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CURRICULUMVITAE
AlexaH.Veenema,PhDAssociateProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience
DirectoroftheNeurobiologyofSocialBehaviorLaboratoryDepartmentofPsychologyMichiganStateUniversity
EastLansing,[email protected]
Labwebsite:https://veenemalab.psy.msu.edu
MSUPsychologyDepartment:https://psychology.msu.edu/people/faculty/aveenema
MSUNeuroscienceProgram:https://neuroscience.natsci.msu.edu/about-us/directory/faculty/alexa-h-veenema-phd/
RESEARCHINTERESTS
Socialbehavior,vasopressin,oxytocin,opioids,orexins,lateralseptum,bednucleusofthestriaterminalis,ventraltegmentalarea,socialbehaviorneuralnetwork,juveniles,
sexdifferences,agedifferences,earlylifestress
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
2017-present AssociateProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience DepartmentofPsychology&NeuroscienceProgram MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI
2016-2017 AssociateProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience DepartmentofPsychology,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA
2010-2016 AssistantProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience DepartmentofPsychology,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA
2009-2010 Post-doctoralresearcher,advisorDr.GeertJ.deVries DepartmentofPsychology&CenterforNeuroendocrineStudies UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA
2003-2009 Post-doctoralresearcher,advisorDr.IngaD.Neumann DepartmentofBehaviouralNeuroendocrinology,UniversityofRegensburg,Germany
2003 Ph.D.inNeuroscience,advisorsDr.E.RonalddeKloetandDr.JaapM.Koolhaas-June23rd- DepartmentofAnimalPhysiology,UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands Thesis(ISBN90-9017020-0):‘Copingstyleandstressorsusceptibility:neuroendocrine
andneurobiologicalstudieswithgeneticallyselectedmouselines’ http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/43758862/thesis.pdf
1997 M.Sc.inBiology,areaofexpertise:Neuroscience UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands
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PEER–REVIEWEDPUBLICATIONS
(N=59,GoogleScholarCitations=4438,H-index=36,I10-index=49)https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fYcP6ykAAAAJ&hl=en
MemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=graduatestudent,2=undergraduatestudent,3=postdoc
2018 BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,RoGS2,CieslewskiSE2,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamine,butnotnorepinephrine,inthesex-specificregulationofjuvenilesociallyrewardingbehaviorbyvasopressin.Neuropsychopharmacology,May22.[Epubaheadofprint]
BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesintheregulationofsocialandanxiety-relatedbehaviors:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocinbrainsystems.CurrOpinNeurobiol,49:132-140.Citedby3
ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK2,VeenemaAH.Activationpatternsofvasopressinergicandoxytocinergicbrainregionsfollowingsocialplayexposureinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.JNeuroendocrinol,Feb9.[Epubaheadofprint]Citedby1
SmithCJW1,WilkinsKB2,LiS2,TulimieriM2,VeenemaAH.Nucleusaccumbensmuopioidreceptorsregulatecontext-specificsocialpreferencesinthejuvenilerat.Psychoneuroendocrinology,89:59-68.
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanAM2,VeenemaAH.Robustage,butlimitedsex,differencesinmu-opioidreceptorsintheratbrain:Relevanceforrewardanddrugseekingbehaviorsinjuveniles.BrainStructFunct,223:475-488.Citedby2
2017RaamT,McAvoyKM,BesnardA,VeenemaA,SahayA.Hippocampaloxytocinreceptorsarenecessaryfordiscriminationofsocialstimuli.NatCommun.2017Dec8;8(1):2001.Citedby11
HodgesTE,BaumbachJL,MarcolinML,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH,McCormickCM.Socialinstabilitystressinadolescentmaleratsreducessocialinteractionandsocialrecognitionperformanceandincreasesoxytocinreceptorbinding.Neuroscience,359:172-182.Citedby5
SmithCJW1,MogaveroJN2,TulimieriMT2,VeenemaAH.Involvementoftheoxytocinsysteminthenucleusaccumbensintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior.HormBehav,93:94-98.Citedby6
DumaisKM1,KulkarniPP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingdifferentroutesofoxytocinadministrationinawakeadultrats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,81:52-62.Citedby5
DiBenedictisBT3,NussbaumM2,CheungHK2,VeenemaAH. Quantitativemappingrevealsageandsexdifferencesinvasopressin,butnotoxytocin,immunoreactivityintheratsocialbehaviorneuralnetwork.JCompNeurol,525:2549-2570.Citedby13
VarianBJ,PoutahidisT,DiBenedictisBT3,LevkovichT,IbrahimY,DidykE,ShikhmanL,CheungHK2,HardasA,RicciardiCE,KolandaiveluK,VeenemaAH,AlmEJ,ErdmanSE.Microbiallysateupregulateshostoxytocin.BrainBehavImmun,61:36-49.Citedby11
SmithCJW1,PoehlmannM,LiS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.AgeandsexdifferencesinoxytocinandvasopressinV1areceptorsintheratbrain:focusonthesocial-decisionmakingnetwork.BrainStructFunct,222:981-1006.Citedby30
2016 DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleoftheoxytocinsysteminamygdalasubregionsintheregulationofsocialinterestinmaleandfemalerats.Neuroscience,330:138-149.Citedby15
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DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Presenceandabsenceofsexdifferencesinstructureandfunctionofthebrainoxytocinsystem:Implicationsforunderstandingsocialbehavior.In:SexDifferencesintheCentralNervousSystem,AcademicPress,R.Shansky&J.Johnson(Eds),p.247-295.Citedby6
DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,ImmorminoMA2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Involvementoftheoxytocinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisinthesex-specificregulationofsocialrecognition.Psychoneuroendocrinology,64:79-88.Citedby25
DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandoxytocinreceptorsystemsinthebrain:sexdifferencesandsex-sprecificregulationofsocialbehavior.FrontNeuroendocrinol,40:1-23.Citedby129
2015FerrisCF,YeeJ,KenkelW,DumaisKM1,MooreK,VeenemaAH,KulkarniP,PerkybileA,CarterCS.DistinctBOLDactivationprofilesfollowingcentralandperipheraloxytocinadministrationinawakerats.FrontiersinBehavioralNeuroscience,Sept17;9:245.Citedby24
BredewoldR,SchiavoJK2,VanderHartM,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.DynamicchangesinextracellularreleaseofGABAandglutamateinthelateralseptumduringsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilerats:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehavior.Neuroscience,307:117-127.Citedby16
SmithCJW1,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialnoveltyinvestigationinthejuvenilerat:Modulationbytheopioidsystem.JNeuroendocrinol,27:752-764.Citedby14
2014 BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificmodulationofjuvenilesocialplaybehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.FrontBehavNeurosci,June16;8:216.Citedby65
2013 DumaisKM1,MayerTE2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorbindinginforebrainregions:correlationswithsocialinterestinbrainregion-andsex-specificways.HormBehav,64:693-701.Citedby78
VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,DeVriesGJ.Sex-specificmodulationofjuvenilesocialplaybyvasopressin.Psychoneuroendocrinology,38:2554-2561.Citedby64
LukasM,TothI,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Oxytocinmediatesrodentsocialmemorywithinthelateralseptumandthemedialamygdaladependingontherelevanceofthesocialstimulus:Malejuvenileversusfemaleadultconspecifics.Psychoneuroendocrinology38:916-26.Citedby88
2012 TaylorPV,VeenemaAH,PaulMJ,BredewoldR,IsaacsS,deVriesGJ.Sexuallydimorphiceffectsofaprenatalimmunechallengeonsocialplayandvasopressinexpressioninjuvenilerats.BiolSexDifferJun14;3(1):15.Citedby42
BeiderbeckDI,ReberSO,HavasiA,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Highandabnormalformsofaggressioninratswithextremesintraitanxiety–Involvementofthedopaminesysteminthenucleusaccumbens.Psychoneuroendocrinology37:1969-80.Citedby74
DeVriesGJ,VeenemaAH,BrownCH.Vasopressinandoxytocin:keystounderstandingtheneuralcontrolofphysiologyandbehaviour.JNeuroendocrinol24:527.Citedby6
VeenemaAH.Towardunderstandinghowearly-lifesocialexperiencesalteroxytocin-andvasopressin-regulatedsocialbehaviors.HormBehav61:304-312.Citedby118
VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,DeVriesGJ.Vasopressinregulatessocialrecognitioninjuvenileandadultratsofbothsexes,butinsex-andage-specificways.HormBehav61:50-6.Citedby55
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2011 LukasM,TothI,ReberSO,SlatteryDA,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Theneuropeptideoxytocinfacilitatespro-socialbehaviorandpreventssocialavoidanceinratsandmice.Neuropsychopharmacology,36:2159-68.Citedby233
LukasM,BredewoldR,LandgrafR,NeumannID,VeenemaAH.Earlylifestressimpairssocialrecognitionduetoabluntedresponseofvasopressinreleasewithintheseptumofadultmalerats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,36:843-53.Citedby73
2010 VeenemaAH,BeiderbeckDI,LukasM,NeumannID.Distinctcorrelationsofvasopressinreleasewithinthelateralseptumandthebednucleusofthestriaterminaliswiththedisplayofintermaleaggression.HormBehav,58:273-281.Citedby111
NeumannID,VeenemaAH,BeiderbeckDI.Aggressionandanxiety:socialcontextandneurobiologicallinks.FrontBehavNeurosci,Mar30:4-12.Review.Citedby171
LukasM,BredewoldR,NeumannID,VeenemaAH.Maternalseparationinterfereswithdevelopmentalchangesinbrainvasopressinandoxytocinreceptorbindinginmalerats.Neuropharmacology,58:78-87.Citedby107
2009 VeenemaAH.Earlylifestress,thedevelopmentofaggressionandneurobiologicalcorrelates:Whatcanwelearnfromanimalmodels?FrontNeuroendocrinol,30:497–518.Review.Citedby209
VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Maternalseparationenhancesoffensiveplay-fightinginjuvenilemalerats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,23:463-467.Citedby131
2008 VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Centralvasopressinandoxytocinrelease:regulationofcomplexsocialbehaviours.ProgBrainRes,170:261-276.Review.Citedby239
VeenemaAH,ReberSO,SelchS,ObermeierF,NeumannID.Earlylifestressenhancesthevulnerabilitytochronicpsychosocialstressandexperimentalcolitisinadultmice.Endocrinology,149:2727-2736.Citedby99
ReberSO,ObermeierF,StraubHR,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.AggravationofDSS-inducedcolitisafterchronicsubordinatecolony(CSC)housingispartiallymediatedbyadrenalmechanisms.Stress,11:225-234.Citedby45
2007BeiderbeckDI,NeumannID,VeenemaAH.Differencesinintermaleaggressionareaccompaniedbyoppositevasopressinreleasepatternswithintheseptuminratsbredforhighandlowanxiety.EurJNeurosci,26:3597-3605.Citedby109
VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Neurobiologicalmechanismsofaggressionandstresscoping:acomparativestudyinmouseandratselectionlines.BrainBehavEvol,70:274-285.Review.Citedby137
VeenemaAH,deKloetER,deWildeMC,RoelofsAJ,KawataM,BuwaldaB,NeumannID,KoolhaasJM,LucassenPJ.Differentialeffectsofstressonadulthippocampalcellproliferationinlowandhighaggressivemice.JNeuroendocrinol,19:489-498.Citedby26
VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,NeumannID.OppositeeffectsofmaternalseparationonintermaleandmaternalaggressioninC57Bl/6mice:linktohypothalamicvasopressinandoxytocinimmunoreactivity.Psychoneuroendocrinology,32:437-50.Citedby158
ReberSO,BirkenederL,VeenemaAH,ObermeierF,FalkW,StraubRH,NeumannID.Adrenalinsufficiencyandcolonicinflammationfollowinganovelchronicpsycho-socialstressparadigminmice:implicationsandmechanisms.Endocrinology,148:670-82.Citedby156
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VeenemaAH,TornerL,BlumeA,BeiderbeckDI,NeumannID.Lowinbornanxietycorrelateswithhighintermaleaggression:LinktoACTHresponseandneuronalactivationofthehypothalamicparaventricularnucleus.HormBehav,51:11-19.Citedby93
2006 VeenemaAH,BlumeA,NiederleD,BuwaldaB,NeumannID.Effectsofearlylifestressonadultmaleaggressionandhypothalamicvasopressinandserotonin.EurJNeurosci,24:1711-20.Citedby224
FeldkerDE,MorsinkMC,VeenemaAH,DatsonNA,ProutskiV,LathouwersD,deKloetER,VreugdenhilE.Theeffectofchronicexposuretohighlyaggressivemiceonhippocampalgeneexpressionofnon-aggressivesubordinates.BrainRes,1089:10-20.Citedby32
NeumannID,TornerL,ToschiN,VeenemaAH.Oxytocinactionswithinthesupraopticandparaventricularnuclei:differentialeffectsonperipheralandintranuclearvasopressinrelease.AmJPhysiolRegulIntegrCompPhysiol,291:R29-36.Citedby36
2005 VeenemaAH,SijtsmaB,KoolhaasJM,DeKloetER.Thestressresponsetosensorycontactinmice:genotypeeffectofthestimulusanimal.Psychoneuroendocrinology,30:550-557.Citedby36
VeenemaAH,CremersTIFH,JongsmaM,SteenbergenP,DeBoerSF,DeKloetER,KoolhaasJM.Differencesintheeffectsof5-HT1areceptoragonistsonforcedswimmingbehaviorand5-HTmetabolismbetweenlowandhighaggressivemice.Psychopharmacology,178:151-160.Citedby58
BuwaldaB,KoleMHP,VeenemaAH,HuiningaM,DeBoerSF,KorteSM,KoolhaasJM.Long-termeffectsofsocialstressonbrainandbehavior:afocusonhippocampalfunctioning.NeurosciBiobehavRev,29:83-97.Review.Citedby277
2004 VeenemaAH,KoolhaasJM,DeKloetER.Basalandstress-induceddifferencesinHPAaxis,5-HTresponsivenessandhippocampalcellproliferationintwomouselines.AnnNYAcadSci,1018:255-265.Review.Citedby89
2003 FeldkerDEM,DatsonNA,VeenemaAH,ProutskiV,LathouwersD,DeKloetER,VreugdenhilE.GeneChipanalysisofhippocampalgeneexpressionprofilesofshort-andlong-attack-latencymice:technicalandbiologicalimplications.JNeuroscienceRes,74:701-716.Citedby29
SluyterF,ArseneaultL,MoffittTE,VeenemaAH,deBoerSF,KoolhaasJM.Towardsananimalmodelforantisocialbehavior:parallelsbetweenmiceandmen.BehavGenet,33:563-574.Review.Citedby57
VeenemaAH,MeijerOC,DeKloetER,KoolhaasJM.Geneticselectionforcopingstylepredictsstressorsusceptibility.JNeuroendocrinol,15:256-267.Citedby180
VeenemaAH,MeijerOC,DeKloetER,KoolhaasJM,BohusBG.Differencesinbasalandstress-inducedHPAregulationofwildhousemiceselectedforhighandlowaggression.HormBehav,43:197-204.Citedby198
FeldkerDE,DatsonNA,VeenemaAH,MeulmeesterE,DeKloetER,VreugdenhilE.Serialanalysisofgeneexpressionpredictsstructuraldifferencesinhippocampusoflongattacklatencyandshortattacklatencymice.EurJNeurosci,17:379-387.Citedby55
2002 VanRielE,MeijerOC,VeenemaAH,JoëlsM.Hippocampalserotoninresponsesinshortandlongattacklatencymice.JNeuroendocrinol,14:234-239.Citedby42
2000 AbrahamI,HarkanyT,HorvathKM,VeenemaAH,PenkeB,NyakasC,LuitenPG.Chroniccorticosteroneadministrationdose-dependentlymodulatesAbeta(1-42)-andNMDA-inducedneurodegenerationinratmagnocellularnucleusbasalis.JNeuroendocrinol,12:486-94.Citedby92
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1997 AbrahamI,VeenemaAH,NyakasC,HarkanyT,BohusBG,LuitenPG.EffectofcorticosteroneandadrenalectomyonNMDA-inducedcholinergiccelldeathinratmagnocellularnucleusbasalis.JNeuroendocrinol,9:713-720.Citedby25
EXTRAMURALFUNDING
CurrentFundingNIMHR01MH102456‘Sex-specificregulationofsocialplay’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:09/14–07/19.Totalcosts:$1,744,920
NSFIOS1253386‘Vasopressin-mediatedregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviors’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:09/13–09/18.Totalcosts:$874,462CompletedFundingNIMHR15MH102807‘Sexandagedifferencesintheregulationofsocialrecognition’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:01/14–01/17.Totalcosts:$469,500
TheBrainandBehaviorResearchFoundation,NARSADYoungInvestigatorGrantsupportingDr.SindyCole,‘Elucidatingtheroleoftheprefrontalcortexincue-inducedovereating:Neuronalensemblesandorexinsignaling’.Role:Co-sponsor.Fundingperiod:01/15–01/17.Totalcosts:$60,000
NIMHF31MH100891,NRSApredoctoralresearchfellowshipsupportingKellyM.DumaisRole:FacultySponsor.Fundingperiod:10/13–10/15.Totalcosts:$72,108
NSFGRFP2012138127,graduateresearchfellowshipsupportingCarolineJ.SmithRole:FacultySponsor.Fundingperiod:09/12–09/15.Totalcosts:$129,000
TheBrainandBehaviorResearchFoundation,NARSADYoungInvestigatorAward17382‘Neuropeptideregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviors’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:07/11–07/14.Directandtotalcosts:$59,100
GermanResearchFoundation,InternationalPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipRole:PI.Fundingperiod:03/09–03/11,declinedbyPIafter07/10
BavarianResearchFoundation,PostdoctoralResearchFellowshipRole:PI.Fundingperiod:09/04–09/05
BavarianResearchFoundation,PostdoctoralResearchFellowshipRole:PI.Fundingperiod:08/03–08/04
INTRAMURALFUNDING
MichiganStateUniversity-ProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiative(each$2000,total$4000)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:fall2017/spring2018(1undergrad),summer2018(1undergrad).Supporting:AshleyChambers’19
BostonCollege-ResearchIncentiveGrant(each$15,000,total$30,000)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:2011-2012,2014-2015
BostonCollege-ResearchExpenseGrant(each$2,000,total$12,000)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:summer/fall2011,2012,2013,2015;winter/spring2011/2012;winter/spring2013/2014
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BostonCollege-UndergraduateResearchFellowship(total$44,200)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:summer2011(1undergrad),fall2011(1undergrad),summer2012(4undergrads),summer2013(7undergrads),spring2014(1undergrad),summer2014(8undergrads),summer2015(8undergrads),summer2016(6undergrads).Supporting24students:ThomasMayer’12,EvangelinaBarnard’13,GabrielaHidalgo’13,JazminMogavero’13,DanielleScaramella’13,AndreaAlonso(’14,MarisaImmormino’14,KaylaReardon’14,JenniferSchiavo’14,KevinWilkins’14,ChristineWu’14,SterlingKarakula’15,LauraNewman’15,AaraneRatnaseelan’16,SaraLi’16,GraceRo’16,DanielCho’16,ElizabethNussbaum’16,HarryCheung’17,CassandraGergely’17,TessaGillespie’17,JingTingYuan’17,ShannonCieslewski’18,MaxwellTulimieri’18
AWARDSANDHONORS
2013 NSFCareerAward2013 FacultyResearchFellowshipBostonCollege2011 NARSADYoungInvestigatorAward2010 ElizabethYoungNewInvestigatorAward(fromtheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences)
AWARDSANDHONORSVEENEMALABMEMBERS
MemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=graduatestudent,2=undergraduatestudent,3=postdoc
2018 ProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoAshleyChambers12017 ProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoAshleyChambers1
FirstplaceintalkcompetitionoftheMichiganRegionalPostdoctoralSymposiumbyDr.ChristinaReppucci3GlennI.HattonMemorialFellowshiptoDr.ChristinaReppucci3toattendandgiveatalkattheWorldConferenceonNeurohypophysialHormones
AmericanPhysiologySocietyTravelAwardtoDr.JustinSmith3toattendtheWorldConferenceonNeurohypophysialHormones
2016 BostonCollegeDonaldandHeleneWhiteDissertationAwardtoKellyDumais2ScholaroftheCollegeStudent,DanielCho1
2015 BostonCollegeGSASDissertationFellowship,KellyDumais2,toprovideastipendforoneyear BostonCollegeAdvancedStudyGrant,GraceRo1 ScholaroftheCollegeStudent,LauraNewman12014 BostonCollegeEngelhardPingreeResearchFellowship,KellyDumais2,giventoagraduate
studentdeemedtohavemadethegreatestcontributiontotheresearchmissionoftheGraduateSchoolofArts&SciencesatBostonCollegeTravelAward,KellyDumais2,toattendtheBiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy
TravelAward,CarolineSmith2,toattendtheBiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy
ScholaroftheCollegeStudent,JenniferSchiavo12012 PosterAward,KellyDumais2,AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,
Amherst,MA TravelAward,RemcoBredewold,toattendtheAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocial
Neuroscience,NewOrleans,LA2011 Travelaward,KellyDumais2,toattendtheWorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,
EmoryUniversity,Atlanta
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TravelAward,CarolineSmith2,toattendtheWorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA
DIRECTIONOFRESEARCH
Directionofpostdoctoralresearch09/2018-present KatieE.Yoest09/2015-present ChristinaJ.Reppucci09/2016-09/2017 JustinA.Smith09/2014-09/2016 BrettT.DiBenedictis(current:Lecturer,BostonUniversity)
DirectionofPh.D.research2018-present JessicaLee2017-present SangYun(Henry)Yang2011-2017 CarolineJ.Smith(current:Postdoc,HarvardMedicalSchool)2010-2016 KellyM.Dumais(current:Postdoc,McLeanHospital)
DirectionofM.A./M.S.research2013-2016 NicholasWorley(currentPhDstudent,BostonCollege)2014-2015 MichelleVerreij(visitingscholar,UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands)
DirectionofUndergraduateResearchatMSU(since2017)SeniorThesis:AshleyChambers’19
NIHENDUREdiversitysummerundergradresearch:NatashaMendez(2018)
VolunteerResearchAssistant:AshleyChambers’19,SuhannaPosana’19,AnnMarieScazzero’20,LeighaBrown‘20
DirectionofUndergraduateResearchatBostonCollege(2010-2016)BostonCollegeScholaroftheCollegeThesis(3students):JenniferSchiavo’14,LauraNewman’15,DanielCho’16
SeniorThesis(14students):ThomasMayer’12,JazminMogavero’13,AndreaAlonso’14,MarisaImmormino’14,KevinWilkins’14,ChristineWu’14,AaraneRatnaseelan’16,SaraLi’16,GraceRo’16,ElizabethNussbaum’16,HarryCheung’17,CassandraGergely’17,TessaGillespie’17,JingTingYuan’17
IndependentStudy(19students):ThomasMayer’12,JazminMogaverro’13,KaylaReardon’14,DanielleScaramella’13,AndreaAlonso’14,MarisaImmormino’14,JenniferSchiavo’14,KevinWilkins’14,ChristineWu’14,SterlingKarakula’15,LauraNewman’15,AaraneRatnaseelan’16,DanielCho’16,SaraLi’16,GraceRo’16,HarryCheung’17,CassandraGergely’17,JingTingYuan’17,ShannonCieslewski’18
THESISCOMMITTEES
DoctoralDissertationCommittee2019 SarahKark,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor)2018-present JessicaLee,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(advisor)2017-present SangYun(Henry)Yang,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(advisor)
AmandaWhite,DepartmentofPsychiatry,UniversityofMichigan(member)ErikaVitale,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member)LaurenRaycraft,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member)
2017 CarolineSmith,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor)
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Thesis:Developmentofoxytocin,vasopressinV1a,andmu-opioidreceptorexpressionintheratbrain:implicationsfortheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior
2016 KellyA.Bennion,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(thirdmember)KellyM.Dumais,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor)Thesis:Involvementoftheoxytocinsysteminsex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorandinsex-specificbrainactivation
2015 ChristinaReppucci,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor)ElizabethN.Holly,PhDdefense,SacklerSchoolofGraduateBiomedicalSciences,TuftsUniversity(externalmember)CallumHicks,PhDdefense,SchoolofPsychology,UniversityofSydney,Australia(thesisexaminer)
2014 JoshuaJ.Meidenbauer,PhDdefense,DepartmentofBiology,BC(thirdmember)
Master’sThesisCommittee2016 MorganRogers,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor) NicholasWorley,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor) Thesis:Mechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystem AllisonFoilb,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor) BrittanyJeye,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(thirdmember)2015 SarahKark,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor)2014 SaraE.Keefer,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor) LaurenC.Anderson,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor)2013 CarolineJ.Smith,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor) Thesis:Neuralmodulationofsocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat KellyA.Bennion,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor)2012 KellyM.Dumais,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor)
Thesis:Sexhormoneandoxytocinregulationofmaleandfemalesocialinterestandrecognition:Oxytocinreceptordensitiescorrelatewithsocialinterest
JoshuaJ.Meidenbauer,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofBiology,BC(thirdmember)2011 JaclynPortelli,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(co-advisor)
MENTORINGRESEARCH(PriortoFacultyPosition)
Co-mentoringPh.D.Research(co-mentoredwithDr.IngaD.Neumann)2007-2011 MichaelLukas,UniversityofRegensburg,thesisdefense:Oct21,2011
Thesis:Effectsofcentralneuropeptidesonsocialpreferenceandsocialrecognitioninmalerats
2005-2009 DanielaI.Beiderbeck,UniversityofRegensburg,thesisdefense:May4,2009 Thesis:‘Underlyingneurobiologicalmechanismsofhighandabnormalaggressioninmale
rats:linktotraitanxiety’
MentoringUndergraduateResearch2009-2010 Seniorhonorsresearchthesis,UMass-Amherst,ChidoKativhu2007-2008 Bachelorthesis(6-monthfull-time),Univ.ofRegensburg,SophieKoszinowski2003-2008 Researchthesis(9-monthfull-time),UniversityofRegensburg
DanielaNiederle,SandraSelch,DanielaBeiderbeck,ElisabethMartin,MichaelLukas,TeresaDintenfelder,IuliaToth
1998-2003 Researchthesis(6-monthfull-time),UniversityofGroningenErwinBuist,EvelijnGerstel,TrynkedeJong,SimonGrootendijk,BettySijtsma,AnkeRoelofs
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INVITEDTALKS
2019'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign,IL
2018 'Developmentalandsex-specificinvolvementofvasopressinintheregulationofsocialbehavior',InternationalSymposiumonRegulatoryPeptides,Acapulco,Mexico,Sep22-25
'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI
'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI
2017 'Roleofopioidsandoxytocininsocialbehavior',OsloUniversityHospital,Oslo,Norway
'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',RosalindFranklinUniversityofMedicineandScience,NorthChicago,IL
'Vasopressininvolvedinpreventingandinducingsexdifferencesinbehavior:Ataleoftwobrainregions',SocietyforNeuroscience,WashingtonDC
'Dualfunctionofsexdifferencesinthebrainvasopressinsystem:preventingandinducingsexdifferencesinsocialbehavior',WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil
'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinsociallyrewardingbehaviors',InternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSociety,Hiroshima,Japan
'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinjuvenilesociallyrewardingbehaviors',MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI
2016 'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinsociallyrewardingjuvenilebehaviors',UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA
'Sexdifferencesinthebrainpreventsexdifferencesinsocialbehavior',SocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',UniversityMedicalCenterUtrecht,Utrecht,theNetherlands
'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinsociallyrewardingjuvenilebehaviors',FENSForumofNeuroscience,Copenhagen,Denmark
'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',MassachusettsGeneralHospital,DepartmentofPsychiatry,Boston,MA
2015 'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',MassachusettsGeneralHospital,NeuroendocrineUnit,Boston,MA
'Plasticityinneuropeptideregulationofjuvenilesocialbehavior:Sexandsocialcontextmatter',SocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA
'Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocininjuvenilerats',EasternPsychologicalAssociation,Philadelphia,PA
'Sex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',WinterConferenceonBrainResearch,BigSky,MT
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2014 'Age-andsex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA
'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',InternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
'Mechanismsunderlyingsex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialplaybyvasopressin',InternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
'Age-andsex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',EasternPsychologicalAssociation,Boston,MA
'Sex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',AnnualSocialBrainSciencesSymposium,ChestnutHill,MA
2013 'Regulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin:Effectsofearlylifestress,sex,andage',HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA
'Sex-specificeffectsofoxytocinonsocialinformationprocessinginrats’,EuropeanBrainandBehaviourSocietyMeeting,Munich,Germany
'Keyrolesforvasopressinandoxytocininthesex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviors',AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA
'Sex-specificexpressionandregulationofsocialbehavior:Involvementofvasopressinandoxytocinsystems',UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,CA
'Theoxytocinsystemandsocialbehavior:Effectsofsex,age,andearlylifestress',68thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBiologicalPsychiatry,SanFrancisco,CA
'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofstressandsocialbehavior',UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands
'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofstressandsocialbehavior',McLeanHospital,Belmont,MA
'Effectsofearlylifestressonsocialbehaviors:Linktoalterationsinoxytocinandvasopressinbrainsystems',MaineMedicalCenter,Portland,ME
'Effectsofearly-lifesocialexperiencesonvasopressin-andoxytocin-mediatedsocialandemotionalbehaviors',SocialNeuroendocrinologyPre-conference,NewOrleans,LA
2012 'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofstressandsocialbehavior',MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MA
'Qualityoftheearlylifesocialenvironmentdeterminesdifferentialexpressionofjuvenileandadultsocialbehaviors:Linktovasopressinandoxytocinsystems',UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL
'Qualityoftheearlylifesocialenvironmentdeterminesdifferentialexpressionofjuvenileandadultaggressivebehaviors:Linktovasopressinandoxytocinsystems',Bi-Bi-AnnualWorldMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyforResearchonAggression,Luxembourg
'Effectsofearly-lifesocialexperiencesonvasopressin-andoxytocin-mediatedsocialandemotionalbehaviors',AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalBehaviouralandNeuralGeneticsSociety,Boulder,CO
2011 'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofsocialbehavior',CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY
'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',Children'sHospitalBoston,MA
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'Earlylifestressaltersvasopressin-regulatedsocialbehaviors',DutchEndo-Neuro-PsychoAnnualMeeting,theNetherlands
2010 'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',BiologyDepartment,BostonCollege
'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',BowdoinCollege,Brunswick,ME
'Earlylifestressaffectsthedevelopmentofvasopressin-regulatedsocialbehavior',AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanCollegeofNeuropsychopharmacology,MiamiBeach,FL
'Age-andbrainregion-specificeffectsofvasopressinonaggressionandsocialrecognition',Bi-AnnualWorldMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyforResearchonAggression,Storrs,CT
'Keyrolefortheneuropeptidevasopressininsex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialbehavior',AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,AnnArbor,MI
2009 'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,CT
'Doesvasopressinregulateintermaleaggression?Invivovasopressinreleaseduringresident-intruderencountersgivesnewinsights',NIMH,Bethesda,MD
'Doesvasopressinregulateintermaleaggression?Intracerebralvasopressinreleaseduringresident-intruderencountersgivesnewinsights',NeuropeptideSatelliteMeeting,Chicago,IL
'Earlylifestressandthedevelopmentofaggressionandsocialrecognition:alinktovasopressin',Context,Causes,andConsequencesofConflictWorkshop,Leiden,TheNetherlands
'Effectsofearlylifestressonthedevelopmentofaggressionandsocialrecognition:Linktoalterationsincentralvasopressinactivity',EuropeanSocietyforChildandAdolescentPsychiatrymeeting,Budapest,Hungary
'Impactofearlylifestressandgeneticfactorsontheregulationofsocialbehaviors’UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA
2008 'Impactofearlylifestressandgeneticfactorsontheregulationofsocialbehaviors',BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA
'Long-termeffectsofearlylifestressonaggressionandcognitionassociatedwithchangesincentralvasopressinactivity',12thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Groningen,TheNetherlands
2007'Modulationofaggressionandsocialcognitionbyearlylifestressandneuropeptides',UniversityofWisconsin,Madison,WI
'Modulationofaggressionandsocialcognitionbyearlylifestressandneuropeptides',UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA
'Earlylifestressincreasesmaleaggressionandimpairssocialcognition:Linktoalterationsinbrainvasopressinactivity',7thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Regensburg,Germany
'Monitoringofneuropeptidereleaseduringsocialbehaviourswithindistinctbrainregionsusingmicrodialysisandbehaviouralmanipulationsusingretrodialysis',39thAnnualMeetingoftheEuropeanBrainandBehaviourSociety,Trieste,Italy
2006 'Animalmodelstostudydepressionandaggression',InstituteofExperimentalMedicine,Budapest,Hungary
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'Stressresponses,aggressionandcopingstrategiesindifferentrodentmodels',Kargerworkshop/JBJohnsonclub,Atlanta,GA
2005 'Animalmodelstostudydepressionandaggressionco-morbidity',LundbeckResearchUSAInc.,Newark,NJ
2004 'ChangesinadultcellproliferationinlowandhighaggressivemiceinrelationtoinbornalterationsinHPAaxisactivity',3rdDutchEndo-Neuro-Psychomeeting,Doorwerth,theNetherlands
2003 'DifferencesinHPAand5-HTresponsivenessintwomouselines',20thWorkshoponIndividualDifferencesinBehaviourandPhysiology:CausesandConsequences,Erice,Sicily,Italy
'Differencesinbasalandstress-inducedchangesHPAregulationofwildhousemiceselectedforhighandlowaggression',2ndDutchEndo-Neuro-Psychomeeting,Doorwerth,theNetherlands
2002 'Copingstyleandstressorsusceptibility',UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany
'Copingstyleandstressorsusceptibility',MaxPlanckInstituteofPsychiatry,Munich,Germany
'Differencesinstress-reactivityintwomouselinesgeneticallyselectedforhighandlowaggression',AnnualmeetingoftheDutchContactGroupforBehavioralGenetics,Utrecht,theNetherlands
2001 'Behavioralandneuroendocrinecharacteristicsofwildhousemicegeneticallyselectedforhighandlowaggression:Beyondamodelofaggression',5thDutchEndo-Neuromeeting,Doorwerth,theNetherlands
INVITEDTALKSVEENEMALABMEMBERSMemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=graduatestudent,2=undergraduatestudent,3=postdoc
2018 Dr.ChristinaReppucci3,'Neuralsubstratesunderlyingsocialmotivationinjuvenilerats',AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
2017Dr.ChristinaReppucci3,'RecruitmentofVasopressinandOxytocinNeuronsintheParaventricularandSupraopticHypothalamicNucleiDuringSocialPlayinJuvenileMaleandFemaleRats',WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil
2017CarolineSmith2,'Regulationofsocialbehaviorbythebrainoxytocinsystemduringdevelopment:Possibleinteractionswiththevasopressinsystem’,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,NeuroendocrineUnit,Boston,MA
2016KellyDumais2,'Oxytocinregulatessocialbehaviorandactivatesneuralcircuitsinsex-specificwaysinrats’,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,NeuroendocrineUnit,Boston,MA
CarolineSmith2,'Unravelingtheneuralbasisofsocialnovelty-seekingduringadolescence:Involvementofoxytocinandopioids’,SocialBrainSciencesSymposium,BrandeisUniversity,Waltham,MA
KellyDumais2,'Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingoxytocinadministrationinawakerats’SocialBrainScienceSymposium,BrandeisUniversity,Waltham,MA
2014KellyDumais2,'Neuralbasisofsex-specificregulationofsocialbehavior:Focusontheoxytocinsystem’,SocialBrainSciencesSymposium,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA
CarolineSmith2,'Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat’,SocialBrainSciencesSymposium,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA
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PROFESSIONALSERVICES
Present Secretary&Treasurer,SocietyforSocialNeuroscience(since2018) ReviewEditor,journalFrontiersinEndocrinology,(since2017) EditorialBoardmember,journalSocialNeuroscience(since2017) EditorialBoardmember,JournalHormonesandBehavior(since2015) Boardmember,SocietyforSocialNeuroscience(since2015)
ReviewEditor,journalFrontiersinBehavioralNeuroscience(since2009)2019 ProgramCommitteememberofthe23rdannualmeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioral
Neuroendocrinology2018 MinisymposiumCo-Chair,‘Socialmotivationacrossthelifespan’,AnnualMeetingofthe
SocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA,November3-72017 SymposiumCo-Chair,‘Neurobiologicalmechanismsofsocialandnon-socialreward’,Annual
MeetingoftheInternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSociety,Hiroshima,Japan,June26–302016 SymposiumChair,‘Whatdowelearnaboutthesocialbrainbyaddingsexasbiological
variable?’AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiegoCA,Nov11 SymposiumChair,‘Neurobiologyofsocialrewardandattachment’,FENSForumof
NeuroscienceBiannualMeeting,Copenhagen,Denmark,July2–62015 Co-chairoftheProgramCommittee,6thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocial
Neuroscience,ChicagoIL,Oct16 SymposiumChair,‘Bednucleusofthestriaterminalis:Amodulatorofsocialbehaviorandstress
responsesinmalesandfemales’,AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGroveCA,June10-14
2014 Co-ChairoftheProgramCommittee,5thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,WashingtonDC,Nov13-14
SymposiumChair,‘Regulationofsocialbehavior:Focusonsexdifferences’,44thAnnualMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada,Aug19-22
2013 SymposiumChair,‘Oxytocin,brainfunction,andsocialbehaviour’,45thMeetingoftheEuropeanBrainandBehaviourSociety,Munich,Germany,Sept6-9
2011 Co-ChairofWorkshop“Buildingacareerinacademia”,UMass-Amherst Guest-Editor,SpecialIssueoftheJournalofNeuroendocrinology ChairoftheOrganizingCommittee,9thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,
Boston,MA,July27-30SymposiumChair,‘Stresslegacy:past,present,andfuture’,9thDutchEndo-Neuro-PsychoMeeting,Lunteren,theNetherlands,May30-June1
2010 SymposiumChair,“Vasopressinandvasotocinasregulatorsofaggressionandothersocialbehaviors”,19thWorldConferenceoftheInternationalSocietyofResearchonAggression,StorrsCT,July27-31
2006-2009 Coordinator,InternationalMaster’sProgrammeinExperimentalandClinicalNeurosciences,UniversityofRegensburg,Germany
2004-2009 Organizeranddiscussionleader,weeklyscientificseminarsattheDepartmentofBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,UniversityofRegensburg,Germany
PanelGrantReviewer2018 NIHNeurobiologyofMotivatedBehaviorStudySection2017 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation2016 NSFGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram(GRFP),Psychology2014 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation2013 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation
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Ad-hocGrantReviewer2017 NWODutchResearchFoundation
NIHSpecialEmphasisPanelforBiobehavioralandBehavioralProcesses2016 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation2015 NWODutchResearchFoundation2014 HumanFrontiersScienceProgram OTKAHungarianScientificResearchFund2013 HarryFrankGuggenheimFoundation
NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems-Modulation2011 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystemsCluster2010 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystemsCluster2009 DFGGermanResearchFoundation2008 NWODutchResearchFoundationAd-hocReviewerforInternationalPeer-ReviewedScientificJournals(n=27)BehaviouralBrainResearch;BehaviorGenetics;BehavioralNeuroscience;BehaviorResearchMethods;BiologyLetters;BiologicalPsychiatry;BrainResearch;CurrentNeurobiology;FrontiersinBehavioralNeuroscience;Genes,BrainandBehavior;HormonesandBehavior;InternationalJournalofDevelopmentalNeuroscience;InternationalJournalofNeuropsychopharmacology;JournalofEvolutionaryBiology;JournalofNeuroendocrinology;JournalofVisualExperiments;NeuralPlasticity;Neuropharmacology;Neuropsychopharmacology;NeuroscienceandBiobehavioralReviews;NeuroscienceLetters;PhysiologyandBehavior;PLoSOne;ProgressinNeuro-Psychopharmacology&BiologicalPsychiatry;Psychoneuroendocrinology;Psychopharmacology;TranslationalPsychiatryProfessionalAffiliationsFederationofEuropeanNeuroscienceSocietiesInternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSocietyOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferencesSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologySocietyforNeuroscienceSocietyforSocialNeuroscience
UNIVERSITYSERVICESatMichiganStateUniversity(since2017)
Present AdvisoryCommitteetotheChairofthePsychologyDepartment,MSU(since2018)FacultyAdvisoryCommitteeMember,MSUNeuroscienceProgram(since2017)
Chair,BehavioralNeuroscienceGraduateStudentAdmissions(since2017)
UNIVERSITYSERVICESatBostonCollege(2010-2016)
2014-2016 Chair,ColloquiumCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2014-2015 Member,CognitiveNeuroscienceSearchCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment Member,DepartmentNameChangeCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2012-2013 Member,BehavioralNeuroscienceSearchCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2012 Member,ScholaroftheCollege,McCarthyPrize,BC
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Member,RIGcommittee,BC2012-2016 Member,HigginsSafetyCommittee,BC2011-2016 Member,IACUCcommittee,BC2011-2012 Member,BehavioralNeuroscienceSearchCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2010-2014 Member,GraduateEvaluationCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2010-2011 Member,GraduateAdmissions&RecruitmentCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment Member,StrategicPlanningCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2010-2016 UndergraduateAdvising,BCPsychologyDepartment
TEACHING
CoursesatMichiganStateUniversity(2017-present)BrainandBehavior,undergraduatecourseNeuroscienceofPsychopathologies,undergraduatecourseNeurobiologyofStress,graduateseminar
CoursesatBostonCollege(2010-2016)NeurobiologyofStress,undergraduatecourseNeuroscienceofPsychopathology,undergraduatecourseNeuralSystemsandStress,graduateseminarNeurobiologyofMentalIllness,graduateseminarNeuroscienceProseminar,graduateproseminar(co-teacher)
GuestLectures2013 GraduateseminaronSocialandAffectiveNeuroscience,DepartmentofPsychology,
HarvardUniversity
LecturesattheUniversityofRegensburg2007-2009 OsmoregulationandExcretion(Lecturesintegratedintheannual‘AnimalPhysiology’
UndergraduateCourse,taughtinGerman)2006-2009 SystemsNeuroscience(AnnuallectureswithintheInternationalMaster’sProgramin
‘ExperimentalandClinicalNeurosciences’,taughtinEnglish)
TeachingAssistantshipsattheUniversityofGroningen/UniversityofRegensburg2004-2009 Zoology(Annual2-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)2003-2009 NeurobiologyandNeuroendocrinology(Annual6-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)2003 BehaviouralPharmacology(Annual4-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)1998-2001 AnimalPhysiology(Annual4-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)
OUTREACHACTIVITIES
Present ParticipationoftheVeenemaLabinBrainAwarenessActivities(since2010),includingtheannualMSUNeuroscienceFairandMSUElementaryScienceNights
2018 PanelistinaPanelDiscussiononNSFGRFPapplicationsatMSUwiththeaudiencebeingseniorundergraduatestudentsandfirst-yearandsecond-yeargraduatestudentsParticipationinalunchwithundergraduateminoritystudentsselectedfortheMSUSummerResearchOpportunitiesProgramtotalkaboutstrategiesapplyingtograduateschoolMentoringNatashaMendez,anundergraduatestudentfromPuertoRicowhoparticipatesinNIHBlueprintInitiativeNeuroscienceProgramto"EnhancingNeuroscienceDiversity
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throughUndergraduateResearchEducationExperiences(ENDURE)"atMSUandreceiveshands-ontrainingandmentoringinthelaboverthesummerPanelistinaResearchForum“GettingTheMostOutofYourConferenceExperience”,MSUNeuroscienceprogram
2017 NeuroscienceLabOpenHouse,MSUNeuroscienceundergraduatestudentsinterestedinresearchwereinvitedtogetaninsidelookattheresearchconductedintheVeenemalabwithlivedemonstrationsandhands-onopportunities
PsychologyResearchOpenHouse,MSUPsychologyundergraduatestudentsinterestedinresearchwereinvitedtogetaninsidelookattheresearchconductedintheVeenemalabwithlivedemonstrationsandhands-onopportunities
PanelistinaPanelDiscussiononNSFGRFPapplicationsatMSUwiththeaudiencebeingseniorundergraduatestudentsandfirst-yearandsecond-yeargraduatestudents
2016 MentoringHighSchoolstudentJuliaKastnerwhoparticipatesintheprogramInSPIRE(InterestedStudentsPursuingInternshipResearchExperiences)atConcordAcademy,Concord,MAandwasaninternintheVeenemalaboverthesummerof2016
Bring-your-parents-to-the-lab-day(May21),familyofstudentsandstaffmembersoftheVeenemalabwereinvitedtogetaninsidelookattheresearchconductedintheVeenemalabwithlivedemonstrationsandhands-onopportunities
2015-2017 MentoringHighSchoolstudentZoeShaw,whoparticipatesintheScienceResearchProgramatJohnJayHighSchool,NewYork,NYandwasaninternintheVeenemalaboverthesummerof2016
2015 MentorinaTraineeWorkshoponFundingOpportunitiesatNSFandNIHatUMass-AmherstInterviewedbytheThompsonIslandOutwardBoundEducationCentertotalkaboutwhatitisliketobeabehavioralneuroscientistSpeakeratMITMuseumSecondFridaysProgram“Agoodnightforabaddate”,givingatalkaboutsexdifferencesinsocialbehaviorandtherolesofvasopressinandoxytocininmediatingthesedifferences
2014 MentorintheMentor/MenteeprogramoftheInternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinologytoadviseyoungfellowsonacademicandpersonalmattersrelatedtoacareerinthefieldofPsychoneuroendocrinology
PanelistinaPanelDiscussiononWomeninScienceatBostonCollege2013 SpeakerattheSummerScienceInstituteforHighSchool/MiddleSchoolScienceteachersat
theDover/SherborneHighSchool,organizedbyTheEducationCooperativeSpeakerintheBostonCollege’sWomeninScienceHighSchoolProgram
2012 MentorinProfessionalDevelopmentWorkshopatUMass-AmherstMentorinSpeedMentoringSessionandinMeettheProfessorLuncheonoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology
2012-2015 MentoringHighSchoolstudentSofiaGilary,whoparticipatedintheScienceResearchProgramatJohnJayHighSchool,NewYork,NYandwasaninternintheVeenemalab
2011 MentorinaWorkshop“BuildingaCareerinAcademia”atUMass-Amherst2011-2012 MentoringHighSchoolstudentKatParadis,whoparticipatedintheScienceResearch
ProgramatSaratogaSpringsHighSchool,NewYork,NY
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POSTERPRESENTATIONSATSCIENTIFICMEETINGSMemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=graduatestudent,2=undergraduatestudent,3=postdoc
2018 BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialrewardregulationinjuvenilerats:Focusonglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,PosaniSS1,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Activationofventraltegmentalareasupportstheexpressionofsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialrewardregulationinjuvenilerats:Focusonglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,PosaniSS1,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Activationofventraltegmentalareasupportstheexpressionofsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,NascimentoNF2,RoGS2,CieslewskiSE2,ReppucciCJ1,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandsocialplaymodulatelateralseptumneurotransmitterreleaseinsex-specificways.InternationalCongressofNeuroendocrinology,Toronto,Canada
ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK2,NascimentoNF,RoGS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentofvasopressinergicandoxytonergicbrainregionsinresponsetosocialplay.InternationalCongressofNeuroendocrinology,Toronto,Canada
2017 BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressininthelateralseptumalterstheextracellularreleaseofvariousneurotransmittersinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialplay.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK2,NascimentoNF,RoGS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoftheventraltegmentalareaanditsafferentpathwaysduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
SmithCJW1,DiBenedictisBT2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandoxytocininthesocialbehaviorneuralnetwork:Howdofiberprojectionsandreceptorscompare?AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
SmithJA3,BredewoldR,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Behavioralandneuroanatomicalcharacterizationofthevasopressinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisrevealspotentialcoordinationofseparatepopulationsofvasopressinneuronsinmediatingsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressininthelateralseptumalterstheextracellularreleaseofvariousneurotransmittersinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialplay.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK2,NascimentoNF,RoGS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoftheventraltegmentalareaanditsafferentpathwaysduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
SmithJA3,BredewoldR,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Behavioralandneuroanatomicalcharacterizationofthevasopressinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisreveals
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potentialcoordinationofseparatepopulationsofvasopressinneuronsinmediatingsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil
ReppucciCJ3*,GergelyCK2,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentofvasopressinandoxytocinneuronsintheparaventricularandsupraoptichypothalamicnucleiduringsocialplayinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil*TravelAward
SmithJA3*,BredewoldR,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Behavioralandneuroanatomicalcharacterizationofthevasopressinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisrevealspotentialcoordinationofseparatepopulationsofvasopressinneuronsinmediatingsocialbehavior.WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil*TravelAward
BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSociety,Hiroshima,Japan
BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. MichiganChapteroftheSocietyforNeuroscienceMeeting,AnnArbor,MI
ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK2,NascimentoNF,RoGS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Anovelrolefororexininregulatingsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilerats.MichiganChapteroftheSocietyforNeuroscienceMeeting,AnnArbor,MI
2016 BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
DiBenedictisBT3,SmithCJW1,NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofopposite-sexpreferenceinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingdifferentroutesofoxytocinadministrationinawakeadultrats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
NascimentoNF,RoGS2,ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.LateralSeptumVasopressinSystemInteractsWithNucleusAccumbensandPrefrontalCortextoRegulateSocialPlayinSex-SpecificWays. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,LiS2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofmuopioidreceptorsintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior:Brainregion-specificeffectsandmodulationbysocialseparation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
ReppucciCJ,GergelyCK,NascimentoNF,RoGS,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoforexin/hypocretinneuronsduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,YuanJC2,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofandrogen,butnotestrogen,receptorsinthemasculinizationoftheoxytocinreceptorinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
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BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
DiBenedictisBT3,SmithCJW1,NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofopposite-sexpreferenceinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingdifferentroutesofoxytocinadministrationinawakeadultrats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
NascimentoNF,RoGS2,ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.LateralSeptumVasopressinSystemInteractsWithNucleusAccumbensandPrefrontalCortextoRegulateSocialPlayinSex-SpecificWays. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,LiS2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofmuopioidreceptorsintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior:Brainregion-specificeffectsandmodulationbysocialseparation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
ReppucciCJ,GergelyCK,NascimentoNF,RoGS,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoforexin/hypocretinneuronsduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,YuanJC2,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofandrogen,butnotestrogen,receptorsinthemasculinizationoftheoxytocinreceptorinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
BredewoldR,NascimentoN,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
DiBenedictisBT3,SmithCJW1,NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofopposite-sexpreferenceinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingoxytocinadministrationinawakerats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,LiS2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofmuopioidreceptorsintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior:Brainregion-specificeffectsandmodulationbysocialseparation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
ReppucciCJ,GergelyCK,NascimentoNF,RoGS,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoforexin/hypocretinneuronsduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,YuanJC2,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofandrogen,butnotestrogen,receptorsinthemasculinizationoftheoxytocinreceptorinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
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DiBenedictisBT3,NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,VeenemaAH.Ageandsexdifferencesinforebraindistributionofvasopressinandoxytocinfibersintherat.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA
DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingoxytocinadministrationinawakerats.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,PoehlmannML2,VeenemaAH.Pre-pubertalemergenceofsexdifferencesinoxytocinandvasopressinV1areceptorbindingintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,YuanJC2,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinsystem.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA
BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,RoG2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinregulatessocialplayinsex-specificwaysthroughglutamatemodulationinthelateralseptum.BiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Copenhagen,Denmark
NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,DiBenedictisBT3,VeenemaAH.Ageandsexdifferencesinforebraindistributionofvasopressinandoxytocinfibersintherat.AnnualNEURONconference,QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden,CT
2015 BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,RoG2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinregulatessocialplayinsex-specificwaysthroughglutamatemodulationinthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
DiBenedictisBT3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Dynamicvasopressinreleaseinthelateralseptumduringsocialrecognitioninadultandjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,GillespieTC2,ChoD2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandcentralamygdalaregulatessocialbehaviorinsex-specificwaysinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,PoehlmannML2,VeenemaAH.Subregion-specificdistributionofµ-opioidreceptorsinthestriatumofjuvenilerats:Implicationsforsocialnoveltypreference.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,VarelaJ,ChristiansonJP.Vasopressinmodulateslateralseptumneuronalactivityinsex-specificwaysinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorsintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,RoG2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinregulatessocialplayinsex-specificwaysthroughglutamatemodulationinthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
DiBenedictisBT3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Dynamicvasopressinreleaseinthelateralseptumduringsocialrecognitioninadultandjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
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DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,GillespieTC2,ChoD2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandcentralamygdalaregulatessocialbehaviorinsex-specificwaysinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,PoehlmannML2,VeenemaAH.Subregion-specificdistributionofµ-opioidreceptorsinthestriatumofjuvenilerats:Implicationsforsocialnoveltypreference.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,VarelaJ,ChristiansonJP.Vasopressinmodulateslateralseptumneuronalactivityinsex-specificwaysinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorsintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL
BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressininthelateralseptummodulatesthereleaseofglutamate,butnotGABA,differentlyinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA
DiBenedictisBT3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Dynamicvasopressinreleaseinthelateralseptumduringsocialrecognitioninadultandjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA
DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialrecognitionbyoxytocininthebednucleuofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA
SmithCJW1,PoehlmannML2,LiS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.AgedifferencesinoxytocinandvasopressinV1areceptorbindingintheratbrain:Implicationsforjuvenilesocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA
WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,NewmanLE2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorsintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA
2014 BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin:Aninvivomicrodialysisstudy.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Oxytocinadministrationinducessex-specificalterationsinbrainactivationinawakerodentsusingfMRI.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
SmithCJW1,PoehlmannML2,WilkinsKB2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Agedifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem:implicationsforjuvenilesocialmotivation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
WorleyNB1,NewmanLE2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin:Aninvivomicrodialysisstudy.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
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DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Oxytocinadministrationinducessex-specificalterationsinbrainactivationinawakerodentsusingfMRI.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
SmithCJW1,PoehlmannML2,WilkinsKB2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Agedifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem:implicationsforjuvenilesocialmotivation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
WorleyNB1,NewmanLE2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.InvolvementofGABAandglutamateinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin.AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada
DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,ImmorminoMA2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Thesexuallydimorphicoxytocinsystemintheratbrain:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialbehavior.BiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy
SmithCJ1,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.BiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy
WilkinsKB2,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairsnoveltypreference,whileoxytocinshowsaregion-specificfacilitativerole.AnnualMeetingoftheEasternPsychologicalAssociation,Boston,MA
AlonsoAG2,DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalismodulatessexuallydimorphicsocialrecognitionbehaviorinrats.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT
SmithCJ1,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT
2013 DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,ImmorminoMA2,KarakulaSL2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Theroleoftheamygdalainsex-specificregulationofsocialinterestinrats.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA
SmithCJ1,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA
AlonsoAG2,DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalismodulatessexuallydimorphicsocialrecognitionbehaviorinrats.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA
SchiavoJ2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.ModulationofsocialplaybehaviorthroughinteractionsofvasopressinandGABAinthelateralseptum.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA
WuC2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialplaybehaviorinrats:Theroleofoxytcininthenucleusaccumbens.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA
DumaisKM1,AlonsoA2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorbindinginthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandamygdala:Implicationsfordifferential
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expressionandregulationofsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,WilkinsKB2,ReardonKI2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleofopioids,oxytocin,andstressinmodulatingsocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
DumaisKM1,AlonsoA2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorbindinginthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandamygdala:Implicationsfordifferentialexpressionandregulationofsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,WilkinsKB2,ReardonKI2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleofopioids,oxytocin,andstressinmodulatingsocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.45thEuropeanBrainandBehaviorSocietyMeeting,Munich,Germany
DumaisKM1,AlonsoA2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptordensityinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis:Implicationsfordifferentialregulationofsocialrecognition.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA
SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Abriefperiodofsocialisolationabolishessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA
DumaisKM1,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialinterestcorrelatewithoxytocinreceptordensitiesinsubregionsoftheamygdala.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT
SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BarnardEM2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat:rolesofsex,anxiety,andneuropeptides.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT
2012 DumaisKM1*,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialinterestcorrelatewithoxytocinreceptordensitiesinsubregionsoftheamygdala.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA*PosterAward
SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BarnardEM2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat:rolesofsex,anxiety,andneuropeptides.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA
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BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:DistinctmodesofinterplaybetweenseptalvasopressinandGABAinmalesandfemales.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,NewOrleans,LA
BredewoldR*,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:DistinctmodesofinterplaybetweenseptalvasopressinandGABAinmalesandfemales.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,NewOrleans,LA*TravelAward
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:InvolvementofseptalvasopressinandGABA.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI
DumaisKM1,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialinterestcorrelatewithoxytocinreceptordensitiesinsubregionsoftheamygdala.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI
MengQ1,BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Adverseearlylifepeerinteractionsalteranxietyandplay-fightingbehaviors.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI
SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BarnardEM2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat:rolesofsex,anxiety,andneuropeptides.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI
BredewoldR,SmithCJ,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:InvolvementofseptalvasopressinandGABA.AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalBehaviouralandNeuralGeneticsSociety,Boulder,CO
2011BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.MeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC
DumaisKM1*,MayerTE2,SmithCJ1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Fromanti-socialtopro-social:Dosexsteroidsandoxytocinplayarole?WorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA*TravelAward
SmithCJ1*,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.WorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA*TravelAward
MengQ1,BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.EffectsofPost-weaningAdversePeerInteractionsonEmotionalandSocialbehaviors.WorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA
DumaisKM1,MayerTE2,SmithCJ1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Fromanti-socialtopro-social:Dosexsteroidsandoxytocinplayarole?9thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Boston,MA
BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.9thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Boston,MA