PETRULIS - DE VRIES LAB
2021 news
08/20/2021
Welcome to our three new PhD students: Nick Schappaugh (awarded 2CI Neurogenomics Fellowship), Delenn Hartswick, and Philip Kindler
05/29/2021
Publication: Whylings J, Rigney N, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. Reduction in vasopressin cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in mice increases anxiety and alters fluid intake. Hormones and Behavior: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34062279/
05/24/2021
Niko Rigney won the Outstanding Graduate Woman in Learning Award from the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
05/11/2021
Niko Rigney received a New Investigator Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
01/22/2021
Niko Rigney was granted a pre-doctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
01/12/2021
Publication: Whylings J, Rigney N, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. Removal of vasopressin cells from the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus enhances lipopolysaccharide-induced sickness behavior in mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33617060/
01/02/2021
Publication: Rigney N, Zbib, A, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. Knockdown of sexually differentiated vasopressin expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduces social and sexual behavior in male, but not female, mice, Journal of Neuroendocrinology: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34978098/
01/01/2021
Niko Rigney won the Suttles Fellowship (best dissertation GSU-wide) as well as a Dissertation Research Grant (GSU)