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Overview

Robert L. Spencer is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with an emphasis on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The core topics explored in their work include:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on circadian biology, stress, and memory, featuring the following papers:

  • "Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors" (2022), published in Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  • "Memory and the circadian system: Identifying candidate mechanisms by which local clocks in the brain may regulate synaptic plasticity" (2020), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Association between Altered Cortisol Profiles and Neurobehavioral Impairment after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in College Students" (2022), published in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • "Acute Physiological and Psychological Stress Response in Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Reflections on Bruce S. McEwen's contributions to stress neurobiology and so much more" (2020), published in Stress

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Matthew J. Hartsock
  • Helen K. Strnad
  • Emily D. Prévost
  • David H. Root
  • J. Russell Ravenel

Common venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Journal of Neurotrauma

Best Publications

  • The role of adrenocorticoids as modulators of immune function in health and disease: neural, endocrine and immune interactions.

    Bruce S McEwen;Christine A Biron;Kenneth W Brunson;Karen Bulloch

  • Effects of stress on immune cell distribution. Dynamics and hormonal mechanisms.

    F S Dhabhar;A H Miller;B S McEwen;R L Spencer

  • SEX DIFFERENCES IN DENDRITIC ATROPHY OF CA3 PYRAMIDAL NEURONS IN RESPONSE TO CHRONIC RESTRAINT STRESS

    L.A.M Galea;B.S McEwen;P Tanapat;T Deak

  • Stress-induced changes in blood leukocyte distribution. Role of adrenal steroid hormones.

    Firdaus S. Dhabhar;Andrew H. Miller;Andrew H. Miller;Bruce S. McEwen;Robert L. Spencer;Robert L. Spencer

  • Visible burrow system as a model of chronic social stress: behavioral and neuroendocrine correlates

    D.Caroline Blanchard;Robert L. Spencer;Scott M. Weiss;Robert J. Blanchard

  • A users guide to HPA axis research.

    Robert L Spencer;Terrence Deak

  • Treadmill running produces both positive and negative physiological adaptations in Sprague-Dawley rats.

    Albert Moraska;Terrence Deak;Robert L. Spencer;David Roth

  • Stress response, adrenal steroid receptor levels and corticosteroid-binding globulin levels — a comparison between Sprague-Dawley, Fischer 344 and Lewis rats

    Firdaus S. Dhabhar;Bruce S. McEwen;Robert L. Spencer

  • Adaptation to prolonged or repeated stress – comparison between rat strains showing intrinsic differences in reactivity to acute stress

    Firdaus S. Dhabhar;Bruce S. McEwen;Robert L. Spencer

  • Diurnal and Acute Stress-Induced Changes in Distribution of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Subpopulations

    Firdaus S. Dhabhar;Andrew H. Miller;Marvin Stein;Bruce S. McEwen

  • A LONG TERM INCREASE IN BASAL LEVELS OF CORTICOSTERONE AND A DECREASE IN CORTICOSTEROID-BINDING GLOBULIN AFTER ACUTE STRESSOR EXPOSURE

    Monika Fleshner;Terrence Deak;Robert L. Spencer;Mark L. Laudenslager

  • Paradoxical effects of adrenal steroids on the brain: Protection versus degeneration

    Bruce S. McEwen;Jesus Angulo;Heather Cameron;Helen M. Chao

  • The impact of the nonpeptide corticotropin-releasing hormone antagonist antalarmin on behavioral and endocrine responses to stress.

    Terrence Deak;Kien T. Nguyen;Andrea L. Ehrlich;Linda R. Watkins

  • Habituation to repeated restraint stress is associated with lack of stress-induced c-fos expression in primary sensory processing areas of the rat brain.

    M. Girotti;T.W.W. Pace;T.W.W. Pace;R.I. Gaylord;B.A. Rubin

  • Dexamethasone suppression of corticosteroid secretion: evaluation of the site of action by receptor measures and functional studies.

    Michael A. Cole;Paul J. Kim;Brian A. Kalman;Robert L. Spencer

  • Regulation of hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor gene transcription and protein expression in vivo.

    James P. Herman;Robert Spencer

  • Adrenal steroid type I and type II receptor binding: estimates of in vivo receptor number, occupancy, and activation with varying level of steroid.

    Robert L. Spencer;Elizabeth A. Young;Phillip H. Choo;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Environmental novelty is associated with a selective increase in Fos expression in the output elements of the hippocampal formation and the perirhinal cortex.

    Michael VanElzakker;Rebecca D. Fevurly;Tressa Breindel;Robert L. Spencer

  • Adaptation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to chronic ethanol stress.

    Robert L. Spencer;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Effects of aldosterone or RU28362 treatment on adrenalectomy-induced cell death in the dentate gyrus of the adult rat.

    Catherine S. Woolley;Elizabeth Gould;Randall R. Sakai;Robert L. Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Steven F. Maier
Steven F. Maier University of Colorado Boulder
Linda R. Watkins
Linda R. Watkins University of Colorado Boulder
Randall R. Sakai
Randall R. Sakai University of Cincinnati
Serge Campeau
Serge Campeau University of Colorado Boulder
James P. Herman
James P. Herman University of Cincinnati
Catherine S. Woolley
Catherine S. Woolley Northwestern University
Elizabeth Gould
Elizabeth Gould Princeton University
Sondra T. Bland
Sondra T. Bland University of Colorado Denver
Vijay A. Mittal
Vijay A. Mittal Northwestern University

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