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Amanda G. Wood

Amanda G. Wood

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Neuroscience

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42
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7655
National Ranking
224

Psychology

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42
Citations
6957
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7579
National Ranking
446

Overview

Amanda G. Wood is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on pediatrics, radiology, public health, clinical psychology, and psychiatry. Their research addresses a range of topics within advanced neuroimaging, neurological disorders, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.

The main fields of study for Amanda G. Wood include:

  • Medicine

The primary subfields of research encompass:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

The main topics of Amanda G. Wood's work include:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

This scientist's recent papers reflect their focus on child and family mental health, neuroimaging, and the pandemic's impact on health. Recent publications include:

  • Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data (2021), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia (2020), published in Journal of Attention Disorders
  • Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Survey (CPAS): A Longitudinal Study of Australian Parents of a Child 0-18 Years (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • White Matter Hyperintensities and the Progression of Frailty-The Tasmanian Study of Cognition and Gait (2020), published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia (2021), published in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Amanda G. Wood has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Vicki Anderson
  • Daniel Griffiths-King
  • Vanessa Siffredi
  • Richard J. Leventer
  • Alissandra McIlroy

The scientist's works are often published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Additionally, Amanda G. Wood has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks titled "What can the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about resilient Nordic food systems?" (2020).

Best Publications

  • Do children really recover better? Neurobehavioural plasticity after early brain insult

    Vicki Anne Anderson;Vicki Anne Anderson;Megan Mary Spencer-Smith;Amanda Gabrielle Wood;Amanda Gabrielle Wood

  • Oxytocin attenuates amygdala reactivity to fear in generalized social anxiety disorder.

    Izelle Labuschagne;K Luan Phan;Amanda Wood;Mike Angstadt

  • Brain atrophy in type 2 diabetes: regional distribution and influence on cognition.

    Chris Moran;Chris Moran;Thanh G. Phan;Thanh G. Phan;Jian Chen;Leigh Blizzard

  • Cognitive Function, Gait, and Gait Variability in Older People: A Population-Based Study

    Kara Martin;Leigh Blizzard;Amanda Gabrielle Wood;Velandai Srikanth;Velandai Srikanth

  • Modulation of resting-state amygdala-frontal functional connectivity by oxytocin in generalized social anxiety disorder.

    Sonam Dodhia;Avinash Hosanagar;Daniel A Fitzgerald;Izelle Labuschagne

  • Early but not late-blindness leads to enhanced auditory perception

    Catherine Y Wan;Amanda Gabrielle Wood;David Charles Reutens;David Charles Reutens;Sarah J Wilson

  • Oxytocin enhances resting-state connectivity between amygdala and medial frontal cortex

    Chandra Sekhar Sripada;K. Luan Phan;Izelle Labuschagne;Robert Welsh

  • Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data.

    Elizabeth Westrupp;C Bennett;Tomer Berkowitz;George Youssef

  • Laterality of expression in portraiture: putting your best cheek forward

    Mer Nicholls;D Clode;SJ Wood;Amanda G Wood

  • Medial frontal hyperactivity to sad faces in generalized social anxiety disorder and modulation by oxytocin

    Izelle Labuschagne;K. Luan Phan;Amanda Wood;Mike Angstadt

  • Perinatal psychiatric disorders: An overview

    Elena Paschetta;Giles Berrisford;Floriana Coccia;Jennifer Whitmore

  • Language cortex activation in normal children

    A. G. Wood;A. S. Harvey;R. M. Wellard;D. F. Abbott

  • Language skills of school-aged children prenatally exposed to antiepileptic drugs.

    C Nadebaum;VA Anderson;F Vajda;F Vajda;DC Reutens

  • Oxytocin modulation of amygdala functional connectivity to fearful faces in generalized social anxiety disorder

    Stephanie M. Gorka;Daniel A. Fitzgerald;Daniel A. Fitzgerald;Izelle Labuschagne;Izelle Labuschagne;Avinash Hosanagar

  • Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.

    Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Pooja Patel;Mark A Stokes;David Coghill;David Coghill

  • The Australian brain and cognition and antiepileptic drugs study: IQ in school-aged children exposed to sodium valproate and polytherapy.

    Caroline Nadebaum;Vicki Anderson;Frank Vajda;David Reutens

  • Prospective assessment of autism traits in children exposed to antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy.

    Amanda Gabrielle Wood;Caroline Elizabeth Nadebaum;Vicki Anne Anderson;David Charles Reutens

  • Longitudinal Relationships Between Cognitive Decline and Gait Slowing: The Tasmanian Study of Cognition and Gait

    Michele L. Callisaya;Christopher L. Blizzard;Amanda G. Wood;Amanda G. Thrift

  • Mutations in DCC cause isolated agenesis of the corpus callosum with incomplete penetrance

    Ashley P L Marsh;Ashley P L Marsh;Delphine Heron;Timothy J. Edwards;Angélique Quartier

  • White and gray matter alterations in adults with Niemann-Pick disease type C: A cross-sectional study

    Mark Walterfang;Michael Fahey;Patricia Desmond;Amanda Wood

  • Cognitive Function Modifies the Effect of Physiological Function on the Risk of Multiple Falls—A Population-Based Study

    Kara Martin;Leigh Blizzard;Velandai Srikanth;Velandai Srikanth;Amanda Gabrielle Wood;Amanda Gabrielle Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Reutens
David C. Reutens University of Queensland
Mark Walterfang
Mark Walterfang University of Melbourne
Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Michael M. Saling
Michael M. Saling University of Melbourne
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Stefano Seri
Stefano Seri Aston University
Graeme D. Jackson
Graeme D. Jackson Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
K. Luan Phan
K. Luan Phan The Ohio State University
Emma Sciberras
Emma Sciberras Deakin University
Jill Clayton-Smith
Jill Clayton-Smith University of Manchester

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