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Overview

Victoria B. Risbrough is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans a broad range of topics within neuroscience and psychology, with particular attention to mechanisms underlying stress and trauma-related disorders.

The main fields of study for Risbrough include Neuroscience and Psychology, with substantial contributions in Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The primary research topics covered by Risbrough's work include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Risbrough has published extensively across several well-regarded scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Clinical Epigenetics

Among recent scholarly articles, key publications by Risbrough feature:

  • "Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes in AHRR," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease," 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • "An epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder in US veterans implicates several new DNA methylation loci," 2020, Clinical Epigenetics
  • "Longitudinal epigenome-wide association studies of three male military cohorts reveal multiple CpG sites associated with post-traumatic stress disorder," 2020, Clinical Epigenetics
  • "Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment," 2020, Translational Psychiatry

Risbrough has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Dewleen G. Baker, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Adam X. Maihofer, Murray B. Stein, and Robert J. Ursano. These collaborations reflect a shared focus on understanding the biological and psychological aspects of stress and trauma.

Best Publications

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptor Signaling in the Central Nervous System: New Molecular Targets

    Richard L. Hauger;Victoria Risbrough;Olaf Brauns;Frank M. Dautzenberg

  • Using the MATRICS to guide development of a preclinical cognitive test battery for research in schizophrenia.

    Jared W. Young;Susan B. Powell;Victoria Risbrough;Hugh M. Marston

  • Role of corticotropin releasing factor in anxiety disorders: a translational research perspective.

    Victoria B. Risbrough;Murray B. Stein

  • Role of CRF Receptor Signaling in Stress Vulnerability, Anxiety, and Depression

    Richard L. Hauger;Victoria Risbrough;Robert H. Oakley;J. Alberto Olivares-Reyes

  • Hippocampal dysfunction effects on context memory: possible etiology for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Dean T. Acheson;Jodi E. Gresack;Victoria B. Risbrough;Victoria B. Risbrough

  • Current Status of Animal Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Behavioral and Biological Phenotypes, and Future Challenges in Improving Translation.

    Jessica Deslauriers;Mate Toth;Andre Der-Avakian;Victoria B. Risbrough;Victoria B. Risbrough

  • Pharmacological treatment of PTSD - established and new approaches.

    Thomas Steckler;Victoria Risbrough;Victoria Risbrough

  • A consideration of select pre-trauma factors as key vulnerabilities in PTSD

    Jessica Bomyea;Victoria Risbrough;Victoria Risbrough;Ariel J. Lang;Ariel J. Lang

  • Traumatic stress and accelerated DNA methylation age: A meta-analysis

    Erika J Wolf;Hannah Maniates;Nicole Nugent;Adam X Maihofer

  • Impaired Sensorimotor Gating in Unmedicated Adults with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

    Susanne E Ahmari;Victoria B Risbrough;Mark A Geyer;H Blair Simpson

  • Genomic predictors of combat stress vulnerability and resilience in U.S. Marines: A genome-wide association study across multiple ancestries implicates PRTFDC1 as a potential PTSD gene.

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Maja Mustapic;Kate A. Yurgil

  • Gene networks specific for innate immunity define post-traumatic stress disorder

    Michael S. Breen;Adam X. Maihofer;Stephen J. Glatt;Daniel S. Tylee

  • Association of Predeployment Heart Rate Variability With Risk of Postdeployment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Active-Duty Marines

    Arpi Minassian;Adam X. Maihofer;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt

  • 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors exert opposing effects on locomotor activity in mice.

    Adam L Halberstadt;Iris van der Heijden;Michael A Ruderman;Victoria B Risbrough

  • The Relationship Between Chronic Pain and Neurocognitive Function: A Systematic Review.

    Diana M. Higgins;Aaron M. Martin;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Jennifer J. Vasterling;Jennifer J. Vasterling

  • Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk

    Ilja M. Nolte;M. Loretto Munoz;Vinicius Tragante;Azmeraw T. Amare;Azmeraw T. Amare

  • The effect of intranasal oxytocin treatment on conditioned fear extinction and recall in a healthy human sample.

    Dean T. Acheson;David Feifel;Sofieke de Wilde;Rebecca Mckinney

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors CRF1 and CRF2 exert both additive and opposing influences on defensive startle behavior.

    Victoria B. Risbrough;Richard L. Hauger;Amanda L. Roberts;Wylie W. Vale

  • Reversal of autism-like behaviors and metabolism in adult mice with single-dose antipurinergic therapy.

    J C Naviaux;M A Schuchbauer;K Li;L Wang

  • Role of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) receptors 1 and 2 in CRF-potentiated acoustic startle in mice.

    Victoria B. Risbrough;Richard L. Hauger;Mary Ann Pelleymounter;Mary Ann Pelleymounter;Mark A. Geyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Mark W. Miller
Mark W. Miller Boston University
Jared W. Young
Jared W. Young University of California, San Diego
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Nathan A. Kimbrel
Nathan A. Kimbrel Duke University
Jean C. Beckham
Jean C. Beckham Duke University
Sean P.A. Drummond
Sean P.A. Drummond Monash University
Alan N. Simmons
Alan N. Simmons University of California, San Diego

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