Updated
August 2003
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Gregory E. Demas
Present Position Contact
Information
Assistant Professor Phone (office): (812)
856-0158
Department of
Biology, Phone (lab): (812)
855-6257
Center for the Integrative Fax: (812) 855-6705
Study of Animal
Behavior, Email:
gdemas@bio.indiana.edu
and Program in Neural Science
Education
1991-1993 Research
assistant under Dr. Michael Brown,
Professor, Department of Psychology,
Emphasis:
animal learning, foraging and spatial memory
1993-1998 Research
assistant under Dr. Randy Nelson,
Professor,
Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Emphasis: neuroendocrine-immune
functions, seasonality, aggression
1998- 2001 Postdoctoral
fellow under Dr. Timothy Bartness,
Professor,
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Biology,
Emphasis:
neurobiology of energy metabolism, food hoarding
2001-present Assistant
Professor, Department of Biology, Center for the Integrative Study
of Animal Behavior and the Indiana Molecular Biology
Institute,
2002-present
Member, Program in Neural Science,
Dean’s List,
Psi Chi, the National
Honor Society in Psychology, 1990
Graduation Honors (cum laude),
Academic Scholarship,
Villanova University, 1991-1993
Graduate Fellowship,
Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1998
National Science
Foundation Travel Award, 1996
American
Psychological Association Dissertation Award, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa,
N. American Society
for the Study of Obesity Young Investigator Award, 2001
American
Physiological Society Research Award, 2002
Frank Beach Award in Behavioral
Neuroendocrinology, 2002
neuroendocrine-immune
interactions
behavioral
endocrinology
seasonality
and biological rhythms
mechanisms
of aggression/ social behavior
psychoneuroimmunology
behavioral
neuroscience
stress physiology and behavior
Current Graduate
Students
Nancy
Beecher (Co-advisor) (PhD expected 2004), Environmental stress and immune
function in anurans
Kelly Myer Polacek (PhD expected 2005), Gonadal steroid hormones and
seasonal aggression in rodents
Devin Zysling (Co-advisor) (PhD
expected 2007), Seasonal migration, stress and immunity in birds
Laboratory
Instructor, Experimental Methods in
Psychology (1991)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology (1992)
Instructor, Comparative Psychology of Sex, Aggression,
and Social Learning (1995)
Teaching
Assistant for:
Physiological Psychology (1993)
Motivation (1994)
Behavioral Endocrinology (1994, 1995)
Psychopharmacology (1995)
Animal Behavior (1996)
Systems Neuroscience (1996, 1997)
Physiological
Ecology (Graduate, 2002, 2004)
Biological Rhythms and Behavior (Graduate w/ Bill Timberlake, 2003)
Biopsychology Colloquium
Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1994
Graduate Student
Steering Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1994-1995
Teaching Assistant
Selection Committee, Johns
Internal
Review Committee, Kinsey Institute,
Internal
Review Committee, Laboratory of Animal Resources,
EEB Program
Seminar Series coordinator, Indiana University, 2003-present
Evolution
and Development Faculty Search committee, 2003
Grant Application Reviewer (ad hoc)
National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
National Science
Foundation (NSF)
VENI Innovative Research Incentives (The
Poster Judge,
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (2001, 2003)
Journal Reviewer (ad hoc)
Animal
Learning & Behavior Naturwissenschaften
American
Journal of Physiology Physiology
& Behavior
Biology
of Reproduction Behavioral
Neuroscience
Endocrinology Neuroendocrinology
Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology J.
of the Autonomic Nervous System
Journal
of Pharmacology and Hormones
and Behavior
Experimental Therapeutics Experimental
Biology and Medicine
Proceedings
of the
of Sciences Journal
of Experimental Biology
Psychoneuroendocrinology Brain,
Behavior and Immunity
Regulatory Peptides Comparative
Physiology and Biochemistry
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Behavioral Ecology
Biological Research Journal of Avian Biology
Reproduction, Nutrition and Development Biomedical Central (BMC) Physiology
Animal Behavior Society (ABS)
Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
American Physiological Society (APS)
Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR)
N. American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS)
American Psychological Association Dissertation Improvement Award, 1996
National Institutes of Health Post-Doctoral NRSA Award, 1998-2001
NAASO Young Investigator Award, 1999-2001
National Institutes of Health RO1 Research Grant, in review
National Science Foundation Research Grant, in review
Publications
Books
Nelson, R.J., Demas,
G.E., Klein, S.L., & Kriegsfeld, L.K.
(2002). Seasonal Patterns of
Stress, Immune
Function and Disease.
Journal Articles
1. Brown, M.F. and Demas, G.E. (1994). Evidence
for spatial working memory in honey bees (Apis
mellifera). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 108:344-352.
2. Demas, G. E. and Brown, M. F. (1995). Honey bees are predisposed to win-shift but
can learn to win-
stay. Animal Behaviour, 50:1041-1045.
3. Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E., Huang, P.L.,
Fishman, M.C.,
S.H. (1995). Behavioural abnormalities in male
mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Nature, 378:383-386.
4. Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L. and
Kriegsfeld, L.J. (1995). The influence of season,
photoperiod and pineal melatonin on immune
function. Journal of Pineal Research,
9:149-165.
5. Burnett, A.L., Nelson, R.J., Calvin, D., Liu,
J-X, Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Dawson,
T.M. and Snyder, S.H. (1996). Nitric oxide-dependent penile erection in mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide
synthase.
Molecular Medicine, 2:288-296.
6. Nelson, R.J., Asfaw,
B., DeVries, A.C. and Demas, G.E. (1996). Reproductive response to
photoperiod affects corticosterone and immunoglobulin G levels in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74:576-581.
7. Nelson,
R.J., Fine, J.B., Demas, G.E. and
interact to affect reproductive and immune function in male prairie voles. American Journal of Physiology,
270:R571-R577.
8. Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1996). Photoperiod and ambient temperature interact
to affect
immune parameters in male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Journal of Biological Rhythms,
11:95-103.
9. Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L. and Nelson, R.J.
(1996). Reproductive and immune
responses to
photoperiod and melatonin are linked in Peromyscus subspecies. Journal of Comparative Physiology A,
179:819-825.
10. Nelson, R.J. and Demas, G.E. (1996). Seasonal changes in immune function. Quarterly Review of
Biology, 71:511-548.
11. Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J., Kreuger, B. and Yarowsky, P.J.
(1996). Spatial memory deficits in
segmental trisomic (Ts[17(16)]65Dn)
mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 81:85-92.
12. Demas, G.E., DeVries,
A.C. and Nelson, R.J. (1997). Effects of
photoperiod and 2-deoxy-D-glucose-
induced metabolic stress on immune function in female deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
American Journal of Physiology,
272:R1762-R1767.
13. Demas, G.E, Elliason,
M. L.,
S.H. (1997). Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase increases aggression in mice. Molecular
Medicine,
3:610-616.
14. Nelson, R.J. and Demas, G.E. (1997). Role of melatonin in mediating seasonal
energetic and
immunologic adaptations. Brain
Research Bulletin, 44: 423-430.
15. Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1997). Social, but not photoperiodic responsiveness
on reproductive
function in Peromyscus aztecus. Biology of Reproduction, 58:385-389.
16. Demas, G.E., Chefer,
V., Talan, M. and Nelson, R.J. (1997).
Metabolic costs of mounting an antigen-
stimulated antibody response in adult and aged C57BL/6J mice. American Journal of Physiology,
273:R1631-R1637.
17. Demas, G.E., Williams, J.M. and Nelson,
R.J. (1997). Amygdala but not hippocampal lesions
impair
olfactory memory for mate in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). American Journal of Physiology,
273:R1683-R1689.
18. DeVries, A.C.,
Gerber, J.M.,
The effects of stress on corticosteroid levels and immune function in male house mice (Mus musculus)
and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
Journal of Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology A, 118:655-663.
19. Burnett, A.L., Poss,
K., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Calvin, D.C., Dawson,
T.M.,
Nelson, R.J., Tonegawa, S. and Snyder, S.H. (1997). Impaired sexual motivation and performance i
n mice lacking heme oxygenase-2. Nature
Medicine, 4:84-87.
20. Demas, G.E, Nelson, R.J., Yarowsky,
P. and Kreuger, B. (1997). Impaired spatial working
and
reference memory in segmental trisomy
(Ts65Dn) mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 90:199-201.
21. Demas, G.E and Nelson, R.J. (1998). Exogenous melatonin enhances cellular, but
not humoral
immune function in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal
of Biological Rhythms, 13:245-252.
22. Demas, G.E and Nelson, R.J. (1998). Photoperiod, ambient temperature and food
restriction interact
to affect reproductive and immune function in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Journal of Biological Rhythms,
13:253-262.
23. Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1998). Short-day enhancement of immune function is
not mediated
by gonadal steroid hormones in adult deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Comparative
Physiology B, 168:419-426.
24. Bentley, G.E., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. and
Ball, G.F. (1998). Melatonin, immune
function, and
reproductive state in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Proceedings of the Royal Society
of
25. Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E. and Klein, S.L.
(1998). Photoperiodic mediation of
seasonal breeding and
immune function in rodents: A
multi-factorial approach. American
Zoologist, 38:225-236.
26. Walensky
L.D., Shi Z.T., Blackshaw, S., DeVries,
A.C., Demas, G.E., Gascard, P., Nelson, R.J.,
Conboy, J.G., Rubin, E.M., Snyder, S.H., Mohandas, N. (1998). Neurobehavioral deficits in mice
lacking the erythrocyte membrane cytoskeletal protein 4.1. Current
Biology, 8:1269-1272.
27. Kriegsfeld, L.J.,
Demas, G.E.,
Undisturbed circadian locomotor rhythms in mice with targeted disruption of neuronal nitric oxide
synthase. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 14:20-27.
28. Demas, G.E.,
aggressive behavior in adult male prairie
voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
Physiology & Behavior, 66:59-62.
29. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Eliasson, M.J.L., Blackshaw, S., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. and Snyder, S.H. (1999).
Nocturnal motor coordination
deficits in neuronal nitric oxide synthase knock-out mice. Neuroscience, 89:311-315.
30. Demas, G.E. and Bartness,
T.J. (1999). Effects of food deprivation
and metabolic fuel utilization on
food hoarding by jirds (Meriones shawi). Physiology
& Behavior, 67:243-248.
31. Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Blackshaw, S., Nelson, R.J. and Snyder, S.H. (1999).
Elimination of
aggressive behavior in male mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Journal of
Neuroscience, 19:RC30
(1-5).
32. Kriegsfeld,
L.J., Demas, G.E., Burnett, A.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1999). Ejaculatory abnormalities in
mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-). Physiology & Behavior, 67:561-566.
33. Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Poss, K.D., Tonegawa, S. and
Nelson, R.J. (1999). Circadian
locomotor rhythms in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for carbon monoxide synthesizing enzyme
heme
oxygenase-2. Biological Rhythm Research,
30:282-289
34. Jasnow, A.M., Bartness, T.J., Huhman, K.L., and
Demas, G.E. (2000). Short-day increases in
aggression are inversely related to circulating testosterone concentrations in male Siberian hamsters
(Phodopus sungorus),
Hormones and Behavior, 38:102-110.
35. Sampei, K., Goto, S.,
R.J. and Hurn PD.(2000)
Stroke in estrogen receptor a-deficient mice. Stroke,
31:738-743.
36. Demas, G.E., El-Bakry,
H.A., Mintz, E.M., Zahran,
W.M. and Bartness, T.J. (2001). Wheel-running
activity patterns in long and short days by
five species of desert rodents. Biological
Rhythm Research, 32:1-16.
37. Bartness, T.J., Song, C.K. and Demas, G.E. (2001). Central nervous system innervation of brown
adipose tissue. In: Adipose
Tissue,
38. Bartness, T.J., Demas, G.E. and Song, C.K. (2001). Central nervous system innervation of
white
adipose tissue. In: Adipose
Tissue,
39. Bartness, T.J.,
Song, C.K. and Demas G.E. (2001). Viral
identification of SCN efferents to peripheral
tissue: Findings and implications for
biological rhythms. Journal of Biological
Rhythms, 16: 196-204.
40. Drazen, D.L., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J.
(2001). Leptin effects on immune function and energy
balance are photoperiod-dependent in
Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Endocrinology,
142: 2768-2775.
41. Demas,
G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2001). A novel method for
localized sympathetic nervous system
denervation of peripheral tissue using
guanethidine Journal of Neuroscience
Methods, 122: 21-28.
42. Demas, G.E. and Bartness,
T.J. (2001). Direct innervation of body fat and adrenal medullary
catecholamines mediate photoperiodic changes in
body fat. American Journal of Physiology,
281:R1499-1505.
43. Jasnow, A.J.,
Drazen, D.L, Nelson, R.J., Huhman, K.L. and Demas,
G.E. (2001). Acute and chronic
social defeat suppresses humoral immunity of male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).
Hormones and Behavior, 40:428-433.
44. Demas, G.E., Bowers, R., Bartness,
T.J. and Gettys, T.W. (2001). Photoperiodic changes in gene
expression in adipose tissue in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). American Journal of
Physiology, 282:R114-R121.
45. Demas, G.E., Drazen, D.L., Jasnow, A.J., Bartness, T.J. and
Nelson, R.J. (2002). Sympathoadrenal
system differentially affects photoperiodic changes in immune function in Siberian hamsters
(Phodopus sungorus),
Journal of Neuroendocrinology,
46. Bartness, T.J., Demas, G.E. and Song C.K. (2002). Seasonal
changes in adiposity: the roles of the
photoperiod, melatonin and sympathetic nervous
system. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 227: 363-376.
47. Demas, G.E. (2002). Splenic denervation blocks leptin-induced
enhancement of humoral immunity in
Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus),
Neuroendocrinology, 76:178-184.
48. Drazen, D.L., Jasnow,
A.J., Nelson, R.J. and Demas. G.E. (2002). Short days, but not short-term
melatonin treatment, enhances humoral immunity in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).
Journal
of Pineal Research, 33: 118-124.
49. Jasnow, A.J., Huhman, K.L., Bartness, T.J. and
Demas, G.E. (2002). Short days and exogenous
melatonin increase aggression in male Syrian
hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), Hormones
and Behavior, 42:13-20.
50. Demas, G.E and Nelson, R.J. (2003). Lack of photoperiodic changes in humoral or
cell-mediated
immunity in a desert-dwelling rodent, Peromyscus aztecus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 173:171-176.
51. Demas, G.E., Drazen, D.L. and Nelson, R.J.
(2003). Reduction in total body decreases
humoral
immunity, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Sciences
B, 270:905-911.
52. Demas, G.E., Drazen, D.L. and Nelson, R.J.
(2003). In vivo and in vitro norepinephrine
suppresses
lymphocyte proliferation in Siberian hamsters
(Phodopus sungorus), American Journal of Physiology,
285:R873-R879
53. Bartness, T.J. and
Demas, G.E. (2003). Comparative
studies of food intake. In: Handbook
of
Neurobiology, Vol. 10: Neurobiology
of Food and Fluid Intake. E.M. Stricker and S. Woods
(Eds). Kluwer Press, In
press.
54. Demas,
G.E. (2003). To Everything there is a season:
Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal
changes in physiology. Naturwissenschaften,
In press.
55. Demas,
G.E. and Kreigsfeld, L.J. (2003). Biological
Rhythms. In: Handbook of Endocrinology and
Endocrine Disorders, L. Martini (Ed.), Academic Press:
56. Demas, G.E. (2003). The
energetics of immunity. Hormones
and Behavior, In press.
57. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Hotchkiss, A., Silverman, A-J., Silver, R., & Nelson, R.J. (2003). Brain
mast cells are influenced by estrus induction in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
Hormones and Behavior, In
press.
58. Nelson,
R.J. and Demas, G.E. (2003). Seasonal patterns of stress and disease. Current Directions in Psychological
Science, In press.
59. Demas,
G.E. (2003). Persistent photoperiodic effects on immune responsiveness:
Shedding light on immunity.
American Journal of Physiology, In press.
Published Abstracts and Presentations
1. Demas, G. E. and Brown, M. F. (1992,
November). A preliminary analysis of spatial working memory in
honey bees. Northeast Regional Meeting
of the Animal Behavior Society,
2. Demas, G. E. and Brown, M. F. (1993,
November). Performance of honey bees in a radial-arm maze
analog task.
3. Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J.,
Nelson, R.J., Huang, P.L., Fishman, M.C.,
gene for
neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Conference on Reproductive Behavior,
4. Klein, S.L., Poss,
K.D., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E.,
Nelson, R.J. (1995, July). Mating behavior in male mice devoid of heme-oxygenase-2. Conference
on Reproductive Behavior,
5. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L.,
Nelson, R.J., Burnett, A.L., Huang, P.L., Fishman, M.C.,
lacking the gene for neural nitric oxide synthase. Conference on Reproductive
Behavior,
6. Klein, S.L., Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J.,
Nelson, R.J., Burnett, A.L., Huang, P.L., Fishman, N.C.,
gene for neuronal
nitric oxide (nNOS) synthase. Society for Neuroscience,
7. Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Klein, S.L.
and Nelson, R.J. (1996, May). Reproductive and immune
responses to photoperiod and melatonin are linked in Peromyscus subspecies. Society for Research
on
Biological Rhythms,
8. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L.,
Daily behavioral variation of male mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Society
for Research on Biological Rhythms,
9. Demas, G.E., Yarowsky,
P.J., Kreuger, B.K. and Nelson, R.J. (1996,
October). Deficits in spatial
memory in segmental trisomic Ts65Dn mice.
10. Demas,
G.E., Williams, J. and Nelson, R.J. (1996, November). Amygdala but not
hippocampal lesions
disrupt olfactory memory for mate in female
prairie voles. Society
for Neuroscience,
11. Yarowsky, P.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.K.,
Kreuger, B.K. and Nelson, R.J. (1996,
November). Impaired spatial memory and behavioral anomalies in segmental trisomic Ts65Dn mice.
Society for Neuroscience,
12. Demas,
G.E., Chefer, V., Talan, M.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1997,
May). Melatonin coordinates energetic
and immune functions in adult and aged
mice. Society for
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
13. Demas,
G.E., Williams, J.M. and Nelson, R.J. (1997, June). Brain mechanisms underlying memory
for mate in Microtus ochrogaster. Animal Behavior Society,
14. Demas,
G.E., Eliasson, M.J.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J.,
Snyder, S.H. (1997, October). Pharmacological inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase increases
aggressive behavior in male mice. Society for Neuroscience,
15. Kriegsfeld,
L.J., Eliasson, M.J.L., Demas, G.E.,
Snyder, S.H. (1997, October). Circadian differences in nitric oxide activity in the cerebellum of mice.
Society for Neuroscience,
16. Yarowsky, P., Demas, G.E., Kreuger,
B. and Nelson, R.J. (1997, October). Ts65Dn mice display
deficits in both spatial working and
reference memory. Society
for Neuroscience,
17. Walensky, L.D., Blackshaw, S., DeVries, A.C., Demas, G.E., Shi, Z-T., Mohandas, N.,
Nelson, R.J.
and Snyder, S.H. (1997, December). The discrete localization of erythrocyte protein 4.1 in mammalian
brain correlates
with coordination and learning deficits in knock-out mice. Conference on Cell Biology,
18. Burnett,
A.L., Johns, D.G., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Klein, S.L., Calvin, D.C., Demas, G.E.,
Schramm, L.P.,
Tonegawa, S., Nelson, R.J., Snyder, S.H. and Poss, K. D. (1998, January). Ejaculatory abnormalities
in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for the carbon monoxide synthesizing enzyme heme
oxygenase-2. American Urological Association,
19. Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1998, May). Photoperiod,
ambient temperature and food restriction
interact to affect reproductive and immune function in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Society for Research on
Biological Rhythms,
20. Bentley,
G.E., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. and Ball, G.F. (1998, May). Melatonin, immune function,
and the reproductive state in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Society for Research on
Biological Rhythms,
21. Demas,
G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1998, June).
Exogenous melatonin enhances cell-mediated, but not
humoral immune function in adult male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus. Society for Behavioral
Neuroendocrinology,
22. Kriegsfeld,
L.J., Demas, G.E.,
locomotor analysis of mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS-/-). Society
for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
23. Bamshad, M, Demas, G.E. and Bartness,
T.J. (1998, November). Does white
adipose tissue (WAT)
receive photic information directly from projections of retinal ganglion cells? Society for Neuroscience,
24. Demas,
G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J.,
November). Reduced aggression in male mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase
(eNOS-/-). Society for Neuroscience,
25. Sampei, K, Sawada, M., Crain, B.J.,
Nelson, R.J. and Hurn, P.D. (1998, November). Stroke in mice deficient in classical estrogen receptors
(ERKOa). Society for Neuroscience,
26. Demas,
G.E., Bamshad, M. and Bartness,
T.J. (1999, June). The role of estrogen
in mediating
sympathetic nervous system outflow to white adipose tissue in female Siberian hamsters. Society
for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
27. Kriegsfeld,
L.J., Demas, G.E., Huang, P.L., Burnett, A.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1999, June).
Ejaculatory
abnormalities in mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-). Society for
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
28. Demas, G.E., Bamshad,
M. and Bartness, T.J. (1999, July). Does estrogen mediate sympathetic
nervous system outflow to white adipose tissue in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)? Society for
the Study of Ingestive Behavior,
29. Demas, G.E., Whitten, R.D. and Bartness, T.J. (1999, October). The sympathetic nervous system
mediates short-day decreases in white
adipose tissue (WAT) in Siberian hamsters.
Society for Neuroscience,
30. Shi, H., Bamshad, M., Demas, G.E. and Bartness,
T.J. (1999, October). Neurochemical phenotypes
of CNS neurons that participate in the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) innervation of white adipose tissue
(WAT). Society for
Neuroscience,
31. Drazen, D.L., Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (2000,
August). Leptin effects on immune
function and
energy balance are photoperiod-dependent in Siberian hamsters. Society for Research on Biological
Rhythms,
32. Demas, G.E. and Bartness,
T.J. (2000, August). The sympatho-adrenal system
mediates short-day
decreases in white adipose tissue in Siberian
hamsters. Society for Behavioral
33. Demas,
G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2000, November). The
sympathoadrenal mediation of fasting and
photoperiod-induced lipolysis in Siberian hamsters. North American Society for the Study of Obesity,
34. Drazen, D.L., Nelson, R.J., Bartness, T.J. and Demas, G.E. (2000, November). Sympathoadrenal
regulation
of photoperiodic changes in immune function in Siberian hamsters. Society for Neuroscience,
35. Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2000, November). Sympathoadrenal regulation of fasting-induced
lipid mobilization in Siberian hamsters. Society for Neuroscience,
36. Demas, G.E. (2001, June). You’re getting on my nerves: sympathetic
regulation of immune function
in rodents. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
37. Demas, G.E., Huhman,
K.L., Bartness, T.J. and Jasnow,
A.J. (2001, June). Short-day increases
in
aggression are mediated by melatonin in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Society for
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
38. Drazen, D.L., Demas, G.E.,
Schneider, J. and Nelson, R.J. (2001, June).
Leptin reverses the
immunosuppressive effects of short days and 2-DG in Siberian hamsters. Society for Behavioral
Neuroendocrinology,
39. Bowers, R., Demas, G.E., Gettys, T.W. and Bartness, T.J.
(2001, October). Photoperiodic regulation
of gene expression in brown and white adipose tissue. North American Society for
the Study of Obesity,
40. Demas, G.E., Bartness,
T.J. and Jasnow, A.J. (2001, November). The role of adrenal medullary
catecholamines in melatonin-induced aggression in
Siberian hamsters. Society
for Neuroscience,
41. Drazen, D.L., Nelson, R.J. and
Demas, G.E. (2001, November).
Differential effects of in vitro
and in
vivo norepinephrine on photoperiodic changes in immunity in
Siberian hamsters. Society for Neuroscience,
42. Mintz,
E.M., Victor, N.A., Jasnow, A.M. and Demas, G.E.
(2001, November). Differential expression of
c-fos in
the brains of Siberian hamsters exposed to a pyrogenic or a non-pyrogenic
antigen.
Society for Neuroscience,
43. Bartness,
T.J. and Demas, G.E. (2001, November). A
novel method for permanent chemical
denervation of peripheral tissue using guanethidine. Society for Neuroscience,
44. Banks, M.C., Faruzzi,
A.N., Jasnow, A.M., Demas, G.E. and Huhman, K.L. (2001, November).
Estrogen and testosterone decrease submissive behavior following defeat in female Syrian hamsters.
Society for Neuroscience,
45. Jasnow, A.M. and Demas, G.E. (2002, July). Hormonal mechanisms of photoperiodic changes in
aggression in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). To be presented at the Animal
Behavior
Society,
46. Polacek, K.M. and Demas, G.E. (2002, November). Surgical removal of body fat (lipectomy)
decreases humoral immunity of male Siberian hamsters. To be presented at the annual meeting
of the Society for Neuroscience,
47. Polacek, K.L. and Demas, G.E.
(2003, June). Blockade of glucocorticoids
attenuates melatonin-induced increases in
aggression in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). To be presented at the Society for Behavioral
Neuroendocrinology,
48. Demas,
G.E. and Jasnow, A.M. (2003, November). Lesions of
the central amygdala differentially affect social
defeat-
induced decreases in humoral immunity. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
49. Polacek, K.M., Johnson, C. and Demas, G.E. (2003). Social interactions affect reproductive and immune responses
of male and female Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). To be presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience,
50. Zysling, D.A., Greives, T.J., Demas, G.E. and Ketterson, E.D. (2004). The effects of steroid hormones on female
behavior and physiology: Evidence for intersexual conflict in the dark-eye junco (Junco hyemalis). To be
presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology,
51. Greives, T.J., Zysling, D.A., Demas, G.E. and Ketterson, E.D. (2004) Immunological and behavioral responses to
experimentally elevated testosterone in female dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis): some evidence for possible
constraints on evolution? To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Comparative and
Integrative Biology,
Invited Colloquia
1998 Department of
Psychology,
Department
of Psychology,
1999 Department of
Psychology,
Department
of Integrative Biology,
Department
of Biology,
2000 Department of Ecology, Evolution and
Behavior,
Department
of Psychology,
2001 Symposium Chair,
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology,
2002 Department of
Biology,
Frank Beach Award lecture, Society for Neuroscience,
2003 Department of
Biology,
Winter Animal Behavior Conference,
Tri-State
Conference on Animal Learning and Behavior,
Department
of Biology,
Biopsychology
Program,