Christian Grillon
Chief
Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety
National Institute of Mental Health NCNP
Japan
Biography
Christian Grillon, Ph.D. is the Unit Chief of the Affective Psychophysiology Laboratory, National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Grillon received his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Paris XI, France. He completed his post-doctoral training at the University of California-Irvine and the University of California-San Diego. Before joining the NIMH in September of 2001, he was an Associate Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. His research focuses on the neurobiology of anxiety and anxiety disorders, and the psychophysiology of emotion.
Research Interest
psychological, neural mechanismsÂÂ
Publications
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Robinson OJ, Overstreet C, Allen PS, Pine DS, Grillon C. Acute tryptophan depletion increases translational indices of anxiety but not fear: serotonergic modulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis?. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Jul;37(8):1963.
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Cornwell BR, Arkin N, Overstreet C, Carver FW, Grillon C. Distinct contributions of human hippocampal theta to spatial cognition and anxiety. Hippocampus. 2012 Sep 1;22(9):1848-59.
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Grillon C, Krimsky M, Charney DR, Vytal K, Ernst M, Cornwell B. Oxytocin increases anxiety to unpredictable threat. Molecular psychiatry. 2013 Sep;18(9):958.
