The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
5848 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60637
Office Phone: (773) 702-2895
Lab phone: (773) 702-8441
Fax: (773) 702-6898
Office: BPSB 324 (Institute for Mind and Biology)
Lab: BPSB 301, 302, 303
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Office: BPSB 315
Phone: (773) 834-3317
Brian Prendergast
Biography
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
B.A., Psychology, 1993
University of California, Berkeley, California
Ph.D., Psychology (Biological), 1998.
Johns Hopkins University / Ohio State University
Post-doctoral Fellow, 1999-2003.
Research Interests
- Biological Rhythms: formal, hormonal, and neural bases of mammalian photoperiodism and circadian and seasonal timekeeping.
- Neuroendocrine bases of seasonal and stress-induced changes in immune function.
- Evolution of biological timekeeping mechanisms.
Recent Publications
Note: All articles are the sole copyright of the respective publishers.
Prendergast, B.J., Bilbo, S.D., Dhabhar, F.S. and Nelson, R.J. (2004) Effects of photoperiod history on immune responses to intermediate day lengths in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Journal of Neuroimmunology 149: 31-39.
Prendergast, B.J., Hotchkiss, A.H., Bilbo, S.D. and Nelson, R.J. (2004) Peripubertal immune challenges attenuate reproductive development in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Biology of Reproduction 70: 813-820.
Prendergast, B.J., Bilbo, S.D., and Nelson, R.J. (2004) Photoperiod controls the induction, retention, and retrieval of antigen-specific immunological memory. American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 286: R54-R60.
Detillion, C.M., Kraft, T.K.S., Glasper, E.R., Prendergast, B.J., and DeVries, A.C. (2004) Social facilitation of wound healing. Psychoneuroendocrinology 29: 566-572.
Prendergast, B.J., Hotchkiss, A.H., and Nelson, R.J. (2003) Photoperiodic regulation of circulating leukocytes in juvenile Siberian hamsters: Mediation by Melatonin and Testosterone. Journal of Biological Rhythms 18: 473-480.
Prendergast, B.J., Hotchkiss, A.K., Bilbo, S.D., Kinsey, S.G., and Nelson, R.J. (2003) Photoperiodic adjustments in immune function protect Siberian hamsters from lethal endotoxemia. Journal of Biological Rhythms 18: 51-62.
Kinsey, S.G., Prendergast, B.J., and Nelson, R.J. (2003) Photoperiod and stress affect wound healing in Siberian hamsters. Physiology and Behavior 78: 205-211.
Piatkowska, J.M., Prendergast, B.J., and Gorman, M.R. (2003) Temporal integration of melatonin infusion duration: signal averaging versus frequency dependence. Journal of Pineal Research 35: 91-97.
Bilbo, S.D., Quan, N., Prendergast, B.J., Bowers, S., and Nelson, R.J. (2003) Photoperiod alters the time course of brain cyclooxygynase-2 expression in Siberian hamsters. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 15: 1-7.
Prendergast, B.J., Mosinger, B. Jr., Kolattukudy, P. and Nelson, R.J. (2002) Hypothalamic gene expression in reproductively photoresponsive and photorefractory Siberian hamsters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99: 16291-16296.
Prendergast, B.J., Wynne-Edwards, K.E., Yellon, S.M. and Nelson, R.J. (2002) Spontaneous recrudescence of immune function in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Journal of Neuroendocrinology 14: 318-329.
Prendergast, B.J., Freeman, D.A., Zucker, I. and Nelson, R.J. (2002) Periodic arousal from hibernation is necessary for initiation of immune responses in ground squirrels. American Journal of Physiology 282: R1054-1062.
Prendergast, B.J., Zucker, I. and Nelson, R.J. (2002) Seasonal Rhythms of Mammals: Behavior and Neuroendocrine Substrates. In: Hormones, Brain, and Behavior, Volume 1, edited by D. Pfaff, A. Arnold, A. Etgen, S. Fahrbach, R. Moss & R. Rubin. San Diego: Academic Press. email for reprint
Prendergast, B.J. (2002) Invited review of: Activity Patterns in Small Mammals: An Ecological Approach, S. Halle and N.C. Stenseth (Eds.). The Quarterly Review of Biology 77: 80-881.
Nelson, R.J. and Prendergast, B.J. (2002) Comment: Form over function? Journal of Biological Rhythms 17: 406-409.
Prendergast, B.J. and Nelson, R.J. (2001) Spontaneous regression of immune function in a photoperiodic rodent (Peromyscus maniculatus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 268: 2221-2228.
QRB2001.pdf Prendergast, B.J., Kreigsfeld, L.J. and Nelson, R.J. (2001) Photoperiodic polyphenisms in rodents: neuroendocrine mechanisms, costs and functions. The Quarterly Review of Biology 73: 293-325. email for reprint
Prendergast, B.J., Yellon , S.M., Tran, L.T. and Nelson, R.J. (2001) Photoperiod modulates the inhibitory effect of in vitro melatonin on lymphocyte proliferation in Siberian hamsters. Journal of Biological Rhythms 16: 224-233.
Flynn, A.K., Freeman, D.A., Zucker, I. and Prendergast, B.J. (2000) Testicular development in Siberian hamsters depends on frequency and pattern of melatonin signals. American Journal of Physiology 279: R1182-1189.
Prendergast, B.J., Gorman, M.R., and Zucker, I. (2000) Encoding and persistence of photoperiodic memory in hamsters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 97: 5586-5591.
Prendergast, B.J., Flynn, A.K. and Zucker, I. (2000) Triggering of neuroendocrine refractoriness to short-day patterns of melatonin in Siberian hamsters. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 12: 303-310.
Courses
- Biological Psychology (Winter 2004, 2005)
- Motivation and Biological Clocks (Spring 2004)
- The Mind (2004)
- Behavioral Endocrinology (Spring 2005)
More Information
http://imb.uchicago.edu/faculty/prendergast.html
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