Julia L Zehr

Summary

Affiliation: Michigan State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Dendritic pruning of the medial amygdala during pubertal development of the male Syrian hamster
    Julia L Zehr
    Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    J Neurobiol 66:578-90. 2006
  2. ncbi Factors regulating the timing of puberty onset in female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): role of prenatal androgens, social rank, and adolescent body weight
    Julia L Zehr
    Psychology Department, Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Biol Reprod 72:1087-94. 2005
  3. ncbi Adolescent development of neuron structure in dentate gyrus granule cells of male Syrian hamsters
    Julia L Zehr
    Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Dev Neurobiol 68:1517-26. 2008
  4. ncbi An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men
    Julia L Zehr
    Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 1116, USA
    Horm Behav 52:427-35. 2007
  5. ncbi Gonadal hormones masculinize and defeminize reproductive behaviors during puberty in the male Syrian hamster
    Kalynn M Schulz
    Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    Horm Behav 45:242-9. 2004
  6. ncbi Pubertal hormones organize the adolescent brain and behavior
    Cheryl L Sisk
    Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
    Front Neuroendocrinol 26:163-74. 2005
  7. ncbi Pubertal hormones modulate the addition of new cells to sexually dimorphic brain regions
    Eman I Ahmed
    Neuroscience Program, 108 Giltner Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Nat Neurosci 11:995-7. 2008
  8. ncbi Testosterone programs adult social behavior before and during, but not after, adolescence
    Kalynn M Schulz
    Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Endocrinology 150:3690-8. 2009
  9. ncbi Hormones and history: the evolution and development of primate female sexuality
    Kim Wallen
    Emory University, Department of Psychology, 532 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    J Sex Res 41:101-12. 2004
  10. ncbi Puberty: a finishing school for male social behavior
    Cheryl L Sisk
    Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1007:189-98. 2003

Research Grants

  1. Steroid influences on brain maturation
    JULIA ZEHR; Fiscal Year: 2006

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Dendritic pruning of the medial amygdala during pubertal development of the male Syrian hamster
    Julia L Zehr
    Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    J Neurobiol 66:578-90. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Factors regulating the timing of puberty onset in female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): role of prenatal androgens, social rank, and adolescent body weight
    Julia L Zehr
    Psychology Department, Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Biol Reprod 72:1087-94. 2005
    ..This study supports late gestation as a period of increased sensitivity to environmental insult and demonstrates that multiple factors, including prenatal programming, modulate the specific timing of pubertal events...
  3. ncbi Adolescent development of neuron structure in dentate gyrus granule cells of male Syrian hamsters
    Julia L Zehr
    Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Dev Neurobiol 68:1517-26. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men
    Julia L Zehr
    Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 1116, USA
    Horm Behav 52:427-35. 2007
    ..The fact that early puberty was associated with increased eating and anxiety symptoms in both sexes suggests that puberty may influence these symptoms through both biological and psychosocial mechanisms...
  5. ncbi Gonadal hormones masculinize and defeminize reproductive behaviors during puberty in the male Syrian hamster
    Kalynn M Schulz
    Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    Horm Behav 45:242-9. 2004
    ..These studies demonstrate that gonadal hormones during puberty further masculinize and defeminize neural circuits and behavioral responsiveness to steroid hormones in adulthood...
  6. ncbi Pubertal hormones organize the adolescent brain and behavior
    Cheryl L Sisk
    Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
    Front Neuroendocrinol 26:163-74. 2005
    ....
  7. ncbi Pubertal hormones modulate the addition of new cells to sexually dimorphic brain regions
    Eman I Ahmed
    Neuroscience Program, 108 Giltner Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Nat Neurosci 11:995-7. 2008
    ..Removing gonadal hormones before puberty eliminates these sex differences, indicating that gonadal steroids direct the addition of new cells during puberty to maintain and accentuate sexual dimorphisms in the adult brain...
  8. ncbi Testosterone programs adult social behavior before and during, but not after, adolescence
    Kalynn M Schulz
    Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Endocrinology 150:3690-8. 2009
    ..Thus, adolescent maturation of social behavior may involve both steroid-independent and -dependent processes, and adolescence marks the end of a postnatal period of sensitivity to steroid-dependent organization of the brain...
  9. ncbi Hormones and history: the evolution and development of primate female sexuality
    Kim Wallen
    Emory University, Department of Psychology, 532 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    J Sex Res 41:101-12. 2004
    ..The evolutionary pressures that produced such flexibility in sexual behavior remain puzzling, but may reflect the importance of sexuality to primate social attraction and cohesion...
  10. ncbi Puberty: a finishing school for male social behavior
    Cheryl L Sisk
    Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1007:189-98. 2003
    ..Whether puberty is a critical period for the proposed second wave of steroid-dependent organization of behavioral circuits remains to be determined...

Research Grants1

  1. Steroid influences on brain maturation
    JULIA ZEHR; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..A basic understanding of the processes controlling pubertal brain development provides a timely foundation for future studies of self-administered steroids, disease states, or environmental endocrine disrupters. ..