Meg Kirkpatrick
Associate Professor of Psychology
Coordinator of Neuroscience Program
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
Publications
Kirkpatrick, M. E. & Clark, A. S. (2011). Androgen inhibition of sexual receptivity is modulated by estrogen. Physiology and Behavior,102, 361-366.
Kirkpatrick, M. E. & Merrill, L. (2011). Effect of systemic blockade of α1-noradrenergic receptors on sex behavior and vaginal-cervical stimulation-induced fos in female rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 97(3), 486-493.
Kirkpatrick, M.E. (2009). The Student surgeon: A behavioral neuroendocrinology laboratory exercise in rats. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 7(2), A80-A84.
Kirkpatrick, M. E. (2008). Trying to understand the ever-changing relationship between estrogen and the brain. [Review of the book The Effects of Estrogen on Brain Function]. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32(2), 222.
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.
(name changed from Blasberg in 2003)
Greco, B., Blasberg, M. E., Kosinski, E. C., & Blaustein, J. D. (2003). Response of ERα-IR and ERB-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.
Student Projects
Summer 2010
Elyza Chadwick and Hannah Blomquist: Effects of bisphenol-A on estrogen-induced progestin receptors in forebrain areas in female rats.
Fall 2009: Katherine Dennison: Effects of bisphenol-A on on estrogen-induced progestin receptors in forebrain areas in female rats.
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
Spring 2005-6
Alex Young, Katie Levine, Melissa Lozano: Effect of noradrenergic antagonist on induction of pseudopregnancy by vaginal-cervical stimulation in female rats

