Publications

 

  1. Caldwell, J.D. Noradrenergic influence on the sexual receptivity of female rats (Rattus norvegicus). Dissertation, Michigan State University, 1983.
  2. Caldwell, J.D. Neo-determinism and behavior. A review of An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology by J.R. Krebs and N.B. Davies in Bioscience 33(4):62, 1983
  3. Pedersen, C.A., Caldwell, J.D., Johnson, M.F., Fort, S.A., and Prange, A.J. Jr. Oxytocin antiserum delays onset of ovarian steroid induced maternal behavior. Neuropeptides 6(2):175-182, 1985.
  4. Caldwell, J.D., Pedersen, C.A., and Prange, A.J. Jr. Oxytocin facilitates the sexual receptivity of estrogen-treated female rats. Neuropeptides 7:175-189, 1986.
  5. Caldwell, J.D. and Clemens, L.G. Norepinephrine infusions into the medial preoptic area inhibit lordosis in female rats. Pharmacology, Biochem. & Behavior 24:1015-1023, 1986.
  6. Caldwell, J.D., Drago, F., Prange, A.J. Jr. and Pedersen, C.A. A comparison of grooming behavior potencies of neurohypophyseal nonapeptides. Regulatory Peptides 14:261-271, 1986
  7. Caldwell, J.D., Drago, F., Hruby, V.J., Hill, P., Hood, L. R., Prange, A.J. Jr., and Pedersen, C.A. Is oxytocin-induced grooming mediated by uterine-like receptors? Neuropeptides 8:77-86, 1986
  8. Drago, F., Pedersen, C.A., Caldwell, J.D., and Prange, A.J. Jr. Oxytocin potently enhances novelty-induced grooming in the rat. Brain Research 368:287-295, 1986.
  9. Greer, E.R., Caldwell, J.D., Johnson, M.F., Prange, A.J. Jr. and Pedersen, C.A. Variations in concentration of oxytocin and vasopressin in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus during the estrous cycle in rats. Life Sciences 38:2311-2318, 1986.
  10. Mason, G.A., Caldwell, J.D., Stanley, D.A., Hatley, O.L., Prange, A.J., Jr. and Pedersen, C.A. Interactive effects of intracisternal oxytocin and other centrally active substances on colonic temperatures of mice Regulatory Peptides 14:253-260, 1986
  11. Drago, F., Caldwell, J.D., Pedersen, C.A., Continella, G., Scapagnini, U. and Prange, A.J. Jr. Dopamine neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens may be involved in oxytocin-enhanced grooming behavior of the rat. Pharm. Biochem. and Behavior 24:1185-1188, 1986
  12. Caldwell, J. D., Greer, E. R., Johnson, M. F., Prange, A. J. Jr. and Pedersen, C. A. Oxytocin and vasopressin immunoreactivity in hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic sites in late pregnancy and post-partum rats. Neuroendocrinology 46:39-47, 1987
  13. Caldwell, J. D., Mason, G. A., Stanley, D. A., Jerdack, G., Hruby, V. J., Hill, P., Prange, A. J. Jr. and Pedersen, C. A. Effects of nonapeptide antagonists on oxytocin- and arginine-vasopressin-induced analgesia in mice Regulatory Peptides 18:233-241, 1987
  14. Caldwell, J. D., Jirikowski, G. F., Greer, E. R., Stumpf, W. E. and Pedersen, C. A. Ovarian steroids and sexual interaction alter oxytocinergic content and distribution in the basal forebrain Brain Research 446:236-244, 1988
  15. Pedersen, C. A., Caldwell, J. D., Drago, F., Noonan, L. R., Peterson, G., Hood, L. E. and Prange, A. J. Jr. Grooming behavioral effects of oxytocin: Pharmacology, ontogeny and comparisons with other nonapeptides. In: Ethological and Comparative Aspects of Grooming Behaviors, Colbern, D. and Gispen, W. H. eds. New York Acad. Sciences Press, 1988 pp. 245-256
  16. Pedersen, C. A., Caldwell, J. D. and Jirikowski, G. F. Oxytocin and reproductive behaviors. In: Recent Progress in Posterior Pituitary Hormones, Yoshida, S. and Share, L. (eds) Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam, 1988 pp. 141-149
  17. Jirikowski, G. F., Caldwell, J. D., Pedersen, C. A and Stumpf, W. E. Estradiol influences oxytocin immunoreactive brain systems Neuroscience 25:237-248, 1988
  18. Caldwell, J. D., Jirikowski, G. F., Greer, E. R. and Pedersen, C. A. Medial preoptic area oxytocin and female sexual receptivity. Behavioral Neuroscience 103:655-662, 1989
  19. Caldwell, J. D., Brooks, P. J., Barakat, A. S., Lund, P. K. and Pedersen, C. A. Estrogen alters oxytocin mRNA levels in the preoptic area J. Neuroendocrinology 1:273-278, 1989
  20. Jirikowski, G. F., Caldwell, J. D., Pilgrim, Ch., Stumpf, W. E. and Pedersen, C. A. Changes in oxytocin immunostaining in the mouse forebrain across late pregnancy, parturition and early lactation Cell and Tissue Research 256:411-417, 1989
  21. Caldwell, J. D., Barakat, A. S., Smith, D. D., Hruby, V. J. and Pedersen, C. A. A uterotonic antagonist blocks the oxytocin-induced facilitation of female sexual receptivity. Brain Research 512:291-296, 1990
  22. Pedersen, C. A., Caldwell, J. D. and Brooks, P. J. Neuropeptides and parental and reproductive behaviors, In: The Behavioral Aspects of Neuroendocrinology, D. Ganten and D. W. Pfaff (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1990; pp. 81-114
  23. Haußler, H. U., Jirikowski, G. F. and Caldwell, J. D. Sex differences among oxytocin-immunoreactive neuronal systems in mouse hypothalamus. J. Chem. Neuroanat. 3:271-276, 1990
  24. Jirikowski, G. F., Caldwell, J. D., Stumpf, W. E. and Pedersen, C. A. Topography of oxytocinergic estradiol target neurons in the mouse hypothalamus. Folia Histo. Cytobiol. 28:3-10, 1990
  25. Jirikowski, G.F., Caldwell, J.D., Pedersen, C.A. and Pilgrim, Ch. Immunocytochemistry of oxytocinergic neuronal systems during pregnancy, parturition and lactation. In: New Frontiers in Brain Research. Proceedings of the 15th Gottingen Neurobiology Conference (eds. N. Elsner, O. Creutzfeld) Thieme, Stuttgart, New York (1987) pp.327
  26. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. W., Noonan, L.R., Jirikowski, G.F., Peterson, G., Pedersen, C. A. and Mason, G. A. Changes in thymic oxytocin receptors during early development and in steroid treated rats. Prog. in Neuroendocrinimmunology 4: 228-233, 1991
  27. Pedersen, C.A., J. D. Caldwell, M. McGuire and D. L. Evans, Corticotropin-releasing hormone inhibits maternal behavior and induces pup-killing. Life Sciences 48:1537-1546, 1991
  28. Jirikowski, G. F., Ramalho-Ortigao, F. J., and Caldwell, J. D., Transitory coexistence of oxytocin and vasopressin in the hypothalamoneurohypophysial system of parturient rats. Hormone & Metabol. Res. 23:476-480, 1991
  29. Jirikowski, G. F., Caldwell, J. D., Haußler, H. U. and Pedersen, C. A. Mating alters oxytocin immunoreactive topography and content in male mouse brain. Cell and Tissue Res. 266:399-403, 1991
  30. Caldwell, J. D. "Is Oxytocin the Satisfaction Hormone", Q & A response for Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, April, 1991; page 61
  31. Caldwell, J. D., Central oxytocin and female sexual behavior. In: Oxytocin and Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 652, 166-179, 1992
  32. Caldwell, J. D., Mason, G. A., Walker, C. H. and Pedersen, C. A. Analysis of oxytocin release by microdialysis and interactions with progesterone. In: Oxytocin and Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 652, 437-439, 1992
  33. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., Noonan, L. R., Peterson, G., Pedersen, C. A. and Mason, G. A. Thymic oxytocin receptors during development and after steroid treatments in adults. In: Oxytocin and Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 652, 429-432, 1992
  34. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., Pedersen, C. A. and Mason, G. A. Effects of steroids and mating on central oxytocin receptors. In: Oxytocin and Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 652, 433-436, 1992
  35. Pedersen, C. A., Caldwell, J. D., Peterson, G., Walker, C. H. and Mason, G. A. Oxytocin activation of maternal behavior in the rat. In: Oxytocin and Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 652, 58-69, 1992
  36. Mason, G. A., Noonan, L.R., Garbutt, J.C., Caldwell, J.D., Shimoda, K., Walker, C.H., Li, L. and Prange, A. J. Jr. Effects of ethanol and control liquid diets on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis of Fischer-344 rats. Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res. 16:1130-1137, 1992
  37. Caldwell, J. D., Musiol, I. M., Walker, C. H., Pedersen, C. A. and Mason, G. A. Effects of mating and estrogen on thymic oxytocin receptors, In: The Neurohypophysis: A Window on Brain Function, W. G. North, A. Moses and L. Share, (Eds) Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 689:573-577, 1993
  38. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., Pedersen, C. A. and Mason, G. A. Sexual activity reduces oxytocin receptor density in the thymus, Life Sciences 52:1781-1786, 1993
  39. Johns, J. M., Caldwell, J. D. and Pedersen, C. A. Acute cocaine treatment decreases oxytocin levels in rat hippocampus. Neuropeptides 24: 165-169, 1993.
  40. Jirikowski, G. F., McGimsey, W.C., Caldwell, J. D. and Sar, M. Distribution of oxytocinergic glucocorticoid target neurons in the rat hypothalamus. Horm. metab. Res. 25: 543-544, 1993
  41. Caldwell, J. D., Johns, J. M., Faggin, B. M., and Pedersen, C. A. An oxytocin antagonist infused into the medial preoptic area increased rejection and decreased female sexual receptivity. Hormones & Behavior 28:288-302, 1994
  42. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., Pedersen, C. A., Barakat, A. and Mason, G. A. Estrogen increases affinity of oxytocin receptors in the medial preoptic area-anterior hypothalamus. Peptides 15(6):1079-1084, 1994
  43. Pedersen C. A., Caldwell J. D., Walker C., Ayers G., Mason G. A. Oxytocin activates the postpartum onset of rat maternal behavior in the ventral tegmental and medial preoptic areas. Behav Neurosci. 108(6):1163-71, 1994
  44. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., Faggin, B. M., Carr, R. B., Pedersen, C. A. and Mason, G. A. Characterization of 125I-P-3-BSA binding sites in the medial preoptic area and hypothalamus. Brain Research 693: 225-232, 1995
  45. Pedersen, C. A., Johns, J. M., Musiol, I., Perez-Delgado, M., Ayers, G., Faggin, B.M. and Caldwell, J. D. Interfering with somatosensory stimulation from pups sensitizes experienced, post-partum rat mothers to oxytocin antagonist inhibition to maternal behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience 109: 980-990, 1995.
  46. Skutella T., Probst J.C., Caldwell J. D., Pedersen C. A., and Jirikowski G. F. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide complementary to oxytocin mRNA blocks lactation in rat. Clin.Exp.Endocrinology 103: 191-195, 1995.
  47. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., O’Rourke, S., Faggin, B. M., Morris, M. and Mason, G. A. Analogies between Oxytocin Systems of the Uterus and Brain. Hormone & Metabolic Research 28: 65-74, 1996
  48. Caldwell, J.D., Morris, M. A., Walker, C. H, Carr, R. B., Faggin, B. M. and Mason, G. A. Estradiol Conjugated to BSA Releases Oxytocin from Synaptosome-Containing Homogenates from the Medial Preoptic Area-Hypothalamus Hormone & Metabolic Research 29: 1-5, 1996
  49. Caldwell, J. D., O’Rourke, S. T., Morris, M. A., Walker, C. H., Carr, R. B. Faggin, B. M. and Mason, G. A., Steroid Effects at the Membrane Level on Oxytocin Systems, Annals of the New York Acad. Sciences, 814: 282-286, 1997
  50. Caldwell, J. D., O'Rourke, S. T., Morris, M. A., Walker, C. H., Carr, R. B. Faggin, B. M. and Mason, G. A., Steroid Effects at the Membrane Level on Oxytocin Systems, Annals of the New York Acad. Sciences, 814: 282-286, 199
  51. Caldwell, J. D. and Moe, B. D. Conjugated Estradiol Increases Female Sexual Receptivity in Response to Oxytocin Infused into the Medial Preoptic Area and Medial Basal Hypothalamus, Hormones and Behavior 35: 38-46, 1999 To view a pdf file of the submitted version click here.
  52. Caldwell, J. D., Walker, C. H., Rivkina, A., Pedersen, C. A., and Mason, G. A., Radioligand Assays for Estradiol and Progesterone conjugated to Protein Reveal Evidence for a Common Membrane Binding Site in the Medial Preoptic Area-Anterior Hypothalamus and Differential Modulation by Cholera Toxin and GTPgS J. of Neuroendocrinology 11(3) 409-417, 1999 To view a pdf file of the submitted version click here.
  53. Caldwell, J. D. Moe, B., Hoang, J. and Nguyen, T. Sex Hormone Binding Globulin in Brain Increased Sexual Receptivity: Evidence of Receptors. Brain Research 874(1) 24-29, 2000 To view a pdf version of this manuscript click here.
  54. Caldwell, J. D. Evidence of Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Binding Sites in the Medial Preoptic Area and Hypothalamus. Hormones & Metabolic Research 33:7-9, 2001
  55. Witt, D. W., Caldwell, J. D., and Höfle, S. M. Sex hormone binding globulin infused into the MPOA or MBH facilitates female sexual behavior and evidence of SHBG receptors. Society for Neuroscience Abs. 26: 2039, 2000
  56. Caldwell J.D., and Höfle, S.: Novel Steroid mechanisms in neurophysiology. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 46, Suppl. p. 31, 2000
  57. Caldwell, J. D. A Sexual Arousability Model involving Steroid Effects at the Plasma Membrane. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 26(January): 13-30, 2002 to get the pdf version click here.
  58. Caldwell, J. D., Gao, G., Frasch, M., Jirikowski, G. F. and Witt, D. M. Testosterone Alters Membrane Binding of Progesterone in Male Rat Brains. European J. of Anatomy 5(1):37-45, 2001
  59. Caldwell, J. D. Höfle, S. and Englöf, I. Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Facilitates Female Sexual Behavior Except when coupled to Dihydrotestosterone. Brain Research 948:102-107, 2002 to look at a pdf version of this click here.
  60. Witt, D. M., Gao, G., and Caldwell, J. D. P-[125I-BSA] binding sites in the hypothalamus and amygdala are increased by testosterone treatment in male rats. Hormones and Metabolic Research Feb;35(2):69-75, 2003 An early version of this can be seen by clicking here.
  61. Caldwell, J. D., Song, Y., Höfle, S., Englöf, I., Key, M., and Morris, M. 5 alpha-reduced Androgens Block Estradiol-BSA Stimulated Release of Oxytocin. Brain Research 976 (2): 259 - 261, 2003 and published online as doi:10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02591-5 at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_origin=AUTHORALERT&_method=citationSearch&_piikey=S0006899303025915&_version=1&md5=b3c881b8a93f048b83d2d0bd9c6cc101 for the pdf version click here.
  62. Gao G., Herbert Z., Kong, J., Gabrielson, N., Mautz, A., Wu, D., Jirikowski, G.F., and Caldwell, J.D. Estradiol Control of Estradiol Binding Proteins and Levels in the Medial Preoptic Area, Medial Hypothalamus and Pituitary. Neuroendocrinology 78:61-71, 2003 click here for pdf version.
  63. Herbert, Z., Jirikowski, G.F., Petrusz, P., Englof, I. and Caldwell, J.D. Distribution of androgen binding globulin in the rat hypothalamo-hypophyseal system, co-localization with oxytocin. Brain Research 992 (2):151-158, 2003. to see a pdf version click here.
  64. Young, E., Carter, C.S., Cushing, B., J. D. Caldwell. Neonatal Manipulation of Oxytocin Alters Oxytocin levels in the Pituitary of Adult rats. Hormones & Metabolic Research.  37:1-5, 2005 click here.
  65. Herbert, Z., Weigel, S., Marshall, A., Caldwell, J.D., Petrusz, P., Peuckert, C., G.F. Jirikowski, Coexpression of androgen-binding protein (ABP) and oxytocin in the male reproductive tract. Anat., Hist., & Embryol. 34: 1-8, 2005 click here.
  66. Jirikowski, G.F., Herbert, Z., Petrusz, P., Sendemir, E., J.D. Caldwell. Co-expression of vasopressin and androgen-binding protein in the rat hypothalamus. J. Chem. Neuroanatomy 29: 233-237, 2005

67. Herbert, Z., Göthe, S., Caldwell, J.D., Bernstein, H.G., Melle, C., Lewis, J., G.F. Jirikowski, Identification of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in the human hypothalamus. Neuroendocrinology 81: 286-293, 2005, click here

68. Caldwell, J. D., Suleman, F., Chou, S. H-H., Shapiro, R.A., Herbert, Z., G. F. Jirikowski. Emerging Roles of Steroid Binding Globulins. Introductory manuscript for volume entitled “Emerging Roles of Steroid Binding Globulins” Hormones and Metabolic Research 38:206-218, 2006, for this entire volume click here.

69. Sendemir E., Herbert Z., Caldwell J.D., G.F. Jirikowski. Localization of sex hormone binding globulin in the hypothalamus of late pregnant and early lactating rats. Original manuscript for Hormones and Metabolic Research 38:219-224, 2006 for this entire volume click here.

70. Möpert B., Herbert Z., Caldwell J.D., G.F. Jirikowski. Expression of Corticosterone Binding Globulin CBG in the rat hypothalamus. Original manuscript for Hormones and Metabolic Research 38:246-252, 2006 for this entire volume click here.

71. Herbert, Z., Pollák, E., Molnár, L., Caldwell, J. D., G. F. Jirikowski Co-transport of sex hormone binding globulin/SHBG with oxytocin in transport vesicle of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal system. Original manuscript for Hormones and Metabolic Research 38:291-293, 2006 for this entire volume click here.

 

 Revised June 5, 2006

 

·  Return to my Home page