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Margaret Altemus
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 113
Citations - 10167
Margaret Altemus is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Anxiety disorder. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 111 publications receiving 9221 citations. Previous affiliations of Margaret Altemus include Rockefeller University & NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.
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Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives
TL;DR: Clinical aspects of sex differences in affective disorders including the emergence ofsex differences across developmental stages and the impact of reproductive events are focused on.
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Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation.
Nim Tottenham,Todd A. Hare,Brian T. Quinn,Thomas McCarry,Marcella Nurse,Tara Gilhooly,Alexander J. Millner,Adriana Galván,Matthew C. Davidson,Inge-Marie Eigsti,Kathleen M. Thomas,Peter J. Freed,Elizabeth S. Booma,Megan R. Gunnar,Margaret Altemus,Jane Aronson,B. J. Casey +16 more
TL;DR: The findings are consistent with previous reports describing negative effects of prolonged orphanage care on emotional behavior and with animal models that show long-term changes in the amygdala and emotional behavior following early postnatal stress.
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Suppression of hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress in lactating women
TL;DR: Results indicate that stress-responsive neurohormonal systems are restrained in lactating women, as measured by plasma ACTH, cortisol, and glucose responses to exercise.
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Genotype determining low catechol-O-methyltransferase activity as a risk factor for obsessive-compulsive disorder
Maria Karayiorgou,Margaret Altemus,Brandi L. Galke,David Goldman,Dennis L. Murphy,Jurg Ott,Joseph A. Gogos +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that a common functional allele of this gene, which results in a 3- to 4-fold reduction in enzyme activity, is significantly associated in a recessive manner with susceptibility to OCD, particularly in males.
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Stress-Induced Changes in Skin Barrier Function in Healthy Women
TL;DR: It is suggested that acute psychosocial and sleep deprivation stress disrupts skin barrier function homeostasis in women, and that this disruption may be related to stress-induced changes in cytokine secretion.