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Overview

Jennifer Urbano Blackford is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including psychiatry and mental health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and clinical psychology. Their main research topics cover functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health research topics, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, memory and neural mechanisms, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

Jennifer Urbano Blackford's frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry

Collaborative work forms a significant part of their career, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Stephan Heckers
  • Neil D. Woodward
  • Brandee Feola
  • Bunmi O. Olatunji
  • Baxter P. Rogers

Their recent papers include:

  • "Thalamocortical Anatomical Connectivity in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Bipolar Disorder" (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • "Insula functional connectivity in schizophrenia" (2020, Schizophrenia Research)
  • "Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups" (2021, Brain and Behavior)
  • "Hippocampal volume in early psychosis: a 2-year longitudinal study" (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Thalamic Nuclei Volumes in Psychotic Disorders and in Youths With Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms" (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Behavioral Inhibition and Risk for Developing Social Anxiety Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Study

    Jacqueline A. Clauss;Jennifer Urbano Blackford

  • The Human BNST: Functional Role in Anxiety and Addiction

    S N Avery;J A Clauss;J U Blackford

  • Community socioeconomic status and children's dental health.

    James A. Gillcrist;David E. Brumley;Jennifer U. Blackford

  • A unique role for the human amygdala in novelty detection

    Jennifer Urbano Blackford;Joshua W. Buckholtz;Suzanne N. Avery;David H. Zald

  • BNST neurocircuitry in humans.

    Suzanne N. Avery;Jacqueline A. Clauss;Danny G. Winder;Neil D. Woodward

  • Neural Substrates of Childhood Anxiety Disorders A Review of Neuroimaging Findings

    Jennifer Urbano Blackford;Daniel S. Pine

  • Amygdala and hippocampus fail to habituate to faces in individuals with an inhibited temperament

    Jennifer Urbano Blackford;Amil H. Allen;Ronald L. Cowan;Suzanne N. Avery

  • The nature of individual differences in inhibited temperament and risk for psychiatric disease: A review and meta-analysis

    J.A. Clauss;S.N. Avery;J.U. Blackford

  • Patient Complaints and Malpractice Risk in a Regional Healthcare Center

    Gerald B. Hickson;Charles F. Federspiel;Jennifer Blackford;James W. Pichert

  • Increased hippocampal CA1 cerebral blood volume in schizophrenia.

    Pratik Talati;Swati Rane;Samet Kose;Jennifer Urbano Blackford

  • Processing speed impairment in schizophrenia is mediated by white matter integrity.

    H. Karbasforoushan;B. Duffy;J. U. Blackford;N. D. Woodward

  • Reduced habituation in patients with schizophrenia

    Lisa E. Williams;Jennifer Urbano Blackford;Andrew Luksik;Isabel Gauthier

  • Caudate responses to reward anticipation associated with delay discounting behavior in healthy youth

    Margaret M. Benningfield;Jennifer U. Blackford;Melissa E. Ellsworth;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

  • Relationship between patient complaints and surgical complications

    H J Murff;J Blackford;E L Grogan

  • Sustained amygdala response to both novel and newly familiar faces characterizes inhibited temperament

    Jennifer Urbano Blackford;Suzanne N. Avery;Ronald L. Cowan;Richard C. Shelton

  • Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups

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  • Openness of patients' reporting with use of electronic records: psychiatric clinicians' views.

    Ronald M Salomon;Jennifer Urbano Blackford;S Trent Rosenbloom;Sandra Seidel

  • Hyperactivity and reduced activation of anterior hippocampus in early psychosis

    Maureen McHugo;Pratik Talati;Kristan Armstrong;Simon N. Vandekar

  • Rethinking Peer Review: Detecting and Addressing Medical Malpractice Claims Risk

    Ilene N. Moore;James W. Pichert;Gerald B. Hickson;Charles Federspiel

  • Multivariate permutation analysis associates multiple polymorphisms with subphenotypes of major depression

    M. K. Hahn;J. U. Blackford;K. Haman;M. Mazei-Robison

  • Childhood sexual abuse increases risk of auditory hallucinations in psychotic disorders.

    Julia M. Sheffield;Lisa E. Williams;Jennifer U. Blackford;Stephan Heckers

  • Cannabis cue-induced brain activation correlates with drug craving in limbic and visual salience regions: Preliminary results

    Evonne J. Charboneau;Mary S. Dietrich;Sohee Park;Aize Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Heckers
Stephan Heckers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Neil D. Woodward
Neil D. Woodward Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Baxter P. Rogers
Baxter P. Rogers Vanderbilt University
Paul A. Newhouse
Paul A. Newhouse Vanderbilt University
Danny G. Winder
Danny G. Winder Vanderbilt University
Carrie K. Jones
Carrie K. Jones Vanderbilt University
Craig W. Lindsley
Craig W. Lindsley Vanderbilt University
Alan Anticevic
Alan Anticevic Yale University
Uma Rao
Uma Rao University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David H. Zald
David H. Zald Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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