research overview Dr. Fox is interested in stress induced neuropsychiatric disorders, especially the role of stress on changes in the central serotonin system in the development of anxiety and depression disorders.
keywords stress, neuropsychiatric disorders, acoustic startle response, behavioral neuroscience, serotonin
selected publications journal article Treatment with a heat-killed preparation of Mycobacterium vaccae after fear conditioning enhances fear extinction in the fear-potentiated startle paradigm. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 151-160. 2019 Evidence that preimmunization with a heat-killed preparation of Mycobacterium vaccae reduces corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA expression in the extended amygdala in a fear-potentiated startle paradigm. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 127-140. 2019 Preimmunization with a heat-killed preparation of Mycobacterium vaccae enhances fear extinction in the fear-potentiated startle paradigm. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 70-84. 2017