Christoph Wiedenmayer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
Undergraduate: University of Bern, B.S., B.A., 1987
Graduate: University of Zurich, Ph.D., 1995
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center, 1996-2000
• Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute Room 4917A Unit/Box:40 1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
I study the development of fear and the changes in its underlying neural substrate during early life.
1. Bateson P, Hofer M, Oppenheim R, Wiedenmayer C: Developing a framework for development: A discussion. Developmental Psychobiology 2007;49: 77-86
2. Wiedenmayer CP, Bansal R, Anderson GM, Zhu H, Amat J, Whiteman R, Peterson BS: Cortisol levels and hippocampus volumes in healthy preadolescent children. Biological Psychiatry 2006;60: 856-861
3. Chen SWC, Schemyakin A, Wiedenmayer CP: The role of the amygdala and olfaction in unconditioned fear in developing rats. Journal of Neuroscience 2006;26: 233-240
4. Wiedenmayer CP, Magarinos AM, McEwen BS, Barr GA: Age-specific threats induce CRF expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and hippocampus of young rats. Hormones and Behavior 2005;47: 139-150
5. Wiedenmayer CP: Adaptations or pathologies? Long-term changes in brain and behavior after a single exposure to severe threat. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 2004;28: 1-12
