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Research Articles

  • Andari E, Duhamel JR, Zalla T, Herbrecht E, Leboyer M, Sirigu A. Promoting social behavior with oxytocin inhigh-functioning autism spectrum disorders.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. 2010 Mar 2;107(9):4389-94.
  • Andari E, Schneider F, Vindras P, Mottolese R, Sirigu A. Oxytocin's fingerprint in personality traits and regional brain volume.  Cerebral Cortex. 2014 Feb;24(2):479-86.
  • Andari E, Richard N, Leboyer M, Sirigu A. Adaptive coding of the value of social cues with Oxytocin, an fMRI study inautism spectrum disorder. Cortex. 2016 Jan 19; 76:79-88.
  • Burkett JP, Andari E, Johnson ZV, Curry DW, de Waal FB, Young LJ. Oxytocin-dependent consolation in rodents.Science. 2016 Jan 22;351(6271):375-8.
  • Morrier M, Ousley OY, Caceres-Gamundi GA, Segall MJ., Cubells J., Young L, and Andari E. Brief Report: Relationship between Severity Scores of ADOS-2, Module 4 and Social and Non-Social Standardized Assessment Measures in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2017, J. Autism Dev Disorder. 2017 Dec;47(12):4018-4024.
  • Li G, Liu P, Andari E, Zhang A, Zhang K. The role of amygdala in patients with Euthymic Bipolar Disorder during resting state’. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Sep 19; 9:445. 
  • Andari E, Nishitani S,  Kaundinya G, Caceres GA, Morrier MJ, Ousley O, Smith AK, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Epigenetic modification of the oxytocin receptor gene: implications for autism symptom severity and brain functional connectivity.Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 Jan 13. 
  • Imami A., O'Donovan S, Creeden J, Wu X, Eby H, McCullumsmith CB, Uvnäs-Moberg K, McCullumsmith RE, and Andari E. Oxytocin’s Anti-inflammatory and Pro-immune functions in COVID-19: A Transcriptomic Signature Based Approach. Physiological Genomics. August 2020. 
  • Andari E, Massa NM, Fargotstein MD, Taylor NB, Halverson DM, Owens AV, Currin DL, Bhattacharya A, Gitman D, Cuthbert BC, Young LJ, Duncan EJ. Effects of oxytocin on emotion recognition in schizophrenia, a randomized double-blind pilot study. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Accepted. 2021.
  • Rilling JK, Richey L, Andari E, Hamman S. The neural correlates of paternal consoling behavior and frustration in response to infant crying. Developmental Psychobiology. Accepted. 2021. 
  • Creeden JF, Imami AS, Eby HM, Gillman C, Becker KN, Reigle J, Andari E, Pan ZK, O’Donovan SM, McCullumsmith RE, McCullumsmith CB. Fluoxetine as an Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. Accepted. 2021

Reviews

  • Andari E, Schneider F, Vindras P, Mottolese R, Leboyer M, Sirigu A. Le rôle de l’ocytocine dans l’autisme. L'Encéphale 2012; 38 (4), S18.
  • Hennessey T, Andari E, Rainnie DJ. RDoC-based categorization of amygdala functions and its implications in autism. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2018 Jul; 90:115-129. 

Book Chapters

  • Andari E, Sirigu A. Autism and oxytocin. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2012. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.
  • Merhoum N, Mengarelli F, Mottolese R, Andari E, Sirigu A. Social Functioning in Autism. In: Leboyer M, Chaste P (Eds.), Autism Spectrum Disorders: Phenotypes, Mechanisms and Treatments. S. Karger, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Andari E, Hurlemann R and Young LJ. A precision Medicine Approach to Oxytocin Trials. Curr Top Behav Neurosci.2018; 35: 559-590. 
  • Borie A.M., Theofanopoulou C, and Andari E. The promiscuity of the oxytocin-vasopressin systems and their involvement in autism spectrum disorder. The Human Hypothalamus: Hypothalamus and Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2021. 

Comments

  • Andari, E. The need for a theoretical framework of social functioning to optimize targeted therapies in psychiatricdisorders. Biological Psychiatry. 2016 Feb 1;79(3) : e5-7.

Editorials

  • Andari E. Editorial: Oxytocin's routes in social behavior: into the 21st century. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.2015 Aug 25; 9: 224.

Online Articles

Hot topics

Andari E. and Rilling J. Genetic and epigenetic modulation of the oxytocin receptor and implications for autism. Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, Hot topics. Psychiatry meets big data. September 2020. 

Preprints

Creeden J., et al., Andari E, et al. Fluoxetine as an Anti-inflammatory therapy in SARS-CoV-2 infection. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3736012

Paper under revision

  • Li et al., Low-frequency fluctuations in the anterior cingulate cortex and insula differentiate major depression disorder patients with and without anxiety. Under review.
  • Todorovic K., O’Leary B, Ward KP, Devarasetty PP, Lee SJ, Knox M, Andari E. Prevalence, increase and predictors of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence during COVID-19 pandemic. 

Papers under preparation, to be submitted

  • Andari E, Burkett JP, Pearcy R, Inoue K, Ressler K, Dias B and Young LJ. The role of insula and oxytocin in social transmission of fear in mice. In preparation. 
  • Andari E, Kaundinya G, Caceres G, Ousley O, Morrier M, Rilling J, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Target Engagement for Intranasal Oxytocin on brain function in Autism Spectrum Disorder. In preparation. 

Abstracts

  • Andari E, et al. Socio-emotional deficits in high-functioning autism. Poster presentation. EPFL-LATSIS Symposium “Understanding VIOLENCE: Recent advances on biology, sociology, and modeling.” Lausanne, Switzerland. Feb 2009.
  • Andari E. Promoting Social Behavior with Oxytocin in High Functioning Autism. Poster presentation. Frontiers in Neuroscience Conference Abstract. 3rd Mediterranean Conference of Neuroscience, Alexandria, Egypt. Dec 2009.
  • Andari E, et al. Oxytocin’s fingerprints in brain volume. Poster presentation. Society for Social Neuroscience Pre-meeting (SFN pre-meeting). San Diego, CA. Oct 2011.
  • Andari E, et al. Oxytocin’s signature in social deficits of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation. International Meeting for Autism Research. Toronto, Canada. May 2012.
  • Burkett JP, Andari E, Johnson ZV, Curry DW, de Waal FBM, Young LJ. Consolation behavior in prairie voles: biological mechanisms and relevance for Autism. Poster presentation, Society for Social Neuroscience Pre-meeting (SFN pre-meeting), Chicago, IL. Nov 2015.
  • Andari E, Fargotstein M, Halverson D, Currin D, Bhattacharya A, Gitman D, Cuthbert B, Young LJ, Duncan E. Effects of Oxytocin on Social and Emotional Responsiveness in Patients with Deficit Syndrome Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study. Poster presentation. Society for Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. May 2016.
  • Morrier MJ, Ousley O, Segall MJ, Andari E, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Correlations between ADOS-2: Module 4 Comparison Severity Scores and standardized assessment measures: a preliminary examination in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation. International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), Baltimore, Maryland. May 2016.
  • Andari E, Burkett JP, Pearcy RC, Inoue K, Dias BG, Ressler KJ, Young LJ. The dissociation between social fear learning and non-social fear learning in oxytocin receptor knockout mice.  Poster presentation. Atlanta Autism Consortium Autism Research Symposium, Fall 2015.
  • Burkett JP, Andari E, Johnson Z, Curry DW, Young LJ. Consoling behavior in the prairie vole: Biological mechanisms and relevance to Autism. Poster presentation. Atlanta Autism Consortium Autism Research Symposium, Fall 2015.
  • Burkett JP, Andari E, Johnson Z, Curry DW, Young LJ. Consoling behavior in the prairie vole: Biological mechanisms and relevance to Autism. Poster presentation. Atlanta Autism Consortium Autism Research Symposium, September 2016.
  • Andari E, Burkett JP, Pearcy RC, Inoue K, Dias BG, Ressler KJ, Young LJ. The role of oxytocin and anterior insula activity in prosocial responses in mice. Poster presentation. S4SN Annual Meeting, Nov 2016.
  • Burkett JP, King L, Andari E, Young LJ. Consolation behavior in prairie vole is predicted by oxytocin receptor density in anterior cingulate cortex. Poster presentation. S4SN Annual Meeting, Nov 2016.
  • Burkett, JP, King L, Andari E, Young LJ. Consolation behavior in prairie vole is predicted by oxytocin receptor density in anterior cingulate cortex. Oral presentation. SfN Annual Meeting, Nov 2016.
  • Caceres G, Kaundinya G, Nishtani G, Smith AK, Cubells JF, Young LJ, Andari E. The role of oxytocin and epigenetics in behavior and brain activity in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder, an fMRI study. Poster presentation, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Symposium for undergraduate in Neuroscience at Emory, April 23rd 2018. 
  • Andari E, Kaundinya G, Caceres G, Ousley O, Morrier M, Rilling J, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Targeted action of intranasal oxytocin on brain functional connectivity in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation, 57th annual meeting of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. December 9-13, 2018 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood in Florida- USA. 
  • Andari E, Kaundinya G, Caceres G, Ousley O, Morrier M, Rilling J, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Target Engagement for Intranasal Oxytocin on brain function in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation at Society for Social Neuroscience 2018 Annual meeting. November 2, 2018 in San Diego. 
  • Andari E, Kaundinya G, Caceres G, Ousley O, Morrier M, Rilling J, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Target Engagement for Intranasal Oxytocin on brain function in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation at Yerkes Research Symposium. November 29, 2018, Emory University in Atlanta, GA, USA. 
  • Andari E, Kaundinya G, Caceres G, Ousley O, Morrier M, Rilling J, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Targeted Action of Intranasal Oxytocin on Brain Functional Connectivity in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster Travel Award. 57th Annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Hollywood, FL. 
  • Andari E, Kaundinya G, Caceres G, Ousley O, Morrier M, Rilling J, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Target Targeted action of intranasal oxytocin on brain functional connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Presentation at Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, May 2019.
  • Andari E, Nishitani S,  Kaundinya G, Caceres GA, Morrier MJ, Ousley O, Smith AK, Cubells JF, Young LJ. Epigenetic Modifications of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene and Autism Spectrum Disorders. ACNP 58th Annual meeting Poster session, December 2019. 
  • Andari, E., Cotton, A., Kaplinsky, N., Todorovic, K., Cubells, J., Rillings, J., & Young, L. (2020, July). Oxytocin effects on implicit social biases in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the annual University of Toledo Medical Student Research Program, Toledo, OH, United States.
  • Andari, E., Einloth, K.R., Nishitani, S., Kaundinva, G., Todorovic, K., Smith, A., Cubells, J., & Young, L. (2020, July). Epigenetics and brain correlates of prosociality in autism. Poster presented at the annual University of Toledo Medical Student Research Program, Toledo, OH, United States.
  • Devarasetty, P., Todorovic, K., Ward, K. P., Lee, S. J., Knox, M., & Andari, E. (2020, October). Evidence for a surge in child maltreatment and intimate partner violence during COVID-19. Annual meeting of the Academy on Violence and Abuse Global Health Summit, Dallas, TX, United States. 
  • Andari, E., Cotton, A., Kaplinsky, N., Todorovic K., Cubells, J., Rilling, J., Young, L. (2020, December). Dose-dependent effect of oxytocin on ACC and amygdala in patients with autism spectrum disorders. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, virtual meeting.
  • Andari, E., Cotton, A., Kaplinsky, N., Todorovic K., Cubells, J., Rilling, J., Young, L. (2021, April). Oxytocin Dose-Dependent Effects on Brain Function During a Socially Dynamic Game in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster for Society of Biological Psychiatry, virtual meeting. 

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Last Updated: 6/27/22