Recent Publications

Patisaul, HB, Adewale, HB. (in press online).  Long-term effects of environmental endocrine disruptors on reproductive physiology and behavior.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Adewale, HB, Jefferson, WN, Newbold, RR, Patisaul, HB. (in press online). Neonatal bisphenol-A exposure alters rat reproductive development and ovarian morphology without impairing GnRH neuronal activation.  Biology of Reproduction

Patisaul, HB, Todd, KL, Mickens, JA, Adewale, HB, (2009).  Impact of neonatal exposure to the ERα agonist PPT, bisphenol-a or phytoestrogens on hypothalamic kisspeptin fiber density in male and female rats.  Neurotoxicology. 30(3):350-357.

Pazol, K, Northcutt, KV, Patisaul, HB, Wallen, K, Wilson, ME (in press).  Progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate differentially regulate α4 subunit expression of GABAA receptors in the CA1 hippocampus of female rats. Physiology and Behavior. 

Patisaul, HB, Burke, KT, Hinkle, RE, Adewale, HB, Shea, D (2009).  Systemic administration of diarylpropionitrile (DPN) or phytoestrogens does not affect anxiety-related behaviors in gonadally intact male rats.  Hormones and Behavior. 55:319-328.

Patisaul, HB, Adewale, HB, Mickens, JL (2009).  Neonatal agonism of ERα masculinizes serotonergic (5-HT) projections to the female rat ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMN) but does not impair lordosis.  Behavioural Brain Research. 196(2):317-322.

Bateman, HL, Patisaul, HB (2008).  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. 29(6):988-997.

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 (2008).  Influence of endocrine active compounds on the developing rodent brain.  Brain Research Reviews. 57(2):352-362.

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, 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.

                                                  

Department of Biology, North Carolina State University

Heather B. Patisaul

Selected Publications