Jeffrey Blaustein

This article is about the neuroscientist. For the business executive, see Jeffrey Bleustein.

Jeffrey Blaustein is a professor and the head of the Behavioral Neuroscience Division at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), known for his research in behavioral neuroendocrinology.[1] Previously at UMass Amherst, he has served as the founding director of the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies[2] and as the head of the Biopsychology department.[3] He was named as a National Institute of Mental Health Senior Scientist in 1997[4] and an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow in 2014.[5][6] He has served as the president of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology[7] and as the editor-in-chief of the journal Endocrinology.[8]

Blaustein has published several highly cited papers in journals such as Endocrinology, Science, Brain Research, Physiology & Behavior, and the American Journal of Physiology.[9] His research has focused on the cellular processes behind how brain function and behavior are modified by steroid hormones,[1] and his papers have covered topics such sex differences in the brain,[10][11] the effects of hormones on rodent brains and behavior,[12][13][14][15][16] and the effects of steroid hormones on social behavior.[17]

Blaustein lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he has served as an elected Town Meeting representative.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jeffrey Blaustein". umass.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "UMass Amherst neuroscientist to receive 2012 Frank A. Beach Award from SBN". News-Medical.net. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "JEFFREY D. BLAUSTEIN : CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). Umass.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jeffrey D. Blaustein". umass.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "AAAS and UMass Amherst Announce 2014 AAAS Fellows". umass.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "AAAS news and notes". sciencemag.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Psychology professor leads his field". dailycollegian.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fraud: who is responsible? : Recent cases remind us that research misconduct is a persistent threat, says a journal editor". The-scientist.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Jeffrey D. Blaustein - Google Scholar Citations". google.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Strategies and Methods for Research on Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior" (PDF). Deepblue.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Sex Differences in the Brain: The Not So Inconvenient Truth". Jneurosci.org. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Conmvergent Pathways" (PDF). People.umass.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Cytoplasmic progestin-receptors in guinea pig brain: Characteristics and relationship to the induction of sexual behavior". Brain Research. 169: 481–497. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(79)90398-6. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ovarian influences". Physiology & Behavior. 17: 201–208. doi:10.1016/0031-9384(76)90064-0. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Coexpression of ER with ER and Progestin Receptor Proteins in the Female Rat Forebrain: Effects of Estradiol Treatment" (PDF). Academics.wellesley.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  16. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20100624165240/http://www.umass.edu/cns/blaustein/Blaustein%20Erskine%20review%202002a.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ "Gonadal Steroid Hormone Receptors and Social Behaviors". springer.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Controversy surrounds evaluation of director of Amherst's Jones Library". masslive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.


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