Meg Kirkpatrick
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office: Knapton 317-A
Office Hours: Wed 10:30- 11:30, TH 10-11
Phone: (508)286-3642 or x5611
Fax: (508)286-3640
Email: kirkpatrick_meg@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., Dartmouth College
A.B., Smith College
Main Interests
I am interested in the relationship between the brain and behavior and the influence of a dynamic environment on neural functioning.
Research Interests
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Teaching Interests
Brain, Mind and Behavior
Drugs and Behavior
Psychobiology of Sex and Gender
Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience
Quantitative Research Methods
Student Projects
Summer 2008
Liana Merrill: Effects of bisphenol-A on estrogen-induced sex behavior in ovariectomized female rats
Alicia Bucheit and Adam Gingras- Role of social cues and odors on mating-induced fos in female mice
Summer 2007
Abbe Bosk: Mating-Induced Fos in Forebrain Neurons of Female Mice
Liana Merrill: Effects of Aging and Hormone Exposure on Estrogen and Progestin Receptor Expression in Female Rats
Philip Manos: Effect of a Noradrenergic Antagonist on Mating-Induced Fos in Forebrain Neurons of Female Rats
Summer 2006
Melissa Lozano: Mating-Induced Fos in Forebrain Neurons of Female Mice
2005-6
Alex Young, Katie Levine, Melissa Lozano: Effect of noradrenergic antagonist on induction of pseudopregnancy by vaginal-cervical stimulation in female rats
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Bosk, A., Lozano, M. & Kirkpatrick, M. E.. (2007). Mating-induced Fos in forebrain neurons of female mice. (In preparation).
Lozano, M., Young, A., Levine, K. & Kirkpatrick, M. E.. (2007). Effect of noradrenergic antagonist on induction of pseudopregnancy by vaginal-cervical stimulation in female rats. (In preparation).
Edinger, K. L., Morgan, K. Kirkpatrick, M. & Frye, C. A. (2004). Northeast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON): An update on our eighth annual conference for neuroscience trainees and educators. Journal of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research, 2, 1-8.
Greco, B., Blasberg, M. E., Kosinski, E. C., & Blaustein, J. D. (2003). Response of ER?-IR and Er?-IR cells in the forebrain of female rats to mating stimuli. Hormones & Behavior, 43(4), 444-453.
Bennett, A. L., Blasberg, M. E., & Blaustein, J. D. (2002). Mating stimulation is required for mating-induced estrous abbreviation in female rats: Effects of repeated testing. Hormones & Behavior, 42(2), 206-211.
Bennett A. L., Greco B., Blasberg, M. E., & Blaustein J. D. (2002). Response to male odors in estrogen receptor and progestin receptor-containing cells in the female rat brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 14(6), 442-449.
Bennett, A. L., Blasberg, M. E., & Blaustein, J. D. (2001). Sensory cues mediating mating-induced potentiation of sexual receptivity in female rats. Hormones & Behavior, 40(1), 77-83.
Brandling-Bennett, E. M., Blasberg, M. E., & Clark, A. S. (1999).
Hormonal control of paced mating in the female rat. Hormones &
Behavior, 35(2), 144-154.
Blasberg, M. E., Robinson, S., Henderson, L. P., & Clark, A. S.
(1998). Inhibition of estrogen-induced sexual receptivity by
androgens: Role of the androgen receptor. Hormones & Behavior,
34, 283-293.
Blasberg, M. E., & Clark, A. S. (1998). Anabolic-androgenic steroid effects on sexual receptivity in ovariectomized female rats. Hormones & Behavior, 32, 201-208.
Clark, A. S., Blasberg, M.E., & Brandling-Bennett, E. M. (1998).
Stanozolol, oxymetholone, and testosterone cypionate effects on
the rat estrous cycle. Physiology & Behavior, 63(2), 265-272.
Blasberg, M. E., Langan, C. J., & Clark, A. S. (1997). The effects
of 17α-methyltestosterone, methandrostenolone, and nandrolone
decanoate on the rat estrous cycle. Physiology & Behavior, 61(2),
265-272.
Stackman, R. W., Blasberg, M. E., Langan, C. J., & Clark, A. S. (1997). Stability of spatial working memory across the estrous cycle of Long-Evans rats. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 67, 167-171.