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Emilie F. Rissman is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, reproductive medicine, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work addresses key topics including neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, stress responses and cortisol, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, pluripotent stem cells research, and neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Emilie F. Rissman include Wendy J. Lynch, Mariangela Martini, Victor G. Corces, Samuel J. Harp, and Eleanor Blair Towers.

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Pharmacological Reviews
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Endocrinology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Emilie F. Rissman include:

  • Sex/Gender Differences in the Time-Course for the Development of Substance Use Disorder: A Focus on the Telescoping Effect, 2022, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Mini-review: Epigenetic mechanisms that promote transgenerational actions of endocrine disrupting chemicals: Applications to behavioral neuroendocrinology, 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • Bisphenol A Exposure in utero Disrupts Hypothalamic Gene Expression Particularly Genes Suspected in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neuron and Hormone Signaling, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Sexual Differentiation and Substance Use: A Mini-Review, 2020, Endocrinology
  • Sex chromosome complement influences vulnerability to cocaine in mice, 2020, Hormones and Behavior

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Kiss1 gene expression in the brain of the female mouse.

    Jeremy Troy Smith;Matthew J Cunningham;Emilie F Rissman;Donald K Clifton

  • A Model System for Study of Sex Chromosome Effects on Sexually Dimorphic Neural and Behavioral Traits

    Geert J. De Vries;Emilie F. Rissman;Richard B. Simerly;Liang-Yo Yang

  • Distribution of estrogen receptor-beta-like immunoreactivity in rat forebrain.

    Xia Li;Phillip E. Schwartz;Emilie F. Rissman

  • The role of Bisphenol A in shaping the brain, epigenome and behavior

    Jennifer T. Wolstenholme;Emilie F. Rissman;Jessica J. Connelly

  • Disruption of estrogen receptor β gene impairs spatial learning in female mice

    Emilie F. Rissman;Amy L. Heck;Julie E. Leonard;Margaret A. Shupnik

  • Gestational Exposure to Bisphenol A Produces Transgenerational Changes in Behaviors and Gene Expression

    Jennifer T. Wolstenholme;Michelle Edwards;Savera R. J. Shetty;Jessica D. Gatewood

  • Neurobiology of escalated aggression and violence.

    Klaus A. Miczek;Renan Moritz Varnier Rodrigues de Almeida;E. A. Kravitz;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Lack of functional estrogen receptor β influences anxiety behavior and serotonin content in female mice

    D. Bradley Imwalle;Jan Åke Gustafsson;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Estrogen Receptor Function as Revealed by Knockout Studies: Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Aspects

    Emilie F. Rissman;Scott R. Wersinger;Julia A. Taylor;Dennis B. Lubahn

  • Sex differences in histone modifications in the neonatal mouse brain

    Houng-Wei Tsai;Patrick A. Grant;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Sex chromosome complement and gonadal sex influence aggressive and parental behaviors in mice.

    Jessica D. Gatewood;Aileen Wills;Savera Shetty;Jun Xu

  • Masculine Sexual Behavior Is Disrupted in Male and Female Mice Lacking a Functional Estrogen Receptor α Gene

    Scott R Wersinger;Koen Sannen;Constanza Villalba;Dennis B Lubahn

  • Estrogen Receptors Are Essential for Female Sexual Receptivity

    Emilie F. Rissman;Anne H. Early;Julia A. Taylor;Kenneth S. Korach

  • Roles of estrogen receptors alpha and beta in differentiation of mouse sexual behavior.

    A.E. Kudwa;V. Michopoulos;J.D. Gatewood;E.F. Rissman

  • An evolutionarily conserved form of gonadotropin-releasing hormone coordinates energy and reproductive behavior.

    Jennifer L. Temple;Robert P. Millar;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Summary of Consensus Statement on Intersex Disorders and Their Management

    Christopher P. Houk;Ieuan A. Hughes;S. Faisal Ahmed;Peter A. Lee

  • Estrogen receptor alpha is essential for induction of oxytocin receptor by estrogen.

    Larry J. Young;Zuoxin Wang;Ross Donaldson;Emilie F. Rissman

  • The Kisspeptin Receptor GPR54 Is Required for Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Behavior

    Alexander S. Kauffman;Jin Ho Park;Anika A. McPhie-Lalmansingh;Michelle L. Gottsch

  • Sex with knockout models: behavioral studies of estrogen receptor α

    Emilie F. Rissman;Scott R. Wersinger;Heather N. Fugger;Thomas C. Foster

  • New roles for estrogen receptor β in behavior and neuroendocrinology

    Cristian Bodo;Emilie F Rissman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Millar
Robert P. Millar University of Pretoria
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Andrea C. Gore
Andrea C. Gore The University of Texas at Austin
Randy J. Nelson
Randy J. Nelson West Virginia University
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Deborah M. Power
Deborah M. Power University of Algarve
Zuoxin Wang
Zuoxin Wang Florida State University
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Kim Wallen
Kim Wallen Emory University
Peter D. Sly
Peter D. Sly University of Queensland

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