Bio

The Meitzen lab are neuroscientists and neuroendocrinologists who are particularly interested in natural variables in nervous system function.

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Publications

• Application of Machine Learning Models to Identify Differences in Neural Electrophysiological Properties Across Estrous Cycle Phases , Neuroinformatics (2026)
• Neuron soma size and density measurements in rat striatal regions disaggregated by sex and estrous cycle phase , Brain Structure and Function (2025)
• How Sex Hormones Affect Migraine: An Interdisciplinary Preclinical Research Panel Review , Journal of Personalized Medicine (2024)
• Medium spiny neuron electrophysiological properties across male rats and female rats in different estrous cycle phases in the nucleus accumbens core: Excitatory synaptic input, action potential, and intrinsic properties , DRYAD (2024)
• A Nonparametric Test of Group Distributional Differences for Hierarchically Clustered Functional Data , Biometrics (2023)
• Data from: No evidence for sex differences in the electrophysiological properties and excitatory synaptic input onto nucleus accumbens shell medium spiny neurons , Open MIND (2023)
• ERα Stimulation Rapidly Modulates Excitatory Synapse Properties in Female Rat Nucleus Accumbens Core , Neuroendocrinology (2023)
• Estrous cycle impacts on dendritic spine plasticity in rat nucleus accumbens core and shell and caudate–putamen , Journal of Comparative Neurology (2023)
• Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system , Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023)
• No detectable changes in anxiety-related and locomotor behaviors in adult ovariectomized female rats exposed to estradiol, the ERβ agonist DPN or the ERα agonist PPT , Hormones and Behavior (2023)