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Recent publications

Hennessy, M.B., Kaiser, S., & Sachser, N. (in press). Social buffering of the stress response: diversity, mechanisms, and functions. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology.

Hennessy, M.B., Schiml-Webb, P.A., & Deak, T. (in press). Separation, sickness, and depression: a new perspective on an old animal model. Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Hennessy, M.B., Deak, T., & Schiml-Webb, P.A. (in press). Early attachment figure separation and increased risk for later depression: potential mediation by proinflammatory processes. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.

Schiml-Webb, P.A., Miller, E.E., Deak, T., & Hennessy, M.B. (2009). Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone attenuates behavioral effects of corticotropin-releasing factor in isolated guinea pig pups. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 399-407.

Perkeybile, A.M., Schiml-Webb, P.A., O’Brien, E., Deak, T., & Hennessy, M.B. (2009). Anti-inflammatory influences on behavioral, but not cortisol, responses during maternal separation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 1101-1108.

Maken, D.S., & Hennessy, M.B. (2009). Development of social buffering of the plasma cortisol response in laboratory-reared guinea pigs, Behavioral Neuroscience, 123, 347-355..

Hennessy, M.B., Zate, R. & Maken, D.S. (2008). Social buffering of the cortisol response of adult female guinea pigs. Physiology and Behavior, 93, 883-888.

Adrian, O., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N., Jandewerth, P., Lottker, P., Epplen, J.T., & Hennessy, M.B. (2008). Female influences on pair formation, reproduction and male stress responses in a monogamous cavy (Galea monasteriensis). Hormones and Behavior, 53,403-412.

Coe, C.L., Stern, J.M., Hennessy, M.B., & Weinberg, J. (2008). In Memoriam: Seymour (Gig) Levine (January 23, 1925-October 31, 2007) He enabled us to see farther. Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 423-426.

Hennessy, M.B., Deak, T., Schiml-Webb, P.A., & Barnum, C.J. (2007). Immune influences on behavior and endocrine activity in early-experience and maternal separation paradigms. In: M.T. Czerbska (Ed.) Psychoneuroendocrinology Research Trends (pp 293-319), Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

Hennessy, M.B., Schiml-Webb, P.A., Miller, E.E., Maken, D.S., Bullinger, K.L., & Deak, T. (2007). Anti-inflammatory agents attenuate the passive responses of guinea pig pups: evidence for stress-induced sickness behavior during maternal separation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, 508-515.

Kaiser, S., Harderthauer, S., Sachser, N., & Hennessy, M.B. (2007). Social housing conditions around puberty determine later changes in plasma cortisol and behavior. Physiology and Behavior, 90, 405-411.

Hennessy, M.B., Miller, E.E., & Shair, H.N. (2006). Brief exposure to the biological mother “potentiates” the isolation behavior of guinea pig pups. Developmental Psychobiology, 48, 653-659.

Hennessy, M.B., Neisen, G., Bullinger, K.L., Kaiser, S., & Sachser, N. (2006). Social organization predicts nature of infant-adult interactions in two species of wild guinea pigs. (Cavia aperea and Galea monasterienses). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120, 12-18.

Schiml-Webb, P.A., Deak, T., Greenlee, T., Maken, D.S., & Hennessy, M.B. (2006). Alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone reduces putative stress-induced sickness behaviors in isolated guinea pig pups. Behavioural Brain Research, 168, 326-330.

Hennessy, M.B., Morris, A., & Linden, F. (2006). Evaluation of the effects of a socialization program in a prison on the behavior and pituitary-adrenal hormone levels of shelter dogs. Applied Animal Behavior Science, 99, 157-171.

Hennessy, M.B., Hornschuh, G., Kaiser, S., & Sachser, N. (2006). Cortisol responses and social buffering: a study throughout the life span. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 383-390.

Claflin, D.I., Hennessy, M.B., & Jensen, S.J. (2005). Sex-specific effects of corticosterone on hippocampally mediated learning in young rats. Physiology and Behavior, 85, 159-166.

Leckman, J.F., Carter, C.S., Hennessy, M.B., Hrdy, S.B., Keverne, E.B., Klann-Delius, G., Schradin, C., Todt, D., & von Holst, D. (2005). Group report: social bonding as a biobehavioral process. In C.S. Carter, L. Ahnert et al., (Eds.) Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis, Dahlem Workshop Report 92 (pp. 301-347). Cambridge MA: The MIT Press.

Hennessy, M.B. & Morris, A. (2005). Passive responses of young guinea pigs during exposure to a novel environment: influences of social partners and age. Developmental Psychobiology, 46,86-96.

Hennessy, M.B., Maxwell, H.R., Wilson, S.E., Maken, D.S., & Schiml-Webb, P.A. (2005). Increases in circulating testosterone levels of maturing male guinea pigs appear neither necessary nor sufficient for heightened maternally directed sexual and social/courtship behavior. Hormones and Behavior, 47, 319-325.


Dr. Michael Hennessy

Tel: (937) 775-2943
Office: 325E Fawcett Hall
E-Mail: michael.hennessy@wright.edu

 

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