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    Heather K. Caldwell

    Biological Sciences
    Professor & Chair
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    Cunningham Hall
    Contact Information
    Email:
    hcaldwel@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-3636
    Personal Website:
    https://caldwelllaboratory.weebly.com/

    Biography

    Research Interests:

    The neural regulation of behavior. Specifically the roles of neuropeptides in the modulation of social behaviors and neuropsychiatric disorders.

     

     

    Education

    1995, B.A. in Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    1998, M.S. in Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    2004, Ph.D. in Biology, Georgia State University
    2007, Postdoctoral Fellow, Section on Neural Gene Expression, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health

    Expertise

    Neuroendocrinology
    Behavioral Neuroscience
    Oxytocin
    Vasopressin
    Social Behavior
    Models of Neuropsychiatric Disease

    Publications

    • Pharmacological manipulation of oxytocin receptor signaling during mouse embryonic development results in sex-specific behavioral effects in adulthood. Aulino EA and Caldwell HK. Horm Behav. 2021. Sep; 135. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105026
    • Effects of arginine vasopressin on Richardson's ground squirrel social and vocal behavior. Freeman AR, Hare JF, Anderson WG, Caldwell HK. Behav Neurosci. 2018 Feb;132(1):34-50. doi: 10.1037/bne0000225.
    • Social Context, Stress, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and the Vasopressin 1b Receptor. Caldwell HK, Aulino EA, Rodriguez KM, Witchey SK, Yaw AM. Front Neurosci. 2017 Oct 16;11:567. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00567. eCollection 2017. Review.
    • Oxytocin and Vasopressin: Powerful Regulators of Social Behavior. Caldwell HK. Neuroscientist. 2017 Oct;23(5):517-528. doi: 10.1177/1073858417708284. Epub 2017 May 11.
    • Genotypic differences in intruder-evoked immediate early gene activation in male, but not female, vasopressin 1b receptor knockout mice. Witchey SK, Stevenson EL, Caldwell HK. BMC Neurosci. 2016 Nov 24;17(1):75.
    • Oxytocin and behavior: Lessons from knockout mice. Caldwell HK, Aulino EA, Freeman AR, Miller TV, Witchey SK. Dev Neurobiol. 2017 Feb;77(2):190-201. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22431. Epub 2016 Nov 24. Review.
    • Sex Differences in the Embryonic Development of the Central Oxytocin System in Mice. Tamborski S, Mintz EM, Caldwell HK. J Neuroendocrinol. 2016 Apr;28(4). doi: 10.1111/jne.12364.

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    • Brain Health Research Institute
    • Healthy Communities Research Institute (HCRI)
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      • Brain hormones and development
      • The roots of aggression

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      Brain Health Research Institute
      School of Biomedical Sciences

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      Kent, OH 44242

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