Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting
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Austin, Texas

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THURSDAY, JUNE 23.  POSTER SESSION #1

32.   WHAT SWITCHES ON PRE-PARTUM CHANGES IN CORTISOL AND PROLACTIN IN COTTON TOP TAMARIN FATHERS: CUES FROM THE MATE OR CUES FROM THE INFANTS? Rosamunde E. A. Almond¹, Toni E. Ziegler², Charles T. Snowdon¹, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA¹, National Primate Research Center & Dept Psychology,University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA²

33.   THE EFFECT OF LOWERING PROLACTIN ON THE EXPRESSION PARENTAL CARE IN PATERNALLY EXPERIENCED MALE COMMON MARMOSETS (CALLITHRIX JACCHUS). Rosamunde E. A. Almond¹, Gillian R. Brown², Eric B. Keverne³, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA¹, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, South Street, St. Andrews, Fife, UK², Sub-Dept Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Madingley, Cambridge, UK³

35.   DOMINANCE STATUS, SEX AND GENE EXPRESSION: THE CASE OF THE MASCULINIZED FEMALE BRAIN. Nadia Aubin-Horth¹, Julie K. Desjardins², Yehoda M. Martei¹, Sigal Balshine², Hans A. Hofmann¹, Harvard University, Bauer Center for Genomics Research, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA¹, McMaster University, Department of Psychology, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada²

36.   Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) knock out mice demonstrate the protective role of AFP during brain sexual differentiation. J. Bakker*¹, C. de Mees², J. Balthazart¹, C. Szpirer², J. Szpirer², P. Gabant², Ctr. Cell. Mol. Neurobiol., University of Liège, Liège, Belgium¹, Lab. Biol. Develop., Free University of Brussels, Gosselies, Belgium²

37.   EFFECTS OF STRESS ON PARENTAL CARE ARE SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC IN PRAIRIE VOLES. Karen L. Bales¹, Kristin M. Kramer², Antoniah D. Lewis-Reese², C. Sue Carter², Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616¹, Dept. of Psychiatry and Brain-Body Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612²

38.   PARTNER PREFERENCE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN MALE SYRIAN HAMSTERS: STEROIDS AND SEXUAL EXPERIENCE. Cortney L. Ballard, Ruth I. Wood, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA

39.   OVARIAN HORMONES, EXPECTANCY, AND SEXUAL REWARD IN THE FEMALE RAT. Erica Barbosa, Lena d’Ostie-Racine, James G. Pfaus, Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, H4B 1R6, CANADA

40.   COLOCALIZATION OF AROMATASE IMMUNOREACTIVE NEURONS AND NITRIC OXIDE REVEALED BY NADPH DIAPHORASE HISTOCHEMISTRY IN THE GARTER SNAKE FOREBRAIN. Joseph Barbosa, Danielle Moore, R.W. Krohmer, Department of Biological Sciences, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL 60655

41.   GROOMING ACTIVITY IN FEMALE BABOONS AFTER PARTURITION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ENDOCRINE CHANGES. Massimo Bardi¹, Jeffrey A. French², Linda Brent¹, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX¹, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE²

42.   The first month stinks: Effects of maternal odor on later odor preference and survival of postnatally dividing cells in hamster pups. Kevin G. Bath, Samantha C. Larimer, Robert E. Johnston, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853¹

43.   VISUALIZATION OF C-FOS IN THE BRAINS OF TIME-MATED FEMALE RED-SIDED GARTER SNAKES. Matthew Bauer, Daniel Baleckaitis, R.W. Krohmer, Department of Biological Sciences, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL 60655

44.   SEX DIFFERENCES IN SEASONAL DECLINE OF HAMSTER FERTILITY. Annaliese K. Beery¹, Justin J. Trumbull², Jyeming M. Tsao², Ruth M. Costantini³, Irving Zucker¹, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley¹, Psychology Department, University of California, Berkeley², Integrative Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley³

45.   MEDIAL AMYGDALA CATEGORIZES SPECIES-SPECIFIC CHEMOSENSORY INPUT IN HAMSTERS AND MICE, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE. . Blake, CB, Samuelsen, CL, Westberry, JW, Meredith, MM, Florida State University, Program in Neuroscience, Tallahassee, FL 32306

46.   ESTRADIOL UP-REGULATES GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE EXPRESSION IN THE MEDIAL BASAL HYPOTHALAMUS AND HIPPOCAMPUS OF ADULT RODENTS. Tamara Blutstein¹, Jessica Mong², Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21201¹, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Theraputics, University of Maryland Baltimore, Balitmore, MD 21201²

47.   QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA EXPRESSION IN THE MOUSE BRAIN DURING DEVELOPMENT. Cristian C A Bodo¹, Emilie F Rissman², Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine¹, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine²

48.   DISTRIBUTION OF REELIN AND ITS CYTOPLASMIC SIGNALING PROTEIN, DAB-1 IN THE FOREBRAIN OF MALE CANARIES. G. Boseret¹, G.F. Ball², J. Balthazart¹, Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège¹, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA²

49.   NEITHER PROLACTIN NOR SOCIAL CONTACT IS NECESSARY FOR THE EXPRESSION OF PATERNAL CARE IN THE DJUNGARIAN HAMSTER, PHODOPUS CAMPBELLI. Patricia L. Brooks, Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6

50.   A POSSIBLE MODEL OF POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION BASED ON HIGH POST-PARTUM LEVELS OF CORTICOSTERONE. Susanne Brummelte¹, Jodi L. Pawluski², Liisa A.M. Galea², Department of Neuroanatomy, University of Bielefeld, Germany¹, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada²

51.   THE ROLE OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA AND THE STRESS RESPONSE IN FEAR CONDITIONED BEHAVIORS. Jennifer Buenzle¹, Marta Wietrzych², Hamid Meziane², Andree Krust², Pierre Chambon², Wojciech Krezel², Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA¹, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Univeristé Louis Pasteur, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, France²

52.   SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON AGGRESSION IN MICE. Melissa Burns-Cusato, Emilie F. Rissman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, The University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908

53.   THE ROLE OF THE DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS IN SEASONAL REGULATION OF LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY. Matthew P. Butler¹, Matthew J. Paul², Irving Zucker^1,2, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley¹, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley²

54.   EFFECT OF VARIATION IN MATERNAL CARE ON ANOGENITAL DISTANCE. N.M. Cameron, E.W. Fish, M.J. Meaney, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

55.   TESTOSTERONE-INDUCED SINGING IS REGULATED BY SOCIAL STATUS IN MALE CANARIES (SERINUS CANARIA). C. Carere¹, G. Boseret¹, G.F. Ball², J. Balthazart¹, Center for Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, Belgium¹, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA²

56.   CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ELICITS LOCOMOTION INDEPENDENTLY OF INCREASES IN CORTISOL IN RAINBOW TROUT (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Russ E. Carpenter¹, Michael J. Watt¹, Gina L. Forster², Travis J. Ling¹, Wayne J. Korzan³, Cliff H. Summers¹, Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD¹, Basic Biomedical Sciences, University South Dakota, Vermillion, SD², Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA³

57.   LIGAND AND DNA-BINDING ISOFORMS OF ERa AND ERb mRNA IN FEMALE RAT HINDBRAIN DETERMINED BY RT-PCR. Angie M. Cason, Thomas A. Houpt, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340

58.   ANALYZE THAT! TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR. Catalina Cervantes, Kereshmeh Taravosh-Lahn , Yvon Delville, Psychology Department and Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

59.   REGULATION OF OLFACTION, ANXIETY, AND MATERNAL BEHAVIOR IN MICE BY PATERNALLY EXPRESSED GENES. Frances A. Champagne, James P. Curley, Will T. Swaney, E. B. Keverne, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, UK CB3 8AA

61.   STABILITY OF FEMALE RATS' PREFERENCE FOR MALE IN TESTS OF PARTNER PREFERENCE. Adam E. Christensen, Rachel J. David, Ann S. Clark, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH

62.   EVIDENCE FOR SEASONAL CHANGES IN A DOPAMINE-BASED REWARD SYSTEM IN HYLA CINEREA, THE GREEN TREE FROG. Joanne Chu, Gina Presley, Brittany Johnson, William Lonergan, Biology Department, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

63.   BOVINE SERUM CONJUGATED ESTRADIOL IN MALE RAT MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA FACILITATES COPULATORY BEHAVIOR. Huddleston, Gloria G., Paisley, Jacquelyn C., Clancy, Andrew N., Department of Biology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4010, Atlanta, GA 30302-4010

64.   INHIBITION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR SYNTHESIS IN THE MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA, BUT NOT THE MEDIAL AMYGDALA, REDUCES MALE RAT MATING BEHAVIOR. Jacquelyn Paisley¹, Gloria Huddleston¹, Heather Denman¹, Laura Carruth¹, Matthew Grober¹, Aras Petrulis², Andrew Clancy¹, Biology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA¹, Psychology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA²

65.   DO SI DO: THE ROLE OF STIMULUS ANIMAL PAIRING IN THE EXPRESSION OF PARTNER PREFERENCE IN FEMALE RATS. Ann S. Clark, Sarah H. Meerts, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH

66.   DISTRIBUTION OF VASOTOCIN RECEPTOR mRNA IN THE BRAIN OF AN ANURAN AMPHIBIAN. Clark, L.A., Boyd, S.K., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

67.   SELECTIVE ANTAGONISTS FOR CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR TYPE 2 RECEPTORS (CRF-R2), BUT NOT FOR CRF-R1, REDUCE THE ACQUISITION OF CONDITIONED DEFEAT. Matthew A. Cooper, Kim L. Huhman, Department of Psychology, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302

68.   CUES FROM MALES ASSOCIATED WITH PACED COPULATION ACTIVATE FOS-IR WITHIN OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN NEURONS IN THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF FEMALE RATS. Coria-Avila Genaro A., Solomon, Carrie, Pfaus, James G, CSBN/Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, CANADA

69.   DOPAMINE BINDS TO ALPHA2-NORADRENERGIC RECEPTORS IN QUAIL BRAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ACTIVATION OF MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Charlotte A. Cornil¹, Jacques Balthazart², Gregory F. Ball¹, Dept Psychol Brain Sci, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore MD, USA¹, Ctr Cell & Molec Neurobiol, Univ. Liège, Belgium²

70.   EXOGENOUS PROGESTERONE AND OFFSPRING SEX RATIOS IN ZEBRA FINCHES. Stephanie M. Correa¹, Patricia A. Johnson², Elizabeth Adkins-Regan³, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853¹, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853², Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853³

71.   Social Interaction Improves Experimental Stroke Outcome. Tara K. S. Craft¹, Erica R. Glasper¹, Louise McCullough², Ning Zhang¹, Patricia D. Hurn³, Courtney DeVries⁴, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH¹, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT ², Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR³, Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Institute of Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH⁴

72.   PHYSICAL PROVOCATION ELICITS AGGRESSION TOWARDS FEMALES IN ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROID EXPOSED PUBERTAL MALE RATS. R.L. Cunningham, D.W. Wesson, M.Y. McGinnis, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249

73.   ER ALPHA DISTRIBUTION AND THE EXPRESSION OF MALE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. Bruce S. Cushing, The Brain-Body Center, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

74.   Hypocretin-1 dose-dependently impairs maternal aggression, but not other maternal behaviors in lactating mice. Kimberly L .D'Anna¹, Stephen C. Gammie², Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706¹, Zoology, Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706²

75.   EFFECTS OF COMBINING ESTRADIOL WITH STANOZOLOL ON REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS IN PUBERTAL MALE RATS. Albert L. Davis, Marilyn Y. McGinnis, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249

76.   SEX INDUCED ACTIVATION OF MU OPIOID RECEPTORS IN THE MPN AND BNST IN THE MALE RAT. Brooke A. Davis, Maureen E. Fitzgerald, Lique M. Coolen, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

77.   TESTOSTERONE ACTIVATES COURTSHIP DISPLAY BUT DOES NOT ALTER PLUMAGE IN THE TROPICAL GOLDEN-COLLARED MANAKIN (MANACUS VITELLINUS). Lainy B. Day, Jennifer T. McBroom, Barney A. Schlinger, UCLA, Physiological Sciences, Los Angeles, CA

78.   OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL INCENTIVE MOTIVATION IN NON COPULATING (NC) MALE RATS. GINA PATRICIA DE GASPERÍN ESTRADA, RAÚL GERARDO PAREDES GUERRERO, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM. Juriquilla, Querétaro. México

79.   ROLE OF DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE (DHEA) IN MEDIATING PHOTOPERIODIC CHANGES IN AGGRESSION IN MALE SIBERIAN HAMSTERS . Prashant P. Patel, Melissa-Ann L. Scotti, Gregory E. Demas, Department of Biology and Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA

80.   SEX SPECIFIC HORMONE FLUCTUATIONS IN RELATION TO MATING SYSTEM IN A CICHLID FISH. J. Desjardins, J. Fitzpatrick, K. Stiver, G. van der Kraak, S. Balshine, Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

81.   SEX DIFFERENCES IN AMPHETAMINE-INDUCED PLACE PREFERENCES IN PRAIRIE VOLES. Jacqueline M. Detwiler, Brandon J. Aragona, Kyle L. Gobrogge, Zuoxin Wang, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306

82.   FOOD COMPOSITION MODULATES PHOTOINDUCED LH SECRETION IN A FLEXIBLY BREEDING PASSERINE. P. Deviche¹, T.W. Small¹, P. Sharp², Arizona St. Univ¹, Arizona St. Univ², Roslin Inst., Edinburgh²

83.   SEROTONERGIC MEDIATION OF PSEUDOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE PARTHENOGENETIC WHIPTAIL LIZARD (CNEMIDOPHORUS UNIPARENS). Brian G Dias, David Crews, Institute for Neuroscience, Center for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, University of Texas at Austin

84.   HORMONE-RELATED PLASTICITY OF SONG REPRESENTATION IN HVC OF FEMALE CANARIES. B. Diekamp, C. Fu, J.J. Sartor, G.F. Ball, E.S. Fortune, Johns Hopkins University, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21218

85.   SEXUAL EXPERIENCE INCREASES NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN THE MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA OF MALE RATS. Juan M. Dominguez, Mario Gil, Alison F. Hood, Elaine M. Hull, Florida State University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Tallahassee, FL 32306

86.   ANDROGENS MAINTAIN SOMA SIZE IN THE SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NUCLEUS OF THE PREOPTIC AREA OF ADULT MALE RATS. . Brittany N. Dugger, John A. Morris, Cynthia L. Jordan, S. Marc Breedlove, Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1101, USA

87.   SOCIAL STRESS AND NEUROGENESIS IN GOLDEN HAMSTERS. Karen L. Eby, Yvon Delville, Psychology Department, The Universtiy of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

88.   WOMEN’S INTERCOLLEGIATE SOFTBALL: SALIVA TESTOSTERONE IS ELEVATED DURING COMPETITION AND BEFORE-GAME TESTOSTERONE IS RELATED TO TEAMMATE RATINGS OF PLAYING ABILITY. David A. Edwards, Alexis Weiss, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

89.   TESTING A SEX STEROID HYPOTHESIS FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER. Milagros Evardone, Gerianne M. Alexander, Ph.D., Leslie C. Morey, Ph.D., Texas A&M University

90.   TESTING A PRENATAL ANDROGEN HYPOTHESIS OF ANXIETY VULNERABILITY. Milagros Evardone, Gerianne M. Alexander, Ph.D., Texas A&M University

91.   Noradrenaline is also implicated in the “ram effect”. C. Fabre-Nys¹, E Archer¹, C de la Riva², H Gelez¹, K.Kendrick², M Petibarat¹, UMR 6175 INRA Nouzilly, France¹, Babraham Istitute Cambridge UK²

92.   FUNCTIONAL IMAGING REVEALS MATERNAL BRAIN CIRCUITRY RESPONSIVE TO SUCKLING AND OXYTOCIN IN THE LACTATING RAT. Marcelo Febo, Craig F. Ferris, Department of Psychiatry and Center for Comparative Neuroimaging, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA

93.   SEX DIFFERENCES IN POSTURAL SUPPORT TACTICS DURING VERTICAL AND ROTATORY MOVEMENTS IN A RAT MODEL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Evelyn F. Field, Ian Q. Whishaw, Gerlinde A. Metz, Vivien C. Pellis, Sergio M. Pellis, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CCBN, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB Canada T1K3 M4

94.   FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE NEURONS IN THE FEMALE RAT. Anne E. Fortino, Eva K. Polston, CIIT Centers for Health Research, RTP, NC 27709

95.   DISTRIBUTION OF GONADOTROPIN-INHIBITORY HORMONE IN THE BRAIN OF THE MALLARD DUCK (ANSER PLATYRHYNCHOS). Angela Stoyanovich¹, George Bentley², Kazuyoshi Ukena³, Kazyuyoshi Tsutsui³, Gregory S. Fraley¹, Biology Department, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423¹, Dept. of Int. Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720², Lab of Brain Sci., Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan³

96.   GONADOTROPIN-INHIBITORY HORMONE SUPPRESSES REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS IN THE MALE RAT.  Marlie A. Johnson¹, George Bentley², Kazuyoshi Ukena³, Kazyuyoshi Tsutsui³, Gregory S. Fraley¹, Biology Department, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423¹, Dept. of Int. Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720², Lab of Brain Sci., Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan³

97.   CENTRAL GALP ACTIVITY IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN REPRODUCTION IN THE MALE RAT. Angela Stoyanovich, Marlie Johnson, Gregory Fraley, Biology Department, Hope college, Holland, MI, 49423

98.   NEURAL TISSUES THAT MEDIATE BREAKING OF PHOTOREFRACTORINESS IN SIBERIAN HAMSTERS. David A. Freeman, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

99.   OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR IN THE ASIAN MUSK SHREW (SUNCUS MURINUS). Louise M. Freeman, Barbara J. Adamski, Department of Psychology, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA 24401

100.   PROGESTINS FACILITATE LORDOSIS OF AGED PRKO MICE. Sumida K¹, Rhodes M.E. ¹, Dudek B.C.¹, Harney J.P.², Lydon J.P.³, O’Malley B.W.³, Pfaff D.W.⁴, Psychology Department, SUNY Albany¹, Department of Biology, The University of Hartford², Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine³, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University⁴

101.   THE ROLE OF SEX CHROMOSOMES IN SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BEHAVIORS. Gatewood, J.D.¹, Xu, J², Arnold, A.P², Rissman, E.F.¹, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA ¹, Department of Physiological Science and Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095²

102.   A NEUTRAL ODOR PREVIOUSLY PAIRED WITH COPULATION ENHANCES DOPAMINE RELEASE IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS OF MALE RATS. . Helene Gelez, Genaro A. Coria Avila, David Woehrling, Heshmat Rajabi , James G. Pfaus, CSBN/Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, CANADA

103.   SHORT DAY LENGTHS ALTER PELAGE GROWTH DYNAMICS IN SIBERIAN HAMSTERS. Nicole T. George, Matthew J. Paul, Matthew P. Butler, Irving Zucker, Departments of Integrative Biology and Psychology, University of California, Berkeley⁴

104.   CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITION IN THE MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA IMPAIRS COPULATORY BEHAVIORS IN MALE RATS . Mario Gil¹, David J. Smith², Alison Hood¹, Juan M. Dominguez¹, Elaine M. Hull¹, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306¹, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260²

105.   VARYING SOCIAL STRUCTURES DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE EFFECTS OF PAIR HOUSING ON WOUND HEALING. Erica R. Glasper¹, A. Courtney DeVries², Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210¹, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210²

106.   INVESTIGATORY BEHAVIOR, ANXIETY, AND CORTICOSTERONE RESPONSE TO ACUTE RESTRAINT STRESS IN MALE AND FEMALE RATS SUPPLEMENTED WITH CHOLINE IN UTERO. Melissa J. Glenn, Elizabeth D. Kirby, Erin M. Gibson, Christina L. Williams, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

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FRIDAY, JUNE 24.  POSTER SESSION #2.

107.   PSYCHOENDOCRINOLOGY OF HUMAN PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR – CHANGES IN TESTOSTERONE, ESTRADIOL AND CORTISOL IN RESPONSE TO INFANT VERSUS CONTROL STIMULI . Rita Gomez, Rui Oliveira, Isabel Leal, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon, Portugal

108.   BRAIN AROMATASE ACTIVITY AND MRNA EXPRESSION IN A FISH WITH MALE ALTERNATIVE REPRODUCTIVE TACTICS. David Gonçalves¹, Ana Domingues¹, João Alpedrinha¹, Rita Teodósio², Adelino V. M. Canário², Rui F. Oliveira¹, UIE-ISPA, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa Portugal ¹, CCMAR Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal²

109.   PATERNAL PLACENTOPHAGIA IS DEVELOPMENTALLY LINKED TO PATERNAL BEHAVIOR IN PHODOPUS. J. K. Gregg, K. E. Wynne-Edwards, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

110.   SEASONAL CHANGES IN IMMUNITY AND POSSIBLE MEDIATION BY TESTOSTERONE IN DARK-EYED JUNCOS. Timothy Greives, Jodie Jawor, Joel McGlothlin, Eric Snajdr, Gregory Demas, Ellen Ketterson, Department of Biology and Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

111.   ADOLESCENT AAS-INDUCED AGGRESSION: INVOLVEMENT OF SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR SIGNALING AND DEVELOPMENT IN MALE SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Jill Grimes, Richard Melloni, Jr., Department of Psychology, Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

112.   THE INTERACTION OF SOCIAL AND STEROIDAL INFLUENCES IN REGULATING TRANSITONS BETWEEN ADULT SEXUAL PHENOTYPES. M.S. Grober¹, E.W. Rodgers¹, H.N. Denman¹, A.V.M. Canario², Georgia State Univeristy/Center for Behavioral Neuroscience¹, University of Algarve, Portugal²

113.   SEROTONIN IN THE MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA CONTRIBUTES TO THE SENSITIVITY OF FEMALE RATS TO SEXUAL STIMULATION DURING PACED-MATING BEHAVIOR. Brittany Mason, Anastasia Benson, Fay A. Guarraci, Department of Psychology, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX 78626

114.   Cortisol responses to acute restraint stress in dwarf hamsters (Phodopus campbelli): Defining baseline concentration and quantifying individual variability. François S. Guimont, Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6

115.   AVP AND AGGRESSION IN FEMALE SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Stephanie Gutzler, Mary Karom, H. Elliott Albers, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Departments of Biology and Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA

116.   TOPOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION OF THE PROJECTION FROM THE VMH TO THE PAG IN FEMALE RATS. Cara F. Harley¹, Loretta M. Flanagan-Cato², Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA¹, Department of Psychology and Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA²

117.   Differential Fos Activation in Virgin and Lactating Mice in Response to an Intruder. Nina S. Hasen¹, Stephen C. Gammie², Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison WI, USA¹, Neuroscience Training Program, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison WI, USA²

118.   COLOCALIZATION OF AROMATASE IMMUNOREACTIVE CELLS AND ESTROGEN RECEPTORS IN THE SPINAL CORD OF THE RED-SIDED GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS). Ryan Herbert, Agnieszka Klinski, R.W. Krohmer, Department of Biological Sciences, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL 60655

119.   THE ROLE OF VASOTOCIN IN MEDIATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN WHIPTAIL LIZARDS (CNEMIDOPHORUS SPECIES). K. D. Hillsman, D. Crews, Institute for Neuroscience, Section for Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX

120.   STRESS EFFECTS ON LEARNING ARE ABSENT IN THE AGED. G.E. Hodes, T.J. Shors, Department of Psychology & Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University

122.   EFFECTS OF ANDROGEN AND ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS ADMINISTERED LOCALLY TO THE POSTERIOR-DORSAL MEDIAL AMYGDALA ON SEXUAL ODOR PREFERENCE IN MALE RAT. Nami Hosokawa, Atsuhiko Chiba, Life Science Institute, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan

123.   SOCIAL STIMULI AND ANESTHESIA EFFECTS ON CORTICOSTERONE AND LOCAL CEREBRAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN PRAIRIE VOLES.  Caroline M. Hostetler, Karen L. Bales, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis

124. SEASONAL NEUROPLASTICITY IN BORDER CANARIES. L.L. Hurley, A.M. Wallace, J.J. Sartor, G.F. Ball, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA

125.   BILATERAL ELECTROLYTIC LESIONS OF THE CENTRAL TEGMENTAL FIELD (CTF) INHIBITS MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR WITHOUT AFFECTING SEXUAL INCENTIVE MOTIVATION. Héctor A. Hurtazo, José C. Romero-Carbente, Raúl G. Paredes, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM. Querétaro, México.

126.   SEASONAL AND INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN TESTOSTERONE RESPONSE TO GNRH IN FREE-LIVING MALE DARK-EYED JUNCOS. Jodie Jawor¹, Ellen Ketterson¹, Joseph Casto², Joel McGlothlin¹, Eric Snajdr¹, Tim Greives¹, George Bentley³, Val Nolan, Jr.¹, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405¹, Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790², Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720³

127.   THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION ON DETECTION OF AND ATTRACTION TO ANDROSTENONE DURING DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE FEMALE MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Katherine A. Jennings, Louise Freeman, Psychology Department of Mary Baldwin College Staunton, Va.

128.   INCREASED ANDROGEN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS LEADS TO FIBER LOSS. JA Johansen¹, DA Monks², SM Breedlove³, CL Jordan³, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824¹, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6 Canada², Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824³,

129.   EVIDENCE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BASAL TESTOSTERONE IN HUMANS AND CORTISOL ACTIVITY IN THE DOMESTIC DOG. Amanda C. Jones, Robert Josephs, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

130.   ANDROGENS ACT ON THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK IN THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS TO MODULATE DAILY RHYTHMICITY. Ilia N. Karatsoreos¹, Rae Silver^1,2, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY¹, Department of Psychology, Barnard College, New York NY, and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY²

131.   INDUCTION OF FLANK MARKING IN SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Mary Karom, Stephanie Gutzler, H.E. Albers, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Departments of Biology and Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA

132.   GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE-II PROTEIN CONTENT IN REPRODUCTIVE NUCLEI OF FEMALE MUSK SHREWS EXPOSED TO VARIATIONS IN FOOD AVAILABILITY. Alexander S. Kauffman, Emilie F. Rissman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908

133.   FASTING- AND GHRELIN-INDUCED STIMULATION OF FOOD HOARDING AND FOOD INTAKE IS ATTENUATED BY CENTRAL NPY Y1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST INJECTION. E. Keen-Rhinehart, T.J. Bartness, Dept. Biology, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302¹

134.   EFFECTS OF SEROTONIN DEPLETION AND ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS ON THE EXPRESSION OF LOCOMOTOR AND SEXUAL BEHAVIORS IN PUBERTAL MALE RATS. Yonas B. Keleta¹, Augustus R. Lumia², Albert L. Davis¹, George M. Anderson³, Marilyn Y. McGinnis¹, University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Biology, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA¹, Texas State University, Department of Psychology, San Marcos, TX 78666², Yale University, School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06510³,

135.   ROLE OF THE VOMERONASAL ORGAN IN LORDOSIS BEHAVIOR AND MATE RECOGNITION IN THE FEMALE MICE. Matthieu Keller¹, Sylvie Pierman¹, Quentin Douhard¹, Michael J. Baum², Julie Bakker¹, Center Cell. Mol. Neurobiology, Liège, Belgium¹, Department of Biology, Boston University, USA²

136.   TESTOSTERONE RESPONSE TO GNRH CHALLENGE ACCORDING TO SEASON AND STAGE OF REPRODUCTION IN FREE-LIVING FEMALE DARK-EYED JUNCOS. Ellen Ketterson¹, Jodie Jawor¹, Joseph Casto², Joel McGlothlin¹, Eric Snajdr¹, Tim Greives¹, George Bentley³, Val Nolan, Jr.¹, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405¹, Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790², Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720³

137.   COLOR OF TERRITORIAL MALE CICHLIDS PREDICTS AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR TOWARDS CONSPECIFICS. Wayne J. Korzan, Russell D. Fernald, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

138.   VOLES ARE NOT SMALL RATS: A COMPARISON OF FUNCTIONAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS. Kristin M. Kramer, Dina Golbin, Adam Perry, C. Sue Carter, Bruce S. Cushing, The Brain-Body Center, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 606012

140.   INFLUENCE OF PITUIPRIN ON LEARNING AND MEMORY. Marina Kunchulia, Elgudja Moniava , Beritashvili Institute of Physiology , Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia

141.   EFFECT OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE ON FACE PROCESSING IN FEMALE RHESUS MONKEYS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Lange, H.¹, Lacreuse, A.², Martin-Malivel, J.³, Herndon, J.G.⁴, Department of Psychology and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322¹, Div Neuroscience, Yerkes Primate Center and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322², Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322³, Div Neuroscience, Yerkes Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322⁴

142.   ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON FEMALE MOUSE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Laroche, J., Gasbarro, L., Blaustein, J.D., Neuroscience and Behavior Program and Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

143.   AGGRESSION AND VASOTOCIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL RANK IN ZEBRAFISH.  Earl T. Larson, Donald M. O'Malley, Richard H. Melloni, Jr., Departments of Psychology and Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

144.   HORMONAL MEDIATION OF A CONDITION-DEPENDENT SEXUALLY-SELECTED TRAIT: TACTIC EXPRESSION, STRESS, ATTRACTIVENESS AND SEXUAL PARASITES. Christopher Leary, Rosemary Knapp, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

145.   SYNAPTIC DENSITY IN THE MPN MAG USING SYNAPTOPHYSIN AS A MARKER. Jennifer Swann, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015

146.   EXPRESSION AND HORMONAL MODULATION OF SODIUM CHANNEL SUBUNITS IN THE ELECTRIC ORGAN OF A WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH. He Liu, Harold. H. Zakon, Section of Neurobiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712

147.   GENES NECESSARY FOR NEUROSTEROIDOGENESIS ARE EXPRESSED IN SONG NUCLEI OF THE ZEBRA FINCH. Sarah E. London, Barney A. Schlinger, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Department of Physiological Science, UCLA

148.   OXYTOCIN IN THE VENTROCAUDAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MODULATES ANXIETY IN POSTPARTUM RATS. Mitchell F. Peabody, Joseph S. Lonstein, Neuroscience Program & Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

149.   TESTOSTERONE INCREASES HEADBOBBING DISPLAY STEREOTYPY IN JUVENILE GREEN ANOLES. J. M. Pellerin, M. B. Lovern, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

150.   EFFECTS OF CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR ON SEROTONIN IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS. Jodi L. Lukkes¹, Gina L. Forster¹, Kenneth J. Renner², Cliff H. Summers², Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of South Dakota, SD¹, Biology & Neuroscience, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD ²

151.   INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MELATONIN AND HORMONAL STRESS RESPONSES IN TWO POPULATIONS OF GARTER SNAKES (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS). Deborah I. Lutterschmidt, Robert T. Mason, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University

152.   STEROID HORMONES AND FICKLE FEMALE MATE CHOICE. Kathleen S. Lynch, Michael J. Ryan, Walter Wilczynski, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin

153.   Sexual experience modifies perception of sexual relevant cues in male rats. Mac Gregor J Pablo, Hurtazo A Héctor, Paredes Raúl G., Instituto de Neurobiología-UNAM, Querétaro, México

154.   CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN OCTODON DEGUS. M.M. Mahoney, B.V. Rossi, T.M. Lee, Psychology Department and Reproductive Sciences Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109

155.   THE POSTEROMEDIAL REGION OF THE MEDIAL AMYGDALA REGULATES SEX-SPECIFIC ODOR PREFERENCES IN MALE HAMSTERS. Pamela Maras, Aras Petrulis, Department of Psychology, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

156.   EFFECTS OF GNIH ON IMMUNE ACTIVITY IN SIBERIAN HAMSTERS. L. B. Martin II¹, L. M. Pyter¹, R. J. Nelson¹, K. Ukena², K. Tsutsui², G.E. Bentley³, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA¹, Laboratory of Brain Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan² Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley CA, USA³

157.   ANDROGENIC REGULATION OF EXPRESSION OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR PROTEIN IN THE PERINEAL MOTONEURONS OF MALE RATS EXPOSED TO CHRONIC STRESS. Akira Matsumoto, Department of Anatomy, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo

158.   OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS MEASURED IN RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA) AND SPOTTED HYENAS (CROCUTA CROCUTA): EFFECTS OF SEX, SEASON, AND PRENATAL HORMONE EXPOSURE. Dennis McFadden¹, Edward G. Pasanen¹, Jessica Raper², Kim Wallen², Mary L. Weldele³, Stephen E. Glickman³, Ned J. Place⁴, Center for Perceptual Systems, University of Texas, Austin, TX¹, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA², Dept. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA³, Dept. Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY⁴

159.   INFANTICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN COOPERATIVELY BREEDING FEMALE MONGOLIAN GERBILS: EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY AND UNRELATED MALES. L. McGeehan, S. Thinda, M. Adkins, S. Hamilton, J. Law, A. Smith, S. Ahmed, W. Matsumoto, W. Saltzman, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside

160.   THE ROLES OF OVARIAN HORMONES AND MALE BEHAVIOR ON THE EXPRESSION OF PROCEPTIVITY, ATTRACTIVITY AND RECEPTIVITY IN CAPTIVE GIANT PANDAS (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). L. McGeehan¹, N.M. Czekala², P. Wang³, H. Zhang³, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA ¹, Center for the Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92112-0551², China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, Wenchuan County, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China 623006³

161.   IS PROGESTERONE NECESSARY FOR FEMALE RATS TO PREFER A SEXUALLY ACTIVE MALE? Sarah H. Meerts, Ann S. Clark, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH

162.   BASELINE TESTOSTERONE AND SOCIAL STATUS PREDICT CORTISOL CHANGES AND BEHAVIOR AMONG FEMALE COMPETITORS . Pranjal H. Mehta, Robert A. Josephs, Department of Psychology, University of Texas - Austin

163.   CHANGES IN TESTOSTERONE PREDICT THE DESIRE TO COMPETE AGAIN AMONG MALE LOSERS. Pranjal H. Mehta, Robert A. Josephs, Department of Psychology, University of Texas - Austin

164.   ACTIVATION OF OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN NEURONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF AN ODOUR ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL REWARD IN THE MALE RAT.  S. Menard, G.A. Coria-Avila, H. Gelez, J. Godfrey, M. Sorochinsky , J.G. Pfaus, CSBN/Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, CANADA

165.   DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVATION OF ER BETA DEMASCULINIZES THE DISPLAY OF ADULT MALE SEX BEHAVIOR IN MICE . VJ Michopoulos, AE Kudwa, JD Gatewood, EF Rissman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience Graduate Program, UVA, Charlottesville, VA 22908

166.   CHRONIC ESTROGEN AND ANDROGENS ENHANCE MEMORY IN FEMALE RATS. Mohan, G., Jacome, L., MacLusky, N., Luine, V., Department of Biopsychology, Graduate Center of CUNY, NY, NY; Department of Psychology, Hunter College, NY, NY; CNRRR, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY

167.   TIME COURSE OF EFFECTS OF ANDROGEN ON THE SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC MEDIAL AMYGDALA OF ADULT RATS . John A. Morris, Cynthia L. Jordan, S. Marc Breedlove, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1101 USA

168.   ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY OF TESTOSTERON 17B-ESTRADIOL AND PROGESTERONE IN HUMAN ADULT AND PREADOLESCENT PERSPIRATION AND URINE. Cameron Muir, Sharon McAllister, Jennifer Sutherland, Brock University, Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience

169.   EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE, SEASON AND FEMALE CONTACT ON MALE GREEN ANOLE COURTSHIP AND COPULATORY BEHAVIORS. Jennifer K. Neal, Juli Wade, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824

170.   BULLYING IN PUBERTY ALTERS EMOTIONAL RESPONSES. ML Newman, GW Holden, Y Delville, UT Austin, Department of Psychology

171.   SEX-DIFFERENCES IN THE NEURAL REGULATION OF THE NUCLEUS PARAGIGANTOCELLULARIS: POTENTIAL ROLE IN REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR . Joseph J. Normandin, Anne Z. Murphy, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

172.   COMPARISON OF PROGESTERONE AND MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE ON FACILITATION AND INHIBITION OF FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MRNA EXPRESSION. Katharine Northcutt, Karen Pazol, Mark Wilson, Kim Wallen, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

173.   SEXUALLY STIMULATED TESTOSTERONE RELEASE IN MALE MICE: ROLES OF GENOTYPE AND SEXUAL AROUSAL. James, P. J.¹, Nyby, J. G.¹, Milinchuk, J. E.¹, Saviolakis, G. A.², Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA¹, Division of Neurosciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD²

174.   MIMICKING PULSATILE TESTOSTERONE RELEASE IN MALE HOUSE MICE (MUS MUSCULUS). James, P. J.¹, Nyby, J. G.¹, Milinchuk, J. E.¹, Saviolakis, G. A.², Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA¹, Division of Neurosciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD²

175.   MATING STIMULATION ALTERS SYNAPSIN IR IN CA1 AND DG BUT NOT THE MEAPD OF FEMALE RATS. J.G. Oberlander, J.J. Yang, M.S. Erskine, Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA

176.   HORMONAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH TRAIT AGGRESSION AND ANGER AMONG MEN: EFFECTS OF AGE, SAMPLE TYPE AND COLLECTION TIME. Mariko Oki, Kikue Sakaguchi, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Seijiro Honma, Dept. Cognitive & Behavioral Science, Tokyo University

177.   OXYTOCIN RECEPTORS IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS FACILITATE “SPONTANEOUS” MATERNAL BEHAVIOR IN FEMALE PRAIRIE VOLES. Daniel E. Olazabal, Larry J. Young, Ctr Beh Neurosci, Yerkes Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322

178.   MIRROR ELICITED AGGRESSION FAILS TO TRIGGER AN ENDOCRINE RESPONSE TO A SOCIAL CHALLENGE. Rui F. Oliveira¹, Luis A. Carneiro¹, Adelino V.M. Canário², ISPA, Lisboa, Portugal¹, Univ. Algarve, Faro, Portugal²

179.   THE MOUSE VOMERONASAL ORGAN MEDIATES INTRINSIC REWARDING PROPERTIES OF URINARY ODORS. D.E. Pankevich¹, E.S. Kim¹, J.A. Cherry², M.J. Baum¹, Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215¹, Psychology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215²

180.   TEMPORAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR BY TESTOSTERONE IN SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Jin Ho Park¹, Matthew J. Paul¹, Matthew P. Butler², Philip Villa¹, Morgan Burke¹, and Irving Zucker^1,2, Departments of Psychology¹ and Integrative Biology², University of California, Berkeley, CA  94720

181.   LOWER CORTICOSTERONE STRESS RESPONSE IN EUROPEAN BLACKBIRDS (TURDUS MERULA) BORN IN A CITY THAN IN A FOREST. Jesko Partecke, Ingrid Schwabl, Eberhard Gwinner, Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology, Department of Biological Rhythms and Behaviour, Von-der-Tannstrasse 7, 82346 Andechs and Seewiesen, Germany

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182.   SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE RODENT AVPV IS DISRUPTED BY NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO GENISTEIN OR BISPHENOL A. Heather B. Patisaul, Anne E. Fortino, Eva K. Polston, CIIT Centers for Health Research, Six Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709¹,

183.   PHOTOPERIODIC CONTROL OF COMPENSATORY TESTICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN TWO HAMSTER SPECIES. Matthew J. Paul, Jin Ho Park, Maria I. Alvarez, Morgan K. Burke, Irving Zucker, Departments of Psychology and Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

184.   ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA EXPRESSION IS DECREASED IN THE CA3 REGION OF THE DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS IN LATE PREGNANCY. Jodi L. Pawluski, Vilte E. Barakauskas, Liisa A.M. Galea, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., CANADA

185.   PHOSPHORYLATION OF CREB IN THE MEDIAL AMYGDALA DURING EARLY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.  Adam N. Perry, Bruce S. Cushing, The Brain-Body Center, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612

186.   REDUCED EXPRESSION OF THE SP4 GENE IN MICE CAUSES SEVERE DEFICITS IN OLFACTORY FUNCTION. Sylvie Pierman¹, Pieter Fokko van Loo², Sjaak Philipsen², Jan Vreeburg ², Julie Bakker¹, Center Cellular Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, Belgium¹, Cell Biology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands²

187.   SUCCESSFUL MOTHERS ARE MORE STRESSED: CORTISOL AND OFFSPRING SURVIVAL IN RINGTAILED LEMURS (LEMUR CATTA). R. Ethan Pride, Dept. of Biology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628

188.   EFFECTS OF PHOTOPERIOD ON HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS IN ADULT PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS. Leah M. Pyter, Randy J. Nelson, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210

189.   PRENATAL ANDROGENS AND SPATIAL ABILITY IN HUMANS: META-ANALYSES OF CAH AND 2D:4D STUDIES. David Andrew Putz¹, Michael, A. McDaniel², Cynthia L. Jordan¹, S. Marc Breedlove¹, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University¹, Department of Management, Virginia Commonwealth University²

190.   ROLE FOR GNRH AS A PEPTIDE SWITCH IN MODULATING THE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR UNDERLYING ORAL BEHAVIORS IN SNAILS. Siddharth Ramakrishnan, A.D.Murphy, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago

192.   POSTNATAL STEROID TREATMENT ALTERS HORMONAL REGULATION OF SOCIAL PREFERENCE. Kimberly Rhodes, Jennifer Swann, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh Univeristy, Bethlehem, PA 18015

193.   EARLY POSTNATAL HANDLING ALTERS PREGNANE NEUROSTEROID LEVELS. M.E. Rhodes¹, Y.H. Raol², A.R. Brooks-Kayal², C.A. Frye³, Department of Psychology, The University at Albany-SUNY¹, Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia², Departments of Psychology, Biological Sciences, and the Center for Neuroscience Research, The University at Albany-SUNY³

194.   SEROTONIN TYPE-1A RECEPTORS AND ADOLESCENT ANABOLIC STEROID-INDUCED AGGRESSION IN HAMSTERS. Lesley Ricci, Susan Rasakham, Richard Melloni Jr., Department of Psychology & Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University, Boston MA

195.   11-KETOTESTOSTERONE AND PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; FRIENDS OR FOES? E.W. Rodgers, R.L. Earley, M.S. Grober³, Georgia State University / Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

196.   PUBERTAL SHIFTS IN STRESS REACTIVITY. Russell D. Romeo, Bruce S. McEwen, 

197.   AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE IMMUNOCOMPETENCE HANDICAP HYPOTHESIS IN THE AZOREAN ROCK-POOL BLENNY. Albert F. H. Ros¹, Catarina Ferreira¹, Ricardo S. Santos², Rui F. Oliveira¹, Unidade de Investigação em Eco- Etologia, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal¹, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores, PT-9901 862 Horta, Portugal²

198.   STEROID HORMONES AND AGGRESSION IN FEMALE GALÁPAGOS MARINE IGUANAS. D.R. Rubenstein¹, M. Wikelski², Cornell University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Ithaca, NY 14853¹, Princeton University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, NJ 08540²

199.   2D:4D RATIO AND EMPATHY VERSUS DETACHMENT IN WOMEN. Sherris Runcie, Dr. Louise M. Freeman, Psychology Department, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA 24401

200.   SEX DIFFERENCES IN ATTENTION TO VISUAL SEXUAL STIMULI . Heather A. Rupp, Kim Wallen, Department of Psychology and The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322

201.   EFFECTS OF PUP EXPOSURE ON CELLULAR PROLIFERATION IN THE PRAIRIE VOLE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Michael Ruscio, Timothy Sweeny, Julie Hazelton, Patrin Suppatkul, C. Sue Carter, Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago

202.   DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS ALTERS ADULT BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY IN THE RAT. Bryce C. Ryan¹, L. Earl Gray², Kevin M. Crofton³, John G. Vandenbergh¹, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC¹, Reproductive Toxicology Division, NHEERL, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC², Neurotoxicology Division, NHEERL, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC³

203.   INFLUENCE OF RELATIONSHIP STATUS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES ON DIURNAL RHYTHM OF TESTOSTERONE AND CORTISOL IN JAPANESE MEN. Kikue Sakaguchi, Mariko Oki, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Seijiro Honma, Dept. Cognitive & Behavioral Science, Tokyo University

204.   CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED APOMORPHINE PARTIALLY REVERSES DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON MALE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR RESULTING FROM ABSENCE OF GONADAL HORMONES DURING ADOLESCENCE. Kaliris Y. Salas-Ramirez, Cheryl L. Sisk, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

205.   SEX AND BRAIN AREA DIFFERENCES IN THE MICROSOMAL COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF TELENCEPHALIC AROMATASE IN THE ADULT ZEBRA FINCH. Kevin N. Rohmann, Colin J. Saldanha, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.

206.   SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE MATURATION AND INFANTICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN COOPERATIVELY BREEDING GERBILS. Saltzman, W., Ahmed, S., Fahimi, A., Thinda, S., Smith, A., Matsumoto, W., Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside

207.   EFFECTS OF UROCORTIN II ON PARENTAL CARE, ANXIETY, AND NEUROENDOCRINE HORMONES IN PRAIRIE VOLES (MICROTUS OCHROGASTER). Peter A. Samuel, Karen L. Bales, Univeristy of California, Davis

208.   DENDRITIC STRUCTURE OF PREOPTIC NEURONS IS NOT INFLUENCED BY ANDROGEN IN PARTHENOGENETIC WHIPTAIL LIZARDS. Nicholas Sanderson, Erik Weissler, David Crews, Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin

209.   AVT INCREASES AGGRESSION IN THE TERRITORIAL BEAUGREGORY DAMSELFISH. Nick Santangelo, Andrew Bass, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853

210.   NEUROPLASTICITY IN THE SONG NUCLEUS HVC IS MODULATED BY TESTOSTERONE AND PRODUCTION OF THE BIRD’S OWN SONG IN SONGBIRDS. Jennifer J. Sartor, Bettina Diekamp, Eric S. Fortune, Gregory F. Ball, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

211.   EFFECTS OF NO DONOR AND cGMP ANALOG IN THE MPOA OF DHT-TREATED CASTRATES. Sato, S.¹, Wersinger, S. R.¹, Hull, E. M.², Dept. of Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY¹, Dept. of Psychology, Florida State University²

212.   ALPHA MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE REVERSES CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE-INDUCED SICKNESS BEHAVIORS IN INFANT GUINEA PIGS. Patricia A. Schiml-Webb¹, Terrence Deak², Emily E. Miller¹, Michael B. Hennessy¹, Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio¹, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY²

213.   EFFECTS OF REPEATED AMPHETAMINE ON CORTICOSTERONE AND ANXIETY IN SENSITIZED VERSUS NON-SENSITIZED RATS DURING WITHDRAWAL . Jamie L. Scholl¹, Na Feng¹, Michael J. Watt¹, Kenneth J. Renner¹, Gina L. Forster², Dept. Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD¹, Basic Biomedical Sciences, University South Dakota, Vermillion, SD²

215.   ESTRADIOL RAPIDLY INCREASES SPINOPHILIN IN DEVELOPING HYPOTHALAMUS. Schwarz JM¹, McCarthy MM², Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore¹, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore²

216.   IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN HETERONUCLEAR OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN RNA DURING LACTATION AND THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS. Elka M. Scordalakes, Chunmei Yue, Noriko Mutsuga, Harold Gainer, Molecular Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892

217.   BREEDING STATUS AND NEUROMUSCULAR PLASTICITY IN NAKED MOLE-RATS: RECRUITMENT OF PERINEAL MOTONEURONS? Marianne Seney¹, Greta Rosen¹, Bruce Goldman², Nancy Forger¹, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003¹, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269²

218.   RACLOPRIDE PREVENTS THE NORMALIZATION OF AMPHETAMINE STIMULATED LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY AND DOPAMINE CLEARANCE IN DIABETIC RATS. Rajkumar J. Sevak¹, William Anthony Owens², Lynette C. Daws³, Aurelio Galli⁴, Charles P. France³, Departments of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX ¹, Departments of Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX ², Departments of Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX ³, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN⁴

219.   PHOTOPERIOD AND OREXIN IN THE MIGRATORY WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS). Kris Singletary ¹, Creagh Breuner ², Yvon Delville ³, Institute for Neuroscience, UT Austin, Austin TX ¹, Integrative Biology, UT Austin, Austin TX², Dept. of Psychology, UT Austin, Austin TX³

220.   THE RAPID REPRODUCTIVE RESPONSE OF MALE RUFOUS-WINGED SPARROWS, AIMOPHILA CARPALIS, TO INCREASED PRECIPITATION: A ROLE FOR TERMITES? T.W. Small¹, P. Deviche¹, P.J. Sharp², G.E. Bentley³, R.P. Millar⁴, K. Tsutsui⁵, Arizona State University¹, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland², University of California, Berkeley³, University of Edinburgh, Scotland⁴, Hiroshima University, Japan⁵

221.   OXYTOCIN AND DOPAMINE RECEPTOR DIFFERENCES IN THE MEIDAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF MONOGAMOUS AND PROMISCUOUS VOLES. Michael D. Smeltzer, J. Thomas Curtis, Brandon J. Aragona, Zuoxin Wang, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 30306

222.   FOCAL ADHESION KINASE - A NOVEL REGULATOR OF BRAIN FEMINIZATION?  Speert DB¹, McCarthy MM ², Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore¹, Department of Physiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore²

223.   ANDROGENS ENHANCE CELL SURVIVAL BUT NOT CELL PROLIFERATION IN ADULT MALE RATS. Mark D. Spritzer, Liisa A. M. Galea, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology and the Brain Research Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

224.   REPRODUCTIVE CONTEXT AND IMMUNOREACTIVITY OF CHICKEN GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONES –I AND –II IN FEMALE HOUSE SPARROWS (PASSER DOMESTICUS).  TJ Stevenson¹, GE Bentley², E Hampson³, L Arckens⁴, SA MacDougall-Shackleton³, Neuroscience Graduate Program¹, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley², Psychology Department, University of Western Ontario³, Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium⁴

225.   PROTEIN KINASE A ACTIVITY IN THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PROGESTIN-FACILITATED LORDOSIS OF RATS VIA GABAA AND/OR DOPAMINE TYPE 1-LIKE RECEPTORS. K. Sumida, A.A. Walf, C.A. Frye, Dept Psychology, Biology, and the Center for Neuroscience Research, SUNYat Albany

226.   Integration of olfactory information and male sexual behavior in mice is regulated by the paternally expressed gene Peg3. Will Swaney, James Curley, Barry Keverne, Sub-Dept of Animal Behaviour, Cambridge University, Madingley, Cambridge, CB3 8AA, UK

227.   CALORIES BUT NOT MACRONUTRIENTS ARE CRITICAL FOR RESTORATION OF ESTROUS CYCLES IN FOOD DEPRIVED SYRIAN HAMSTERS. L.A. Szymanski, A.A. Edwards, E.D. Grodin, J.E. Schneider, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

228.   SEROTONIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR IN GOLDEN HAMSTERS. Kereshmeh Taravosh-Lahn¹, Christel Bastida², Yvon Delville³, Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas, Austin, TX ¹, Psychology Department, The University of Texas, Austin, TX², Psychology Department and Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas, Austin, TX³

229.   DIFFERENCES IN NEURAL ACTIVATION FOLLOWING EXPRESSION OF APPETITIVE AND CONSUMMATORY MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE QUAIL BRAIN. Taziaux M, Cornil CA, Dejace C, Balthazart J, University of Liège, Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Liège, Belgium.

231.   THE EFFECTS OF SEROTONERGIC RECEPTOR AGONISTS, 8-OH-DPAT AND DOI, ON TERRITORIAL AND PATERNAL BEHAVIORS IN THE PUERTO RICAN COQUI FROG, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Gary R. Ten Eyck, John W. Larkin, Jacqueline R. Brown, Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello 83209

232.   NEURAL TISSUES THAT ENCODE PHOTOPERIOD HISTORY IN SIBERIAN HAMSTERS. Brett Teubner, David A. Freeman, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

233.   EFFECTS OF SEX AND D2-AUTORECEPTOR INHIBITION ON DOPAMINE UPTAKE KINETICS IN PERIADOLESCENT RATS.  R.G. MacGregor¹, M.E. Certain², T.L. Thompson³ , MSII¹, MSIII², Div. Basic Science Mercer Univ. Sch. of Medicine Macon GA³

234.   PUBERTAL CHANGES IN SYNAPTIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN THE PREOPTIC AREA AND MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS OF MALE SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Brigitte J. Todd¹, Julia L. Zehr², Margaret M. McCarthy¹, Cheryl L. Sisk², Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD¹, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

235.   THE EFFECTS OF SEX STEROIDS ON PAIR FORMATION IN ZEBRA FINCHES. Mihcelle L. Tomaszycki, Sunayana Banerjee, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Dept. Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

236.   DIFFERENTIAL PHOTOPERIODIC REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION AND AGGRESSION IN TWO SPECIES OF PEROMYSCUS. Brian C. Trainor, Randy J. Nelson, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

237.   TESTOSTERONE-INDUCED DOPAMINE RELEASE IN NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS OF MALE SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Jennifer L. Triemstra, Ruth I. Wood, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033

238.   STEROID HORMONES AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE MONOGAMOUS CONVICT CICHLID. Natalie April van Breukelen, Murray Itzkowitz, Lehigh University, Biological Sciences

239.   ESTRADIOL’S EFFECTS FOR ANTI-ANXIETY AND ANTI-DEPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE RODENTS MAY REQUIRE ACTIVITY AT ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA. A.A. Walf, C.A. Frye, Departments of Psychology and Biology, and Center for Neuroscience Research, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY, 12222

240.   PROGESTERONE EFFECTS ON HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY. E. M. Waters¹, T. A. Milner², B.S. McEwen¹, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY¹, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY²,

241.   RAPID SYSTEMIC RESPONSES TO RESTRAINT STRESS DIFFER BETWEEN WINNERS AND LOSERS OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. Michael J. Watt¹, Wayne J. Korzan², Cliff H. Summers ¹, Gina L. Forster¹, Dept. of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD¹, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA²

242.   SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ALTER CYTOKINE GENE EXPRESSION AND BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING ENDOTOXIN ADMINISTRATION. Zachary M. Weil, Stephanie L. Bowers, Leah M. Pyter, Randy J. Nelson, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, 43210, USA

243.   WITHIN-PAIR TESTOSTERONE COMPATIBILITY AS A CURRENCY FOR PAIRBOND QUALITY IN GREYLAG GEESE? Brigitte M. Weiß¹, Erich Möstl², Katharina Hirschenhauser¹, Konrad Lorenz Research Station, Grünau, Austria¹, Institute for Biochemistry, Veterinary University, Vienna, Austria²

244.   PINEAL-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT EFFECTS OF PHOTOPERIOD ON HAMSTER IMMUNE FUNCTION. Jarvi C. Wen, Brian J. Prendergast, Department of Psychology & Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637

245.   THE VASOPRESSIN 1b RECEPTOR GENE, BUT NOT THE VASOPRESSIN 1a RECEPTOR GENE, IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOCIAL AGGRESSION IN MICE. Scott R. Wersinger¹, W. Scott Young III², Shuang-Bao Hu³, Heather Caldwell², University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY¹, Section on Neural Gene Expression, NIMH, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD², Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, NIMH, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD³

246.   REWARDING VALUES OF EJACULATION AND INTROMISSION IN MALE RATS. Hilary Wilson, Lique M. Coolen, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy; University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, OH

247.   SOCIAL STRESS AND PUBERTY ALTER CRH INNERVATION OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM. Joel C. Wommack, Armando Salinas, Abbie Schindler, Yvon Delville, Psychology Department and Institute for Neurosicence, The University of Texas at Austin

248.   LIFESTYLE AND HORMONE DYNAMIC INDICES: FREE TESTOSTERONE DYNAMIC INDEX INCREASES ON A HIGH FAT DIET AND DECREASES WITH AEROBIC EXERCISE. Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, Kristin Hicks, Joanna Lazier, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6¹

249.   SEX DIFFERENCE IN EXPRESSION IN MOUSE BRAIN OF X ESCAPEE Eif2s3x, OR NOT?  Jun Xu, Rebecca Watkins, Arthur P. Arnold, Department of Physiological Science, UCLA

250.   PUBERTAL CHANGES IN NEURONAL STRUCTURE AND SYNAPTIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN THE MEDIAL AMYGDALA OF MALE SYRIAN HAMSTERS. Julia L. Zehr¹, Brigitte J. Todd², Kalynn M. Schulz³, Margaret M. McCarthy², Cheryl L. Sisk¹, Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI¹, Physiology Department, Program in Neuroscience; University of Maryland School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD², Psychology Department, Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI³

251.   PREGNANCY WEIGHT GAIN: IT HAPPENS IN PROSPECTIVE FATHERS TOO. Toni E. Ziegler¹, Nancy J. Schultz-Darken¹, Shelley Prudom¹, Gary Kraemer², Charles T. Snowdon³, National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI¹, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA², Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI³

252.   PREPULSE INHIBITION IS REDUCED IN MICE WITH THE TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION MUTATION. Damian G. Zuloaga, John A. Morris, Cynthia L. Jordan, S. Marc Breedlove, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

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