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Overview

Jay A. Gingrich is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a diverse research portfolio spanning multiple fields related to medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Their work covers a range of main and subfields including clinical psychology, public health, behavioral neuroscience, gastroenterology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The topics central to Gingrich's research include maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, stress responses and cortisol, functional brain connectivity studies, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, tryptophan and brain disorders, as well as gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

The scientist has published in several prominent venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Gastroenterology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Some recent papers authored by or closely associated with Jay A. Gingrich include:

  • "Intra-session test-retest reliability of functional connectivity in infants," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Intestinal Epithelial Serotonin as a Novel Target for Treating Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and Mood," 2024, Gastroenterology
  • "Prenatal antidepressant exposure and emotional disorders until age 22: a Danish register study," 2023, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • "Depression Risk Is Associated With Weakened Synchrony Between the Amygdala and Experienced Emotion," 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • "Maternal childhood maltreatment: associations to offspring brain volume and white matter connectivity," 2023, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Gingrich has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Myrna M. Weissman
  • Ardesheer Talati
  • Mark S. Ansorge
  • Bradley S. Peterson
  • Jonathan Posner

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances in the Molecular Biology of Dopamine Receptors

    Jay A. Gingrich;Marc G. Caron

  • Early-Life Blockade of the 5-HT Transporter Alters Emotional Behavior in Adult Mice

    Mark S. Ansorge;Mingming Zhou;Alena Lira;René Hen

  • Hallucinogens Recruit Specific Cortical 5-HT2A Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways to Affect Behavior

    Javier González-Maeso;Noelia V. Weisstaub;Mingming Zhou;Pokman Chan

  • Molecular cloning and expression of the gene for a human D1 dopamine receptor.

    Alien Dearry;Jay A. Gingrich;Pierre Falardeau;Robert T. Fremeau

  • Lrp5 Controls Bone Formation by Inhibiting Serotonin Synthesis in the Duodenum

    Vijay K. Yadav;Je Hwang Ryu;Nina Suda;Kenji F. Tanaka

  • Identification of a serotonin/glutamate receptor complex implicated in psychosis

    Javier González-Maeso;Rosalind L. Ang;Tony Yuen;Pokman Chan

  • A serotonin-dependent mechanism explains the leptin regulation of bone mass, appetite, and energy expenditure.

    Vijay K. Yadav;Franck Oury;Nina Suda;Zhong Wu Liu

  • Cortical 5-HT2A Receptor Signaling Modulates Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Mice

    Noelia V. Weisstaub;Mingming Zhou;Alena Lira;Evelyn Lambe;Evelyn Lambe

  • Cloning, molecular characterization, and chromosomal assignment of a gene encoding a second D1 dopamine receptor subtype: differential expression pattern in rat brain compared with the D1A receptor

    Mario Tiberi;Keith R. Jarvie;Chris Silvia;Pierre Falardeau

  • Localization of D1 dopamine receptor mRNA in brain supports a role in cognitive, affective, and neuroendocrine aspects of dopaminergic neurotransmission.

    Robert T. Fremeau;Gary E Duncan;Maria Gioia Fornaretto;Allen Dearry

  • Altered depression-related behaviors and functional changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of serotonin transporter-deficient mice.

    Alena Lira;Mingming Zhou;Nathalie Castanon;Mark S Ansorge

  • Dopamine receptor subtypes: beyond the D1/D2 classification

    Peter H. Andersen;Jay A. Gingrich;Michael D. Bates;Allen Dearry

  • Inhibition of Serotonin But Not Norepinephrine Transport during Development Produces Delayed, Persistent Perturbations of Emotional Behaviors in Mice

    Mark S. Ansorge;Emanuela Morelli;Jay A. Gingrich

  • Targeted gene expression in dopamine and serotonin neurons of the mouse brain.

    Xiaoxi Zhuang;Justine Masson;Jay A. Gingrich;Stephen Rayport

  • Dissecting the role of the serotonin system in neuropsychiatric disorders using knockout mice.

    Jay A. Gingrich;René Hen

  • Transcriptome Fingerprints Distinguish Hallucinogenic and Nonhallucinogenic 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A Receptor Agonist Effects in Mouse Somatosensory Cortex

    Javier González-Maeso;Tony Yuen;Barbara J. Ebersole;Elisa Wurmbach

  • Sustained Neurobehavioral Effects of Exposure to SSRI Antidepressants During Development: Molecular to Clinical Evidence

    T F Oberlander;J A Gingrich;M S Ansorge

  • Mechanism of the 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor-mediated facilitation of synaptic activity in prefrontal cortex

    Jean Claude Béïque;Mays Imad;Ljiljana Mladenovic;Jay A. Gingrich

  • Neurodevelopmental origins of depressive disorders.

    Mark S Ansorge;René Hen;Jay A Gingrich

  • Contribution of 5-HT2 Receptor Subtypes to Sleep–Wakefulness and Respiratory Control, and Functional Adaptations in Knock-Out Mice Lacking 5-HT2A Receptors

    Daniela Popa;Clément Léna;Véronique Fabre;Caroline Prenat

Frequent Co-Authors

René Hen
René Hen Columbia University
Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University
Andre Sourander
Andre Sourander University of Turku
Priya Wickramaratne
Priya Wickramaratne Columbia University
Kenji F. Tanaka
Kenji F. Tanaka Keio University
André A. Fenton
André A. Fenton New York University
Akira Sawa
Akira Sawa Johns Hopkins University
Javier González-Maeso
Javier González-Maeso Virginia Commonwealth University
Evelyn K. Lambe
Evelyn K. Lambe University of Toronto
Patricio O'Donnell
Patricio O'Donnell Alto Neuroscience

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