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Steven E. Shelton is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work spans several fields of study within medicine and health professions, with a notable focus on psychiatry and mental health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and general health professions.

Shelton's research engages with key thematic areas such as schizophrenia research and treatment, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, pneumonia and respiratory infections, homelessness and social issues, and mental health and patient involvement. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach addressing both clinical and social determinants of health.

In their recent publications, Shelton has contributed to studies including:

  • "Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Conversion in a State Prison" (2020) published in the McGill Journal of Medicine
  • "High Dose Antipsychotic Therapy (HDAT) and Physical Health Monitoring for Patients Under the Liverpool Homeless Outreach Service" (2025) published in BJPsych Open

Shelton has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, namely Robert Hung, Gary Rischitelli, Maria Sharif, Tom Ebbatson, and Kauser Tabani. These collaborations span various related disciplines, contributing to a breadth of research output across mental health and infectious disease topics.

The researcher's work has appeared primarily in the McGill Journal of Medicine and BJPsych Open, highlighting engagement with both medical and psychiatric publication venues.

Best Publications

  • The Role of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in Mediating Fear and Anxiety in the Primate.

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Richard J. Davidson

  • Asymmetric frontal brain activity, cortisol, and behavior associated with fearful temperament in rhesus monkeys.

    Ned H. Kalin;Christine Larson;Steven E. Shelton;Richard J. Davidson

  • Defensive behaviors in infant rhesus monkeys: environmental cues and neurochemical regulation

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton

  • The Primate Amygdala Mediates Acute Fear But Not the Behavioral and Physiological Components of Anxious Temperament

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Richard J. Davidson;Ann E. Kelley

  • Amygdalar and hippocampal substrates of anxious temperament differ in their heritability

    Jonathan A. Oler;Andrew S. Fox;Steven E. Shelton;Jeffrey Rogers;Jeffrey Rogers

  • Opiate modulation of separation-induced distress in non-human primates

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Charles M. Barksdale

  • Brain Regions Associated with the Expression and Contextual Regulation of Anxiety in Primates

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Andrew S. Fox;Terrence R. Oakes

  • In-Air Rangefinding With an AlN Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer

    R. J. Przybyla;S. E. Shelton;A. Guedes;I. I. Izyumin

  • Opiate systems in mother and infant primates coordinate intimate contact during reunion

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Deborah E. Lynn

  • Trait-Like Brain Activity during Adolescence Predicts Anxious Temperament in Primates

    Andrew S. Fox;Steven E. Shelton;Terrence R. Oakes;Richard J. Davidson

  • Individual differences in freezing and cortisol in infant and mother rhesus monkeys.

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Maureen Rickman;Richard J. Davidson

  • Evolutionarily conserved prefrontal-amygdalar dysfunction in early-life anxiety

    Rasmus M. Birn;Alexander J. Shackman;Jonathan A. Oler;Lisa E. Williams

  • Cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing hormone levels are elevated in monkeys with patterns of brain activity associated with fearful temperament

    Ned H Kalin;Steven E Shelton;Richard J Davidson

  • Role of the primate orbitofrontal cortex in mediating anxious temperament.

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Richard J. Davidson

  • Intergenerational neural mediators of early-life anxious temperament.

    Andrew S. Fox;Jonathan A. Oler;Alexander J. Shackman;Steven E. Shelton

  • Neural mechanisms underlying heterogeneity in the presentation of anxious temperament

    Alexander J. Shackman;Andrew S. Fox;Jonathan A. Oler;Steven E. Shelton

  • 4-(1,3-Dimethoxyprop-2-ylamino)-2,7-dimethyl-8-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]-1,3,5-triazine: a potent, orally bioavailable CRF(1) receptor antagonist.

    Liqi He;Paul J. Gilligan;Robert Zaczek;Lawrence W. Fitzgerald

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor administered intraventricularly to rhesus monkeys.

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Gary W. Kraemer;William T. McKinney

  • Defensive behaviors in infant rhesus monkeys: ontogeny and context-dependent selective expression.

    Ned H. Kalin;Steven E. Shelton;Lorey K. Takahashi

  • Plasma ACTH and cortisol concentrations before and after dexamethasone

    Ned H. Kalin;Stephen J. Weiler;Steven E. Shelton

  • Genetic influences on behavioral inhibition and anxiety in juvenile rhesus macaques.

    J. Rogers;S. E. Shelton;W. Shelledy;R. Garcia

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew S. Fox
Andrew S. Fox University of California, Davis
Terrence R. Oakes
Terrence R. Oakes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeffrey Rogers
Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine
Alexander J. Shackman
Alexander J. Shackman University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew L. Alexander
Andrew L. Alexander University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bradley T. Christian
Bradley T. Christian University of Wisconsin–Madison
Narayan R. Bhat
Narayan R. Bhat Medical University of South Carolina
Errol B. De Souza
Errol B. De Souza National Institute on Drug Abuse
John Blangero
John Blangero The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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