Schneider, Mary

Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Ph.D. 1987, University of Wisconsin

My research focuses on the effects of fetal alcohol exposure and mild psychological stress during pregnancy on primate offspring behavior and physiology. My particular interests include critical periods of vulnerability, low dose effects, and long-term consequences. In a prospective longitudinal study, I measure patterns of movement, temperament, cognitive and social development, and behavioral and endocrine responses to challenge. I also use in vivo PET neuroimaging techniques to study the association between behavior, cognition, and molecular mechanisms of neuronal function in fetal alcohol exposed monkeys. I am currently expanding this primate model to investigate the neurobiology of sensory regulatory deficits, using MRI, PET and prepulse inhibition techniques.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Schneider, M.L., Moore, C.F., Kraemer, G.W., Roberts, A.D., & DeJesus, O.T. (2002). The impact of prenatal stress, fetal alcohol exposure, or both on development: Perspectives from a primate model. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 27, 285 - 298.

Schneider, M.L., Moore, C.F., Roberts, A.D., DeJesus, O. (2001). Prenatal stress alters early neurobehavior, stress reactivity, and learning in nonhuman primates: A brief review. Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress, 4, 183-193.

Schneider, ML, Kraemer, GW & Moore, C (2001). Moderate alcohol during pregnancy: Learning and behavior in adolescent rhesus monkeys. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25, 1383 - 1392.

Schneider, ML, Moore, CL, & Becker, EF (2001). Timing of moderate alcohol exposure during pregnancy and neonatal outcome in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25 (8), 1238 - 1246.

Schneider, M.L., & Moore, C.F. (2000). Effect of prenatal stress on development: A nonhuman primate model. In C. Nelson (Ed.) Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, (pp. 201-243). Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey.

Schneider, M.L., Roughton, E.C., Koehler, A.J. & Lubach, G.R. (1999). Growth and development following prenatal stress in primates: An examination of ontogenetic vulnerability. Child Development, 70, 263-274.

Schneider, M.L., Clarke, A. S., Kraemer, G.W., Roughton, E. C., Lubach, G., Rimm-Kaufman, S., Schmidt, D., & Ebert, M. (1998). Prenatal stress alters brain biogenic amine levels in primates. Development and Psychopathology, 10, 427-440.

Roughton, E. C., Schneider, M. L., Bromley, L. J., & Coe, C. L. (1998). Maternal endocrine activation during pregnancy alters neurobehavioral state in primate infants. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52, 90 - 98.

Schneider, M.L., Roughton, E., Lubach, G. (1997) Moderate alcohol consumption and psychological stress during pregnancy induces attention and neuromotor impairments in primate infants. Child Development, 68 (5), 747 - 759.

Schneider, M.L. & Suomi, S.J. (1992). Neurobehavioral assessment in rhesus monkey neonates (Macaca mulatta): Developmental changes, behavioral stability, and early experience. Infant Behavior and Development, 15 (2), 155-177.