Education

B.S., Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 2001
Ph.D., Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory Universiy, Atlanta, GA, 2009
1st year FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009 - present

Research Statement

Publications

Ross, H.E., Cole, C.D., Smith, Y., Neumann, I.D., Landgraf, R., Murphy, A.Z., Young, L.J. (2009) Characterization of the oxytocin system regulating affiliative behavior in female prairie voles. Neuroscience. 162(4):892-903. PMCID: PMC2744157

Ross, H.E., Young, L.J. (2009) Oxytocin and the neural mechanisms regulating social cognition and affiliative behavior. Front Neuroendocrinol. 30(4):534-47. PMCID: PMC2748133 [Available on 2010/10/01]

Ross, H.E., Freeman, S.M., Spiegel, L.L., Ren, X., Terwilliger, E.F., Young, L.J. (2009) Variation in oxytocin receptor density in the nucleus accumbens has differential effects on affiliative behaviors in monogamous and polygamous voles. J Neurosci. 29(5):1312-8.  PMID: 19193878

Takayanagi, Y., Yoshida, M., Bielsky, I.F., Ross, H.E., Kawamata, M., Onaka, T., Yanagisawa, T., Kimura, T., Matzuk, M.M., Young, L.J., Nishimori, K. (2005) Pervasive social deficits, but normal parturition, in oxytocin receptor-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(44):16096-101. Epub 2005 Oct 25.  PMCID: PMC1276060

Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Atlanta, GA  30322
Email: hross@emory.edu