Publications
Reviews and Chapters
Conrad, C.D., Wright, R.L., & McLaughlin, K.J. (In Press). Consequences of the stress response: Stress and vulnerability to brain damage. New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Squire, L., Albright, T., Bloom, F., Gage, F. and Spitzer, N. (Eds). Elsevier Press, Oxford, UK
Conrad, C.D. (2006). What is the functional significance of chronic stress-induced CA3 dendritic retraction within the hippocampus? Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 5, 41-60. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D. (2005). The relationship between acute glucocorticoid levels and hippocampal function depends upon task aversiveness and memory processing stage. Nonlinearity in Biology, Toxicology and Medicine, 3, 57-78. Click here to read this publication
McEwen, B.S., Conrad, C.D., Kuroda, Y., Frankfurt, M., Magariños, A.M., & McKittrick, C. (1997). Prevention of stress-induced morphological and cognitive consequences. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 7, S323-328. Click here to read this publication
Relevant Peer-Reviewed Publications
Conrad, C.D., McLaughlin, K.J., Harman, J.S., Foltz, C., Wieczorek, L., Lightner, E. & Wright, R.L. (2007). Chronic glucocorticoids increase hippocampal vulnerability to neurotoxicity under conditions that produce CA3 dendritic retraction, but fail to impair spatial recognition memory. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27(31), 8278-8285. Click here to read this publication
McLaughlin, K.J., Gomez, J., Baran, S.E. & Conrad, C.D. (2007). The effects of chronic stress on hippocampal morphology and function: An evaluation of chronic restraint paradigms. Brain Research, 1161, 56-64. Click here to read this publication
Wright, R.L., Lightner, E.N., Harman, J.S., Meijer, O., & Conrad, C.D. (2006). Attenuating corticosterone levels on the day of memory assessment prevents chronic stress-induced spatial memory deficits. European Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 595-605. Click here to read this publication
Kleen, J., Sitomer, M., Killeen, P., & Conrad, C.D. (2006). Chronic stress impairs spatial memory and motivation for reward without disrupting motor ability and motivation to explore. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120(4), 842-851. Click here to read this publication
Bellani, R., Luecken, L. J., & Conrad, C.D. (2006). Peripubertal anxiety profile can predict spatial memory impairments following chronic stress. Behavioural Brain Research, 166, 263-270. Click here to read this publication
Diamond, D.M., Campbell, A.M., Park, C.R., Woodson, J.C., Conrad, C.D., Bachstetter, A.D., & Mervis, R. (2006). Hippocampal spinogenesis associated with spatial memory consolidation in water maze trained rats exposed to a cat. Hippocampus, 16, 571-576. Click here to read this publication
McLaughlin, K.J., Baran, S.E., Wright, R.L., & Conrad, C.D. (2005). Chronic stress enhances spatial memory in ovariectomized female rats despite CA3 dendritic retraction: Possible involvement of CA1 neurons. Neuroscience, 135, 1045-1054. Click here to read this publication
Wright, R.L., & Conrad, C.D. (2005). Chronic stress leaves novelty-seeking intact while impairing spatial recognition memory in the Y-maze. Stress, 8(2), 151-154. Click here to read this publication
Baran, S.E., Campbell, A.M., Kleen, J.K., Foltz, C.H., Wright, R.L., Diamond, D.M., & Conrad, C.D. (2005). Combination of high fat diet and chronic stress retracts hippocampal dendrites. NeuroReport, 16, 39-43.
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Conrad, C.D., Jackson, J.L., & Wise, L. (2004). Chronic stress enhances Ibotenic Acid-induced damage selectively within the hippocampal CA3 region of male, but not female rats. Neuroscience, 125, 759-767.
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Conrad, C.D., Jacksonº, J.L., Wieczorekº, L., Baran*, S.E., Harmanº, J.S., Wright*, R.L., & Korol, D.L. (2004). Acute stress impairs spatial memory in male but not female rats: Influence of estrous cycle. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 78, 569-579. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., MacMillan II, D.D., Tsekhanov, S., Wright, R.L., Baran, S.E., & Fuchs, R.A. (2004). Influence of chronic corticosterone & glucocorticoid receptor antagonism in the amygdala on fear conditioning. The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 81, 186-200. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Grote, K.A., Hobbs, R.J., & Ferayorni, A. (2003). Sex differences in spatial and non-spatial Y-maze performance after chronic stress. The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 79, 32-40. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Mauldin-Jourdain, M.L., & Hobbs, R.J. (2001). Metyrapone reveals that previous chronic stress differentially impairs hippocampal-dependent memory. Stress, 4(4), 305-318.
Conrad, C.D., & McEwen, B.S. (2000). Acute stress increases neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA within the arcuate nucleus and hilus of the dentate gyrus. Molecular Brain Research, 23, 102-109. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Magariños, A.M., LeDoux, J.E., & McEwen, B.S. (1999). Repeated restraint stress facilitates fear conditioning independently of causing hippocampal CA3 dendritic atrophy. Behavioral Neuroscience, 113, 902-913. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Lupien, S.J., & McEwen, B.S. (1999). Support for a bimodal role for Type II adrenal steroid receptors in spatial memory. The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 72, 39-46. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Lupien, S.J., Thanasoulis, L.C., & McEwen, B.S. (1997). Effects of Type I and Type II corticosteroid receptor agonists on exploratory behavior and spatial memory on the Y-Maze. Brain Research, 759, 76-83. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Leone, D., Nemivant, R.R., & Roy, E.J. (1997). Long-term adrenalectomy can decrease or increase hippocampal dentate gyrus volumes. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 9, 355-361. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., Galea, L.A.M., Kuroda, Y., & McEwen, B.S. (1996). Chronic restraint stress impairs rat spatial memory on the Y-Maze, and this effect is blocked by tianeptine pretreatment. Behavioral Neuroscience, 110(6), 1321-1334. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., & Roy, E.J. (1995). Dentate gyrus destruction and spatial learning impairment after corticosteroid removal in young and middle-aged rats. Hippocampus, 5, 1-15. Click here to read this publication
Conrad, C.D., & Roy, E.J. (1993). Selective hippocampal granule cell loss after adrenalectomy: Implications for spatial memory. The Journal of Neuroscience, 13(6), 2582-2590. Click here to read this publication
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