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CURRICULUM VITAE Alexa H. Veenema, PhD Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Director of the Neurobiology of Social Behavior Laboratory Department of Psychology Michigan State University East Lansing, MI [email protected] Lab website: https://veenemalab.psy.msu.edu MSU Psychology Department: https://psychology.msu.edu/people/faculty/aveenema MSU Neuroscience Program: https://neuroscience.natsci.msu.edu/about-us/directory/faculty/alexa-h-veenema-phd/ RESEARCH INTERESTS Social behavior, vasopressin, oxytocin, opioids, orexins, social behavior neural network, lateral septum, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens, ventral pallidum, juveniles, sex differences, age differences, early life stress EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 2017-present Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychology & Neuroscience Program Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2016-2017 Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2010-2016 Assistant Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2009-2010 Post-doctoral researcher, advisor Dr. Geert J. de Vries Department of Psychology & Center for Neuroendocrine Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 2003-2009 Post-doctoral researcher, advisor Dr. Inga D. Neumann Department of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, University of Regensburg, Germany 2003 Ph.D. in Neuroscience, advisors Dr. E. Ronald de Kloet and Dr. Jaap M. Koolhaas -June 23 rd - Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Thesis (ISBN 90-9017020-0): ‘Coping style and stressor susceptibility: neuroendocrine and neurobiological studies with genetically selected mouse lines’ http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/43758862/thesis.pdf 1997 M.Sc. in Biology, area of expertise: Neuroscience University of Groningen, the Netherlands

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Page 1: Alexa H. Veenema, PhD - Department of Psychology · CURRICULUM VITAE Alexa H. Veenema, PhD ... 2016-2017 Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychology, Boston

CURRICULUMVITAE

AlexaH.Veenema,PhDAssociateProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience

DirectoroftheNeurobiologyofSocialBehaviorLaboratoryDepartmentofPsychologyMichiganStateUniversity

EastLansing,[email protected]

Labwebsite:https://veenemalab.psy.msu.edu

MSUPsychologyDepartment:https://psychology.msu.edu/people/faculty/aveenema

MSUNeuroscienceProgram:https://neuroscience.natsci.msu.edu/about-us/directory/faculty/alexa-h-veenema-phd/

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Socialbehavior,vasopressin,oxytocin,opioids,orexins,socialbehaviorneuralnetwork,lateralseptum,bednucleusofthestriaterminalis,ventraltegmentalarea,nucleusaccumbens,ventralpallidum,

juveniles,sexdifferences,agedifferences,earlylifestress

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

2017-present AssociateProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience DepartmentofPsychology&NeuroscienceProgram MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI

2016-2017 AssociateProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience DepartmentofPsychology,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA

2010-2016 AssistantProfessorinBehavioralNeuroscience DepartmentofPsychology,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA

2009-2010 Post-doctoralresearcher,advisorDr.GeertJ.deVries DepartmentofPsychology&CenterforNeuroendocrineStudies UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA

2003-2009 Post-doctoralresearcher,advisorDr.IngaD.Neumann DepartmentofBehaviouralNeuroendocrinology,UniversityofRegensburg,Germany

2003 Ph.D.inNeuroscience,advisorsDr.E.RonalddeKloetandDr.JaapM.Koolhaas-June23rd- DepartmentofAnimalPhysiology,UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands Thesis(ISBN90-9017020-0):‘Copingstyleandstressorsusceptibility:neuroendocrine

andneurobiologicalstudieswithgeneticallyselectedmouselines’ http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/43758862/thesis.pdf

1997 M.Sc.inBiology,areaofexpertise:Neuroscience UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands

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PEER–REVIEWEDPUBLICATIONS

(N=63,GoogleScholarCitations=5481,H-index=38,I10-index=53)https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fYcP6ykAAAAJ&hl=en

MemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=undergraduatestudent,2=graduatestudent,3=postdoc

2020 ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Involvementoforexin/hypocretinintheexpressionofsocialplaybehaviourinjuvenilerats.InternationalJournalofPlay,9Feb.

DiBenedictisBT3,CheungHK1,NussbaumER1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofsociosexualmotivationinrats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,111:104462.Citedby1

2019 HodgesTE,EltahirAM,PatelS,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH,McCormickCM.Effectsofoxytocinreceptorantagonismonsocialfunctionandcorticosteronereleaseafteradolescentsocialinstabilityinmalerats.HormBehav,116:104579.

WorleyNB2,DumaisKM2,YuanJC1,NewmanLE1,AlonsoAG1,GillespieTC1,HobbsNJ,BreedloveSM,JordanCL,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Oestrogenandandrogenreceptoractivationcontributetothemasculinisationofoxytocinreceptorsinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisofrats.JNeuroendocrinol,31:e12760.Citedby1

SmithCJW2,DiBenedictisBT3,VeenemaAH.Comparingvasopressinandoxytocinfiberandreceptordensitypatternsinthesocialbehaviorneuralnetwork:Implicationsforcross-systemsignaling.FrontNeuroendocrinol,53:100737.Citedby2

2018 BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,CieslewskiSE1,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamine,butnotnorepinephrine,inthesex-specificregulationofjuvenilesociallyrewardingbehaviorbyvasopressin.Neuropsychopharmacology,43:2109-2117.Citedby7

BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesintheregulationofsocialandanxiety-relatedbehaviors:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocinbrainsystems.CurrOpinNeurobiol,49:132-140.Citedby22

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,VeenemaAH.Activationpatternsofvasopressinergicandoxytocinergicbrainregionsfollowingsocialplayexposureinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.JNeuroendocrinol,30:e12582:1-12.Citedby5

SmithCJW2,WilkinsKB1,LiS1,TulimieriM1,VeenemaAH.Nucleusaccumbensmuopioidreceptorsregulatecontext-specificsocialpreferencesinthejuvenilerat.Psychoneuroendocrinology,89:59-68.Citedby6

SmithCJW2,RatnaseelanAM1,VeenemaAH.Robustage,butlimitedsex,differencesinmu-opioidreceptorsintheratbrain:Relevanceforrewardanddrugseekingbehaviorsinjuveniles.BrainStructFunct,223:475-488.Citedby7

2017RaamT,McAvoyKM,BesnardA,VeenemaA,SahayA.Hippocampaloxytocinreceptorsarenecessaryfordiscriminationofsocialstimuli.NatCommun.2017Dec8;8(1):2001.Citedby53

HodgesTE,BaumbachJL,MarcolinML,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH,McCormickCM.Socialinstabilitystressinadolescentmaleratsreducessocialinteractionandsocialrecognitionperformanceandincreasesoxytocinreceptorbinding.Neuroscience,359:172-182.Citedby19

SmithCJW2,MogaveroJN1,TulimieriMT1,VeenemaAH.Involvementoftheoxytocinsysteminthenucleusaccumbensintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior.HormBehav,93:94-98.Citedby16

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DumaisKM2,KulkarniPP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingdifferentroutesofoxytocinadministrationinawakeadultrats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,81:52-62.Citedby15

DiBenedictisBT3,NussbaumM1,CheungHK1,VeenemaAH. Quantitativemappingrevealsageandsexdifferencesinvasopressin,butnotoxytocin,immunoreactivityintheratsocialbehaviorneuralnetwork.JCompNeurol,525:2549-2570.Citedby28

VarianBJ,PoutahidisT,DiBenedictisBT3,LevkovichT,IbrahimY,DidykE,ShikhmanL,CheungHK1,HardasA,RicciardiCE,KolandaiveluK,VeenemaAH,AlmEJ,ErdmanSE.Microbiallysateupregulateshostoxytocin.BrainBehavImmun,61:36-49.Citedby30

SmithCJW2,PoehlmannM,LiS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.AgeandsexdifferencesinoxytocinandvasopressinV1areceptorsintheratbrain:focusonthesocial-decisionmakingnetwork.BrainStructFunct,222:981-1006.Citedby68

2016 DumaisKM2,AlonsoAG1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleoftheoxytocinsysteminamygdalasubregionsintheregulationofsocialinterestinmaleandfemalerats.Neuroscience,330:138-149.Citedby25

DumaisKM2,VeenemaAH.Presenceandabsenceofsexdifferencesinstructureandfunctionofthebrainoxytocinsystem:Implicationsforunderstandingsocialbehavior.In:SexDifferencesintheCentralNervousSystem,AcademicPress,R.Shansky&J.Johnson(Eds),p.247-295.Citedby6

DumaisKM2,AlonsoAG1,ImmorminoMA1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Involvementoftheoxytocinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisinthesex-specificregulationofsocialrecognition.Psychoneuroendocrinology,64:79-88.Citedby47

DumaisKM2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandoxytocinreceptorsystemsinthebrain:sexdifferencesandsex-specificregulationofsocialbehavior.FrontNeuroendocrinol,40:1-23.Citedby217

2015FerrisCF,YeeJ,KenkelW,DumaisKM2,MooreK,VeenemaAH,KulkarniP,PerkybileA,CarterCS.DistinctBOLDactivationprofilesfollowingcentralandperipheraloxytocinadministrationinawakerats.FrontiersinBehavioralNeuroscience,Sept17;9:245.Citedby34

BredewoldR,SchiavoJK1,VanderHartM,VerreijM1,VeenemaAH.DynamicchangesinextracellularreleaseofGABAandglutamateinthelateralseptumduringsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilerats:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehavior.Neuroscience,307:117-127.Citedby28

SmithCJW2,WilkinsKB1,MogaveroJN1,VeenemaAH.Socialnoveltyinvestigationinthejuvenilerat:Modulationbytheopioidsystem.JNeuroendocrinol,27:752-764.Citedby24

2014 BredewoldR,SmithCJ2,DumaisKM2,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificmodulationofjuvenilesocialplaybehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.FrontBehavNeurosci,June16;8:216.Citedby85

2013 DumaisKM2,MayerTE1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorbindinginforebrainregions:correlationswithsocialinterestinbrainregion-andsex-specificways.HormBehav,64:693-701.Citedby114

VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,DeVriesGJ.Sex-specificmodulationofjuvenilesocialplaybyvasopressin.Psychoneuroendocrinology,38:2554-2561.Citedby84

LukasM,TothI,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Oxytocinmediatesrodentsocialmemorywithinthelateralseptumandthemedialamygdaladependingontherelevanceofthesocialstimulus:Malejuvenileversusfemaleadultconspecifics.Psychoneuroendocrinology38:916-26.Citedby117

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2012 TaylorPV,VeenemaAH,PaulMJ,BredewoldR,IsaacsS,deVriesGJ.Sexuallydimorphiceffectsofaprenatalimmunechallengeonsocialplayandvasopressinexpressioninjuvenilerats.BiolSexDifferJun14;3(1):15.Citedby60

BeiderbeckDI,ReberSO,HavasiA,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Highandabnormalformsofaggressioninratswithextremesintraitanxiety–Involvementofthedopaminesysteminthenucleusaccumbens.Psychoneuroendocrinology37:1969-80.Citedby85

DeVriesGJ,VeenemaAH,BrownCH.Vasopressinandoxytocin:keystounderstandingtheneuralcontrolofphysiologyandbehaviour.JNeuroendocrinol24:527.Citedby8

VeenemaAH.Towardunderstandinghowearly-lifesocialexperiencesalteroxytocin-andvasopressin-regulatedsocialbehaviors.HormBehav61:304-312.Citedby132

VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,DeVriesGJ.Vasopressinregulatessocialrecognitioninjuvenileandadultratsofbothsexes,butinsex-andage-specificways.HormBehav61:50-6.Citedby78

2011 LukasM,TothI,ReberSO,SlatteryDA,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Theneuropeptideoxytocinfacilitatespro-socialbehaviorandpreventssocialavoidanceinratsandmice.Neuropsychopharmacology,36:2159-68.Citedby279

LukasM,BredewoldR,LandgrafR,NeumannID,VeenemaAH.Earlylifestressimpairssocialrecognitionduetoabluntedresponseofvasopressinreleasewithintheseptumofadultmalerats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,36:843-53.Citedby90

2010 VeenemaAH,BeiderbeckDI,LukasM,NeumannID.Distinctcorrelationsofvasopressinreleasewithinthelateralseptumandthebednucleusofthestriaterminaliswiththedisplayofintermaleaggression.HormBehav,58:273-281.Citedby127

NeumannID,VeenemaAH,BeiderbeckDI.Aggressionandanxiety:socialcontextandneurobiologicallinks.FrontBehavNeurosci,Mar30:4-12.Review.Citedby197

LukasM,BredewoldR,NeumannID,VeenemaAH.Maternalseparationinterfereswithdevelopmentalchangesinbrainvasopressinandoxytocinreceptorbindinginmalerats.Neuropharmacology,58:78-87.Citedby143

2009 VeenemaAH.Earlylifestress,thedevelopmentofaggressionandneurobiologicalcorrelates:Whatcanwelearnfromanimalmodels?FrontNeuroendocrinol,30:497–518.Review.Citedby241

VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Maternalseparationenhancesoffensiveplay-fightinginjuvenilemalerats.Psychoneuroendocrinology,23:463-467.Citedby152

2008 VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Centralvasopressinandoxytocinrelease:regulationofcomplexsocialbehaviours.ProgBrainRes,170:261-276.Review.Citedby270

VeenemaAH,ReberSO,SelchS,ObermeierF,NeumannID.Earlylifestressenhancesthevulnerabilitytochronicpsychosocialstressandexperimentalcolitisinadultmice.Endocrinology,149:2727-2736.Citedby118

ReberSO,ObermeierF,StraubHR,VeenemaAH,NeumannID.AggravationofDSS-inducedcolitisafterchronicsubordinatecolony(CSC)housingispartiallymediatedbyadrenalmechanisms.Stress,11:225-234.Citedby59

2007BeiderbeckDI,NeumannID,VeenemaAH.Differencesinintermaleaggressionareaccompaniedbyoppositevasopressinreleasepatternswithintheseptuminratsbredforhighandlowanxiety.EurJNeurosci,26:3597-3605.Citedby122

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VeenemaAH,NeumannID.Neurobiologicalmechanismsofaggressionandstresscoping:acomparativestudyinmouseandratselectionlines.BrainBehavEvol,70:274-285.Review.Citedby153

VeenemaAH,deKloetER,deWildeMC,RoelofsAJ,KawataM,BuwaldaB,NeumannID,KoolhaasJM,LucassenPJ.Differentialeffectsofstressonadulthippocampalcellproliferationinlowandhighaggressivemice.JNeuroendocrinol,19:489-498.Citedby29

VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,NeumannID.OppositeeffectsofmaternalseparationonintermaleandmaternalaggressioninC57Bl/6mice:linktohypothalamicvasopressinandoxytocinimmunoreactivity.Psychoneuroendocrinology,32:437-50.Citedby190

ReberSO,BirkenederL,VeenemaAH,ObermeierF,FalkW,StraubRH,NeumannID.Adrenalinsufficiencyandcolonicinflammationfollowinganovelchronicpsycho-socialstressparadigminmice:implicationsandmechanisms.Endocrinology,148:670-82.Citedby175

VeenemaAH,TornerL,BlumeA,BeiderbeckDI,NeumannID.Lowinbornanxietycorrelateswithhighintermaleaggression:LinktoACTHresponseandneuronalactivationofthehypothalamicparaventricularnucleus.HormBehav,51:11-19.Citedby101

2006 VeenemaAH,BlumeA,NiederleD,BuwaldaB,NeumannID.Effectsofearlylifestressonadultmaleaggressionandhypothalamicvasopressinandserotonin.EurJNeurosci,24:1711-20.Citedby254

FeldkerDE,MorsinkMC,VeenemaAH,DatsonNA,ProutskiV,LathouwersD,deKloetER,VreugdenhilE.Theeffectofchronicexposuretohighlyaggressivemiceonhippocampalgeneexpressionofnon-aggressivesubordinates.BrainRes,1089:10-20.Citedby32

NeumannID,TornerL,ToschiN,VeenemaAH.Oxytocinactionswithinthesupraopticandparaventricularnuclei:differentialeffectsonperipheralandintranuclearvasopressinrelease.AmJPhysiolRegulIntegrCompPhysiol,291:R29-36.Citedby41

2005 VeenemaAH,SijtsmaB,KoolhaasJM,DeKloetER.Thestressresponsetosensorycontactinmice:genotypeeffectofthestimulusanimal.Psychoneuroendocrinology,30:550-557.Citedby38

VeenemaAH,CremersTIFH,JongsmaM,SteenbergenP,DeBoerSF,DeKloetER,KoolhaasJM.Differencesintheeffectsof5-HT1areceptoragonistsonforcedswimmingbehaviorand5-HTmetabolismbetweenlowandhighaggressivemice.Psychopharmacology,178:151-160.Citedby62

BuwaldaB,KoleMHP,VeenemaAH,HuiningaM,DeBoerSF,KorteSM,KoolhaasJM.Long-termeffectsofsocialstressonbrainandbehavior:afocusonhippocampalfunctioning.NeurosciBiobehavRev,29:83-97.Review.Citedby306

2004 VeenemaAH,KoolhaasJM,DeKloetER.Basalandstress-induceddifferencesinHPAaxis,5-HTresponsivenessandhippocampalcellproliferationintwomouselines.AnnNYAcadSci,1018:255-265.Review.Citedby96

2003 FeldkerDEM,DatsonNA,VeenemaAH,ProutskiV,LathouwersD,DeKloetER,VreugdenhilE.GeneChipanalysisofhippocampalgeneexpressionprofilesofshort-andlong-attack-latencymice:technicalandbiologicalimplications.JNeuroscienceRes,74:701-716.Citedby31

SluyterF,ArseneaultL,MoffittTE,VeenemaAH,deBoerSF,KoolhaasJM.Towardsananimalmodelforantisocialbehavior:parallelsbetweenmiceandmen.BehavGenet,33:563-574.Review.Citedby59

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VeenemaAH,MeijerOC,DeKloetER,KoolhaasJM.Geneticselectionforcopingstylepredictsstressorsusceptibility.JNeuroendocrinol,15:256-267.Citedby196

VeenemaAH,MeijerOC,DeKloetER,KoolhaasJM,BohusBG.Differencesinbasalandstress-inducedHPAregulationofwildhousemiceselectedforhighandlowaggression.HormBehav,43:197-204.Citedby214

FeldkerDE,DatsonNA,VeenemaAH,MeulmeesterE,DeKloetER,VreugdenhilE.Serialanalysisofgeneexpressionpredictsstructuraldifferencesinhippocampusoflongattacklatencyandshortattacklatencymice.EurJNeurosci,17:379-387.Citedby57

2002 VanRielE,MeijerOC,VeenemaAH,JoëlsM.Hippocampalserotoninresponsesinshortandlongattacklatencymice.JNeuroendocrinol,14:234-239.Citedby43

2000 AbrahamI,HarkanyT,HorvathKM,VeenemaAH,PenkeB,NyakasC,LuitenPG.Chroniccorticosteroneadministrationdose-dependentlymodulatesAbeta(1-42)-andNMDA-inducedneurodegenerationinratmagnocellularnucleusbasalis.JNeuroendocrinol,12:486-94.Citedby102

1997 AbrahamI,VeenemaAH,NyakasC,HarkanyT,BohusBG,LuitenPG.EffectofcorticosteroneandadrenalectomyonNMDA-inducedcholinergiccelldeathinratmagnocellularnucleusbasalis.JNeuroendocrinol,9:713-720.Citedby26

EXTRAMURALFUNDING

CurrentFundingNIMHR01MH102456‘Sex-specificregulationofsocialplay’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:09/14–07/19.Totalcosts:$1,744,920

NSFIOS1735934‘Vasopressin-mediatedregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviors’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:09/13–09/19.Totalcosts:$874,462

NSFPostdoctoralResearchFellowship1906523‘Sex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviorbyoxytocin’supportingDr.KatieYoest Role:FacultySponsor.Fundingperiod:03/20–03/22.Totalcosts:$138,000

FordFoundationpostdoctoralfellowship‘Sex-specificregulationofadolescentsocialbehaviorbyoxytocin’supportingDr.KatieYoestRole:FacultySponsor.Fundingperiod:09/19–03/20.Totalcosts:$45,000CompletedFundingNIMHR15MH102807‘Sexandagedifferencesintheregulationofsocialrecognition’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:01/14–01/17.Totalcosts:$469,500

TheBrainandBehaviorResearchFoundation,NARSADYoungInvestigatorAwardsupportingDr.SindyCole,‘Elucidatingtheroleoftheprefrontalcortexincue-inducedovereating:Neuronalensemblesandorexinsignaling’.Role:Co-sponsor.Fundingperiod:01/15–01/17.Totalcosts:$60,000

NIMHF31MH100891,NRSApredoctoralresearchfellowshipsupportingKellyM.DumaisRole:FacultySponsor.Fundingperiod:10/13–10/15.Totalcosts:$72,108

NSFGRFP2012138127,graduateresearchfellowshipsupportingCarolineJ.SmithRole:FacultySponsor.Fundingperiod:09/12–09/15.Totalcosts:$129,000

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TheBrainandBehaviorResearchFoundation,NARSADYoungInvestigatorAward17382‘Neuropeptideregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviors’Role:PI.Fundingperiod:07/11–07/14.Directandtotalcosts:$59,100

GermanResearchFoundation,InternationalPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipRole:PI.Fundingperiod:03/09–03/11,declinedbyPIafter07/10

BavarianResearchFoundation,PostdoctoralResearchFellowshipRole:PI.Fundingperiod:09/04–09/05

BavarianResearchFoundation,PostdoctoralResearchFellowshipRole:PI.Fundingperiod:08/03–08/04

INTRAMURALFUNDING

MichiganStateUniversity-Collaborativefundinginitiative($15,000)Role:Co-PI.OtherPI’s:AlexBurt,JoeLonstein,AlexJohnson.Fundingperiod:fall2019-spring2020.

MichiganStateUniversity-ProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiative(each$1500-$2000,total$13,000)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:summer2019(3undergrads)fall2017/spring2018(1undergrad),summer2018(1undergrad),summer2019(3students).Supporting4students:AshleyChambers’19,AnnMarieScazzero’20,LeighaBrown’20,MorgenHenry’21.

BostonCollege-ResearchIncentiveGrant(each$15,000,total$30,000)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:2011-2012,2014-2015

BostonCollege-ResearchExpenseGrant(each$2,000,total$12,000)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:summer/fall2011,2012,2013,2015;winter/spring2011/2012;winter/spring2013/2014

BostonCollege-UndergraduateResearchFellowship(total$44,200)Role:PI.Fundingperiod:summer2011(1undergrad),fall2011(1undergrad),summer2012(4undergrads),summer2013(7undergrads),spring2014(1undergrad),summer2014(8undergrads),summer2015(8undergrads),summer2016(6undergrads).Supporting24students:ThomasMayer’12,EvangelinaBarnard’13,GabrielaHidalgo’13,JazminMogavero’13,DanielleScaramella’13,AndreaAlonso(’14,MarisaImmormino’14,KaylaReardon’14,JenniferSchiavo’14,KevinWilkins’14,ChristineWu’14,SterlingKarakula’15,LauraNewman’15,AaraneRatnaseelan’16,SaraLi’16,GraceRo’16,DanielCho’16,ElizabethNussbaum’16,HarryCheung’17,CassandraGergely’17,TessaGillespie’17,JingTingYuan’17,ShannonCieslewski’18,MaxwellTulimieri’18

AWARDSANDHONORS

2019 MSUUndergraduateResearchFacultyMentoroftheYearAward2013 NSFCareerAward2013 BostonCollegeFacultyResearchFellowship2011 NARSADYoungInvestigatorAward2010 ElizabethYoungNewInvestigatorAward(fromtheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences)

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AWARDSANDHONORSVEENEMALABMEMBERSMemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=undergraduatestudent,2=graduatestudent,3=postdoc

2019 NSFPostdoctoralResearchFellowshiptoKatieYoest3 SocietyforNeuroscienceTravelAwardtoChristinaReppucci3,toattendtheInternationalBrain

ResearchOrganizationWorldCongressofNeuroscience,Daegu,SouthKoreaMSUMotivatedBehaviorSymposiumPosterawardtoChristinaReppucci3MSUCSSResearchScholarsAwardtoJessicaLee2FordFoundationpostdoctoralfellowshiptoKatieYoest3MSUHonorsCollegeHymenandMiriamSteinScholarshiptoAnnMarieScazzero1MSUCollegeofSocialScienceDean’sAssistantshiptoAnnMarieScazzero1KennethE.andMarieJ.CoreyResearchEnrichmentFundtoAnnMarieScazzero1MSUProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoAnnMarieScazzero1MSUProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoLeighaBrown1MSUProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoMorgenHenry1SocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologyNewInvestigatorAwardtoChristinaReppucci3,togiveatalkattheannualmeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Bloomington,IL,USAMSUfirstprizeUURAFposterawardtoAnnMarieScazzero1

MSUfirstprizeUURAFposterawardtoAshleyChambers12018 MSUProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoAshleyChambers12017 MSUProvostUndergraduateResearchInitiativeAwardtoAshleyChambers1

FirstplaceintalkcompetitionoftheMichiganRegionalPostdoctoralSymposiumbyDr.ChristinaReppucci3GlennI.HattonMemorialFellowshiptoDr.ChristinaReppucci3toattendandgiveatalkattheWorldConferenceonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil

AmericanPhysiologySocietyTravelAwardtoDr.JustinSmith3toattendtheWorldConferenceonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil

2016 BostonCollegeDonaldandHeleneWhiteDissertationAwardtoKellyDumais2BostonCollegeScholaroftheCollegeStudent,DanielCho1

2015 BostonCollegeGSASDissertationFellowship,KellyDumais2,toprovideastipendforoneyear BostonCollegeAdvancedStudyGrant,GraceRo1 BostonCollegeScholaroftheCollegeStudent,LauraNewman12014 BostonCollegeEngelhardPingreeResearchFellowship,KellyDumais2,giventoagraduate

studentdeemedtohavemadethegreatestcontributiontotheresearchmissionoftheGraduateSchoolofArts&SciencesatBostonCollegeTravelAward,KellyDumais2,toattendtheBiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy

TravelAward,CarolineSmith2,toattendtheBiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy

BostonCollegeScholaroftheCollegeStudent,JenniferSchiavo12012 PosterAward,KellyDumais2,AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,

Amherst,MA TravelAward,RemcoBredewold,toattendtheAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocial

Neuroscience,NewOrleans,LA2011 Travelaward,KellyDumais2,toattendtheWorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,

EmoryUniversity,Atlanta TravelAward,CarolineSmith2,toattendtheWorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,

EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA

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DIRECTIONOFRESEARCH

Directionofpostdoctoralresearch09/2018-present KatieE.Yoest09/2015-present ChristinaJ.Reppucci09/2016-09/2017 JustinA.Smith09/2014-09/2016 BrettT.DiBenedictis(current:Lecturer,BostonUniversity)

DirectionofPh.D.research2019-present SamanthaBowden2018-present JessicaLee2017-present SangYun(Henry)Yang2011-2017 CarolineJ.Smith(current:Postdoc,HarvardMedicalSchool)2010-2016 KellyM.Dumais(current:ClinicalScienceAdvisor,EMT)

DirectionofM.A./M.S.research2013-2016 NicholasWorley(currentPhDstudent,BostonCollege)2014-2015 MichelleVerreij(visitingscholar,UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands)

DirectionofUndergraduateResearchatMSU(since2017)SeniorThesis:AshleyChambers’19,AnnMarieScazzero’20

NIHENDUREdiversitysummerundergradresearch:NatashaMendez(2018)

VolunteerResearchAssistant:AshleyChambers’19,SuhannaPosana’19,AnnMarieScazzero’20,LeighaBrown’20,ElieHuez’21,ValerieKhyakin’21,MorgenHenry’21,HaleyVelisek’21

DirectionofUndergraduateResearchatBostonCollege(2010-2016)BostonCollegeScholaroftheCollegeThesis(3students):JenniferSchiavo’14,LauraNewman’15,DanielCho’16

SeniorThesis(14students):ThomasMayer’12,JazminMogavero’13,AndreaAlonso’14,MarisaImmormino’14,KevinWilkins’14,ChristineWu’14,AaraneRatnaseelan’16,SaraLi’16,GraceRo’16,ElizabethNussbaum’16,HarryCheung’17,CassandraGergely’17,TessaGillespie’17,JingTingYuan’17

IndependentStudy(19students):ThomasMayer’12,JazminMogaverro’13,KaylaReardon’14,DanielleScaramella’13,AndreaAlonso’14,MarisaImmormino’14,JenniferSchiavo’14,KevinWilkins’14,ChristineWu’14,SterlingKarakula’15,LauraNewman’15,AaraneRatnaseelan’16,DanielCho’16,SaraLi’16,GraceRo’16,HarryCheung’17,CassandraGergely’17,JingTingYuan’17,ShannonCieslewski’18

THESISCOMMITTEES

DoctoralDissertationCommittee(15students)2019-present SamanthaBowden,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(advisor) LaurenPageau,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member) NatashaFowler,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member) TarynMeinhardt,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member)2018-present JessicaLee,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(advisor) TracyMontgomery,DepartmentofIntegrativeBiology,MSU(member)2017-present SangYun(Henry)Yang,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(advisor)

AmandaWhite,DepartmentofPsychiatry,UniversityofMichigan(member)ErikaVitale,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member)LaurenRaycraft,DepartmentofPsychology,MSU(member)

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2013-2019 SarahKark,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)2011-2017 CarolineSmith,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor)

Thesis:Developmentofoxytocin,vasopressinV1a,andmu-opioidreceptorexpressionintheratbrain:implicationsfortheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior

2010-2016 KellyA.Bennion,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)KellyM.Dumais,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor)Thesis:Involvementoftheoxytocinsysteminsex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorandinsex-specificbrainactivation

2015 ChristinaReppucci,PhDdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)ElizabethN.Holly,PhDdefense,SacklerSchoolofGraduateBiomedicalSciences,TuftsUniversity(externalmember)CallumHicks,PhDdefense,SchoolofPsychology,UniversityofSydney,Australia(thesisexaminer)

2014 JoshuaJ.Meidenbauer,PhDdefense,DepartmentofBiology,BC(member)

Master’sThesisCommittee(12students)2016 MorganRogers,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member) NicholasWorley,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor) Thesis:Mechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystem AllisonFoilb,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member) BrittanyJeye,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)2015 SarahKark,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)2014 SaraE.Keefer,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member) LaurenC.Anderson,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)2013 CarolineJ.Smith,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor) Thesis:Neuralmodulationofsocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat KellyA.Bennion,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)2012 KellyM.Dumais,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(advisor)

Thesis:Sexhormoneandoxytocinregulationofmaleandfemalesocialinterestandrecognition:Oxytocinreceptordensitiescorrelatewithsocialinterest

JoshuaJ.Meidenbauer,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofBiology,BC(member)2011 JaclynPortelli,Master’sdefense,DepartmentofPsychology,BC(member)

MENTORINGRESEARCH(PriortoFacultyPosition)

Co-mentoringPh.D.Research(co-mentoredwithDr.IngaD.Neumann)2007-2011 MichaelLukas,UniversityofRegensburg,thesisdefense:Oct21,2011

Thesis:Effectsofcentralneuropeptidesonsocialpreferenceandsocialrecognitioninmalerats

2005-2009 DanielaI.Beiderbeck,UniversityofRegensburg,thesisdefense:May4,2009 Thesis:‘Underlyingneurobiologicalmechanismsofhighandabnormalaggressioninmale

rats:linktotraitanxiety’

MentoringUndergraduateResearch2009-2010 Seniorhonorsresearchthesis,UMass-Amherst,ChidoKativhu2007-2008 Bachelorthesis(6-monthfull-time),Univ.ofRegensburg,SophieKoszinowski2003-2008 Researchthesis(9-monthfull-time),UniversityofRegensburg

DanielaNiederle,SandraSelch,DanielaBeiderbeck,ElisabethMartin,MichaelLukas,TeresaDintenfelder,IuliaToth

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1998-2003 Researchthesis(6-monthfull-time),UniversityofGroningenErwinBuist,EvelijnGerstel,TrynkedeJong,SimonGrootendijk,BettySijtsma,AnkeRoelofs

INVITEDTALKS

2020 'Implicationsofsexdifferencesinthejuvenileandadultvasopressinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavioroxytocin',InternationalSymposiumonRegulatoryPeptides,Acapulco,Mexico,Sep19-23

‘Roleofdopamineintheregulationofsocialplaybehaviorinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats’,Dopamine2020,Montreal,Canada,May18-22

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',JaneliaConferenceonNeuropeptideSignaling,Ashburn,VA,USA,April19-22

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD,USA,March10

'Roleofvasopressininsex-andage-specificregulationofsocialbehaviors',WinterConferenceonBrainResearch,BigSky,MN,USA,Jan25-30

'Sex-specificinvolvementofoxytocinintheregulationofsocialbehavior',WinterConferenceonBrainResearch,BigSky,MN,USA,Jan25-30

2019'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',TheArcticUniversityofNorway,Tromsø,Norway

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',EuropeanBehavioralPharmacologySocietymeeting,Braga,Portugal

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',BucknellUniversity,Lewisburg,PA

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign,IL

2018 'Developmentalandsex-specificinvolvementofvasopressinintheregulationofsocialbehavior',InternationalSymposiumonRegulatoryPeptides,Acapulco,Mexico,Sep22-25

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',ClinicalPsychology,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforsocialbehavior:Relevanceforunderstandingthesexbiasinautism',CenterforResearchinAutism,IntellectualandotherNeurodevelopmentalDisabilities,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI

2017 'Roleofopioidsandoxytocininsocialbehavior',OsloUniversityHospital,Oslo,Norway

'Functionofsexdifferencesinthebrainforbehavior:Insightsfromvasopressinandoxytocin',RosalindFranklinUniversityofMedicineandScience,NorthChicago,IL

'Vasopressininvolvedinpreventingandinducingsexdifferencesinbehavior:Ataleoftwobrainregions',SocietyforNeurosciencemeeting,WashingtonDC

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'Dualfunctionofsexdifferencesinthebrainvasopressinsystem:preventingandinducingsexdifferencesinsocialbehavior',WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil

'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinsociallyrewardingbehaviors',InternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSocietymeeting,Hiroshima,Japan

'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinjuvenilesociallyrewardingbehaviors',NeuroscienceProgram,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI

2016 'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinsociallyrewardingjuvenilebehaviors',UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA

'Sexdifferencesinthebrainpreventsexdifferencesinsocialbehavior',SocietyforSocialNeurosciencemeeting,SanDiego,CA

'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',UniversityMedicalCenterUtrecht,Utrecht,theNetherlands

'Roleofopioidandvasopressinsystemsinsociallyrewardingjuvenilebehaviors',FENSForumofNeurosciencemeeting,Copenhagen,Denmark

'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',MassachusettsGeneralHospital,DepartmentofPsychiatry,Boston,MA

2015 'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',MassachusettsGeneralHospital,NeuroendocrineUnit,Boston,MA

'Plasticityinneuropeptideregulationofjuvenilesocialbehavior:Sexandsocialcontextmatter',SocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologymeeting,PacificGrove,CA

'Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocininjuvenilerats',EasternPsychologicalAssociationmeeting,Philadelphia,PA

'Sex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',WinterConferenceonBrainResearch,BigSky,MT

2014 'Age-andsex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA

'Implicationsofsexdifferencesintheoxytocinsystemfortheregulationofsocialbehavior',InternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinologymeeting,Montreal,Canada

'Mechanismsunderlyingsex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialplaybyvasopressin',InternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinologymeeting,Montreal,Canada

'Age-andsex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',EasternPsychologicalAssociationmeeting,Boston,MA

'Sex-specificregulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin',AnnualSocialBrainSciencesSymposium,ChestnutHill,MA

2013 'Regulationofsocialbehaviorbyvasopressinandoxytocin:Effectsofearlylifestress,sex,andage',HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA

'Sex-specificeffectsofoxytocinonsocialinformationprocessinginrats’,EuropeanBrainandBehaviourSocietymeeting,Munich,Germany

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'Keyrolesforvasopressinandoxytocininthesex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialbehaviors',AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA

'Sex-specificexpressionandregulationofsocialbehavior:Involvementofvasopressinandoxytocinsystems',UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,CA

'Theoxytocinsystemandsocialbehavior:Effectsofsex,age,andearlylifestress',68thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBiologicalPsychiatry,SanFrancisco,CA

'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofstressandsocialbehavior',UniversityofGroningen,theNetherlands

'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofstressandsocialbehavior',McLeanHospital,Belmont,MA

'Effectsofearlylifestressonsocialbehaviors:Linktoalterationsinoxytocinandvasopressinbrainsystems',MaineMedicalCenter,Portland,ME

'Effectsofearly-lifesocialexperiencesonvasopressin-andoxytocin-mediatedsocialandemotionalbehaviors',SocialNeuroendocrinologyPre-conference,NewOrleans,LA

2012 'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofstressandsocialbehavior',MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MA

'Qualityoftheearlylifesocialenvironmentdeterminesdifferentialexpressionofjuvenileandadultsocialbehaviors:Linktovasopressinandoxytocinsystems',UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL

'Qualityoftheearlylifesocialenvironmentdeterminesdifferentialexpressionofjuvenileandadultaggressivebehaviors:Linktovasopressinandoxytocinsystems',Bi-Bi-AnnualWorldMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyforResearchonAggression,Luxembourg

'Effectsofearly-lifesocialexperiencesonvasopressin-andoxytocin-mediatedsocialandemotionalbehaviors',AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalBehaviouralandNeuralGeneticsSociety,Boulder,CO

2011 'Vasopressinandoxytocinasmediatorsofsocialbehavior',CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY

'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',Children'sHospitalBoston,MA

'Earlylifestressaltersvasopressin-regulatedsocialbehaviors',DutchEndo-Neuro-PsychoAnnualMeeting,theNetherlands

2010 'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',BiologyDepartment,BostonCollege

'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',BowdoinCollege,Brunswick,ME

'Earlylifestressaffectsthedevelopmentofvasopressin-regulatedsocialbehavior',AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanCollegeofNeuropsychopharmacology,MiamiBeach,FL

'Age-andbrainregion-specificeffectsofvasopressinonaggressionandsocialrecognition',Bi-AnnualWorldMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyforResearchonAggression,Storrs,CT

'Keyrolefortheneuropeptidevasopressininsex-specificregulationofjuvenilesocialbehavior',AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,AnnArbor,MI

2009 'Earlylifestress:Impactonsocial,brain,andimmunefunction',UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,CT

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'Doesvasopressinregulateintermaleaggression?Invivovasopressinreleaseduringresident-intruderencountersgivesnewinsights',NIMH,Bethesda,MD

'Doesvasopressinregulateintermaleaggression?Intracerebralvasopressinreleaseduringresident-intruderencountersgivesnewinsights',NeuropeptideSatelliteMeeting,Chicago,IL

'Earlylifestressandthedevelopmentofaggressionandsocialrecognition:alinktovasopressin',Context,Causes,andConsequencesofConflictWorkshop,Leiden,TheNetherlands

'Effectsofearlylifestressonthedevelopmentofaggressionandsocialrecognition:Linktoalterationsincentralvasopressinactivity',EuropeanSocietyforChildandAdolescentPsychiatrymeeting,Budapest,Hungary

'Impactofearlylifestressandgeneticfactorsontheregulationofsocialbehaviors’UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA

2008 'Impactofearlylifestressandgeneticfactorsontheregulationofsocialbehaviors',BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA

'Long-termeffectsofearlylifestressonaggressionandcognitionassociatedwithchangesincentralvasopressinactivity',12thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Groningen,TheNetherlands

2007'Modulationofaggressionandsocialcognitionbyearlylifestressandneuropeptides',UniversityofWisconsin,Madison,WI

'Modulationofaggressionandsocialcognitionbyearlylifestressandneuropeptides',UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA

'Earlylifestressincreasesmaleaggressionandimpairssocialcognition:Linktoalterationsinbrainvasopressinactivity',7thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Regensburg,Germany

'Monitoringofneuropeptidereleaseduringsocialbehaviourswithindistinctbrainregionsusingmicrodialysisandbehaviouralmanipulationsusingretrodialysis',39thAnnualMeetingoftheEuropeanBrainandBehaviourSociety,Trieste,Italy

2006 'Animalmodelstostudydepressionandaggression',InstituteofExperimentalMedicine,Budapest,Hungary

'Stressresponses,aggressionandcopingstrategiesindifferentrodentmodels',Kargerworkshop/JBJohnsonclub,Atlanta,GA

2005 'Animalmodelstostudydepressionandaggressionco-morbidity',LundbeckResearchUSAInc.,Newark,NJ

2004 'ChangesinadultcellproliferationinlowandhighaggressivemiceinrelationtoinbornalterationsinHPAaxisactivity',3rdDutchEndo-Neuro-Psychomeeting,Doorwerth,theNetherlands

2003 'DifferencesinHPAand5-HTresponsivenessintwomouselines',20thWorkshoponIndividualDifferencesinBehaviourandPhysiology:CausesandConsequences,Erice,Sicily,Italy

'Differencesinbasalandstress-inducedchangesHPAregulationofwildhousemiceselectedforhighandlowaggression',2ndDutchEndo-Neuro-Psychomeeting,Doorwerth,theNetherlands

2002 'Copingstyleandstressorsusceptibility',UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany

'Copingstyleandstressorsusceptibility',MaxPlanckInstituteofPsychiatry,Munich,Germany

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'Differencesinstress-reactivityintwomouselinesgeneticallyselectedforhighandlowaggression',AnnualmeetingoftheDutchContactGroupforBehavioralGenetics,Utrecht,theNetherlands

2001 'Behavioralandneuroendocrinecharacteristicsofwildhousemicegeneticallyselectedforhighandlowaggression:Beyondamodelofaggression',5thDutchEndo-Neuromeeting,Doorwerth,theNetherlands

INVITEDTALKSVEENEMALABMEMBERSMemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=graduatestudent,2=undergraduatestudent,3=postdoc

2019 Dr.ChristinaReppucci3,'Involvementoftheventraltegmentalareainsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats',SocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologymeeting,Bloomington,IN

2018 Dr.ChristinaReppucci3,'Neuralsubstratesunderlyingsocialmotivationinjuvenilerats',SocietyforNeurosciencemeeting,SanDiego,CA

2017Dr.ChristinaReppucci3,'RecruitmentofVasopressinandOxytocinNeuronsintheParaventricularandSupraopticHypothalamicNucleiDuringSocialPlayinJuvenileMaleandFemaleRats',WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil

2017CarolineSmith2,'Regulationofsocialbehaviorbythebrainoxytocinsystemduringdevelopment:Possibleinteractionswiththevasopressinsystem’,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,NeuroendocrineUnit,Boston,MA

2016KellyDumais2,'Oxytocinregulatessocialbehaviorandactivatesneuralcircuitsinsex-specificwaysinrats’,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,NeuroendocrineUnit,Boston,MA

CarolineSmith2,'Unravelingtheneuralbasisofsocialnovelty-seekingduringadolescence:Involvementofoxytocinandopioids’,SocialBrainSciencesSymposium,BrandeisUniversity,Waltham,MA

KellyDumais2,'Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingoxytocinadministrationinawakerats’SocialBrainScienceSymposium,BrandeisUniversity,Waltham,MA

2014KellyDumais2,'Neuralbasisofsex-specificregulationofsocialbehavior:Focusontheoxytocinsystem’,SocialBrainSciencesSymposium,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA

CarolineSmith2,'Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat’,SocialBrainSciencesSymposium,BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA

PROFESSIONALSERVICES

Present Secretary&Treasurer,SocietyforSocialNeuroscience(2018-2021) ReviewEditor,journalFrontiersinEndocrinology(since2017) EditorialBoardmember,journalSocialNeuroscience(since2017) EditorialBoardmember,JournalHormonesandBehavior(since2015) Boardmember,SocietyforSocialNeuroscience(since2015)

ReviewEditor,journalFrontiersinBehavioralNeuroscience(since2009)2020-2021 InternationalAdvisoryCommitteemember,14thWorldCongresonNeurohypophysial

Hormones2019-2020 ProgramCommitteeChair,SocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologyannualmeeting

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2019 ProgramCommitteemember,SocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologyannualmeeting Symposiumchair,WorldCongressofNeurohypophysialHormones,EinGedi,Israel,May8-11 Adhocreviewer,NIMHBoardofScientificCounselors2018 MinisymposiumCo-Chair,‘Socialmotivationacrossthelifespan’,AnnualMeetingofthe

SocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA,November3-72017 SymposiumCo-Chair,‘Neurobiologicalmechanismsofsocialandnon-socialreward’,Annual

MeetingoftheInternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSociety,Hiroshima,Japan,June26–302016 SymposiumChair,‘Whatdowelearnaboutthesocialbrainbyaddingsexasbiological

variable?’AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiegoCA,Nov11 SymposiumChair,‘Neurobiologyofsocialrewardandattachment’,FENSForumof

NeuroscienceBiannualMeeting,Copenhagen,Denmark,July2–62015 Co-chairoftheProgramCommittee,6thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocial

Neuroscience,ChicagoIL,Oct16 SymposiumChair,‘Bednucleusofthestriaterminalis:Amodulatorofsocialbehaviorandstress

responsesinmalesandfemales’,AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGroveCA,June10-14

2014 Co-ChairoftheProgramCommittee,5thAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,WashingtonDC,Nov13-14

SymposiumChair,‘Regulationofsocialbehavior:Focusonsexdifferences’,44thAnnualMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada,Aug19-22

2013 SymposiumChair,‘Oxytocin,brainfunction,andsocialbehaviour’,45thMeetingoftheEuropeanBrainandBehaviourSociety,Munich,Germany,Sept6-9

2011 Co-ChairofWorkshop“Buildingacareerinacademia”,UMass-Amherst Guest-Editor,SpecialIssueoftheJournalofNeuroendocrinology ChairoftheOrganizingCommittee,9thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,

Boston,MA,July27-30SymposiumChair,‘Stresslegacy:past,present,andfuture’,9thDutchEndo-Neuro-PsychoMeeting,Lunteren,theNetherlands,May30-June1

2010 SymposiumChair,“Vasopressinandvasotocinasregulatorsofaggressionandothersocialbehaviors”,19thWorldConferenceoftheInternationalSocietyofResearchonAggression,StorrsCT,July27-31

2006-2009 Coordinator,InternationalMaster’sProgrammeinExperimentalandClinicalNeurosciences,UniversityofRegensburg,Germany

2004-2009 Organizeranddiscussionleader,weeklyscientificseminarsattheDepartmentofBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,UniversityofRegensburg,Germany

PanelGrantReviewer2019 NIHNeurobiologyofMotivatedBehaviorStudySection2018 NIHNeurobiologyofMotivatedBehaviorStudySection2017 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation2016 NSFGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram(GRFP),Psychology2014 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation2013 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–ModulationAd-hocGrantReviewer2019 IsraelScienceFoundation

DFGGermanResearchFoundation2017 NWODutchResearchFoundation

NIHSpecialEmphasisPanelforBiobehavioralandBehavioralProcesses

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2016 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems–Modulation2015 NWODutchResearchFoundation2014 HumanFrontiersScienceProgram OTKAHungarianScientificResearchFund2013 HarryFrankGuggenheimFoundation

NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystems-Modulation2011 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystemsCluster2010 NSFDivisionofIntegrativeOrganismalSystems,NeuralSystemsCluster2009 DFGGermanResearchFoundation2008 NWODutchResearchFoundationAd-hocReviewerforInternationalPeer-ReviewedScientificJournals(n=29)BehaviouralBrainResearch;BehaviorGenetics;BehavioralNeuroscience;BehaviorResearchMethods;BiologyLetters;BiologicalPsychiatry;BrainResearch;CurrentBiology;CurrentNeurobiology;FrontiersinBehavioralNeuroscience;Genes,BrainandBehavior;HormonesandBehavior;InternationalJournalofDevelopmentalNeuroscience;InternationalJournalofNeuropsychopharmacology;JournalofEvolutionaryBiology;JournalofNeuroendocrinology;JournalofVisualExperiments;NeuralPlasticity;Neuropharmacology;Neuropsychopharmacology;NeuroscienceandBiobehavioralReviews;NeuroscienceLetters;PhysiologyandBehavior;PLoSOne;ProgressinNeuro-Psychopharmacology&BiologicalPsychiatry;Psychoneuroendocrinology;Psychopharmacology;TranslationalPsychiatry;ScientificReportsProfessionalAffiliationsFederationofEuropeanNeuroscienceSocietiesInternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSocietyOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferencesSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinologySocietyforNeuroscienceSocietyforSocialNeuroscience

UNIVERSITYSERVICESMichiganStateUniversity(since2017)

Present Member,AdvisoryCommitteetotheChair,PsychologyDepartment,MSU(2018-2024)Member,FacultyAdvisoryCommittee,MSUNeuroscienceProgram(2017-2020)

2017-2019 Chair,BehavioralNeuroscienceGraduateStudentAdmissions

UNIVERSITYSERVICESBostonCollege(2010-2016)

2014-2016 Chair,ColloquiumCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2014-2015 Member,CognitiveNeuroscienceSearchCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment Member,DepartmentNameChangeCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2012-2013 Member,BehavioralNeuroscienceSearchCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2012 Member,ScholaroftheCollege,McCarthyPrize,BC

Member,RIGcommittee,BC2012-2016 Member,HigginsSafetyCommittee,BC2011-2016 Member,IACUCcommittee,BC2011-2012 Member,BehavioralNeuroscienceSearchCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment

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2010-2014 Member,GraduateEvaluationCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2010-2011 Member,GraduateAdmissions&RecruitmentCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment Member,StrategicPlanningCommittee,BCPsychologyDepartment2010-2016 UndergraduateAdvising,BCPsychologyDepartment

TEACHING

CoursesatMichiganStateUniversity(2017-present)BrainandBehavior,undergraduatecourseNeuroscienceofPsychopathologies,undergraduatecourseNeurobiologyofStress,graduateseminar

CoursesatBostonCollege(2010-2016)NeurobiologyofStress,undergraduatecourseNeuroscienceofPsychopathology,undergraduatecourseNeuralSystemsandStress,graduateseminarNeurobiologyofMentalIllness,graduateseminarNeuroscienceProseminar,graduateproseminar(co-teacher)

GuestLectures2013 GraduateseminaronSocialandAffectiveNeuroscience,DepartmentofPsychology,

HarvardUniversity

LecturesattheUniversityofRegensburg2007-2009 OsmoregulationandExcretion(Lecturesintegratedintheannual‘AnimalPhysiology’

UndergraduateCourse,taughtinGerman)2006-2009 SystemsNeuroscience(AnnuallectureswithintheInternationalMaster’sProgramin

‘ExperimentalandClinicalNeurosciences’,taughtinEnglish)

TeachingAssistantshipsattheUniversityofGroningen/UniversityofRegensburg2004-2009 Zoology(Annual2-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)2003-2009 NeurobiologyandNeuroendocrinology(Annual6-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)2003 BehaviouralPharmacology(Annual4-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)1998-2001 AnimalPhysiology(Annual4-weekfull-timeresearchprojects)

OUTREACHACTIVITIES

Present ParticipationoftheVeenemaLabinBrainAwarenessActivities(since2010),includingtheannualMSUNeuroscienceFair,MSUBrainBee,andMSUElementaryScienceNights

ParticipationoftheVeenemaLabinMSUGirls’STEMDay2019 ParticipationintheMeettheProfessorLunchheldduringtheannualmeetingoftheSociety

forBehavioralNeuroendocrinology GaveaTalkatStandupScienceorganizedbyShaneMauss2018 PanelistinaPanelDiscussiononNSFGRFPapplicationsatMSUwiththeaudiencebeing

seniorundergraduatestudentsandfirst-yearandsecond-yeargraduatestudentsParticipationinalunchwithundergraduateminoritystudentsselectedfortheMSUSummerResearchOpportunitiesProgramtotalkaboutstrategiesapplyingtograduateschool

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MentoringNatashaMendez,anundergraduatestudentfromPuertoRicowhoparticipatesinNIHBlueprintInitiativeNeuroscienceProgramto"EnhancingNeuroscienceDiversitythroughUndergraduateResearchEducationExperiences(ENDURE)"atMSUandreceiveshands-ontrainingandmentoringinthelaboverthesummerPanelistinaResearchForum“GettingTheMostOutofYourConferenceExperience”,MSUNeuroscienceprogram

2017 NeuroscienceLabOpenHouse,MSUNeuroscienceundergraduatestudentsinterestedinresearchwereinvitedtogetaninsidelookattheresearchconductedintheVeenemalabwithlivedemonstrationsandhands-onopportunities

PsychologyResearchOpenHouse,MSUPsychologyundergraduatestudentsinterestedinresearchwereinvitedtogetaninsidelookattheresearchconductedintheVeenemalabwithlivedemonstrationsandhands-onopportunities

PanelistinaPanelDiscussiononNSFGRFPapplicationsatMSUwiththeaudiencebeingseniorundergraduatestudentsandfirst-yearandsecond-yeargraduatestudents

2016 MentoringHighSchoolstudentJuliaKastnerwhoparticipatesintheprogramInSPIRE(InterestedStudentsPursuingInternshipResearchExperiences)atConcordAcademy,Concord,MAandwasaninternintheVeenemalaboverthesummerof2016

Bring-your-parents-to-the-lab-day(May21),familyofstudentsandstaffmembersoftheVeenemalabwereinvitedtogetaninsidelookattheresearchconductedintheVeenemalabwithlivedemonstrationsandhands-onopportunities

2015-2017 MentoringHighSchoolstudentZoeShaw,whoparticipatesintheScienceResearchProgramatJohnJayHighSchool,NewYork,NYandwasaninternintheVeenemalaboverthesummerof2016

2015 MentorinaTraineeWorkshoponFundingOpportunitiesatNSFandNIHatUMass-AmherstInterviewedbytheThompsonIslandOutwardBoundEducationCentertotalkaboutwhatitisliketobeabehavioralneuroscientistSpeakeratMITMuseumSecondFridaysProgram“Agoodnightforabaddate”,givingatalkaboutsexdifferencesinsocialbehaviorandtherolesofvasopressinandoxytocininmediatingthesedifferences

2014 MentorintheMentor/MenteeprogramoftheInternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinologytoadviseyoungfellowsonacademicandpersonalmattersrelatedtoacareerinthefieldofPsychoneuroendocrinology

PanelistinaPanelDiscussiononWomeninScienceatBostonCollege2013 SpeakerattheSummerScienceInstituteforHighSchool/MiddleSchoolScienceteachersat

theDover/SherborneHighSchool,organizedbyTheEducationCooperativeSpeakerintheBostonCollege’sWomeninScienceHighSchoolProgram

2012 MentorinProfessionalDevelopmentWorkshopatUMass-AmherstMentorinSpeedMentoringSessionandinMeettheProfessorLuncheonoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology

2012-2015 MentoringHighSchoolstudentSofiaGilary,whoparticipatedintheScienceResearchProgramatJohnJayHighSchool,NewYork,NYandwasaninternintheVeenemalab

2011 MentorinaWorkshop“BuildingaCareerinAcademia”atUMass-Amherst2011-2012 MentoringHighSchoolstudentKatParadis,whoparticipatedintheScienceResearch

ProgramatSaratogaSpringsHighSchool,NewYork,NY

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POSTERPRESENTATIONSATINTERNATIONALSCIENTIFICMEETINGSMemberofDr.Veenema’slab:1=undergraduatestudent,2=graduatestudent,3=postdoc

2019 BredewoldR,ProanoSB,ScazzeroAM1,MeitzenJ,VeenemaAH.Regulationofsocialplaybehaviorbyoxytocininthenucleusaccumbens. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

LeeJDA2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleofvasopressinintheventralpalliduminregulatingsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

ReppucciCJ3,ChambersAQ1,BrownLA1,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Themotivationtoseeksocialcontactversusfooddifferswithageandbetweenratsandmice.InternationalBrainResearchOrganizationWorldCongresofNeuroscience,Daegu,SouthKorea

YoestKE3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinjuvenilesocialrecognition:roleofoxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,ChambersAQ1,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Involvementoftheventraltegmentalareainsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinmodulatesglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptumofjuvenileratsinsex-specificways:Implicationsforthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehavior.BiannualMeetingoftheEuropeanBehaviouralPharmacologySociety,Braga,Portugal

BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinmodulatesglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptumofjuvenileratsinsex-specificways:Implicationsforthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Bloomington,IN

LeeJDA2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleofvasopressinintheventralpalliduminregulatingjuvenilesocialbehavior. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Bloomington,IN

YoestKE3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinjuvenilesocialrecognition:roleofoxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Bloomington,IN

BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinmodulatesglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptumofjuvenileratsinsex-specificways:Implicationsforthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybehavior.WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,EinGedi,Israel

2018 BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialrewardregulationinjuvenilerats:Focusonglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,PosaniSS1,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Activationofventraltegmentalareasupportstheexpressionofsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialrewardregulationinjuvenilerats:Focusonglutamatesignalinginthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

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ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,PosaniSS1,WashingtonCL,VeenemaAH.Activationofventraltegmentalareasupportstheexpressionofsocialplaybehaviorinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,CieslewskiSE1,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandsocialplaymodulatelateralseptumneurotransmitterreleaseinsex-specificways.InternationalSymposiumonRegulatoryPeptides,Acapulco,Mexico

BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,CieslewskiSE1,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandsocialplaymodulatelateralseptumneurotransmitterreleaseinsex-specificways.InternationalCongressofNeuroendocrinology,Toronto,Canada

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentofvasopressinergicandoxytonergicbrainregionsinresponsetosocialplay.InternationalCongressofNeuroendocrinology,Toronto,Canada

2017 BredewoldR,SchiavoJ1,VerreijM1,VeenemaAH.Vasopressininthelateralseptumalterstheextracellularreleaseofvariousneurotransmittersinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialplay.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoftheventraltegmentalareaanditsafferentpathwaysduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

SmithCJW2,DiBenedictisBT3,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinandoxytocininthesocialbehaviorneuralnetwork:Howdofiberprojectionsandreceptorscompare?AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

SmithJA3,BredewoldR,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Behavioralandneuroanatomicalcharacterizationofthevasopressinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisrevealspotentialcoordinationofseparatepopulationsofvasopressinneuronsinmediatingsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

BredewoldR,SchiavoJ1,VerreijM1,VeenemaAH.Vasopressininthelateralseptumalterstheextracellularreleaseofvariousneurotransmittersinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialplay.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoftheventraltegmentalareaanditsafferentpathwaysduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

SmithJA3,BredewoldR,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Behavioralandneuroanatomicalcharacterizationofthevasopressinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisrevealspotentialcoordinationofseparatepopulationsofvasopressinneuronsinmediatingsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil

ReppucciCJ3*,GergelyCK1,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentofvasopressinandoxytocinneuronsintheparaventricularandsupraoptichypothalamicnucleiduringsocialplayinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil*TravelAward

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SmithJA3*,BredewoldR,ReppucciCJ3,VeenemaAH.Behavioralandneuroanatomicalcharacterizationofthevasopressinsysteminthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisrevealspotentialcoordinationofseparatepopulationsofvasopressinneuronsinmediatingsocialbehavior.WorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Mangaratiba,Brazil*TravelAward

BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalBehavioralNeuroscienceSociety,Hiroshima,Japan

BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. MichiganChapteroftheSocietyforNeuroscienceMeeting,AnnArbor,MI

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Anovelrolefororexininregulatingsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilerats.MichiganChapteroftheSocietyforNeuroscienceMeeting,AnnArbor,MI

2016 BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

DiBenedictisBT3,SmithCJW2,NussbaumER1,CheungHK1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofopposite-sexpreferenceinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

DumaisKM2,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingdifferentroutesofoxytocinadministrationinawakeadultrats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

NascimentoNF,RoGS1,ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.LateralSeptumVasopressinSystemInteractsWithNucleusAccumbensandPrefrontalCortextoRegulateSocialPlayinSex-SpecificWays. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

SmithCJW2,RatnaseelanA1,LiS1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofmuopioidreceptorsintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior:Brainregion-specificeffectsandmodulationbysocialseparation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoforexin/hypocretinneuronsduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

WorleyNB2,DumaisKM2,YuanJC1,NewmanLE1,AlonsoAG1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofandrogen,butnotestrogen,receptorsinthemasculinizationoftheoxytocinreceptorinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,NascimentoNF,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

DiBenedictisBT3,SmithCJW2,NussbaumER1,CheungHK1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofopposite-sexpreferenceinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

DumaisKM2,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingdifferentroutesofoxytocinadministrationinawakeadultrats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

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NascimentoNF,RoGS1,ReppucciCJ3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.LateralSeptumVasopressinSystemInteractsWithNucleusAccumbensandPrefrontalCortextoRegulateSocialPlayinSex-SpecificWays. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

SmithCJW2,RatnaseelanA1,LiS1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofmuopioidreceptorsintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior:Brainregion-specificeffectsandmodulationbysocialseparation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoforexin/hypocretinneuronsduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

WorleyNB2,DumaisKM2,YuanJC1,NewmanLE1,AlonsoAG1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofandrogen,butnotestrogen,receptorsinthemasculinizationoftheoxytocinreceptorinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,NascimentoN,VeenemaAH.Involvementofdopamineandnoradrenalineinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

DiBenedictisBT3,SmithCJW2,NussbaumER1,CheungHK1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofventralpallidalvasopressininthesex-specificregulationofopposite-sexpreferenceinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

DumaisKM2,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingoxytocinadministrationinawakerats. AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

SmithCJW2,RatnaseelanA1,LiS1,VeenemaAH.Involvementofmuopioidreceptorsintheregulationofjuvenilesocialnovelty-seekingbehavior:Brainregion-specificeffectsandmodulationbysocialseparation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

ReppucciCJ3,GergelyCK1,NascimentoNF,RoGS1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Recruitmentoforexin/hypocretinneuronsduringsociallyrewardingbehaviorinjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,YuanJC2,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Involvementofandrogen,butnotestrogen,receptorsinthemasculinizationoftheoxytocinreceptorinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

DiBenedictisBT3,NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,VeenemaAH.Ageandsexdifferencesinforebraindistributionofvasopressinandoxytocinfibersintherat.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA

DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinneuralactivationfollowingoxytocinadministrationinawakerats.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA

SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,PoehlmannML2,VeenemaAH.Pre-pubertalemergenceofsexdifferencesinoxytocinandvasopressinV1areceptorbindingintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA

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WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,YuanJC2,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinsystem.AnnualMeetingoftheOrganizationfortheStudyofSexDifferences,Philadelphia,PA

BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,RoG2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinregulatessocialplayinsex-specificwaysthroughglutamatemodulationinthelateralseptum.BiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Copenhagen,Denmark

NussbaumER2,CheungHK2,DiBenedictisBT3,VeenemaAH.Ageandsexdifferencesinforebraindistributionofvasopressinandoxytocinfibersintherat.AnnualNEURONconference,QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden,CT

2015 BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,RoG2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinregulatessocialplayinsex-specificwaysthroughglutamatemodulationinthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

DiBenedictisBT3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Dynamicvasopressinreleaseinthelateralseptumduringsocialrecognitioninadultandjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,GillespieTC2,ChoD2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandcentralamygdalaregulatessocialbehaviorinsex-specificwaysinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,PoehlmannML2,VeenemaAH.Subregion-specificdistributionofµ-opioidreceptorsinthestriatumofjuvenilerats:Implicationsforsocialnoveltypreference.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,VarelaJ,ChristiansonJP.Vasopressinmodulateslateralseptumneuronalactivityinsex-specificwaysinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorsintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,RoG2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressinregulatessocialplayinsex-specificwaysthroughglutamatemodulationinthelateralseptum.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

DiBenedictisBT3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Dynamicvasopressinreleaseinthelateralseptumduringsocialrecognitioninadultandjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,GillespieTC2,ChoD2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandcentralamygdalaregulatessocialbehaviorinsex-specificwaysinrats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

SmithCJW1,RatnaseelanA2,PoehlmannML2,VeenemaAH.Subregion-specificdistributionofµ-opioidreceptorsinthestriatumofjuvenilerats:Implicationsforsocialnoveltypreference.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

VeenemaAH,BredewoldR,VarelaJ,ChristiansonJP.Vasopressinmodulateslateralseptumneuronalactivityinsex-specificwaysinjuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

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WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,NewmanLE2,AlonsoAG2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorsintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Chicago,IL

BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Vasopressininthelateralseptummodulatesthereleaseofglutamate,butnotGABA,differentlyinmaleandfemalejuvenilerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA

DiBenedictisBT3,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Dynamicvasopressinreleaseinthelateralseptumduringsocialrecognitioninadultandjuvenilemaleandfemalerats.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA

DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialrecognitionbyoxytocininthebednucleuofthestriaterminalis.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA

SmithCJW1,PoehlmannML2,LiS2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.AgedifferencesinoxytocinandvasopressinV1areceptorbindingintheratbrain:Implicationsforjuvenilesocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA

WorleyNB1,DumaisKM1,NewmanLE2,VeenemaAH.Molecularmechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorsintheratbrain.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,PacificGrove,CA

2014 BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin:Aninvivomicrodialysisstudy.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Oxytocinadministrationinducessex-specificalterationsinbrainactivationinawakerodentsusingfMRI.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

SmithCJW1,PoehlmannML2,WilkinsKB2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Agedifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem:implicationsforjuvenilesocialmotivation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

WorleyNB1,NewmanLE2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin:Aninvivomicrodialysisstudy.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

DumaisKM1,KulkarniP,FerrisCF,VeenemaAH.Oxytocinadministrationinducessex-specificalterationsinbrainactivationinawakerodentsusingfMRI.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

SmithCJW1,PoehlmannML2,WilkinsKB2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Agedifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem:implicationsforjuvenilesocialmotivation.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

WorleyNB1,NewmanLE2,VeenemaAH.Mechanismsunderlyingsexdifferencesinthebrainoxytocinsystem.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

BredewoldR,SchiavoJ2,VerreijM2,VeenemaAH.InvolvementofGABAandglutamateinthesex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressin.AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalSocietyofPsychoneuroendocrinology,Montreal,Canada

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DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,ImmorminoMA2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Thesexuallydimorphicoxytocinsystemintheratbrain:Implicationsforsex-specificregulationofsocialbehavior.BiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy

SmithCJ2,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.BiannualMeetingoftheFENSForumofNeuroscience,Milan,Italy

WilkinsKB2,SmithCJ2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairsnoveltypreference,whileoxytocinshowsaregion-specificfacilitativerole.AnnualMeetingoftheEasternPsychologicalAssociation,Boston,MA

AlonsoAG2,DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalismodulatessexuallydimorphicsocialrecognitionbehaviorinrats.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT

SmithCJ2,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT

2013 DumaisKM1,AlonsoAG2,ImmorminoMA2,KarakulaSL2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Theroleoftheamygdalainsex-specificregulationofsocialinterestinrats.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA

SmithCJ1,WilkinsKB2,MogaveroJN2,VeenemaAH.Socialisolationimpairswhileoxytocinfacilitatessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA

AlonsoAG2,DumaisKM1,VeenemaAH.Oxytocininthebednucleusofthestriaterminalismodulatessexuallydimorphicsocialrecognitionbehaviorinrats.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA

SchiavoJ2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.ModulationofsocialplaybehaviorthroughinteractionsofvasopressinandGABAinthelateralseptum.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA

WuC2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialplaybehaviorinrats:Theroleofoxytcininthenucleusaccumbens.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA

DumaisKM1,AlonsoA2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorbindinginthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandamygdala:Implicationsfordifferentialexpressionandregulationofsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,WilkinsKB2,ReardonKI2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleofopioids,oxytocin,andstressinmodulatingsocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

DumaisKM1,AlonsoA2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptorbindinginthebednucleusofthestriaterminalisandamygdala:Implicationsfordifferentialexpressionandregulationofsocialbehavior.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

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SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,WilkinsKB2,ReardonKI2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Roleofopioids,oxytocin,andstressinmodulatingsocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,SanDiego,CA

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.45thEuropeanBrainandBehaviorSocietyMeeting,Munich,Germany

DumaisKM1,AlonsoA2,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinoxytocinreceptordensityinthebednucleusofthestriaterminalis:Implicationsfordifferentialregulationofsocialrecognition.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA

SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Abriefperiodofsocialisolationabolishessocialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Sex-specificregulationofsocialplaybyvasopressinandoxytocindependsonsocialcontext.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Atlanta,GA

DumaisKM1,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialinterestcorrelatewithoxytocinreceptordensitiesinsubregionsoftheamygdala.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT

SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BarnardEM2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat:rolesofsex,anxiety,andneuropeptides.AnnualNEURONconference,Hamden,CT

2012 DumaisKM1*,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialinterestcorrelatewithoxytocinreceptordensitiesinsubregionsoftheamygdala.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA*PosterAward

SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BarnardEM2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat:rolesofsex,anxiety,andneuropeptides.AnnualSymposiumoftheCenterforNeuroendocrineStudies,Amherst,MA

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:DistinctmodesofinterplaybetweenseptalvasopressinandGABAinmalesandfemales.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,NewOrleans,LA

BredewoldR*,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:DistinctmodesofinterplaybetweenseptalvasopressinandGABAinmalesandfemales.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,NewOrleans,LA*TravelAward

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:InvolvementofseptalvasopressinandGABA.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI

DumaisKM1,MayerT2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Sexdifferencesinsocialinterestcorrelatewithoxytocinreceptordensitiesinsubregionsoftheamygdala.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI

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MengQ1,BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Adverseearlylifepeerinteractionsalteranxietyandplay-fightingbehaviors.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI

SmithCJ1,MogaveroJN2,BarnardEM2,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Socialnovelty-seekingbehaviorinthejuvenilerat:rolesofsex,anxiety,andneuropeptides.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforBehavioralNeuroendocrinology,Madison,WI

BredewoldR,SmithCJ,VeenemaAH.Neuralcircuitryofsocialplay:InvolvementofseptalvasopressinandGABA.AnnualMeetingoftheInternationalBehaviouralandNeuralGeneticsSociety,Boulder,CO

2011BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforNeuroscience,Washington,DC

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.MeetingoftheSocietyforSocialNeuroscience,Washington,DC

DumaisKM1*,MayerTE2,SmithCJ1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Fromanti-socialtopro-social:Dosexsteroidsandoxytocinplayarole?WorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA*TravelAward

SmithCJ1*,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.WorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA*TravelAward

MengQ1,BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.EffectsofPost-weaningAdversePeerInteractionsonEmotionalandSocialbehaviors.WorkshopontheBiologyofPro-SocialBehavior,EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA

DumaisKM1,MayerTE2,SmithCJ1,BredewoldR,VeenemaAH.Fromanti-socialtopro-social:Dosexsteroidsandoxytocinplayarole?9thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Boston,MA

BredewoldR,SmithCJ1,VeenemaAH.Septalvasopressinregulatesplay-fightinginmaleandfemalejuvenilerats:Sex-andcontext-specificeffects.9thWorldCongressonNeurohypophysialHormones,Boston,MA