John Meitzen

Godley III, F., Meitzen, J., Nahman-Averbuch, H., O'Neal, M. A., Yeomans, D., Santoro, N., … Edvinsson, L. (2024). [Review of How Sex Hormones Affect Migraine: An Interdisciplinary Preclinical Research Panel Review]. JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14020184

Proano, S. B., Miller, C. K., Krentzel, A. A., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2024). Sex steroid hormones, the estrous cycle, and rapid modulation of glutamatergic synapse properties in the striatal brain regions with a focus on 17β -estradiol and the nucleus accumbens. STEROIDS, 201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2023.109344

Long, A. S., Reich, B. J., Staicu, A.-M., & Meitzen, J. (2023, March 13). A nonparametric test of group distributional differences for hierarchically clustered functional data. BIOMETRICS, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13846

Miller, C. K., Krentzel, A. A., & Meitzen, J. (2023, February 6). ER alpha stimulation rapidly modulates excitatory synapse properties in female rat nucleus accumbens core. NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1159/000529571

Beeson, A. L. S., & Meitzen, J. (2023, February 9). Estrous cycle impacts on dendritic spine plasticity in rat nucleus accumbens core and shell and caudate-putamen. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25460

Seib, D. R., Tobiansky, D. J., Meitzen, J., Floresco, S. B., & Soma, K. K. (2023). Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system. NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS, 153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105356

Miller, C. K., & Meitzen, J. (2023). No detectable changes in anxiety-related and locomotor behaviors in adult ovariectomized female rats exposed to estradiol, the ER beta agonist DPN or the ER alpha agonist PPT. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR, 152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105363

Kimble, L. C., Twiddy, J. S., Berger, J. M., Forderhase, A. G., Mccarty, G. S., Meitzen, J., & Sombers, L. A. (2023). Simultaneous, Real-Time Detection of Glutamate and Dopamine in Rat Striatum Using Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry. ACS SENSORS, 8(11), 4091–4100. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.3c01267

Krentzel, A. A., Proano, S. B., Dorris, D. M., Setzer, B., & Meitzen, J. (2022, April 2). The estrous cycle and 17 beta-estradiol modulate the electrophysiological properties of rat nucleus accumbens core medium spiny neurons. JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.13122

Krentzel, A. A., Willett, J. A., Johnson, A. G., & Meitzen, J. (2021). Estrogen receptor alpha, G-protein coupled estrogen receptor 1, and aromatase: Developmental, sex, and region-specific differences across the rat caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens core and shell. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, 529(4), 786–801. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24978

Krentzel, A. A., Kimble, L. C., Dorris, D. M., Horman, B. M., Meitzen, J., & Patisaul, H. B. (2021). FireMaster (R) 550 (FM 550) exposure during the perinatal period impacts partner preference behavior and nucleus accumbens core medium spiny neuron electrophysiology in adult male and female prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR, 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105019

Miller, C. K., Halbing, A. A., Patisaul, H. B., & Meitzen, J. (2021). Interactions of the estrous cycle, novelty, and light on female and male rat open field locomotor and anxiety-related behaviors. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, 228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113203

Cao, J., & Meitzen, J. (2021). Perinatal activation of ER alpha and ER beta but not GPER-1 masculinizes female rat caudate-putamen medium spiny neuron electrophysiological properties. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 125(6), 2322–2338. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00063.2021

Proano, S. B., Krentzel, A. A., & Meitzen, J. (2020). Differential and synergistic roles of 17 beta-estradiol and progesterone in modulating adult female rat nucleus accumbens core medium spiny neuron electrophysiology. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 123(6), 2390–2405. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00157.2020

Proano, S. B., & Meitzen, J. (2020). Estradiol decreases medium spiny neuron excitability in female rat nucleus accumbens core. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 123(6), 2465–2475. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00210.2020

Miller, C. K., Krentzel, A. A., Patisaul, H. B., & Meitzen, J. (2020). Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGlu(5)) is necessary for estradiol mitigation of light-induced anxiety behavior in female rats. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, 214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112770

Mamlouk, G. M., Dorris, D. M., Barrett, L. R., & Meitzen, J. (2020). [Review of Sex bias and omission in neuroscience research is influenced by research model and journal, but not reported NIH funding]. FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2020.100835

Krentzel, A. A., Proano, S., Patisaul, H. B., & Meitzen, J. (2020). Temporal and bidirectional influences of estradiol on voluntary wheel running in adult female and male rats. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104694

Willett, J. A., Cao, J., Johnson, A., Patel, O. H., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2020). The estrous cycle modulates rat caudate-putamen medium spiny neuron physiology. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 52(1), 2737–2755. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14506

Willett, J. A., Cao, J., Dorris, D. M., Johnson, A. G., Ginnari, L. A., & Meitzen, J. (2019). Electrophysiological Properties of Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes in the Caudate-Putamen of Prepubertal Male and Female Drd1a-tdTomato Line 6 BAC Transgenic Mice. ENEURO, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0016-19.2019

Krentzel, A. A., Barrett, L. R., & Meitzen, J. (2019). Estradiol rapidly modulates excitatory synapse properties in a sex- and region-specific manner in rat nucleus accumbens core and caudate-putamen. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 122(3), 1213–1225. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00264.2019

Meitzen, J., Britson, K. A., Tuomela, K., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2019, February). The expression of select genes necessary for membrane-associated estrogen receptor signaling differ by sex in adult rat hippocampus. STEROIDS, Vol. 142, pp. 21–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2017.09.012

Krentzel, A. A., & Meitzen, J. (2018). Biological Sex, Estradiol and Striatal Medium Spiny Neuron Physiology: A Mini-Review. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 12, 492. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2018.00492

Cao, J., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2018). Electrophysiological properties of medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens core of prepubertal male and female Drd1a-tdTomato line 6 BAC transgenic mice. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 120(4), 1712–1727. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00257.2018

Proano, S. B., Morris, H. J., Kunz, L. M., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2018). Estrous cycle-induced sex differences in medium spiny neuron excitatory synaptic transmission and intrinsic excitability in adult rat nucleus accumbens core. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 120(3), 1356–1373. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00263.2018

Willett, J. A., Johnson, A. G., Vogel, A. R., Patisaul, H. B., McGraw, L. A., & Meitzen, J. (2018). Nucleus accumbens core medium spiny neuron electrophysiological properties and partner preference behavior in the adult male prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Journal of Neurophysiology, 119(4), 1576–1588. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00737.2017

Eisinger, K. R. T., Woolfrey, K. M., Swanson, S. P., Schnell, S. A., Meitzen, J., Dell'Acqua, M., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2018). Palmitoylation of caveolin-1 is regulated by the same DHHC acyltransferases that modify steroid hormone receptors. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 293(41), 15901–15911. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.004167

Cao, J., Willett, J. A., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2018). [Review of Sex Differences in Medium Spiny neuron excitability and Glutamatergic Synaptic input: Heterogeneity Across Striatal Regions and evidence for Estradiol-Dependent Sexual Differentiation]. FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00173

Meitzen, J., Meisel, R. L., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2018). [Review of Sex differences and the effects of estradiol on striatal function]. CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 23, 42–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.03.007

Montiel, C., & Meitzen, J. (2017). Interviewing neuroscientists for an undergraduate honors project. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 16(1), A89–A94.

Will, T. R., Proano, S. B., Thomas, A. M., Kunz, L. M., Thompson, K. C., Ginnari, L. A., … Meitzen, J. (2017). Problems and Progress regarding Sex Bias and Omission in Neuroscience Research. ENEURO, 4(6). https://doi.org/10.1523/eneuro.0278-17.2017

Wong, J. E., Cao, J., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2016). Genetic sex and the volumes of the caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens core and shell: original data and a review. BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION, 221(8), 4257–4267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-015-1158-9

Cao, J., Dorris, D. M., & Meitzen, J. (2016). Neonatal Masculinization Blocks Increased Excitatory Synaptic Input in Female Rat Nucleus Accumbens Core. ENDOCRINOLOGY, 157(8), 3181–3196. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2016-1160

Willett, J. A., Will, T., Hauser, C. A., Dorris, D. M., Cao, J., & Meitzen, J. (2016). No Evidence for Sex Differences in the Electrophysiological Properties and Excitatory Synaptic Input onto Nucleus Accumbens Shell Medium Spiny Neurons. ENEURO, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1523/eneuro.0147-15.2016

Dorris, D. M., Cao, J., Willett, J. A., Hauser, C. A., & Meitzen, J. (2015). Intrinsic excitability varies by sex in prepubertal striatal medium spiny neurons. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 113(3), 720–729. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00687.2014

Meitzen, J. (2015). Using Tinbergen’s four questions as the framework for a neuroscience capstone course. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 14(1), A46–A55.

Dorris, D. M., Hauser, C. A., Minnehan, C. E., & Meitzen, J. (2014). An aerator for brain slice experiments in individual cell culture plate wells. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS, 238, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.09.017

Meitzen, J., Perry, A. N., Westenbroek, C., Hedges, V. L., Becker, J. B., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2013). Enhanced Striatal beta 1-Adrenergic Receptor Expression Following Hormone Loss in Adulthood Is Programmed by Both Early Sexual Differentiation and Puberty: A Study of Humans and Rats. ENDOCRINOLOGY, 154(5), 1820–1831. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2012-2131

Meitzen, J., Luoma, J. I., Boulware, M. I., Hedges, V. L., Peterson, B. M., Tuomela, K., … Mermelstein, P. G. (2013). Palmitoylation of Estrogen Receptors Is Essential for Neuronal Membrane Signaling. ENDOCRINOLOGY, 154(11), 4293–4304. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2013-1172

Thompson, C. K., Meitzen, J., Replogle, K., Drnevich, J., Lent, K. L., Wissman, A. M., … Brenowitz, E. A. (2012). Seasonal Changes in Patterns of Gene Expression in Avian Song Control Brain Regions. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e35119. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035119

Meitzen, J., Grove, D. D., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2012). The Organizational and Aromatization Hypotheses Apply to Rapid, Nonclassical Hormone Action: Neonatal Masculinization Eliminates Rapid Estradiol Action in Female Hippocampal Neurons. Endocrinology, 153(10), 4616–4621. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2012-1525

Stern, C. M., Luoma, J. I., Meitzen, J., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2011). Corticotropin Releasing Factor-Induced CREB Activation in Striatal Neurons Occurs via a Novel Gβγ Signaling Pathway. PLoS ONE, 6(3), e18114. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018114

Stern, C. M., Meitzen, J., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2011). Corticotropin-releasing factor and urocortin I activate CREB through functionally selective Gβγ signaling in hippocampal pyramidal neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience, 34(5), 671–681. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07812.x

Meitzen, J., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2011). Estrogen receptors stimulate brain region specific metabotropic glutamate receptors to rapidly initiate signal transduction pathways. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 42(4), 236–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.02.002

Meitzen, J., Pflepsen, K. R., Stern, C. M., Meisel, R. L., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2011). Measurements of neuron soma size and density in rat dorsal striatum, nucleus accumbens core and nucleus accumbens shell: Differences between striatal region and brain hemisphere, but not sex. Neuroscience Letters, 487(2), 177–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.017

Meitzen, J., Luoma, J. I., Stern, C. M., & Mermelstein, P. G. (2011). β1-Adrenergic receptors activate two distinct signaling pathways in striatal neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry, 116(6), 984–995. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07137.x

Meitzen, J., Weaver, A. L., Brenowitz, E. A., & Perkel, D. J. (2009). Plastic and Stable Electrophysiological Properties of Adult Avian Forebrain Song-Control Neurons across Changing Breeding Conditions. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(20), 6558–6567. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.5571-08.2009

Meitzen, J., Thompson, C. K., Choi, H., Perkel, D. J., & Brenowitz, E. A. (2009). Time course of changes in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow song behavior following transitions in breeding condition. Hormones and Behavior, 55(1), 217–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.006

Meitzen, J., & Thompson, C. K. (2008). Seasonal-like growth and regression of the avian song control system: Neural and behavioral plasticity in adult male Gambel’s white-crowned sparrows. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 157(3), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.014

Meitzen, J., Perkel, D. J., & Brenowitz, E. A. (2007). Seasonal changes in intrinsic electrophysiological activity of song control neurons in wild song sparrows. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 193(6), 677–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-007-0222-1

Meitzen, J., Moore, I. T., Lent, K., Brenowitz, E. A., & Perkel, D. J. (2007). Steroid Hormones Act Transsynaptically within the Forebrain to Regulate Neuronal Phenotype and Song Stereotypy. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(44), 12045–12057. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.3289-07.2007

Xie, R., Meitzen, J., & Pollak, G. D. (2005). Differing Roles of Inhibition in Hierarchical Processing of Species-Specific Calls in Auditory Brainstem Nuclei. Journal of Neurophysiology, 94(6), 4019–4037. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00688.2005

Farries, M. A., Meitzen, J., & Perkel, D. J. (2005). Electrophysiological Properties of Neurons in the Basal Ganglia of the Domestic Chick: Conservation and Divergence in the Evolution of the Avian Basal Ganglia. Journal of Neurophysiology, 94(1), 454–467. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00539.2004

Park, K. H. J., Meitzen, J., Moore, I. T., Brenowitz, E. A., & Perkel, D. J. (2005). Seasonal-like plasticity of spontaneous firing rate in a songbird pre-motor nucleus. Journal of Neurobiology, 64(2), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.20145

Klug, A., Bauer, E. E., Hanson, J. T., Hurley, L., Meitzen, J., & Pollak, G. D. (2002). Response Selectivity for Species-Specific Calls in the Inferior Colliculus of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats is Generated by Inhibition. Journal of Neurophysiology, 88(4), 1941–1954. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.1941