Selected Recent Publications


Book:

Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., & Kriegsfeld, L.J. (2002). Seasonal Patterns of Stress, Immune Function, and Disease. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK [click here for a sample chapter ].


Recent Empirical Papers and Reviews:


 Grieves, T.J., Mason, A.O., Scotti, M-A, Levine, J., Ketterson, E.D., Kriegsfeld, L.J., & Demas, G.E. (2007).  Environmental control of kisspeptin: Implications for seasonal reproduction.  Endocrinology, 148: 1158-66.

Kriegsfeld, L.J. (2006).  Driving Reproduction:  RFamide peptides behind the wheel.  Hormones and Berhavior (in press).

Bentley, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Osugi, T., Ukena, K., O'Briend, S., Perfito, N., Moore, I.T., Tsutsui, K., and Wingfield, J.C. (2006).  Interactions of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in birds and mammals.  Journal of Experimental Zoology A Comparative Experimental Biology, 305:807-14.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., & Silver, R. (2006).  The regulation of neuroendocrine function:  timing is everything.  Hormones and Behavior, 49:557-74.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., Mei, D.F., Bentley, G.E., Ubuka, T., Mason, A.O., Inoue, K., Ukena, K., Tustsui, K., & Silver, R. (2006).  Identification and characterization of a gonadotropin-inhibitory system in the brains of mammals.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: USA, 103:2410-5. 

Yan, L., Foley, N.C., Bobula, J.M., Kriegsfeld, L.J., & Silver, R. (2005).  Two antiphase oscillations occur in each suprachiasmatic nucleus of behaviorally split hamsters.  Journal of Neuroscience.  28:9017-26.  

Antle, M.C., Kriegsfeld, L.J., & Silver, R. (2005).  Signaling within the master clock of the brain: localized activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase by gastrin-releasing peptide.  Journal of Neuroscience, 25(10):2447-54.

Edwards, N., Kriegsfeld, L.J., & Crews, D. (2004).  Neural substrates for sexual and thermoregulatory behavior in the male leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius.  Brain Research, 1029(1):77-83.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., LeSauter, J., & Silver, R. (2004). Targeted Microlesions Reveal Novel Organization of the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience, 24:2449-2457.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., Leak, R., LeSauter, J., Yackulic, C., & Silver, R. (2004). Organization of suprachiasmatic nucleus projections in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): an anterograde and retrograde analysis. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 468:361-379.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., Hotchkiss, A., Demas, G.E., Silver, R., Silverman, A-J., & Nelson, R.J. (2003). Brain mast cells are influenced by chemosensory cues associated with estrus induction in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).  Hormones and Behavior, 44:377-184.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., Korets, R., & Silver, R. (2003).  Expression of the clock gene Period 1 in neuroendocrine cells: An Investigation Using Mice with a Per1::GFP Transgene. European Journal of Neuroscience, 17:1-9.

Kriegsfeld, L.J., LeSauter, J., Hamada, T., Pitts, S.M., and Silver, R (2002). Circadian rhythms in the endocrine system. In: Hormones, Brain and Behavior. D. Pfaff and A. Etgen, (eds.). Academic Press, NY, pp. 33-91.

Kriegsfeld LJ, Silver R, Gore AC, Crews D. (2002). Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide contacts on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurones increase following puberty in female rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 9:685-90.

LeSauter, J., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Hon, J. & Silver, R (2002). Calbindin-D28K-containing cells of the SCN make selective contacts with other SCN neurons. Neuroscience, 111:575-585.

Prendergast, B.J., Kriegsfeld, L.J., & Nelson, R.J. (2001). Photoperiodic polyphenisms in rodents: Neuroendocrine mechanisms, costs, and functions. Quarterly Review of Biology, 76:293-325.