THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
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
Psychoneuroimmunology
- Bidirectional interactions between biological clocks and the immune system
- Neural mechanisms of sickness behavior, motivational changes, and depression
- Chronic disease and brain function: neuroinflammatory processes and HPA axis
Behavioral neuroendocrinology
- Neuroendocrine, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of biological timing
Recent Research / Recent Publications
Prendergast, B.J., Beery, A.K., Paul, M.J. and Zucker, I. (2012) Enhancement and suppression of ultradian and circadian rhythms across the female hamster reproductive cycle. Journal of Biological Rhythms 27(3):246-56.
Dooley, J.C. and Prendergast, B.J. (2012) Photorefractoriness and energy availabilityinteract to permit facultative timing of spring breeding. Behavioral Ecology 23: 1049-1058.
Kampf-Lassin, A., Galang, J., Wei, J. and Prendergast, B.J. (2011) Experienceindependent development of the hamster circadian visual system. PLoS One, 6: e16048.
Pyter, L.M., Pineros, V., Galang, J.A., McClintock, M.K. and Prendergast, B.J. (2009) Peripheral tumors induce depression and limbic cytokine production and alter hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 9069-9074.