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This section covers our recently published work (abstracts above, recent papers below). Click on author's name (if highlighted at bottom) for reprint requests.

  • Korzan, WJ, TR Summers , Ø Øverli, MJ Watt, GL Forster, KJ Renner and CH Summers 2002 A visual social signal influences central serotonergic activity Soc Neurosci Abs 28:

  • Meyer, WN, J Keifer, WJ Korzan, TR Summers and CH Summers 2002 Hippocampal NR2A and NR2B subunit expression is modified by social stress and corticosterone Soc Neurosci Abs 28:

  • Øverli, Ø, WJ Korzan, ET Larson, O Lepage, S Winberg, KJ Renner and CH Summers 2002 Effects of short-term social stress on aggressive behavior and brain serotonergic activity Soc Neurosci Abs 28:

  • Watt, MJ, GL Forster, JMP Joss, CD Blaha and CH Summers 2002 Rapid testosterone modulation of striatal dopamine release Soc Neurosci Abs 28:

  • Korzan, WJ, AA Prestbo, PJ Ronan, KJ Renner and CH Summers 2001 Monoaminergic activity in hypothalamus is influenced by stress & icv CRF. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 27: .

  • Korzan, WJ, TR Summers, and CH Summers 2001 Aggression: Toward a reflected image or live combat. Horm Behav 39: 335-336.

  • Summers, CH, AA Prestbo, PJ Ronan, WJ Korzan and KJ Renner 2001 Hippocampal monoaminergic activity is influenced regionally by stress & CRF. Soc Neurosci Abs 27:

  • Korzan, WJ, AA Prestbo, PJ Ronan, KJ Renner and CH Summers 2000 Amygdalar monoaminergic activity is influenced by CRF and stress. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 26: 2266.

  • Korzan, WJ, TR Summers, HM Miner, ML Martin, MB Flynn and CH Summers 2000 Manipulating a visual signal of sympathetic activity: Influences on social status and plasma catecholamines. Am Zool 40: 1090.

  • Summers, CH 2000 Social interaction over time, implications for stress responsiveness. Am Zool 40:

  • Summers, CH, JL Kampshoff, PJ Ronan, CA Lowry, AA Prestbo, WJ Korzan, HM Miner and KJ Renner 2000 Stress ameliorates CRF inhibition of monoaminergic activity in raphe. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 26: 2265.

  • Korzan, WJ, TR Summers, PJ Ronan and CH Summers 1999 A visual signal of sympathetic activity: Plasticity of aggression and central monoamines. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 25: 68.

  • Norris, DO, ET Larson and CH Summers 1999 Monoamines regulate sex reversal in the wrasse. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 25: 1881.

  • Prestbo, A, PJ Ronan, CA Lowry, PL Johnson, KJ Renner, and CH Summers 1999 Synergism of CRF + AVP inhibit 5-HT in Ce Amygdala. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 25: 74.

  • Ronan, PJ, CA Lowry, PL Johnson, KJ Renner, and CH Summers 1999 Stress + CRF inhibit 5-HT in central amygdala. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 25: 74 .

  • Summers, CH, TR Summers, WJ Korzan and PJ Ronan 1999 Celerity of stress response determines social status. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 25: 74 .

  • Summers, TR, WJ Korzan, PJ Ronan and CH Summers 1999 A visual signal of sympathetic activity: Effects on aggression and central monoamines. Soc. Neurosci. Abs. 25: 68.

  • Reprint requests for recently published papers

  • Korzan, WJ, TR Summers, PJ Ronan, KJ Renner and emailCH Summers 2001 The role of monoaminergic nuclei during aggression and sympathetic social signaling Brain Behavior & Evolution 57: 317-327

  • Larson, ET and emailCH Summers 2001 Serotonin reverses dominant social status Behavioral Brain Research 121: 95-102

  • emailSummers, CH 2001 Mechanisms for Quick and Variable Responses Brain Behavior & Evolution 57: 283-292.

  • Korzan, WJ, TR Summers and emailCH Summers 2000 Monoaminergic activities of limbic systems are elevated during aggression: Influence of sympathetic social signaling Brain Research 870: 170-178

  • emailSummers, CH, ET Larson, PJ Ronan, PM Hofmann, AJ Emerson, and KJ Renner 2000 Serotonergic responses to corticosterone and testosterone in the limbic system General and Comparative Endocrinology 117: 151-159

  • Matter, JM, PJ Ronan and emailCH Summers 1998 Central monoamines in free-ranging lizards: Differences associated with social roles and territoriality. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 51: 23-32.

  • emailSummers, CH, ET Larson, TR Summers, KJ Renner and N Greenberg 1998 Regional and temporal separation of serotonergic activity mediating social stress. Neuroscience 87: 489-496.

  • email Summers, T.R., A.L. Hunter and C.H. Summers 1997 Female social reproductive roles affect central monoamines. Brain Research 767: 272-278.

  • Andrews, T.J. and emailC.H. Summers 1996 Aggression, and the acquisition and social function of dominance in female green anoles, Anolis carolinensis. Behaviour 133: 1265-1279.
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