Martha G. Welch

Secretin activates visceral brain regions in the rat including areas abnormal in autism.

Brain effects of chronic IBD in areas abnormal in autism and treatment by single neuropeptides secretin and oxytocin.

Predicted role of secretin and oxytocin in the treatment of behavioral and developmental disorders: implications for autism.

Expression and developmental regulation of oxytocin (OT) and oxytocin receptors (OTR) in the enteric nervous system (ENS) and intestinal epithelium.

Combined administration of secretin and oxytocin inhibits chronic colitis and associated activation of forebrain neurons.

PI3K/Akt responses to oxytocin stimulation in Caco2BB gut cells.

Family nurture intervention (FNI): methods and treatment protocol of a randomized controlled trial in the NICU.

Oxytocin modulates mTORC1 pathway in the gut.

Randomized controlled trial of Family Nurture Intervention in the NICU: assessments of length of stay, feasibility and safety.

Electroencephalographic activity of preterm infants is increased by Family Nurture Intervention: a randomized controlled trial in the NICU.

Oxytocin modulates markers of the unfolded protein response in Caco2BB gut cells.

Oxytocin regulates gastrointestinal motility, inflammation, macromolecular permeability, and mucosal maintenance in mice.

Effects of maternal deprivation and the duration of reunion time on rat pup ultrasonic vocalization responses to isolation: possible implications for human infant studies.

Depression and anxiety symptoms of mothers of preterm infants are decreased at 4 months corrected age with Family Nurture Intervention in the NICU.

Family nurture intervention improves the quality of maternal caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit: evidence from a randomized controlled trial.

Family Nurture Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit improves social-relatedness, attention, and neurodevelopment of preterm infants at 18 months in a randomized controlled trial.

Variations in maternal behavior in rats selected for infant ultrasonic vocalization in isolation.

Oxytocin opposes effects of bacterial endotoxin on ER-stress signaling in Caco2BB gut cells.

Advances in family-based interventions in the neonatal ICU.

Prairie vole pups show potentiated isolation-induced vocalizations following isolation from their mother, but not their father.

Nurture in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Calming cycle theory: the role of visceral/autonomic learning in early mother and infant/child behaviour and development.

Colostrum oxytocin modulates cellular stress response, inflammation, and autophagy markers in newborn rat gut villi.

Dopamine neuron dependent behaviors mediated by glutamate cotransmission.

Enteric serotonin and oxytocin: endogenous regulation of severity in a murine model of necrotizing enterocolitis.

Family nurture intervention in preterm infants increases early development of cortical activity and independence of regional power trajectories.

Increased trophoblast inclusions in placentas from prematurely born infants: A potential marker of risk for preterm neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Calming Cycle Theory and the Co-Regulation of Oxytocin.

The Welch Emotional Connection Screen: validation of a brief mother-infant relational health screen.

Family nurture intervention for preterm infants facilitates positive mother-infant face-to-face engagement at 4 months.

Integrated information in the EEG of preterm infants increases with family nurture intervention, age, and conscious state.