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EMAIL cmw84@cam.ac.uk
Department
  • Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
    • School
  • Biological Sciences
    • Institute
  • Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute
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    Research Theme Neurons, Circuits and Networks

    Other Interdiciplinary Incentives

  • Neuroscience
  • SBS Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour theme

    • Research Focus

    Keywords

  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Behavioural Neuroscience

    • Clinical Conditions

  • Anxiety disorders
  • Depressive disorders

    • Equipment & Techniques

  • Behavioural analysis
  • Immunohistochemistry

    • Science Culture

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  • Open Access
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    Dr Christian Wood

    (he/him/his)
    University Position
    Research Associate

    Interests

    My work focuses on understanding the circuits within the prefrontal cortex that control cognitive and emotional functions, with a view to establishing the dysfunctional pathways that produce symptoms in psychiatric disorders.

    Key Publications

    Chemogenetics identifies separate area 25 brain circuits involved in anhedonia and anxiety in marmosets.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.ade1779
    Journal: Sci Transl Med
    E-pub date: 5 Apr 2023
    Authors: CM Wood, L Alexander, J Alsiö, AM Santangelo, L McIver, GJ Cockcroft, AC Roberts

    The ventromedial prefrontal cortex and emotion regulation: lost in translation?

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1113/JP282627
    Journal: J Physiol
    E-pub date: 1 Jan 2023
    Authors: L Alexander, CM Wood, AC Roberts

    Over-activation of primate subgenual cingulate cortex enhances the cardiovascular, behavioral and neural responses to threat.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19167-0
    Journal: Nat Commun
    E-pub date: 26 Oct 2020
    Authors: L Alexander, CM Wood, PLR Gaskin, SJ Sawiak, TD Fryer, YT Hong, L McIver, HF Clarke, AC Roberts

    Publications

    Subcallosal area 25: Its responsivity to the stress hormone cortisol and its opposing effects on appetitive motivation in marmosets

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100637
    Journal: Neurobiol Stress
    E-pub date: 1 Jul 2024
    Authors: R Banai Tizkar, L McIver, CM Wood, AC Roberts

    Rapid-acting antidepressant drugs modulate affective bias in rats.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi2403
    Journal: Sci Transl Med
    E-pub date: 10 Jan 2024
    Authors: JK Hinchcliffe, SA Stuart, CM Wood, J Bartlett, K Kamenish, R Arban, CW Thomas, A Selimbeyoglu, S Hurley, B Hengerer, G Gilmour, ESJ Robinson

    The Neonatal Gyrencephalic Cortex Maintains Regionally Distinct Streams of Neuroblasts

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.06.543768
    Journal:
    E-pub date: 7 Jun 2023
    Authors: J Kim, K Sandoval, A Poddar, J Chu, E Horton, D Cui, K Nakamura, T Bartels, C Wood, DH Rowitch, H Kim, CC Sherwood, BW Kramer, AC Roberts, PJ Ross, D Xu, NJ Robertson, P Ji, EA Maga, MF Paredes

    Differential Effects of the Inactivation of Anterior and Posterior Orbitofrontal Cortex on Affective Responses to Proximal and Distal Threat, and Reward Anticipation in the Common Marmoset.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab240
    Journal: Cereb Cortex
    E-pub date: 30 Mar 2022
    Authors: ZM Stawicka, R Massoudi, L Oikonomidis, L McIver, K Mulvihill, SKL Quah, GJ Cockcroft, HF Clarke, NK Horst, CM Wood, AC Roberts

    Differential Contribution of Anterior and Posterior Midcingulate Subregions to Distal and Proximal Threat Reactivity in Marmosets.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab121
    Journal: Cereb Cortex
    E-pub date: 26 Aug 2021
    Authors: SS Rahman, K Mulvihill, CM Wood, SKL Quah, NK Horst, HF Clarke, GJ Cockcroft, AM Santangelo, AC Roberts

    Quantifying anhedonia-like symptoms in marmosets using appetitive Pavlovian conditioning.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100454
    Journal: STAR Protoc
    E-pub date: 18 Jun 2021
    Authors: L Alexander, R Banai-Tizkar, CM Wood, AC Roberts

    Ventromedial prefrontal area 14 provides opposing regulation of threat and reward-elicited responses in the common marmoset.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009657117
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
    E-pub date: 6 Oct 2020
    Authors: ZM Stawicka, R Massoudi, NK Horst, K Koda, PLR Gaskin, L Alexander, AM Santangelo, L McIver, GJ Cockcroft, CM Wood, AC Roberts

    Investigating the role of mGluR2 versus mGluR3 in antipsychotic-like effects, sleep-wake architecture and network oscillatory activity using novel Han Wistar rats lacking mGluR2 expression.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.07.013
    Journal: Neuropharmacology
    E-pub date: 15 Sep 2018
    Authors: CM Wood, KA Wafford, AP McCarthy, N Hewes, E Shanks, D Lodge, ESJ Robinson

    Using the affective bias test to predict drug-induced negative affect: implications for drug safety.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/bph.13972
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol
    E-pub date: 1 Oct 2017
    Authors: SA Stuart, CM Wood, ESJ Robinson

    Prevalence and influence of cys407* Grm2 mutation in Hannover-derived Wistar rats: mGlu2 receptor loss links to alcohol intake, risk taking and emotional behaviour.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.03.020
    Journal: Neuropharmacology
    E-pub date: 15 Mar 2017
    Authors: CM Wood, CS Nicolas, S-L Choi, E Roman, I Nylander, A Fernandez-Teruel, K Kiianmaa, P Bienkowski, TR de Jong, G Colombo, D Chastagnier, KA Wafford, GL Collingridge, SJ Wildt, BL Conway-Campbell, ESJ Robinson, D Lodge

    Investigating the roles of different monoamine transmitters and impulse control using the 5-choice serial reaction time task.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0269881112466182
    Journal: J Psychopharmacol
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2013
    Authors: CS Humpston, CM Wood, ESJ Robinson