Jennifer U. Blackford, PhD
Dr. Blackford is a developmental psychologist and neuroscientist. Her lab uses neuroimaging methods to characterize anxiety circuitry in humans and the role of anxiety circuitry in anxiety vulnerability, PTSD, addiction, and schizophrenia. Dr. Blackford is the Director of the Division of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Research Information
Clauss, J, Avery, SN, Benningfield, MM, Blackford, JU (2019). Social anxiety is associated with BNST response to unpredictability. Depression and Anxiety, 36(8), 666-675. PMCID: PMC6679811.
Flook, EA, Luchsinger, JR, Silveri, MM, Winder DG, Benningfield, MM, Blackford, JU. Anxiety during abstinence from alcohol: A systematic review of rodent and human evidence for the anterior insula's role in the abstinence network. Addiction Biology, in press, doi: 10.1111/adb.12861. PMCID in progress.
Blackford JU. Leveraging Statistical Methods to Improve Validity and Reproducibility of Research Findings. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 2/1/2017; 74(2): 119-20. PMID: 28030660, PII: 2594382, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3730, ISSN: 2168-6238.
Avery SN, Clauss JA, Blackford JU. The Human BNST: Functional Role in Anxiety and Addiction. Neuropsychopharmacology [print-electronic]. 2016 Jan; 41(1): 126-41. PMID: 26105138, PMCID: PMC4677124, PII: npp2015185, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.185, ISSN: 1740-634X.
Clauss JA, Benningfield MM, Rao U, Blackford JU. Altered Prefrontal Cortex Function Marks Heightened Anxiety Risk in Children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry [print-electronic]. 2016 Sep; 55(9): 809-16. PMID: 27566122, PMCID: PMC5003319, PII: S0890-8567(16)30289-1, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.05.024, ISSN: 1527-5418.
Bas-Hoogendam JM, Blackford JU, Brühl AB, Blair KS, van der Wee NJA, Westenberg PM. Neurobiological candidate endophenotypes of social anxiety disorder. Neurosci Biobehav Rev [print-electronic]. 2016 Dec; 71: 362-78. PMID: 27593443, PII: S0149-7634(16)30263-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.08.040, ISSN: 1873-7528.
Avery SN, Clauss JA, Winder DG, Woodward N, Heckers S, Blackford JU. BNST neurocircuitry in humans. Neuroimage [print-electronic]. 2014 May 5/1/2014; 91: 311-23. PMID: 24444996, PMCID: PMC4214684, PII: S1053-8119(14)00038-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.017, ISSN: 1095-9572.
Clauss JA, Avery SN, VanDerKlok RM, Rogers BP, Cowan RL, Benningfield MM, Blackford JU. Neurocircuitry underlying risk and resilience to social anxiety disorder. Depress Anxiety [print-electronic]. 2014 Oct; 31(10): 822-33. PMID: 24753211, PMCID: PMC4314099, DOI: 10.1002/da.22265, ISSN: 1520-6394.
Clauss JA, Seay AL, VanDerKlok RM, Avery SN, Cao A, Cowan RL, Benningfield MM, Blackford JU. Structural and functional bases of inhibited temperament. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci [print-electronic]. 2014 Dec; 9(12): 2049-58. PMID: 24493850, PMCID: PMC4249486, PII: nsu019, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu019, ISSN: 1749-5024.
Blackford JU, Allen AH, Cowan RL, Avery SN. Amygdala and hippocampus fail to habituate to faces in individuals with an inhibited temperament. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci [print-electronic]. 2013 Feb; 8(2): 143-50. PMID: 22260816, PMCID: PMC3575717, PII: nsr078, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr078, ISSN: 1749-5024.
Blackford JU, Pine DS. Neural substrates of childhood anxiety disorders: a review of neuroimaging findings. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am [print-electronic]. 2012 Jul; 21(3): 501-25. PMID: 22800991, PMCID: PMC3489468, PII: S1056-4993(12)00037-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2012.05.002, ISSN: 1558-0490.
Clauss JA, Blackford JU. Behavioral inhibition and risk for developing social anxiety disorder: a meta-analytic study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry [print-electronic]. 2012 Oct; 51(10): 1066-1075.e1. PMID: 23021481, PMCID: PMC3611590, PII: S0890-8567(12)00592-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.08.002, ISSN: 1527-5418.