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A. Courtney DeVries Research Interests
Psychobiology, Behavioral Endocrinology, Behavioral Pharmacology,
Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Social Behavior and Stress,
Mechanisms of Neuroplasticity Following Neuronal Injury and Cerebral
Ischemia.
Research Summary
Dr. DeVries studies the effects of social stress on the histological
and behavioral consequences of experimental stroke (focal cerebral
ischemia) in mice. Among the stroke-induced behavioral alterations
assessed are somatosensory function, cognitive function, social
interaction, sexual motivation, anxiety, and depression. Additional
research interests include studying the role of stress hormones
in motivated behaviors such as social bonding and drug-seeking
behaviors. Students can expect to learn skills in animal behavior
assessment, small animal surgery, neurosurgery, histology, blood
sampling techniques, hormonal manipulations, microdialysis, as
well as radioimmunoassays and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
of blood factors.
Publications
DeVries, A.C. 2002. Frank A. Beach Award: Interaction among
social environment, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and
behavior. Hormones and Behavior, 41:405-413.
Hurn, P.D. & DeVries, A.C. 2002. Sex and
stress hormones in brain injury. In Neuroprotection, Edited by
E.H. Lo & J.
Marwah. Prominent Press, Boston, MA. Pages 239-258.
2003.
Campbell, T., Lin, S., DeVries, A.C. & Lambert, K. 2003. Coping strategies
in male and female rats to multiple stressors. Physiology and Behavior, 78:495-504.
DeVries, A.C., Glasper, E.R. & Detillion, C.E. 2003. Social modulation of
stress responses. Physiology and Behavior, 79:399-407.
2004. Neigh, G.N., Kofler, J., Meyers, J.L., Bergdall, V., La Perle,
K.M.D., Traystman,
R.J. & DeVries, A.C. 2004. Cardia arrest/ cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases
anxiety-like behavior and decreases social interaction. Journal of Cerebral Blood
Flow and Metabolism , 24:372-382.
Li, X., Blizzard, K., Zeng, Z. DeVries, A.C., Hurn, P.D., & McCullough, L.D.
2004. Chronic behavioral testing after focal ischemia in the mouse: functional
recovery and the effects of gender. Experimental Neurology, 187:94-104. Kofler, J., Hattori, K., Sawad, M., DeVries, A.C., Martin, L.J.,
Hurn, P.D. & Traystman,
R.J. 2004. Histopathological and behavioral characterization of a novel model
of cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in mice. Journal of Neuroscience
Methods, 136:33-44.
Detillion, C.E., Craft, T.K.S., Glasper, E.R., Prendergast, B. & DeVries,
A.C. 2004. Social facilitation of wound healing. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29(8):1004-1011. Glasper, E.R. & DeVries, A.C. 2004. Social structure influences effects of
pair housing on wound healing. Brain Behavior Immunity, in press.
http://www.psy.ohio-state.edu/faculty/devries
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