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Cheryl M. McCormick

Cheryl M. McCormick

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Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
11488
World Ranking
3434
National Ranking
219

Overview

Cheryl M. McCormick is affiliated with Brock University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their research focuses on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, and the influence of neurotransmitter receptors on behavior.

The scientific work of Cheryl M. McCormick spans several interconnected subfields, including social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and molecular biology. The main areas of study address neuroendocrine regulation, stress and cortisol dynamics, and biochemical effects in animal models, with particular attention to the neurobiology of behavior and stress-related processes.

Cheryl M. McCormick has published regularly in several academic journals. The primary venues for their work include:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Applied Physiology

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheryl M. McCormick are:

  • "Facing off with the phalangeal phenomenon and editorial policies: A commentary on Swift-Gallant, Johnson, Di Rita and Breedlove (2020)", 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • "Adolescent social instability stress leads to immediate and lasting sex-specific changes in the neuroendocrine-immune-gut axis in rats", 2020, Hormones and Behavior

They have also contributed as a co-author on works examining exercise training effects on cognition (2023, Journal of Applied Physiology) and on adolescent neurodevelopment in relation to the endocannabinoid system (2021, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry).

The collaborative nature of their research is evidenced by frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Shealin H. Murray
  • Jan Baumbach
  • A C Sheehan
  • Jonathan J. Simone
  • Justin M. Carré

Overall, Cheryl M. McCormick's research contributions cover several key topics, including:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Cannabis and cannabinoid research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Biochemical effects in animals

This body of published work and collaborative research experience positions Cheryl M. McCormick within the intersecting domains of behavioral neuroscience and psychology, focusing on understanding complex neurobiological mechanisms underlying behavior and stress in animal models.

Best Publications

  • In your face: facial metrics predict aggressive behaviour in the laboratory and in varsity and professional hockey players

    Justin M Carré;Cheryl M McCormick

  • Sex-specific effects of prenatal stress on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to stress and brain glucocorticoid receptor density in adult rats

    Cheryl M. McCormick;James W. Smythe;Shakti Sharma;Michael J. Meaney

  • Facial Structure Is a Reliable Cue of Aggressive Behavior

    Justin M. Carré;Cheryl M. McCormick;Catherine J. Mondloch

  • HPA function in adolescence: role of sex hormones in its regulation and the enduring consequences of exposure to stressors.

    Cheryl M. McCormick;Iva Z. Mathews

  • Stress, Depression, Cortisol, and Periodontal Disease

    Amy E. Rosania;Kathryn G. Low;Cheryl M. McCormick;David A. Rosania

  • Investigations of HPA function and the enduring consequences of stressors in adolescence in animal models.

    Cheryl M. McCormick;Iva Z. Mathews;Catherine Thomas;Patti Waters

  • Effects of chronic social stress in adolescence on anxiety and neuroendocrine response to mild stress in male and female rats.

    C M McCormick;C Smith;I Z Mathews

  • Evidence from Meta-Analyses of the Facial Width-to-Height Ratio as an Evolved Cue of Threat

    Shawn N. Geniole;Thomas F. Denson;Barnaby J. Dixson;Justin M. Carré

  • Adolescent development, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function, and programming of adult learning and memory

    Cheryl M. McCormick;Iva Z. Mathews

  • Testosterone responses to competition predict future aggressive behaviour at a cost to reward in men

    Justin M. Carré;Susan K. Putnam;Cheryl M. McCormick

  • Aggressive behavior and change in salivary testosterone concentrations predict willingness to engage in a competitive task.

    Justin M. Carré;Cheryl M. McCormick

  • The social neuroendocrinology of human aggression.

    Justin M. Carré;Cheryl M. McCormick;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Impact of adolescent social experiences on behavior and neural circuits implicated in mental illnesses.

    Andrew R. Burke;Cheryl M. McCormick;Sergio M. Pellis;Jodi L. Lukkes

  • From the stressed adolescent to the anxious and depressed adult: investigations in rodent models.

    C.M. McCormick;M.R. Green

  • Corticosterone release in response to repeated, short episodes of neonatal isolation: evidence of sensitization.

    Cheryl M. McCormick;Priscilla Kehoe;Sandra Kovacs

  • Neonatal sex hormones have 'organizational' effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of male rats.

    Cheryl M McCormick;Brinley F Furey;Meredith Child;Meghan J Sawyer

  • Peripheral and central sex steroids have differential effects on the HPA axis of male and female rats.

    Cheryl M. McCormick;William Linkroum;Bethany J. Sallinen;Nicholas W. Miller

  • Long-lasting, sex- and age-specific effects of social stressors on corticosterone responses to restraint and on locomotor responses to psychostimulants in rats

    Cheryl M. McCormick;Dan Robarts;Kathy Kopeikina;John E. Kelsey

  • Sleep and circadian abnormalities in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease: A role for cholinergic transmission

    J.P. Wisor;D.M. Edgar;J. Yesavage;J. Yesavage;J. Yesavage;H.S. Ryan;H.S. Ryan

  • A cognitive profile of homosexual men compared to heterosexual men and women

    Cheryl M. McCormick;Sandra F. Witelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin M. Carré
Justin M. Carré Nipissing University
Cheryl A. Frye
Cheryl A. Frye University at Albany, State University of New York
Catherine J. Mondloch
Catherine J. Mondloch Brock University
Kang Lee
Kang Lee University of Toronto
Michael A. Busseri
Michael A. Busseri Brock University
Anthony F. Bogaert
Anthony F. Bogaert Brock University
Thomas Fydrich
Thomas Fydrich Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Regina Steil
Regina Steil Goethe University Frankfurt
Sergio M. Pellis
Sergio M. Pellis University of Lethbridge
Leslie A. Zebrowitz
Leslie A. Zebrowitz Brandeis University

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