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Welcome to the Blackford Lab!
Our research focus is to better understand the genetic and neural substrates of individual differences in emotional reactivity and regulation. We study a group at high-risk for developing anxiety and depression, individuals with an inhibited temperament, as a model for understanding heightened emotional reactivity and deficits in emotion regulation. We use a combination of genetics, imaging, and behavioral methods in order to study inhibited temperament across multiple levels from genetics to brain to behavioral features. Our long term goals are to characterize the neurocircuitry associated with risk for anxiety and depression and use these discoveries to develop new prevention and intervention strategies for high-risk children and develop new treatments for anxiety and depression.
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