Jennifer C. Naylor | Scholars@Duke

Jennifer C. Naylor
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2018

Contact Information

jennifer.naylor@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Miami University, Ohio 2002
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2016 - 2018
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2016
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2010 - 2013
Research
Selected Grants
- IPA - Emily Telford-Marx awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2017 - 2019
- IPA - Jennifer Naylor awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2012 - 2013
- IPA Extension- Jennifer Naylor awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2011
- IPA - Jennifer Naylor awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2009 - 2010
- IPA - Jennifer Naylor awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2006 - 2008
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Conference Papers
  - Marx, CE, Keefe, RS, Leimone, LA, Hamer, RM, Bradford, DW, Dunn, L, Payne, VM, Naylor, JC, Savitz, AJ, Strauss, JL, Lieberman, JA, and Shampine, LJ. "Proof-of-concept trial with the neurosterold pregnenolone targeting neurocognitive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia." April 15, 2007. Link to Item
  - Naylor, JC, Payne, VM, Hulette, CM, Shampine, LJ, Stevens, RD, Ervin, JF, Massing, MW, Lieberman, JA, Blazer, DG, Steffens, DC, and Marx, CE. "Cerebrospinal fluid DHEA levels are elevated in Alzheimer's disease, related to neuropathological disease stage, and correlated with brain DHEA levels." April 15, 2007. Link to Item
  - Payne, VM, Morey, RA, Hamer, RM, Tupler, LA, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, Shampine, LJ, Naylor, JC, Strauss, JL, Calnaido, RP, Massing, MW, Connor, KM, Davidson, JRT, and Marx, CE. "Neuroactive steroids are related to psychiatric symptoms in veterans returning from iraq and Afghanistan." April 15, 2007. Link to Item
  - Bradford, DW, Shampine, LJ, Harris, VP, Naylor, JC, Massing, MW, Lieberman, JA, Morrow, AL, and Marx, CE. "Pregnenolone reductions in parietal cortex are associated with suicide in patients with schizophrenia." March 2007. Link to Item
  - Bradford, DW, Shampine, LJ, Harris, VP, Naylor, JC, Massing, MW, Lieberman, JA, Morrow, AL, and Marx, CE. "Pregnenolone alterations in parietat cortex are associated with death by suicide in patients with schizophrenia." December 2006. Link to Item
  - Naylor, JC, Kang-Park, MH, Wilson, WA, and Moore, SD. "A comparison of the effects of ethanol and CRF in the medial and lateral divisions of the central amygdala." May 2004. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Blakey, SM, Wagner, HR, Naylor, J, Brancu, M, Lane, I, Sallee, M, Kimbrel, NA, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , and Elbogen, EB. "Chronic Pain, TBI, and PTSD in Military Veterans: A Link to Suicidal Ideation and Violent Impulses?." The Journal of Pain : Official Journal of the American Pain Society 19, no. 7 (July 2018): 797-806. Full Text
  - Swanson, J, Easter, M, Brancu, M, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , and Fairbank, JA. "Informing Federal Policy on Firearm Restrictions for Veterans with Fiduciaries: Risk Indicators in the Post-Deployment Mental Health Study." Administration and Policy in Mental Health (May 24, 2018). Full Text
  - Martindale, SL, Epstein, EL, Taber, KH, Rowland, JA, Brancu, M, Beckham, JC, Calhoun, PS, Dedert, E, Elbogen, EB, Fairbank, JA, Green, KT, Hurley, RA, Kilts, JD, Kimbrel, N, Kirby, A, Marx, CE, McCarthy, G, McDonald, SD, Miller-Mumford, M, Moore, SD, Morey, RA, Naylor, JC, Pickett, TC, Runnals, JJ, Swinkels, C, Szabo, ST, Tupler, LA, Van Voorhees, EE, Wagner, HR, Weiner, RD, and Yoash-Gantz, RE. "Behavioral and Health Outcomes Associated With Deployment and Nondeployment Acquisition of Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (May 2018). Full Text
  - Sun, D, Davis, SL, Haswell, CC, Swanson, CA, Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , LaBar, KS, Fairbank, JA, and Morey, RA. "Brain Structural Covariance Network Topology in Remitted Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." Frontiers in psychiatry 9 (January 2018): 90-. Full Text
  - Martindale, SL, Farrell-Carnahan, LV, Ulmer, CS, Kimbrel, NA, McDonald, SD, Rowland, JA, and VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Registry Workgroup, . "Sleep quality in returning veterans: The influence of mild traumatic brain injury." Rehabilitation Psychology 62, no. 4 (November 2017): 563-570. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Ryan Wagner, H, Brancu, M, Shepherd-Banigan, M, Elbogen, E, Kelley, M, Fecteau, T, Goldstein, K, Kimbrel, NA, Marx, CE, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group, , VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Work Group, , and Strauss, JL. "Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning." Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 18, no. 9 (September 2017): 1658-1667. Full Text
  - Rasmusson, AM, Marx, CE, Jain, S, Farfel, GM, Tsai, J, Sun, X, Geracioti, TD, Hamner, MB, Lohr, J, Rosse, R, Summerall, L, Naylor, JC, Cusin, C, Lang, AJ, Raman, R, and Stein, MB. "A randomized controlled trial of ganaxolone in posttraumatic stress disorder." Psychopharmacology 234, no. 15 (August 2017): 2245-2257. Full Text
  - Elbogen, EB, Wagner, HR, Kimbrel, NA, Brancu, M, Naylor, J, Graziano, R, Crawford, E, and VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . "Risk Factors for Concurrent Suicidal Ideation and Violent Impulses in Military Veterans." Psychological assessment (June 19, 2017). Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Newins, AR, Dedert, EA, Van Voorhees, EE, Elbogen, EB, Naylor, JC, Ryan Wagner, H, Brancu, M, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , Beckham, JC, and Calhoun, PS. "Cannabis use disorder and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans." Journal of psychiatric research 89 (June 2017): 1-5. Full Text
  - Servatius, RJ, Marx, CE, Sinha, S, Avcu, P, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, and Pang, KCH. "Brain and Serum Androsterone Is Elevated in Response to Stress in Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury." FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE 10 (August 26, 2016). Full Text Link to Item
  - Schry, AR, Beckham, JC, The Va Mid-Atlantic Mirecc Workgroup, , and Calhoun, PS. "Sexual revictimization among Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans." Psychiatry Research 240 (June 2016): 406-411. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Strauss, JL, Szabo, ST, Dunn, CE, Wagner, HR, Hamer, RM, Shampine, LJ, Zanga, JR, Marx, CE, Department of Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and and Clinical Center Workgroup, . "An exploratory pilot investigation of neurosteroids and self-reported pain in female Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans." Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 53, no. 4 (January 2016): 499-510. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Szabo, ST, Dunn, CE, Keefe, FJ, Tupler, LA, Shampine, LJ, Morey, RA, Strauss, JL, Hamer, RM, Wagner, HR, MIRECC Workgroup, , and Marx, CE. "Allopregnanolone Levels Are Inversely Associated with Self-Reported Pain Symptoms in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Implications for Biomarkers and Therapeutics." Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 17, no. 1 (January 2016): 25-32. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Servatius, RJ, Marx, CE, Sinha, S, Avcu, P, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, and Pang, KCH. "Brain and Serum Androsterone Is Elevated in Response to Stress in Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury." Frontiers in neuroscience 10 (January 2016): 379-. Full Text
  - Morey, RA, Dunsmoor, JE, Haswell, CC, Brown, VM, Vora, A, Weiner, J, Stjepanovic, D, Wagner, HR, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , and LaBar, KS. "Fear learning circuitry is biased toward generalization of fear associations in posttraumatic stress disorder." Translational Psychiatry 5 (December 15, 2015): e700-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Schry, AR, Hibberd, R, Wagner, HR, Turchik, JA, Kimbrel, NA, Wong, M, Elbogen, EE, Strauss, JL, Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center Workgroup, , and Brancu, M. "Functional correlates of military sexual assault in male veterans." Psychol Serv 12, no. 4 (November 2015): 384-393. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kimbrel, NA, Garrett, ME, Dennis, MF, Liu, Y, Patanam, I, Workgroup, VM-AM, Ashley-Koch, AE, Hauser, MA, and Beckham, JC. "Effect of genetic variation in the nicotinic receptor genes on risk for posttraumatic stress disorder." Psychiatry research 229, no. 1-2 (September 2015): 326-331. Full Text
  - Kelley, ML, Brancu, M, Robbins, AT, D'Lima, GM, Strauss, JL, Curry, JF, Fairbank, JA, Runnals, J, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Workgroup, and VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . "Drug use and childhood-, military- and post-military trauma exposure among women and men veterans." Drug and alcohol dependence 152 (July 2015): 201-208. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Bradford, DW, Strauss, JL, Capehart, BP, Szabo, ST, Smith, KD, Dunn, CE, Conner, KM, Davidson, JRT, Wagner, HR, Hamer, RM, and Marx, CE. "A pilot randomized placebo-controlled trial of adjunctive aripiprazole for chronic PTSD in US military Veterans resistant to antidepressant treatment." International clinical psychopharmacology 30, no. 3 (May 2015): 167-174. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Bradford, DW, Strauss, JL, Capehart, BP, Szabo, ST, Smith, KD, Dunn, CE, Conner, KM, Davidson, JRT, Wagner, HR, Hamer, RM, and Marx, CE. "A pilot randomized placebo-controlled trial of adjunctive aripiprazole for chronic PTSD in US military Veterans resistant to antidepressant treatment." International Clinical Psychopharmacology 30, no. 3 (April 14, 2015): 167-174. Full Text
  - Youssef, NA, Bradford, DW, Kilts, JD, Szabo, ST, Naylor, JC, Allen, TB, Strauss, JL, Hamer, RM, Brancu, M, Shampine, LJ, and Marx, CE. "Exploratory investigation of biomarker candidates for suicide in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder." Crisis 36, no. 1 (January 2015): 46-54. Full Text
  - Guffanti, G, Ashley-Koch, AE, Roberts, AL, Garrett, ME, Solovieff, N, Ratanatharathorn, A, De Vivo, I, Dennis, M, Ranu, H, Smoller, JW, Liu, Y, Purcell, SM, Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center Workgroup, , Beckham, J, Hauser, MA, and Koenen, KC. "No association between RORA polymorphisms and PTSD in two independent samples." Molecular Psychiatry 19, no. 10 (October 2014): 1056-1057. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Borckardt, JJ, Marx, CE, Hamer, RM, Fredrich, S, Reeves, ST, and George, MS. "Cathodal and anodal left prefrontal tDCS and the perception of control over pain." The Clinical Journal of Pain 30, no. 8 (August 2014): 693-700. Full Text
  - Szabo, ST, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, Youssef, NA, Strauss, JL, Morey, RA, Brancu, M, Hamer, RM, Bradford, DW, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group, , and Marx, CE. "Amino acids as biomarker candidates for suicidality in male OEF/OIF Veterans: relevance to NMDA receptor modulation and nitric oxide signaling." Military medicine 179, no. 5 (May 2014): 486-491. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Borckardt, JJ, Marx, CE, Hamer, RM, Fredrich, S, Reeves, ST, and George, MS. "Cathodal and anodal left prefrontal tDCS and the perception of control over pain." Clinical Journal of Pain 30, no. 8 (2014): 693-700. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Dolber, TR, Strauss, JL, Kilts, JD, Strauman, TJ, Bradford, DW, Szabo, ST, Youssef, NA, Connor, KM, Davidson, JRT, and Marx, CE. "A pilot randomized controlled trial with paroxetine for subthreshold PTSD in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom era veterans." Psychiatry Res 206, no. 2-3 (April 30, 2013): 318-320. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Naylor, JC, Dolber, TR, Strauss, JL, Kilts, JD, Strauman, TJ, Bradford, DW, Szabo, ST, Youssef, NA, Connor, KM, Davidson, JRT, and Marx, CE. "A pilot randomized controlled trial with paroxetine for subthreshold PTSD in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom era veterans." Psychiatry research 206, no. 2-3 (January 1, 2013): 318-320.
  - Naylor, JC, Dolber, TR, Strauss, JL, Kilts, JD, Strauman, TJ, Bradford, DW, Szabo, ST, Youssef, NA, Connor, KM, Davidson, JRT, and Marx, CE. "A pilot randomized controlled trial with paroxetine for subthreshold PTSD in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom era veterans." Psychiatry research 206, no. 2-3 (2013): 318-320. Full Text
  - Youssef, NA, Marx, CE, Bradford, DW, Zinn, S, Hertzberg, MA, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, Butterfield, MI, and Strauss, JL. "An open-label pilot study of aripiprazole for male and female veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder who respond suboptimally to antidepressants." Int Clin Psychopharmacol 27, no. 4 (July 2012): 191-196. Full Text Link to Item
  - Marx, CE, Bradford, DW, Hamer, RM, Naylor, JC, Allen, TB, Lieberman, JA, Strauss, JL, and Kilts, JD. "Pregnenolone as a novel therapeutic candidate in schizophrenia: emerging preclinical and clinical evidence." Neuroscience 191 (September 15, 2011): 78-90. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Naylor, JC, Li, Q, Kang-Park, M-H, Wilson, WA, Kuhn, C, and Moore, SD. "Dopamine attenuates evoked inhibitory synaptic currents in central amygdala neurons." Eur J Neurosci 32, no. 11 (December 2010): 1836-1842. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kilts, JD, Tupler, LA, Keefe, FJ, Payne, VM, Hamer, RM, Naylor, JC, Calnaido, RP, Morey, RA, Strauss, JL, Parke, G, Massing, MW, Youssef, NA, Shampine, LJ, tVeterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center Workgroup, , and Marx, CE. "Neurosteroids and self-reported pain in veterans who served in the U.S. Military after September 11, 2001." Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.) 11, no. 10 (October 2010): 1469-1476. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Hulette, CM, Steffens, DC, Blazer, DG, Ervin, JF, Strauss, JL, Allen, TB, Massing, MW, Payne, VM, Youssef, NA, Shampine, LJ, and Marx, CE. "Allopregnanolone levels are reduced in temporal cortex in patients with Alzheimer's disease compared to cognitively intact control subjects." Biochim Biophys Acta 1801, no. 8 (August 2010): 951-959. Full Text Link to Item
  - Marx, CE, Keefe, RSE, Buchanan, RW, Hamer, RM, Kilts, JD, Bradford, DW, Strauss, JL, Naylor, JC, Payne, VM, Lieberman, JA, Savitz, AJ, Leimone, LA, Dunn, L, Porcu, P, Morrow, AL, and Shampine, LJ. "Proof-of-concept trial with the neurosteroid pregnenolone targeting cognitive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia." Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 34, no. 8 (July 2009): 1885-1903. Full Text
  - Marx, CE, Keefe, RS, Payne, VM, Kilts, JD, Strauss, JL, Naylor, JC, Hamer, RM, Buchanan, RW, Lieberman, JA, Shampine, LJ, and Massing, MW. "NEUROSTEROIDS AS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PTSD." SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN 35 (March 2009): 368-368. Link to Item
  - Payne, VM, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, Strauss, JL, Calhoun, PS, Madison, RD, and Marx, CE. "Allopregnanolone and pregnenolone alterations following pharmacological agents in rodents and clinic populations." (December 1, 2008): 369-383. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Hulette, CM, Steffens, DC, Shampine, LJ, Ervin, JF, Payne, VM, Massing, MW, Kilts, JD, Strauss, JL, Calhoun, PS, Calnaido, RP, Blazer, DG, Lieberman, JA, Madison, RD, and Marx, CE. "Cerebrospinal fluid dehydroepiandrosterone levels are correlated with brain dehydroepiandrosterone levels, elevated in Alzheimer's disease, and related to neuropathological disease stage." J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93, no. 8 (August 2008): 3173-3178. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mutter, SA, Naylor, JC, and Patterson, ER. "The effects of age and task context on Stroop task performance." Memory and Cognition 33, no. 3 (2005): 514-530.
  - Schneider, AM, Wilkins, E, Firestone, A, Everbach, EC, Naylor, JC, and Simson, PE. "Enhanced retention in the passive-avoidance task by 5-HT_1A receptor blockade is not associated with increased activity of the central nucleus of the amygdala." Learning and Memory 10, no. 5 (2003): 394-400. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Simson, PE, Gibson, B, Schneider, AM, Wilkins, E, Firestone, A, and Choy, M. "Ethanol inhibits spontaneous activity of central nucleus of the amygdala neurons but does not impair retention in the passive-avoidance task." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 25, no. 11 (2001): 1683-1688.
  - Simson, PE, Naylor, JC, Gibson, B, Schneider, AM, and Levin, D. "Dose-sensitive excitation and inhibition of spontaneous amygdala activity by propranolol." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 69, no. 1-2 (2001): 85-92. Full Text

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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Conference Papers

Journal Articles