting subjects for a study investigating brain changes that occur in people who have a anxiety and mood disorders. Participation involves up to 4 visits over 4 to 6 weeks and undergoing 2 fMRI brain scans. An fMRI scan consists of lying still in a narrow cylinder for up to 2 hours, allowing the scanner to record brain images. Scans are not invasive or harmful to the body. You will be paid $200 for your time when the study is completed. To be eligible for this study, you also must be over 18 years of age, be right-handed, have no history of seizures, have no metal implants, and not be taking any medications. For more information about this study, please call Desmond at (608) 263-9677 or email gadmristudy@gmail.com. Please leave your name, email address, and/or phone number.