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Overview

Karen J. Parker is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with notable contributions to subfields such as Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Karen J. Parker include:

  • Advances in human oxytocin measurement: challenges and proposed solutions, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neonatal CSF vasopressin concentration predicts later medical record diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Complex Interplay Between Cognitive Ability and Social Motivation in Predicting Social Skill: A Unique Role for Social Motivation in Children With Autism, 2020, Autism Research
  • Long-term effects of intermittent early life stress on primate prefrontal-subcortical functional connectivity, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Linking oxytocin and arginine vasopressin signaling abnormalities to social behavior impairments in Prader-Willi syndrome, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Parker on multiple publications are:

  • Joseph P. Garner (14 publications)
  • Catherine F. Talbot (8 publications)
  • John P. Capitanio (8 publications)
  • Laura A. Del Rosso (6 publications)
  • Ozge Oztan (5 publications)

Their work has been published repeatedly in several prominent venues, including:

  • Molecular Psychiatry (4 publications)
  • Autism Research (3 publications)
  • Molecular Autism (3 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Psychological Stress in Childhood and Susceptibility to the Chronic Diseases of Aging: Moving toward a Model of Behavioral and Biological Mechanisms.

    Gregory E. Miller;Edith Chen;Karen J. Parker

  • The three-hit concept of vulnerability and resilience: toward understanding adaptation to early-life adversity outcome.

    Nikolaos P. Daskalakis;Nikolaos P. Daskalakis;Nikolaos P. Daskalakis;Rosemary C. Bagot;Rosemary C. Bagot;Karen J. Parker;Christiaan H. Vinkers

  • Neuroendocrine aspects of hypercortisolism in major depression.

    Karen J Parker;Alan F Schatzberg;David M Lyons

  • Intranasal oxytocin treatment for social deficits and biomarkers of response in children with autism

    Karen J. Parker;Ozge Oztan;Robin A. Libove;Raena D. Sumiyoshi

  • Emotion dysregulation and the core features of autism spectrum disorder.

    Andrea Christiane Samson;Jennifer M. Phillips;Karen J. Parker;Shweta Shah

  • Circadian and Homeostatic Regulation of Hypocretin in a Primate Model: Implications for the Consolidation of Wakefulness

    Jamie M. Zeitzer;Christine L. Buckmaster;Karen J. Parker;Craig M. Hauck

  • Plasma oxytocin concentrations and OXTR polymorphisms predict social impairments in children with and without autism spectrum disorder.

    Karen J. Parker;Joseph P. Garner;Robin A. Libove;Shellie A. Hyde

  • Intranasal oxytocin administration attenuates the ACTH stress response in monkeys.

    Karen J. Parker;Christine L. Buckmaster;Alan F. Schatzberg;David M. Lyons

  • Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism (rs2254298) interacts with familial risk for psychopathology to predict symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescent girls

    Renee J. Thompson;Karen J. Parker;Joachim F. Hallmayer;Christian E. Waugh

  • Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma oxytocin concentrations are positively correlated and negatively predict anxiety in children

    D S Carson;S W Berquist;T H Trujillo;J P Garner

  • Maternal mediation, stress inoculation, and the development of neuroendocrine stress resistance in primates

    Karen J. Parker;Christine L. Buckmaster;Karan Sundlass;Alan F. Schatzberg

  • Stress inoculation-induced indications of resilience in monkeys.

    David M. Lyons;Karen J. Parker

  • Identifying key features of early stressful experiences that produce stress vulnerability and resilience in primates.

    Karen J. Parker;Dario Maestripieri

  • Prospective investigation of stress inoculation in young monkeys.

    Karen J. Parker;Christine L. Buckmaster;Alan F. Schatzberg;David M. Lyons

  • Animal Models of Early Life Stress: Implications for Understanding Resilience

    David M. Lyons;Karen J. Parker;Alan F. Schatzberg

  • Developmental cascades linking stress inoculation, arousal regulation, and resilience

    David M. Lyons;Karen J. Parker;Maor Katz;Alan F. Schatzberg

  • Preliminary evidence that plasma oxytocin levels are elevated in major depression.

    Karen J. Parker;Heather A. Kenna;Jamie M. Zeitzer;Jamie M. Zeitzer;Jennifer Keller

  • Advances in human oxytocin measurement: challenges and proposed solutions

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  • A randomized placebo-controlled pilot trial shows that intranasal vasopressin improves social deficits in children with autism

    Karen J. Parker;Ozge Oztan;Robin A. Libove;Noreen Mohsin

  • Effects of intranasal oxytocin on social anxiety in males with fragile X syndrome

    Scott S. Hall;Amy A. Lightbody;Brigid E. McCarthy;Karen J. Parker

  • Central vasopressin administration regulates the onset of facultative paternal behavior in microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow voles).

    Karen J Parker;Theresa M Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Capitanio
John P. Capitanio University of California, Davis
Dario Maestripieri
Dario Maestripieri University of Chicago
Jennifer M. Phillips
Jennifer M. Phillips Stanford University
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
Renee J. Thompson
Renee J. Thompson Washington University in St. Louis
John N. Constantino
John N. Constantino Washington University in St. Louis
Gregory E. Miller
Gregory E. Miller Northwestern University
Scott S. Hall
Scott S. Hall Stanford University
Heidi M. Feldman
Heidi M. Feldman Stanford University
Leonore A. Herzenberg
Leonore A. Herzenberg Stanford University

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