Office: Carney 255
Phone: 617-552-0597
Email: danielle.stolzenberg.1@bc.edu
Primary Advisor: Michael Numan
Secondary Advisors: Jon Horvitz, Hiram Brownell
Research Interests: During her time at Stetson University, Danielle worked with Dr. Camille King in a neuroscience lab studying brain and behavior relationships using the taste system as a model. Currently, as a third-year graduate student, she works with Dr. Michael Numan researching the interactions between hormones, the hypothalamus, and the limbic system in the regulation of maternal behavior in rats. More specifically, she is investigating the role of dopaminergic neural systems in the control of maternal behavior, which might include a facilitatory action of dopamine on the nucleus accumbens and the hypothalamus. This research will contribute to our understanding of neural circuits and mechanisms which regulate basic motivational states.
Undergraduate Institution/Degree: B.S. in Psychology, Stetson University.
Publications
Numan, M., & Stolzenberg, D.S. (in press). Hypothalamic interaction with the mesolimbic dopamine system and the regulation of maternal responsiveness. In R. Bridges (Ed.), The Neurobiology of the Parental Brain. San Diego: Elsevier.
King, C.T., Garcea, M., Stolzenberg D.S., Spector, A.C. (2008). Experimentally cross-wired lingual taste nerves can restore normal unconditioned gaping behavior in response to quinine stimulation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 294(3), 38-47.
Stolzenberg, D.S., Mckenna, J.B., Keough, S., Hancock, R.., Numan, M.J., & Numan, M. (2007). Dopamine D1 receptor stimulation of the nucleus accumbens or the medial preoptic area promotes the onset of maternal behavior in pregnancy-terminated rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(5), 907-919.
Numan, M., Numan, M.J., Pliakou, N., Stolzenberg, D.S., Mullins, O.J., Murphey, J.M., & Smith, C.D. (2005). The effects of D1 or D2 dopamine receptor antagonism in the medial preoptic area, ventral pallidum, or nucleus accumbens on the maternal retrieval response and other aspects of maternal behavior in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1588-1604.