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Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University, 2003
Ph.D. Arizona State University, 1999
M.S. University of Chicago, 1992
B.S., B.A. Indiana University, 1989
Research Interests
I study sex differences in the brain and behavior. I am particularly interested in chemical communication and the role of pheromones, odors that are transferred between members of the same species and that influence reproductive behavior and physiology. I study how pheromones are processed by the nervous system, how sex steroid hormones modulate olfactory behavior and neural processing, as well as sex differences in these processes.
I study many different animal models, each appropriate to the question being asked. I study mammals (mice, ferrets) to study the role of the main versus the vomeronasal olfactory system in processing pheromones found in urine and scent glands. I study terrestrial salamanders to examine the hormonal modulation of the processing of courtship pheromones that increase female receptivity.
Representative Publications 1. Woodley, S. K., A. Cloe, Waters, P., and M. J. Baum. 2004. Effects of vomeronasal organ removal on olfactory sex discrimination and odor preferences of female ferrets. Chemical Senses , 29: 659-669.
2. Cloe, A. L., Woodley, S. K., Waters, P., Zhou, H. and M. J. Baum. 2004. Contribution of anal scent gland and urinary odorants to mate recognition in the ferret. Physiology and Behavior , 82: 871-875.
3. Woodley, S. K. and M. J. Baum. 2004 Differential activation of glomeruli in the ferret's main olfactory bulb by anal scent gland odors from males and females: an early step in mate recognition. European Journal of Neuroscience , 20:1025-1032.
4. Woodley, S. K. and M. J. Baum. 2003. Effects of sex hormones and gender on attraction thresholds for volatile anal scent gland odors in ferrets. Hormones and Behavior 44:110-118 .
5. Woodley, S. K., D. L. Painter, M. C. Moore, M. Wikelski and L. M. Romero. 2003. Effect of tidal cycle and food intake on the baseline plasma corticosterone rhythm in intertidally foraging marine iguanas. General and Comparative Endocrinology 132:216-222.
6. Bakker, J, S. K. Woodley, K. R. Kelliher, and M. J. Baum. 2002. Sexually dimorphic activation of galanin neurons in the ferret's dorsomedial preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus after mating. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 14:116-125.
7. Woodley, S. K and M. C. Moore. 2002 . Plasma corticosterone response to an acute stressor depends on reproductive state in female tree lizards. General and Comparative Endocrinology 128:143-148.
8. Woodley, S. K., K. S. Matt and M. C. Moore. 2000. Estradiol modulation of central monoamine activity female mountain spiny lizards. Brain Behavior and Evolution 56:175-183.
9. Woodley, S. K. and M. C. Moore. 1999. Ovarian steroids influence territorial aggression in female mountain spiny lizards. Hormones and Behavior 35:205-214.
10. Houck, L. D. and S. K. Woodley. 1995. Field studies of steroid hormones and male reproductive behavior in amphibians. In Amphibian Biology volume 2: Social Behaviour (H. Heatwole and B.K. Sullivan, Eds.), pp. 677-703. Surrey Beatty and Sons, New South Wales , Australia .
11. Woodley, S. K. 1994. Plasma androgen levels, spermatogenesis, and male mating behavior in two species of Plethodontid salamanders with dissociated reproductive patterns. General and Comparative Endocrinology 96:206-214.
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Email: woodleys@duq.edu |
