Current Research
Poster Presentations:
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA: Anticipatory Anxiety Predicts Reduced Gaze Fixation on Aversive Stimuli in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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
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.