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Ellenbogen, M. A., Cardoso, C., Serravalle, L., Vadaga, K., & Joober, R.  (2023) . Adjunct intranasal oxytocin augments the efficacy of psychotherapy for major depressive disorder. Manuscript under review at Psychological Medicine (revise and resubmit).

Gumuchian, S. T., Boyle, A., Hazel, L., Ellenbogen, M. A. (2023). Fear of depression recurrence among individuals with remitted depression: A qualitative interview study. Manuscript submitted to BMC Psychiatry (revise and resubmit).

Yong Ping, E., Herriot, H., Iacono, V., Ellenbogen, M. A. (2023).  Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder and the impact of the family environment: a pilot study of the Reducing Unwanted Stress in the Home (RUSH) prevention program. Manuscript under review at Psychoneuroendocrinology (revise and resubmit).

Resendes, T., Serravalle, L., Iacono, V. & Ellenbogen, M. A (2023). Reduced parenting stress following a prevention program decreases internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 11: 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-022-00284-2

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Boyle, A. P., Johnson, A., & Ellenbogen, M. A (2022). Intranasal oxytocin alters attention to emotional facial expressions, particularly for males and those with depressive symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 142, Online 105796 .doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105796. (Selected as an Editor’s Choice Article)

Serravalle, L., Iacono, V., Wilson, A. L., Orlando, M. A., Tsekova, V. & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2021). Improved parent-child interactions predict reduced internalizing symptoms among the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder undergoing a prevention program: A proof-of-concept study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (formerly, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology), 49: 817-830. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00743-3.

Wong, S. F., Vaillancourt, S., Grossman, S., Kelly-Turner, K., Blackwell, S. E., Ellenbogen, M. A. (2021). Intranasal oxytocin increases state anhedonia following imagery training of positive social outcomes in individuals lower in extraversion, trust-altruism, and openness to experience. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 165: 8-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.013

Wong, S. F., Cardoso, C., Orlando, M. A., Brown, C. A., & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2021). Depressive symptoms and social context modulate oxytocin’s effect on negative memory recall. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16: 1234-1243 .doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab072
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Serravalle, L, Tsekova, V. & Ellenbogen, M.A. (2020). Predicting interpersonal outcomes from information processing tasks using personally-relevant and generic stimuli: A methodology study. Frontiers of Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.543596

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Serravalle, L., Iacono, V., Hodgins, S., & Ellenbogen, M.A. (2020) A comprehensive assessment of personality traits and psychosocial functioning in parents with bipolar disorder and their intimate partners. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 8: 8 doi: 10.1186/s40345-019-0172-x

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Wong, S. F., Trespalacios, F., & Ellenbogen, M.A. (2020). Inhibition of personally-relevant sad faces predicts six-month cortisol awakening response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 150: 73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.02.005

Ellenbogen, M.A., Tsekova, V, & Serravalle, L. (2019).  Hormones and major depressive disorders. In L. Welling and T. Shackelford, The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

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Ellenbogen, M. A. (2018). Oxytocin and facial emotion recognition. In R. Hurlemann and V. Grinevich, Behavioral Pharmacology of Neuropeptides: Oxytocin (Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, volume 35). Berlin: Springer. doi: 10.1007/7854_2017_20
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Iacono, V., Beaulieu, L., Hodgins, S. & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2018). Parenting practices in middle childhood mediate the relation between growing up with a parent having bipolar disorder and offspring psychopathology from childhood into early adulthood. Development and Psychopathology, 30: 635-649. doi:10.1017/S095457941700116X

Brown, C. A., Cardoso, C., & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2016). A meta-analytic review of the correlation between peripheral oxytocin and cortisol levels. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 43: 19-27. doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2016.11.001

Cardoso, C., Valkanas, H., Serravalle, L., & Ellenbogen, M.A. (2016). Oxytocin and social context moderate social support seeking in women during negative memory recall. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 70: 63-69. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.001

Cardoso, C., Kalogeropoulos, C., Brown, C. A., Orlando, M. A., & Ellenbogen, M.A. (2016). Memory response to oxytocin predicts relationship dissolution over 18 months. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 68: 171-176. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.005

Nijjar, R., Ellenbogen, M.A., & Hodgins, S. (2016). Sexual risk behaviours in the adolescent offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: Prospective associations with parents’ personality and externalizing behaviour in childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44: 1349-1357. doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0112-x

Iacono, V., Ellenbogen, M.A., Wilson, A.L., Desormeau, P., Nijjar, R.. (2015). Inhibition of personally-relevant angry faces moderates the effect of empathy on interpersonal functioning. PLoS One, 10: e0112990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112990

Ellenbogen, M.A., Linnen, A-M., Grumet, R., Cardoso, C., & Joober, R. (2014). Intranasal oxytocin attenuates the human acoustic startle response independent of emotional modulation. Psychophysiology, 51: 1169-1177. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12263

Cardoso, C., Kingdon, D. & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2014). A meta-analytic review of the impact of intranasal oxytocin administration on cortisol concentrations during laboratory tasks: Moderation by method and mental health. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 49: 161-170. 40Tdoi:40T 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.07.014

Nijjar, R. & Ellenbogen, M.A., & Hodgins, S. (2014). Personality, coping, risky behavior, and mental disorders in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: A comprehensive psychosocial assessment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 166: 315-323. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.04.047

Cardoso, C., Orlando, M. A., Brown, C.A., & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2014). Oxytocin and enhancement of the positive valence of social affiliation memories: An autobiographical memory study. Social Neuroscience, 9: 186-195. 40Tdoi:40T 10.1080/17470919.2013.873079

Cardoso, C., Ellenbogen, M.A., & Linnen, A-M (2014). The effect of intranasal oxytocin on perceiving and understanding emotion on the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). Emotion, 14: 43-50. 40Tdoi: 10.1037/a0034314

Pilgrim, K., Ellenbogen, M.A., & Paquin, K (2014). The impact of attentional training on the salivary cortisol and alpha amylase response to psychosocial stress: Importance of attentional control. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 44: 88-99. 40Tdoi:40T 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.024

Cardoso, C., Ellenbogen, M. A., Serravalle, L., & Linnen, A-M (2013). Stress-induced negative mood moderates the relation between oxytocin administration and trust: Evidence for the tend-and-befriend response to stress? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38: 2800-2804. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.05.006.

Olff, M., Frijling, J.L., Kubzansky, L.D., Bradley, B., Ellenbogen, M.A., Cardoso, C., Bartz, J.A., Yee, J.R., van Zuiden, M. (2013). The role of oxytocin in social bonding, stress regulation and mental health: An update on the moderating effects of context and interindividual differences. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38: 1883-1894. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.019

Ellenbogen, M.A., Linnen, A.-M., Santo, J., aan het Rot, M., Hodgins, S, & Young, S.N.  (2013). Salivary cortisol and interpersonal functioning: An event-contingent recording study in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38: 997-1006. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.10.005

Ellenbogen, M.A., Linnen, A-M., Cardoso, C., & Joober, R. (2013). Intranasal oxytocin impedes the inhibition of sad faces in university students with depressive symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology , 38: 387-398. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.06.016

Cardoso, C., Ellenbogen, M. A., Orlando, M. A., Bacon, S. L. & Joober, R. (2013). Intranasal oxytocin attenuates the cortisol response to physical stress: A dose-response study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38: 399-407. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.07.013

Ormel, J., Riese, H., Bos, E.H., Rosmalen, J.G.M., Ellenbogen, M. A., Servaas, M., Bastiaansen, J., & Aleman, A. (2013). The basis of neuroticism: Current status and future directions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 37: 59-72. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.09.004

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