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Gina L. Forster is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with notable contributions to several subfields such as Epidemiology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Neurology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics of their research encompass Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics.

Forster's recent published papers include the following:

  • Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups, 2021, Brain and Behavior
  • A comparison of methods to harmonize cortical thickness measurements across scanners and sites, 2022, NeuroImage
  • Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup, 2024, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neuroimaging-based classification of PTSD using data-driven computational approaches: A multisite big data study from the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD consortium, 2023, NeuroImage

Frequent publication venues for Forster include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • NeuroImage
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Brain and Behavior

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Forster's work. Frequent co-authors include Lee A. Baugh, Kelene A. Fercho, Jamie L. Scholl, Judith K. Daniels, and Richard J. Davidson. Each of these collaborators has co-authored multiple papers, highlighting a pattern of ongoing research partnerships within Forster's scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Adult rats exposed to early-life social isolation exhibit increased anxiety and conditioned fear behavior, and altered hormonal stress responses.

    Jodi L. Lukkes;Maxim V. Mokin;Jamie L. Scholl;Gina L. Forster

  • Laterodorsal tegmental stimulation elicits dopamine efflux in the rat nucleus accumbens by activation of acetylcholine and glutamate receptors in the ventral tegmental area

    Gina L. Forster;Charles D. Blaha

  • Stress coping style predicts aggression and social dominance in rainbow trout

    Øyvind Øverli;Wayne J Korzan;Erik Höglund;Svante Winberg

  • Consequences of post-weaning social isolation on anxiety behavior and related neural circuits in rodents.

    Jodi L Lukkes;Michael J Watt;Christopher A Lowry;Gina L Forster

  • Pedunculopontine tegmental stimulation evokes striatal dopamine efflux by activation of acetylcholine and glutamate receptors in the midbrain and pons of the rat.

    Gina L. Forster;Charles D. Blaha

  • Adolescent male rats exposed to social defeat exhibit altered anxiety behavior and limbic monoamines as adults.

    Michael J. Watt;Andrew R. Burke;Kenneth J. Renner;Gina L. Forster

  • Sex differences in anxiety-like behaviors in rats.

    Jamie L. Scholl;Anum Afzal;Laura C. Fox;Michael J. Watt;Michael J. Watt

  • M5 muscarinic receptors are required for prolonged accumbal dopamine release after electrical stimulation of the pons in mice.

    Gina L. Forster;John S. Yeomans;Junichi Takeuchi;Charles D. Blaha

  • Does Serotonin Influence Aggression? Comparing Regional Activity before and during Social Interaction*

    Cliff H. Summers;Wayne J. Korzan;Jodi L. Lukkes;Michael J. Watt

  • M5 muscarinic receptors are needed for slow activation of dopamine neurons and for rewarding brain stimulation

    John Yeomans;Gina Forster;Charles Blaha

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor in the dorsal raphe nucleus increases medial prefrontal cortical serotonin via type 2 receptors and median raphe nucleus activity.

    Gina L. Forster;Ronald B. Pringle;Nicholas J. Mouw;Shawn M. Vuong

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor 1 and 2 receptors in the dorsal raphé differentially affect serotonin release in the nucleus accumbens.

    Jodi L. Lukkes;Gina L. Forster;Kenneth J. Renner;Cliff H. Summers

  • Restraint stress increases serotonin release in the central nucleus of the amygdala via activation of corticotropin-releasing factor receptors.

    Bing Mo;Na Feng;Kenneth Renner;Gina L Forster

  • Glucocorticoid interaction with aggression in non-mammalian vertebrates : Reciprocal action

    Cliff H. Summers;Michael J. Watt;Travis L. Ling;Gina L. Forster

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor in the dorsal raphe elicits temporally distinct serotonergic responses in the limbic system in relation to fear behavior.

    Gina L Forster;N. Feng;M. J. Watt;W. J. Korzan

  • Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor Antagonism within the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Reduces Social Anxiety-Like Behavior after Early-Life Social Isolation

    Jodi Lukkes;Shawn Vuong;Jamie L Scholl;Harvey Oliver

  • Mild traumatic brain injury in the rat alters neuronal number in the limbic system and increases conditioned fear and anxiety-like behaviors.

    Danielle L. Meyer;Daniel R. Davies;Jeffrey L. Barr;Jeffrey L. Barr;Pasquale Manzerra

  • Altered white matter microstructural organization in posttraumatic stress disorder across 3047 adults: results from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD consortium

    Emily L Dennis;Seth G Disner;Seth G Disner;Negar Fani;Lauren E Salminen

  • Adolescent social defeat increases adult amphetamine conditioned place preference and alters D2 dopamine receptor expression

    Andrew R. Burke;Michael J. Watt;Gina L. Forster

  • Early life social isolation alters corticotropin-releasing factor responses in adult rats

    Jodi L. Lukkes;Cliff H. Summers;Jamie L. Scholl;Kenneth J. Renner

  • Impact of juvenile chronic stress on adult cortico-accumbal function: Implications for cognition and addiction

    Michael J. Watt;Matthew A. Weber;Shaydel R. Davies;Gina L. Forster

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth J. Renner
Kenneth J. Renner University of South Dakota
Cliff H. Summers
Cliff H. Summers University of South Dakota
Charles D. Blaha
Charles D. Blaha Mayo Clinic
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Rajendra A. Morey
Rajendra A. Morey Duke University
Tanja Jovanovic
Tanja Jovanovic Wayne State University
Steven M. Nelson
Steven M. Nelson Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
John S. Yeomans
John S. Yeomans University of Toronto
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Jeffrey S. Simons
Jeffrey S. Simons University of South Dakota

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