Associate Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

Neuroendocrine response to stress and depression during adolescent pregnancy and infant developmental outcome. Effects of self-injurious behavior in the developmentally disabled on neuroendocrine stress measures. Development of an animal model of mental retardation by perinatal exposure to non-pharmaceutical agents. Other studies have included the investigation of biological markers and neuroendocrine responses in affective disorders. Recent Work has focused on the neuroendocrine response to nicotine induced cardiovascular changes in modulating perception of pain and aversiveness in smokers and non-smokers.

Taylor DV; Boyajian JG; James N; Woods D; Chicz-Demet A; Wilson AF; Sandman CA. Acidosis stimulates beta-endorphin release during exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology, 1994 Oct, 77(4):1913-8.

Sandman CA; Wadhwa PD; Dunkel-Schetter C; Chicz-DeMet A; Belman J; Porto M; Murata Y; Garite TJ; Crinella FM. Psychobiological influences of stress and HPA regulation on the human fetus and infant birth outcomes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1994 Oct 31, 739:198-210.

Osran H; Reist C; Chen CC; Lifrak ET; Chicz-DeMet A; Parker LN. Adrenal androgens and cortisol in major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 1993 May, 150(5):806-9.

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04/22/2002