Publications
Affiliation buffers stress: cumulative genetic risk in oxytocin-vasopressin genes combines with early caregiving to predict PTSD in war-exposed young children." Transl Psychiatry. 4 (2014): e370.
"The association between 2D:4D ratio and cognitive empathy is contingent on a common polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576)." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 58 (2015): 23-32.
"Breastfeeding, brain activation to own infant cry, and maternal sensitivity." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 52.8 (2011): 907-15.
"Cross-generational influences on childhood anxiety disorders: pathways and mechanisms." J Neural Transm (Vienna). 123.9 (2016): 1053-67.
"EARLY POSTPARTUM PARENTAL PREOCCUPATION AND POSITIVE PARENTING THOUGHTS: RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENT-INFANT INTERACTION." Infant Ment Health J. 34.2 (2013): 104-116.
"Love alters autonomic reactivity to emotions." Emotion. 11.6 (2011): 1314-21.
"Maternal brain response to own baby-cry is affected by cesarean section delivery." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 49 (2008): 1042-52.
"The nature of the mother's tie to her infant: maternal bonding under conditions of proximity, separation, and potential loss." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 40 (1999): 929-39.
"Neural plasticity in fathers of human infants." Soc Neurosci. 9.5 (2014): 522-35.
"Oxytocin and cortisol in romantically unattached young adults: associations with bonding and psychological distress." Psychophysiology. 45.3 (2008): 349-52.
"Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans." Horm Behav. 61 (2012): 380-91.
"Oxytocin and social motivation." Dev Cogn Neurosci. 1.4 (2011): 471-93.
"Oxytocin and the development of parenting in humans." Biol. Psychiatry. 68.4 (2010): 377-82.
"Oxytocin, cortisol, and triadic family interactions." Physiol. Behav.. 101.5 (2010): 679-84.
"Oxytocin during the initial stages of romantic attachment: relations to couples' interactive reciprocity." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 37.8 (2012): 1277-85.
"Oxytocin response to youth-mother interactions in clinically anxious youth is associated with separation anxiety and dyadic behavior." Depress Anxiety. 34.2 (2017): 127-136.
"Perceived quality of maternal care in childhood and structure and function of mothers' brain." Dev Sci. 13.4 (2010): 662-73.
"The plasticity of human maternal brain: longitudinal changes in brain anatomy during the early postpartum period." Behav Neurosci. 124 (2010): 695-700.
"Primary parental preoccupation: circuits, genes, and the crucial role of the environment." J Neural Transm (Vienna). 111 (2004): 753-71.
"Prolactin, Oxytocin, and the development of paternal behavior across the first six months of fatherhood." Horm Behav. 58.3 (2010): 513-8.
"A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Perceived Infant Outcomes at 18-24 Months: Neural and Psychological Correlates of Parental Thoughts and Actions Assessed during the First Month Postpartum." Front Psychol. 6 (2015): 1772.
"Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 65 (2016): 35-43.
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