Jeffrey Blaustein

Jeffrey Blaustein is a retired professor and the former head of the Behavioral Neuroscience Division at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), known for his research in behavioral neuroendocrinology.[1][2] Before the Behavioral Neuroscience Division, he had served at UMass Amherst as the founding director of the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies[3] and as the head of the Biopsychology department.[4] He was named a National Institute of Mental Health Senior Scientist in 1997[5] and an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow in 2014.[6][7] He has served as the president of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology[8] and as the editor-in-chief of the journal Endocrinology.[9]

This article is about the neuroscientist. For the business executive, see Jeffrey Bleustein.

Blaustein has published several highly cited papers in journals such as Endocrinology, Science, Brain Research, Physiology & Behavior, and the American Journal of Physiology.[10] His research has focused on the cellular processes behind how brain function and behavior are modified by steroid hormones,[1] and his papers have covered topics such sex differences in the brain,[11][12] the effects of hormones on rodent brains and behavior,[13][14][15][16][17] and the effects of steroid hormones on social behavior.[18]

Blaustein lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he has served as an elected Town Meeting representative.[19]

References
  1. "Jeffrey D. Blaustein". umass.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. "Retirement Reception Planned for Jeffrey Blaustein". Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. "UMass Amherst neuroscientist to receive 2012 Frank A. Beach Award from SBN". News-Medical.net. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. "JEFFREY D. BLAUSTEIN : CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). Umass.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. "Jeffrey D. Blaustein". umass.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  6. "AAAS and UMass Amherst Announce 2014 AAAS Fellows". umass.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  7. "AAAS news and notes". Science. 346 (6213): 1069–1073. 2014. doi:10.1126/science.346.6213.1069. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  8. "Psychology professor leads his field". dailycollegian.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  9. "Fraud: who is responsible? : Recent cases remind us that research misconduct is a persistent threat, says a journal editor". The-scientist.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  10. "Jeffrey D. Blaustein - Google Scholar Citations". google.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  11. "Strategies and Methods for Research on Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior" (PDF). Deepblue.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  12. McCarthy, M. M.; Arnold, A. P.; Ball, G. F.; Blaustein, J. D.; De Vries, G. J. (2012). "Sex Differences in the Brain: The Not So Inconvenient Truth". Journal of Neuroscience. Jneurosci.org. 32 (7): 2241–2247. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5372-11.2012. PMC 3295598. PMID 22396398.
  13. "Conmvergent Pathways" (PDF). People.umass.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  14. Blaustein, Jeffrey D.; Feder, Harvey H. (1979). "Cytoplasmic progestin-receptors in guinea pig brain: Characteristics and relationship to the induction of sexual behavior". Brain Research. 169 (3): 481–497. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(79)90398-6. PMID 571753. S2CID 27466741.
  15. Blaustein, J.; Wade, G. (1976). "Ovarian influences". Physiology & Behavior. 17 (2): 201–208. doi:10.1016/0031-9384(76)90064-0. PMID 1033580. S2CID 23300038.
  16. "Coexpression of ER with ER and Progestin Receptor Proteins in the Female Rat Forebrain: Effects of Estradiol Treatment" (PDF). Academics.wellesley.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  17. Blaustein, Jeffrey D.; Erskine, Mary S. (2002). "Feminine Sexual Behavior" (PDF). Feminine Sexual Behavior: Cellular Integration of Hormonal and Afferent Information in the Rodent Forebrain. pp. 139–214. doi:10.1016/B978-012532104-4/50004-4. ISBN 9780125321044. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  18. Blaustein, J. D.; Olster, D. H. (1989). Gonadal Steroid Hormone Receptors and Social Behaviors. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology. Vol. 3. Springer. pp. 31–104. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-73827-2_2. ISBN 978-3-642-73829-6.
  19. "Controversy surrounds evaluation of director of Amherst's Jones Library". masslive.com. 2010-07-30. Retrieved 9 December 2014.



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