Research Interests
My research examines how the environment regulates the effects of steroid hormones on social behaviors. In California mice (Peromyscus californicus) the light cycle determines how estrogens affect male aggressive behavior. Estrogens increase aggression when mice are housed in winter-like short days and decrease aggression when mice are housed in summer-like long days. Current projects are examining how genomic and non-genomic effects of estrogens mediate these effects. We use several approaches to examining the hormonal bases of behavior including hormone manipulations, immunocytochemistry, real-time PCR, and microarray analyses.
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Psychology
