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 Professor and Chair
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1985
Office (603) 646-3036, Moore 268
Interests
My research program investigates the neural and hormonal control of behavior. Currently we are examining sexual motivation in female rats with a focus on the contributions of genitosensory inputs to the display of mating behaviors and sexual reward. A second line of research is aimed at determining the signaling pathways (androgen receptor, estrogen receptor) necessary for the heightened display of intermale aggression in male mice administered anabolic androgenic steroids.
Selected publications
Go to: More citations on PubMed, from the National Library of Medicine
Meerts, S. M., and Clark, A. S. Artificial vaginocervical stimulation induces a conditioned place preference in female rats. Hormones and Behavior, in press.
Meerts, S. M., and Clark, A. S. Female rats exhibit a conditioned place preference for nonpaced mating. Hormones and Behavior 51: 89-94, 2007.
Henderson, L. P., Penatti, C. A., Jones, B. L., Yang, P., and Clark, A. S. Anabolic-androgenic steroids and forebrain GABAergic transmission. Neuroscience, 138: 793-799, 2006.
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