Elizabeth C Finger

Summary

Affiliation: University of Western Ontario
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Disrupted reinforcement signaling in the orbitofrontal cortex and caudate in youths with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder and a high level of psychopathic traits
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Canada
    Am J Psychiatry 168:152-62. 2011
  2. ncbi Impaired functional but preserved structural connectivity in limbic white matter tracts in youth with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder plus psychopathic traits
    Elizabeth Carrie Finger
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 35A5
    Psychiatry Res 202:239-44. 2012
  3. ncbi New potential therapeutic approaches in frontotemporal dementia: oxytocin, vasopressin, and social cognition
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, B10 004, 339 Windermere Rd, London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada
    J Mol Neurosci 45:696-701. 2011
  4. ncbi Abnormal ventromedial prefrontal cortex function in children with psychopathic traits during reversal learning
    Elizabeth C Finger
    National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:586-94. 2008
  5. ncbi Dissociable roles of medial orbitofrontal cortex in human operant extinction learning
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Neuroimage 43:748-55. 2008
  6. ncbi Reduced amygdala response to fearful expressions in children and adolescents with callous-unemotional traits and disruptive behavior disorders
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, NIMH, 15K North Dr, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:712-20. 2008
  7. ncbi Reduced amygdala-orbitofrontal connectivity during moral judgments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Psychiatry Res 194:279-86. 2011
  8. ncbi Impaired recognition of fear facial expressions in 5-HTTLPR S-polymorphism carriers following tryptophan depletion
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 189:387-94. 2006
  9. ncbi Adapting to dynamic stimulus-response values: differential contributions of inferior frontal, dorsomedial, and dorsolateral regions of prefrontal cortex to decision making
    Derek G V Mitchell
    National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Neurosci 29:10827-34. 2009
  10. ncbi The impact of tryptophan depletion and 5-HTTLPR genotype on passive avoidance and response reversal instrumental learning tasks
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 32:206-15. 2007

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Disrupted reinforcement signaling in the orbitofrontal cortex and caudate in youths with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder and a high level of psychopathic traits
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Canada
    Am J Psychiatry 168:152-62. 2011
    ....
  2. ncbi Impaired functional but preserved structural connectivity in limbic white matter tracts in youth with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder plus psychopathic traits
    Elizabeth Carrie Finger
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 35A5
    Psychiatry Res 202:239-44. 2012
    ..If white matter tracts are intact in youths with this disorder, childhood may provide a critical window for intervention and treatment, before significant structural brain abnormalities solidify...
  3. ncbi New potential therapeutic approaches in frontotemporal dementia: oxytocin, vasopressin, and social cognition
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, B10 004, 339 Windermere Rd, London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada
    J Mol Neurosci 45:696-701. 2011
    ..Here, we review the effects of oxytocin and vasopressin on social cognition and behavior and discuss the potential implications for these agents as novel treatments in FTD...
  4. ncbi Abnormal ventromedial prefrontal cortex function in children with psychopathic traits during reversal learning
    Elizabeth C Finger
    National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:586-94. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Dissociable roles of medial orbitofrontal cortex in human operant extinction learning
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Neuroimage 43:748-55. 2008
    ..These findings suggest that in humans, frontopolar OFC modulates activity in caudal mOFC, rACC and amygdala during successful operant extinction learning...
  6. ncbi Reduced amygdala response to fearful expressions in children and adolescents with callous-unemotional traits and disruptive behavior disorders
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, NIMH, 15K North Dr, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:712-20. 2008
    ..Moreover, despite high comorbidity of callous-unemotional traits and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), no research has attempted to distinguish neural correlates of pediatric callous-unemotional traits and ADHD...
  7. ncbi Reduced amygdala-orbitofrontal connectivity during moral judgments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Psychiatry Res 194:279-86. 2011
    ..These results suggest that psychopathic traits are associated with amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex dysfunction. This dysfunction may relate to previous findings of disrupted moral judgment in this population...
  8. ncbi Impaired recognition of fear facial expressions in 5-HTTLPR S-polymorphism carriers following tryptophan depletion
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 189:387-94. 2006
    ..Acute tryptophan depletion has been associated with the processing of fear-relevant cues, such as emotional expressions, but the effect of genotype at the 5-HTTLPR has not been assessed...
  9. ncbi Adapting to dynamic stimulus-response values: differential contributions of inferior frontal, dorsomedial, and dorsolateral regions of prefrontal cortex to decision making
    Derek G V Mitchell
    National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Neurosci 29:10827-34. 2009
    ..These data are interpreted with reference to models of dmPFC, dlPFC, and IFG functioning...
  10. ncbi The impact of tryptophan depletion and 5-HTTLPR genotype on passive avoidance and response reversal instrumental learning tasks
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 32:206-15. 2007
    ..Furthermore, they demonstrate behavioral differences in responses to punishing stimuli between long allele homozygotes and short allele carriers when serotonin levels are acutely reduced...
  11. ncbi Altered neural function in pediatric bipolar disorder during reversal learning
    Daniel P Dickstein
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Bipolar Disord 12:707-19. 2010
    ..Here, we use event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to elucidate neural correlates of reversal learning deficits in euthymic BD youth compared to typically developing controls...
  12. ncbi The effects of oxytocin on social cognition and behaviour in frontotemporal dementia
    Sarah Jesso
    Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, B10 004, 339 Windermere Rd, London, ON, Canada N6A 5A5
    Brain 134:2493-501. 2011
    ....
  13. ncbi Parsing decision making processes in prefrontal cortex: response inhibition, overcoming learned avoidance, and reversal learning
    Steven G Greening
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    Neuroimage 54:1432-41. 2011
    ..The approach has implications for models of prefrontal function and neurocognitive perspectives on a range of behavioural abnormalities associated with impairments in decision making...
  14. ncbi Caught in the act: the impact of audience on the neural response to morally and socially inappropriate behavior
    Elizabeth C Finger
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 15K, North Drive, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Neuroimage 33:414-21. 2006
    ..These regions have been implicated in the representation of the mental states of others (Theory of Mind). The presence of an audience was associated with increased left amygdala activity across all conditions...