- Overview
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Steroids are powerful molecules that regulate a wide variety of physiological processes. My research examines how steroids are synthesized and regulated in the body.
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Effects of aging on executive functioning and mesocorticolimbic dopamine markers in male Fischer 344 × brown Norway rats
Neurobiology of Aging
Ryan J. Tomm and Maric T. Tse and Daniel J. Tobiansky and Helen R. Schweitzer and Kiran K. Soma and Stan B. Floresco
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.08.020
12/2018Aggressive Behavior
Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences
Cecilia Jalabert and Kathleen M. Munley and Gregory E. Demas and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.64591-9
2018Testosterone and Corticosterone in the Mesocorticolimbic System of Male Rats: Effects of Gonadectomy and Caloric Restriction
Endocrinology
Daniel J Tobiansky and Anastasia M Korol and Chunqi Ma and Jordan E Hamden and Cecilia Jalabert and Ryan J Tomm and Kiran K Soma
DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00704
10/2017Differential activation of endocrine-immune networks by arthritis challenge: Insights from colony-specific responses
Scientific Reports
Tamara S. Bodnar and Matthew D. Taves and Katie M. Lavigne and Todd S. Woodward and Kiran K. Soma and Joanne Weinberg
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00652-4
04/2017Sex steroid profiles in zebra finches: Effects of reproductive state and domestication
General and Comparative Endocrinology
Nora H. Prior and Kang Nian Yap and Mark C. Mainwaring and Hans H. Adomat and Ondi L. Crino and Chunqi Ma and Emma S. Guns and Simon C. Griffith and Katherine L. Buchanan and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.02.018
04/2017Tyramide Signal Amplification Permits Immunohistochemical Analyses of Androgen Receptors in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex
Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
Katelyn L. Low and Chunqi Ma and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1369/0022155417694870
03/2017A maternal high-fat, high-sucrose diet has sex-specific effects on fetal glucocorticoids with little consequence for offspring metabolism and voluntary locomotor activity in mice
PLOS ONE
Eunice H. Chin and Kim L. Schmidt and Kaitlyn M. Martel and Chi Kin Wong and Jordan E. Hamden and William T. Gibson and Kiran K. Soma and Julian K. Christians
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174030
03/2017Local glucocorticoid production in lymphoid organs of mice and birds: Functions in lymphocyte development
Hormones and Behavior
Matthew D. Taves and Jordan E. Hamden and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.022
02/2017Rapid Effects of Estrogens on Avian Brain and Social Behavior
Hormones, Brain and Behavior
L. Remage-Healey and S.A. Heimovics and K.K. Soma and C.A. Cornil
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-803592-4.00032-8
2017Lymphoid organs of neonatal and adult mice preferentially produce active glucocorticoids from metabolites, not precursors
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Matthew D. Taves and Adam W. Plumb and Anastasia M. Korol and Jessica Grace Van Der Gugten and Daniel T. Holmes and Ninan Abraham and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.05.003
10/2016Context-dependent effects of testosterone treatment to males on pair maintenance behaviour in zebra finches
Animal Behaviour
Nora H. Prior and Kang Nian Yap and Tian Qi D. Liu and Clementine Vignal and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.01.023
04/2016Identification of Avian Corticosteroid-binding Globulin (SerpinA6) Reveals the Molecular Basis of Evolutionary Adaptations in SerpinA6 Structure and Function as a Steroid-binding Protein
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Ganna Vashchenko and Samir Das and Kyung-Mee Moon and Jason C. Rogalski and Matthew D. Taves and Kiran K. Soma and Filip Van Petegem and Leonard J. Foster and Geoffrey L. Hammond
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.714378
03/2016Rapid Effects of an Aggressive Interaction on Dehydroepiandrosterone, Testosterone and Oestradiol Levels in the Male Song Sparrow Brain: a Seasonal Comparison
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
S. A. Heimovics and N. H. Prior and C. Ma and K. K. Soma
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12345
02/2016Locally elevated cortisol in lymphoid organs of the developing zebra finch but not Japanese quail or chicken
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
Matthew D. Taves and Jennifer A. Losie and Titissa Rahim and Kim L. Schmidt and Benjamin A. Sandkam and Chunqi Ma and Frederick G. Silversides and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.09.004
01/2016Early-life antibiotic treatment enhances the pathogenicity of CD4 + T cells during intestinal inflammation
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Sebastian Scheer and Tiago S. Medina and Alex Murison and Matthew D. Taves and Frann Antignano and Alistair Chenery and Kiran K. Soma and Georgia Perona-Wright and Mathieu Lupien and Cheryl H. Arrowsmith and Daniel D. De Carvalho and Colby Zaph
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.3ma0716-334rr
2016Sex steroid profiles and pair-maintenance behavior of captive wild-caught zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Nora H. Prior and Kang Nian Yap and Hans H. Adomat and Mark C. Mainwaring and H. Bobby Fokidis and Emma S. Guns and Katherine L. Buchanan and Simon C. Griffith and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-1050-3
11/2015Neuroendocrine regulation of long-term pair maintenance in the monogamous zebra finch
Hormones and Behavior
Nora H. Prior and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.04.014
11/2015Neuronal Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) and Astrocytic Gonadotrophin Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH) Immunoreactivity in the Adult Rat Hippocampus
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
J. K. Ferris and M. T. Tse and D. K. Hamson and M. D. Taves and C. Ma and N. McGuire and L. Arckens and G. E. Bentley and L. A. M. Galea and S. B. Floresco and K. K. Soma
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12307
09/2015Transient and permanent effects of suboptimal incubation temperatures on growth, metabolic rate, immune function and adrenocortical responses in zebra finches
Journal of Experimental Biology
H. Wada and B. Kriengwatana and N. Allen and K. L. Schmidt and K. K. Soma and S. A. MacDougall-Shackleton
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.114108
07/2015A low carbohydrate, high protein diet suppresses intratumoral androgen synthesis and slows castration-resistant prostate tumor growth in mice
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
H. Bobby Fokidis and Mei Yieng Chin and Victor W. Ho and Hans H. Adomat and Kiran K. Soma and Ladan Fazli and Ka Mun Nip and Michael Cox and Gerald Krystal and Amina Zoubeidi and Emma S. Tomlinson Guns
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.03.006
06/2015Rapid Effects of Estradiol on Aggression in Birds and Mice: The Fast and the Furious: Fig. 1
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Sarah A. Heimovics and Brian C. Trainor and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icv048
05/2015Non-invasive administration of 17ß-estradiol rapidly increases aggressive behavior in non-breeding, but not breeding, male song sparrows
Hormones and Behavior
Sarah A. Heimovics and Jennifer K. Ferris and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.11.012
03/2015Steroid Profiling Reveals Widespread Local Regulation of Glucocorticoid Levels During Mouse Development
Endocrinology
Matthew D. Taves and Adam W. Plumb and Benjamin A. Sandkam and Chunqi Ma and Jessica Grace Van Der Gugten and Daniel T. Holmes and David A. Close and Ninan Abraham and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1606
02/2015Regulation of local steroidogenesis in the brain and in prostate cancer: Lessons learned from interdisciplinary collaboration
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
H. Bobby Fokidis and Hans H. Adomat and Geetanjali Kharmate and Elham Hosseini-Beheshti and Emma S. Guns and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.08.005
01/2015DHEA effects on brain and behavior: Insights from comparative studies of aggression
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kiran K. Soma and Nikki M. Rendon and Rudy Boonstra and H. Elliott Albers and Gregory E. Demas
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.05.011
01/2015Colony-Specific Differences in Endocrine and Immune Responses to an Inflammatory Challenge in Female Sprague Dawley Rats
Endocrinology
Tamara S. Bodnar and Lesley A. Hill and Matthew D. Taves and Wayne Yu and Kiran K. Soma and Geoffrey L. Hammond and Joanne Weinberg
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1497
2015Effects of nutritional stress during different developmental periods on song and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in zebra finches
Hormones and Behavior
B. Kriengwatana and H. Wada and K.L. Schmidt and M.D. Taves and K.K. Soma and S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.013
03/2014Acute and chronic effects of an aromatase inhibitor on pair-maintenance behavior of water-restricted zebra finch pairs
General and Comparative Endocrinology
Nora H. Prior and Kang Nian Yap and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.10.018
01/2014Developmental programming of the HPA and HPG axes by early-life stress in male and female song sparrows
General and Comparative Endocrinology
Kim L. Schmidt and Elizabeth A. MacDougall-Shackleton and Kiran K. Soma and Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.11.014
01/2014Effects of Corticosterone and DHEA on Doublecortin Immunoreactivity in the Song Control System and Hippocampus of Adult Song Sparrows
Developmental Neurobiology
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22132
2014Corticosterone and fitness: effects of incubation temperature
Integrative and Comparative Biology
2013Effects of water restriction on reproductive physiology and affiliative behavior in an opportunistically-breeding and monogamous songbird, the zebra finch
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.12.010
2013Fasting Increases Aggression and Differentially Modulates Local And Systemic Steroid Levels in Male Zebra Finches
Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1171
2013Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in the songbird hippocampus: Regional and sex differences in adult zebra finches
Peptides
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.05.007
2013Inhibition of Hippocampal Aromatization Impairs Spatial Memory Performance in a Male Songbird
Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1684
2013Sex Steroid Levels and AD-Like Pathology in 3xTgAD Mice
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02374.x
2013Stress in the wild: Chronic predator pressure and acute restraint affect plasma DHEA and corticosterone levels in a songbird
Stress-the International Journal on the Biology of Stress
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.723076
2013Year-round territorial aggression is independent of plasma DHEA in the European nuthatch Sitta europaea
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.10.002
2013Brain Aromatase and Territorial Aggression Across the Seasons in Male Song Sparrows
Brain Aromatase, Estrogens, and Behavior
Sarah A. Heimovics and H. Bobby Fokidis and Kiran K. Soma
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841196.003.0011
10/2012Regulation of 3ß-HSD activity in the songbird brain
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0808-9
08/2012Effects of Water Restriction on Zebra Finch Reproductive Physiology and Pair-maintenance Behavior
Integrative and Comparative Biology
2012Soft song during aggressive interactions: Seasonal changes and endocrine correlates in song sparrows
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.08.002
2012Sample preparation and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for multiple steroids in mammalian and avian circulation
PLoS ONE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032496
2012Rapid and widespread effects of 17ß-estradiol on intracellular signaling in the male songbird brain: a seasonal comparison
Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1525
2012Non-breeding feather concentrations of testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol are associated with subsequent survival in wild house sparrows
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2062
2012Aggressive interactions differentially modulate local and systemic levels of corticosterone and DHEA in a wild songbird
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.007
09/2011DHEA and Aggression
DOI: 10.1201/b11019-40
07/2011Rapid effects of aggressive interactions on aromatase activity and oestradiol in discrete brain regions of wild male white-crowned sparrows
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02170.x
2011Multiple measures elucidate glucocorticoid responses to environmental variation in predation threat
Oecologia
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1915-2
2011Measurement of Steroid Concentrations in Brain Tissue: Methodological Considerations
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00039
2011Extra-adrenal glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids: Evidence for local synthesis, regulation, and function
American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00100.2011
2011DHEA and estradiol levels in brain, gonads, adrenal glands, and plasma of developing male and female European starlings
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0655-4
201117 beta-Estradiol levels in male zebra finch brain: Combining Palkovits punch and an ultrasensitive radioimmunoassay
General and Comparative Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.002
2010Steroid concentrations in plasma, whole blood and brain: Effects of saline perfusion to remove blood contamination from brain
PLoS ONE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015727
2010Elevated corticosterone levels in stomach milk, serum, and brain of male and female offspring after maternal corticosterone treatment in the rat
Developmental Neurobiology
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20805
2010Corticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone have opposing effects on adult neuroplasticity in the avian song control system
Journal of Comparative Neurology
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22395
2010Corticosterone and cortisol binding sites in plasma, immune organs and brain of developing zebra finches: Intracellular and membrane-associated receptors
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.02.008
2010Aggressive interactions rapidly increase androgen synthesis in the brain during the non-breeding season
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.008
20103ß-HSD in songbird brain: Subcellular localization and rapid regulation by estradiol
Journal of Neurochemistry
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06954.x
2010Steroid Concentrations in Plasma, Whole Blood and Brain: Effects of Saline Perfusion to Remove Blood Contamination from Brain
Plos One
DOI: e15727 10.1371/journal.pone.0015727
2010Aggressive encounters differentially affect serum dehydroepiandrosterone and testosterone concentrations in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.004
2009Effects of aggressive encounters on plasma corticosteroid-binding globulin and its ligands in white-crowned sparrows
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.06.012
2009Cortisol and corticosterone in immune organs and brain of European starlings: Developmental changes, effects of restraint stress, comparison with zebra finches
American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90964.2008
2009Corticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone in songbird plasma and brain: Effects of season and acute stress
European Journal of Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06748.x
2009Novel mechanisms for neuroendocrine regulation of aggression
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2007.12.003
10/20083ß-HSD activates DHEA in the songbird brain
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.05.003
03/2008Neuroprogesterone: Key to estrogen positive feedback?
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.009
03/2008Sex differences in DHEA and estradiol during development in a wild songbird: Jugular versus brachial plasma
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.014
2008Rapid estrogen regulation of DHEA metabolism in the male and female songbird brain
Journal of Neurochemistry
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04953.x
2008Plasma DHEA levels in wild, territorial red squirrels: Seasonal variation and effect of ACTH
General and Comparative Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.004
2008Neurosteroids, immunosteroids, and the Balkanization of endocrinology
General and Comparative Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.025
2008Effects of blood collection on wild birds: An update
Journal of Avian Biology
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04295.x
2008Dehydroepiandrosterone and corticosterone are regulated by season and acute stress in a wild songbird: Jugular versus brachial plasma
Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1363
2008Cortisol and corticosterone in the songbird immune and nervous systems: Local vs. systemic levels during development
American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00002.2008
2008Analysis of steroids in songbird plasma and brain by coupling solid phase extraction to radioimmunoassay
General and Comparative Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.007
2008Effects of blood collection on wild birds: an update
Journal of Avian Biology
DOI: 10.1111/j.2008.0908-8857.04295.x
2008Testosterone and aggression: Berthold, birds and beyond
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01440.x
2006Testosterone and aggression: Berthold, birds and beyond
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01445.x
2006Recent advances in behavioral neuroendocrinology: Insights from studies on birds
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.04.005
11/2005Neural responses to aggressive challenge correlate with behavior in nonbreeding sparrows
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000183898.47160.15
10/2005Cross-modal integration in a dart-poison frog
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0406407102
2005Neurosteroids and female reproduction: Estrogen increases 3ß-HSD mRNA and activity in rat hypothalamus
Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0569
2005Territorial aggression and hormones during the non-breeding season in a tropical bird
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.08.002
01/2004Dehydroepiandrosterone metabolism by 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Delta 5-Delta 4 isomerase in adult zebra finch brain: Sex difference and rapid effect of stress
Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0883
2004Estrogen Contributes to Seasonal Plasticity of the Adult Avian Song Control System
Journal of Neurobiology
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10288
2004Brain aromatase, 5 alpha-reductase, and 5 beta-reductase change seasonally in wild male song sparrows: Relationship to aggressive and sexual behavior
Journal of Neurobiology
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10225
2003Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) increases territorial song and the size of an associated brain region in a male songbird
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1750
2002Spring and autumn territoriality in song sparrows: Same behavior, different mechanisms?
Integrative and Comparative Biology
2002Spring and autumn territoriality in song sparrows: Same behavior, different mechanisms?
Integrative and Comparative Biology
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.1.11
2002Dehydroepiandrosterone in Songbird Plasma: Seasonal Regulation and Relationship to Territorial Aggression
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7657
08/2001Neurosteroids and brain sexual differentiation
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01855-5
08/2001Advances in Avian Behavioral Endocrinology
DOI: 10.2307/4089791
04/2001Advances in avian behavioral endocrinology
Auk
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0283:aiabe]2.0.co;2
2001Hippocampal volume does not change seasonally in a non food-storing songbird
NeuroReport
2001Avoiding the 'costs' of testosterone: Ecological bases of hormone-behavior interactions
Brain, Behavior and Evolution
DOI: 10.1159/000047243
2001Hippocampal volume does not change seasonally in a non food-storing songbird
Neuroreport
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200107030-00031
2001Neurosteroids and brain sexual differentiation
Trends in Neurosciences
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-2236(00)01855-5
2001Testosterone and Year-Round Territorial Aggression in a Tropical Bird
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7390
01/2000Acute and chronic effects of an aromatase inhibitor on territorial aggression in breeding and nonbreeding male song sparrows
Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000129
2000Oestrogen regulates male aggression in the non-breeding season
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2000Oestrogen regulates male aggression in the non-breeding season
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1113
2000Androgen-metabolizing enzymes show region-specific changes across the breeding season in the brain of a wild songbird
Journal of Neurobiology
Kiran K. Soma and Reba K. Bindra and Jennifer Gee and John C. Wingfield and Barney A. Schlinger
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(19991105)41:23.3.co;2-u
11/1999Combined Aromatase Inhibitor and Antiandrogen Treatment Decreases Territorial Aggression in a Wild Songbird during the Nonbreeding Season
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7334
09/1999Seasonal changes in androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the song nucleus HVc of a wild bird
The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Kiran K. Soma and Vesta N. Hartman and John C. Wingfield and Eliot A. Brenowitz
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990628)409:23.3.co;2-m
06/1999Androgen-metabolizing enzymes show region-specific changes across the breeding season in the brain of a wild songbird
Journal of Neurobiology
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(19991105)41:23.0.co;2-2
1999Seasonal changes in androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the song nucleus HVc of a wild bird
Journal of Comparative Neurology
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990628)409:23.0.CO;2-V
1999Androgen-metabolizing enzymes show region-specific changes across the breeding season in the brain of a wild songbird
Journal of Neurobiology
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19991105)41:23.0.CO;2-2
1999Seasonal changes in androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the song nucleus HVc of a wild bird
Journal of Comparative Neurology
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990628)409:23.0.co;2-v
1999Testosterone, aggresssion, and communication: Ecological bases of endocrine phenomena
Design of Animal Communication
1999Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis changes allow seasonal modulation of corticosterone in a bird
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
L. Michael Romero and Kiran K. Soma and John C. Wingfield
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.5.r1338
05/1998Changes in pituitary and adrenal sensitivities allow the snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), an Arctic-breeding song bird, to modulate corticosterone release seasonally
Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050154
1998The hypothalamus and adrenal regulate modulation of corticosterone release in redpolls (Carduelis flammea - An arctic-breeding song bird)
General and Comparative Endocrinology
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7048
1998Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis changes allow seasonal modulation of corticosterone in a bird
American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
1998Hormones and territorial behavior during breeding in snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis): An arctic-breeding songbird
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1432
1998Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis changes allow seasonal modulation of corticosterone in a bird
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
1998Territorial behavior, hormonal changes, and body condition in an arctic-breeding song bird, the redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Behaviour
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00043
1997Territorial behavior, hormonal changes, and body condition in an arctic-breeding song bird, the redpoll (carduelis flammea)
Behaviour
1997Androgen regulation of hypothalamic neurons containing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a cichlid fish: Integration with social cues
Hormones and Behavior
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0026
1996SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE BRAIN PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.16.7794
1993Social regulation of the brain-pituitary-gonadal axis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
1993 - Research
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Grants
CIHR Operating Grant
NSERC Discovery Grant
CFI Leaders Fund
Honours & AwardsCIHR New Investigator (2004-2009), MSFHR Scholar (2004-2009)
AAAS Fellow (2015)
Research Group MembersJessica Opie, Clinical Research Assistant
Jessica Opie, Clinical Research Coordinator
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