Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Research Lab - Publications

Research Papers:

1) Auger, A.P. and Blaustein, J.D. (1995). Progesterone enhances an estradiol-induced increase in Fos-immunoreactivity in localized regions of female rat forebrain. Journal of Neuroscience, 15: 2272-2279.

2) Auger, A.P., Moffatt, C.A. and Blaustein, J.D. (1996). Reproductively-relevant stimuli induce Fos-immunoreactivity within progestin receptor-containing cells in localized regions of female rat forebrain.  Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 8: 831-838.

3) Auger, A.P. and Blaustein, J.D. (1997).  Progesterone treatment increases Fos-immunoreactivity within some progestin receptor-containing neurons in localized regions of female rat forebrain.  Brain Research, 746: 164-170.

4) Auger, A.P., Moffatt, C.A. and Blaustein, J.D. (1997).  Progesterone-independent activation of rat brain progestin receptors by reproductive stimuli. Endocrinology- Rapid Communication, 138: 511-514. 

5) Meredith, J.M., Auger, A.P. and Blaustein, J.D. (1997). D₁ dopamine receptor agonist (SKF-38393) induction of Fos immunoreactivity in progestin receptor-containing areas in female rat brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 9: 385-394.

6) Meredith, J.M., Moffatt, C.M., Auger, A.P., Snyder, G.L., Greengard, P., and Blaustein, J.D. (1998) Mating-related stimulation induces phosphorylation of DARPP-32 in progestin receptor-containing areas in the female rat brain.  Journal of Neuroscience, 18:10189-10195.

7) Auger, A.P., LaRiccia, L.M., Moffatt, C.A., and Blaustein J.D. (2000). Progesterone, but not progesterone-independent activation of progestin receptors by a mating stimulus, decreases progestin receptor immunoreactivity in female rat brain. Hormones and Behavior. 37:134-144.

8) Auger, A.P., Tetel, M.J., and McCarthy, M.M. (2000). Steroid receptor co-activator-1 (SRC-1) mediates the development of sex specific brain morphology and behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, 97:7551-7555.

9) Auger, A.P., Hexter, D., and McCarthy, M.M. (2001).  Sex difference in the phosphorylation of cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) in neonatal rats. Brain Research, 890: 110-117.

10) Bale, T.L. Davis, A.M., Auger, A.P., Dorsa, D.M., and McCarthy, M.M. (2001). CNS region specific oxytocin receptor expression: importance in regulation of anxiety and sex behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 21: 2546-52.

11) Auger, A.P., Perrot-Sinal, T.S., and McCarthy, M.M. (2001) Excitatory versus inhibitory GABA as a divergence point in steroid-mediated sexual differentiation of the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences. 98:8059-64.

12) Auger. A.P., Meredith, J.M., Snyder, G.L., and Blaustein. J.D. (2001). Estradiol increases phosphorylation of a dopamine- and cyclic AMP-regulated phosphoprotein (DARPP-32) in female rat brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 13: 761-768.  

13) Molenda, H.A., Griffin, A.L., Auger, A.P., McCarthy, M.M., and Tetel, M.J. (2002) Nuclear receptor coactivators modulate hormone-dependent gene expression in brain and female reproductive behavior in rats. Endocrinology, 143:436-44.

14) Auger, A.P., Perrot-Sinal, T.S., Auger, C.J., Ekas, L.A., Tetel, M.J. and McCarthy, M.M. (2002)  Expression of the nuclear receptor coactivator, CREB-binding protein, is sexually dimorphic and modulates sexual differentiation of neonatal rat brain. Endocrinology. 143:3009 - 3016.

15) Auger, C.J., Bentley, G.E., Auger, A.P., Ramamurthy, M., and Ball, G.F. (2002) Expression of CREB-binding protein in the song control system and hypothalamus of adult European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 10: 805-813.  

16) Perrot-Sinal, T.S, Auger, A.P., and McCarthy, M.M. (2003) Excitatory GABA-induced pCREB in developing brain is mediated by L-type Ca2+ channels and dependent on age, sex, and brain region. Neuroscience. 116: 995-1003.

17) Olesen, K.M. and Auger, A.P. (2005). Sex difference in Fos protein expression in neonatal rat brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 17:255-61.

18) Olesen, K.M., Jessen, H.M., Auger, C.J., and Auger, A.P. (2005). Dopaminergic activation of estrogen receptors in neonatal brain increases progestin receptor expression and social play behavior. Endocrinology. 146:3705-12.

19) Gammie, S.C., Hasen, N.S., Awad, TA, Auger, A.P., Jessen, H.M., Panksepp, J.B., and Bronikowski, A.M. (2005). Gene Expression Profiling within the brain of Virgin and Lactating Mice. Molecular Brain Research. In press.

20) Auger, C.J., Vanzo, R.J. and Auger, A.P. (2005). Expression of steroid receptor coactivators within glia in developing rat brain. Submitted.

21) Auger, C.J., Jessen, H.M., and Auger, A.P. Microarray profiling of the effect of progesterone on gene expression patterns in adult male rat brain. (submitted).

Chapters:                                                                              

22) McCarthy, M.M., Auger, A.P., Mong, J.A., Sickel, M.J., and Davis, A.M. (2000). Antisense oligo-nucleotides as a tool in developmental neuroendocrinology. In: Methods: A companion to methods in enzymology-antisense in neuroendocrinology. Ed. Neumann, I.D., Academic press. 22 (3):239-248.

23) McCarthy, M.M., Perrot-Sinal, T.S., Auger, A.P., and Sickel, M.J. (2001) Excitatory GABA as a mediator of steroid-induced brain sexual differentiation. In: Neuroplasticity, Development and Steroid Hormone Action. Ed. Handa, R.J., Terasawa, E. Hayashi, S. and Kawata, M. CRC press. Boca Raton, FL. pp. 319-341.

Reviews:

24) Auger, A.P. (2001) Ligand-independent activation of progestin receptors: relevance for female sexual behavior. Reproduction- Invited review, 122: 847 - 855.

25) McCarthy, M.M., Perrot-Sinal, T.S, and Auger, A.P., (2002) Mechanisms establishing sex differences in brain: A role for excitatory GABA. Trends in Neuroscience, 25: 307-312.

26) McCarthy, M.M and Auger, A.P. He's a lover, not a fighter – smell, sex and civility. (2002) Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 13: 183-184.

27) Auger, A.P. Sex differences in the brain: Crossroads in the phosphorylation of CREB. (2003). (Invited Review: Young Investigator Perspectives). Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 6: 622-7.