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Mahoney, Megan
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Research Areas
Circadian Rhythms and Steroid Hormones
My work focuses on three main questions:
1) How the circadian timekeeping system interacts with steroid
hormones to regulate the timing of female reproductive events
2) how disruptions of the circadian clock (jet lag, shift work)
decreases reproductive function in females (rats; degus)
3) how prenatal exposure to exogenous steroid hormones impacts
sexual differentiation of the brain of adult animals (sheep)
Representative Publications
Mahoney, M.M., L. Smale and T. Lee. 2007. Fos and Fos-related antigen expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and surrounding regions in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. In preparation.
Mahoney, M.M., Ramanathan, C. and L. Smale. 2007. Tyrosine hydroxylase positive neurons and their contacts with vasoactive intestinal peptide-containing fibers in the hypothalamus of the diurnal murid rodent, Arvicanthis niloticus. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 33:131-139
Hummer, DH, Jechura T., Mahoney, M.M., and T. Lee. 2007. Gonadal hormone effects on entrained and free-running circadian activity rhythms in the developing diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. American Journal of Physiology 292(1):R586-597
Jechura, T.J., Mahoney, M.M, Stimpson, C.D. and T. Lee. 2006. Odor specific effects on re-entrainment following phase advances in the diurnal rodent Octodon degus American Journal of Physiology 292(6):R1808-1816
Mahoney, M.M. and L. Smale. 2005. Arginine vasopressin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide fibers make appositions with gonadotropin releasing hormone and estrogen receptor cells in the diurnal rodent Arvicanthis niloticus. Brain Research 1049:156-164
Additional Information
Related Research (By Area):
Neuroethology
Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions
Sensory and Motor Systems
Contact information:
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