Dr. Kerry J. Ressler MD,PHD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
954 Gatewood Rd Ne Yerkes Research Cent Atlanta GA, 30329Rating
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Dr. Kerry Ressler is a psychiatrist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Ressler is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Ressler diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Ressler may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Ressler treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Facilitation of conditioned fear extinction by systemic administration or intra-amygdala infusions of D-cycloserine as assessed with fear-potentiated startle in rats.
- Regulation of synaptic plasticity genes during consolidation of fear conditioning.
- Prepulse inhibition deficits in GAD65 knockout mice and the effect of antipsychotic treatment.
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tyrosine kinase receptor B involvement in amygdala-dependent fear conditioning.
- Olfactory receptor surface expression is driven by association with the beta2-adrenergic receptor.
- Differential regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor transcripts during the consolidation of fear learning.
- Enhancing cannabinoid neurotransmission augments the extinction of conditioned fear.
- Regulation of gephyrin and GABAA receptor binding within the amygdala after fear acquisition and extinction.
- Posttraumatic stress disorder among African Americans in an inner city mental health clinic.
- Olfactory-mediated fear conditioning in mice: simultaneous measurements of fear-potentiated startle and freezing.
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in amygdala-dependent learning.
- Emotional learning and glutamate: translational perspectives.
- Lesions of the habenula produce stress- and dopamine-dependent alterations in prepulse inhibition and locomotion.
- Pharmacological treatments that facilitate extinction of fear: relevance to psychotherapy.
- Pain medication use among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
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