Recent Publications

Bateman, HL, Patisaul, HB (in press).  Disrupted female reproductive physiology following neonatal exposure to phytoestrogens or estrogen specific ligands is associated with decreased GnRH activation and kisspeptin fiber density in the hypothalamus.  Neurotoxicology

Patisaul, HB, Bateman, HL (2008).  Neonatal exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds or an ERβ agonist increases adult anxiety and aggression in male rats. Hormones and Behavior. 53(4):580-588.

Patisaul, HB, Fortino, AE, Polston, EK (2008).  Sex differences in serotonergic (5-HT) but not GABAergic projections to the rat ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMN).  Endocrinology. 149(1):397-408.

Patisaul, HB, Polston, EK (2007).  Influence of endocrine active compounds on the developing rodent brain.  Brain Research Reviews. August 3

Patisaul, HB, Fortino, AE, Polston, EK (2007).  Differential disruption of nuclear volume and neuronal phenotype in the preoptic area by neonatal exposure to genistein and Bisphenol-A.  Neurotoxicology. 28(1):1-12.

Patisaul, HB, Fortino, AE, Polston, EK (2006).  Neonatal Genistein or Bisphenol-A exposure alters sexual differentiation of the AVPV. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 28(1):111-118.  

Patisaul, HB, Blum, A, Luskin, JR, Wilson, ME (2005).  Dietary soy supplements produce opposite effects on anxiety in intact male and female rats in the elevated plus maze.  Behavioral Neuroscience. 119(2):587-594.

Patisaul, HB (2005).  Phytoestrogen action in the adult and developing brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 17(1):57-64.

Patisaul, HB and Whitten, PL (2004).  Dietary Phytoestrogens. In: Endocrine Disruptors: Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems. Second Ed., Boca Raton, CRC Press.

Patisaul, HB, Luskin, JR, Wilson, ME (2004).  A soy supplement and tamoxifen inhibit sexual behavior in female rats.  Hormones and Behavior. 45(4):270-277.

Patisaul, HB, Scordalakes, EM, Young, LJ, Rissman, EF (2003).  Oxytocin and arginine vasopressin but not oxytocin receptors are regulated by ERb in the female mouse hypothalamus.  Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 15:787-793.

Patisaul, HB, Aultman, EA, Bielsky, IF, Young, LJ, Wilson, ME (2003).  Immediate and residual effects of tamoxifen and ethynylestradiol in the female rat hypothalamus.  Brain Research. 978:185-193.

Patisaul, HB, Melby, M, Whitten, PL, Young, LJ (2002).  Genistein affects ERβ- but not ERα-dependent gene expression in the hypothalamus. Endocrinology. 143:2189-2197.

Whitten, PL, Patisaul, HB, Young, LJ (2002) Neurobehavioral actions of coumestrol and related isoflavonoids in rodents.  Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 24: 1-8 

Patisaul, HB, Dindo, M, Whitten, PL, Young, LJ (2001).  Soy isoflavone supplements antagonize reproductive behavior and ERα- and ERβ- dependent gene expression in the brain.  Endocrinology. 142:2946-2952.

Jacob, DA, Temple, JL, Patisaul, HB, Young, LJ, Rissman, EF (2001).  Coumestrol antagonizes neuroendocrine actions of estrogen via the estrogen receptor a.  Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. 226:301-306.

 

                                                  

Department of Biology, North Carolina State University

Heather B. Patisaul

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