Karen J. Parker, Ph.D.

Publications

• Neonatal CSF oxytocin levels are associated with parent report of infant soothability and sociability. Clark CL, St John N, Pasca AM, Hyde SA, Hornbeak K, Abramova M, Feldman H, Parker KJ, Penn AA. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013; 38 (7): 1208-12
• Distinct plasma profile of polar neutral amino acids, leucine, and glutamate in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Tirouvanziam R, Obukhanych TV, Laval J, Aronov PA, Libove R, Banerjee AG, Parker KJ, O'Hara R, Herzenberg LA, Herzenberg LA, Hardan AY. J Autism Dev Disord. 2012; 42 (5): 827-36
• Effects of intranasal oxytocin on social anxiety in males with fragile X syndrome. Hall SS, Lightbody AA, McCarthy BE, Parker KJ, Reiss AL. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012; 37 (4): 509-18
• A novel form of oxytocin in New World monkeys. Lee AG, Cool DR, Grunwald WC, Neal DE, Buckmaster CL, Cheng MY, Hyde SA, Lyons DM, Parker KJ. Biol Lett. 2011; 7 (4): 584-7
• Identifying key features of early stressful experiences that produce stress vulnerability and resilience in primates. Parker KJ, Maestripieri D. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2011; 35 (7): 1466-83
• Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism (rs2254298) interacts with familial risk for psychopathology to predict symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescent girls. Thompson RJ, Parker KJ, Hallmayer JF, Waugh CE, Gotlib IH. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011; 36 (1): 144-7
• Somatic and neuroendocrine responses to standard and biologically salient acoustic startle stimuli in monkeys. Parker KJ, Hyde SA, Buckmaster CL, Tanaka SM, Brewster KK, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM, Woodward SH. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011; 36 (4): 547-56
• Animal models of early life stress: implications for understanding resilience. Lyons DM, Parker KJ, Schatzberg AF. Dev Psychobiol. 2010; 52 (7): 616-24
• Effects of age on cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin levels in free-ranging adult female and infant rhesus macaques. Parker KJ, Hoffman CL, Hyde SA, Cummings CS, Maestripieri D. Behav Neurosci. 2010; 124 (3): 428-33
• Preliminary evidence that plasma oxytocin levels are elevated in major depression. Parker KJ, Kenna HA, Zeitzer JM, Keller J, Blasey CM, Amico JA, Schatzberg AF. Psychiatry Res. 2010; 178 (2): 359-62
• Developmental cascades linking stress inoculation, arousal regulation, and resilience. Lyons DM, Parker KJ, Katz M, Schatzberg AF. Front Behav Neurosci. 2009: 3 32
• For better or worse? Stress inoculation effects for implicit but not explicit anxiety. Edge MD, Ramel W, Drabant EM, Kuo JR, Parker KJ, Gross JJ. Depress Anxiety. 2009; 26 (9): 831-7
• Prefrontal plasticity and stress inoculation-induced resilience. Katz M, Liu C, Schaer M, Parker KJ, Ottet MC, Epps A, Buckmaster CL, Bammer R, Moseley ME, Schatzberg AF, Eliez S, Lyons DM. Dev Neurosci. 2009; 31 (4): 293-9
• Early life stress and novelty seeking behavior in adolescent monkeys. Parker KJ, Rainwater KL, Buckmaster CL, Schatzberg AF, Lindley SE, Lyons DM. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2007; 32 (7): 785-92
• Preliminary evidence that hippocampal volumes in monkeys predict stress levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone. Lyons DM, Parker KJ, Zeitzer JM, Buckmaster CL, Schatzberg AF. Biol Psychiatry. 2007; 62 (10): 1171-4
• Stress inoculation-induced indications of resilience in monkeys. Lyons DM, Parker KJ. J Trauma Stress. 2007; 20 (4): 423-33
• Maternal mediation, stress inoculation, and the development of neuroendocrine stress resistance in primates. Parker KJ, Buckmaster CL, Sundlass K, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; 103 (8): 3000-5
• Social stress-related behavior affects hippocampal cell proliferation in mice. Mitra R, Sundlass K, Parker KJ, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Physiol Behav. 2006; 89 (2): 123-7
• Intranasal oxytocin administration attenuates the ACTH stress response in monkeys. Parker KJ, Buckmaster CL, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2005; 30 (9): 924-9
• Mild early life stress enhances prefrontal-dependent response inhibition in monkeys. Parker KJ, Buckmaster CL, Justus KR, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Biol Psychiatry. 2005; 57 (8): 848-55
• Prospective investigation of stress inoculation in young monkeys. Parker KJ, Buckmaster CL, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004; 61 (9): 933-41
• Circadian and homeostatic regulation of hypocretin in a primate model: implications for the consolidation of wakefulness. Zeitzer JM, Buckmaster CL, Parker KJ, Hauck CM, Lyons DM, Mignot E. J Neurosci. 2003; 23 (8): 3555-60
• Female meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) demonstrate same-sex partner preferences. Parker KJ, Lee TM. J Comp Psychol. 2003; 117 (3): 283-9
• Neuroendocrine aspects of hypercortisolism in major depression. Parker KJ, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Horm Behav. 2003; 43 (1): 60-6
• Interaction of photoperiod and testes development is associated with paternal care in Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow voles). Parker KJ, Lee TM. Physiol Behav. 2002 Feb 1-15; 75 (1-2): 91-5
• Central vasopressin administration regulates the onset of facultative paternal behavior in microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow voles). Parker KJ, Lee TM. Horm Behav. 2001; 39 (4): 285-94
• Day length and sociosexual cohabitation alter central oxytocin receptor binding in female meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Parker KJ, Phillips KM, Kinney LF, Lee TM. Behav Neurosci. 2001; 115 (6): 1349-56
• Development of selective partner preferences in captive male and female Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow voles) Parker KJ, Phillips KM, Lee TM. Animal Behaviour. 2001; 61 (6): 1217-1226
• Paternal behavior is associated with central neurohormone receptor binding patterns in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Parker KJ, Kinney LF, Phillips KM, Lee TM. Behav Neurosci. 2001; 115 (6): 1341-8
• Social and environmental factors influence the suppression of pup-directed aggression and development of paternal behavior in captive meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Parker KJ, Lee TM. J Comp Psychol. 2001; 115 (4): 331-6