Search Results - "Ross, Rachel A."
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Deconstructing the Gestalt: Mechanisms of Fear, Threat, and Trauma Memory Encoding
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (03-04-2019)“…Threat processing is central to understanding debilitating fear- and trauma-related disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Progress has been…”
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Non-Crh Glutamatergic Neurons in Barrington’s Nucleus Control Micturition via Glutamatergic Afferents from the Midbrain and Hypothalamus
Published in Current biology (09-09-2019)“…Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are exceptionally common and debilitating, and they are likely caused or exacerbated by dysfunction of neural circuits…”
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Circulating PACAP peptide and PAC1R genotype as possible transdiagnostic biomarkers for anxiety disorders in women: a preliminary study
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-06-2020)“…Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP, gene Adcyap1) is a neuropeptide and hormone thought to play a critical role in stress response…”
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PACAP neurons in the ventral premammillary nucleus regulate reproductive function in the female mouse
Published in eLife (15-06-2018)“…Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP, ) is a neuromodulator implicated in anxiety, metabolism and reproductive behavior. PACAP global…”
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A visual circuit uses complementary mechanisms to support transient and sustained pupil constriction
Published in eLife (26-09-2016)“…Rapid and stable control of pupil size in response to light is critical for vision, but the neural coding mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we investigated the…”
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A non-canonical retina-ipRGCs-SCN-PVT visual pathway for mediating contagious itch behavior
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (04-10-2022)“…Contagious itch behavior informs conspecifics of adverse environment and is crucial for the survival of social animals. Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and its…”
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The Role of Chronic Stress in Anxious Depression
Published in Chronic Stress (01-02-2017)“…Depression is a heterogeneous disease with many different subtypes. Patients with the anxious depression—a common subtype of major depression—are at an…”
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Circulating levels of oxytocin may be elevated in complicated grief: a pilot study
Published in European journal of psychotraumatology (01-01-2019)“…Complicated grief (CG) is a debilitating syndrome characterized by persisting and intense distress and impairment after the death of a loved one. The…”
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Food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review
Published in Eating behaviors : an international journal (01-04-2023)“…This study is the first systematic review to investigate the relationship between food insecurity (FI) and disordered eating behaviors exclusively in children…”
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Housing equity for health equity: a rights-based approach to the control of Lassa fever in post-war Sierra Leone
Published in BMC international health and human rights (02-01-2013)“…Poor quality housing is an infringement on the rights of all humans to a standard of living adequate for health. Among the many vulnerabilities of those…”
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Depression in Turner Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Published in Archives of sexual behavior (01-02-2020)“…Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic condition characterized by partial or complete monosomy X. Alterations in hormonal function, height, and peer relationships,…”
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The Role of Mediobasal Hypothalamic PACAP in the Control of Body Weight and Metabolism
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-04-2021)“…Body energy homeostasis results from balancing energy intake and energy expenditure. Central nervous system administration of pituitary adenylate cyclase…”
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313-OR: PACAP from the Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Controls Both Energy Balance and Glucose Homeostasis
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-06-2019)“…Obesity results from energy imbalance, due, at least in part, to suppressed energy expenditure. While the brain tunes energy expenditure, the neurocircuits,…”
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A brainstem peptide system activated at birth protects postnatal breathing
Published in Nature (London) (21-01-2021)“…Among numerous challenges encountered at the beginning of extrauterine life, the most celebrated is the first breath that initiates a life-sustaining motor…”
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The Role of Informal Social Support for Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Published in Obesity surgery (21-10-2024)“…Bariatric surgery is underutilized as a treatment for metabolic disease and its associated comorbidities. While social support is known to play a crucial role…”
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Prefrontal cortex melanocortin 4 receptors (MC4R) mediate food intake behavior in male mice
Published in Physiology & behavior (01-10-2023)“…•MC4R-expressing neurons in the infralimbic (IL) region of the mouse cortex (ILMC4R) are glutamatergic and project to multiple regions that coordinate the…”
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Reproductive endocrinology: The emotional cost of contraception
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A Virtual Summer Research and Mentorship Program for Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Medical Students in Psychiatry
Published in Academic psychiatry (01-08-2022)“…To the Editor: Expanding the health care workforce diversity through mentorship and training is critical in addressing health inequities facing racialized…”
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A guide for writing anti-racist tenure and promotion letters
Published in eLife (15-11-2022)“…In a two-page tenure letter, senior faculty can make or break a career. This power has an outsized impact on Black academics and other scholars with…”
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Interacting Neural Processes of Feeding, Hyperactivity, Stress, Reward, and the Utility of the Activity-Based Anorexia Model of Anorexia Nervosa
Published in Harvard review of psychiatry (01-11-2016)“…Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric illness with minimal effective treatments and a very high rate of mortality. Understanding the neurobiological…”
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