Damian G. Zuloaga, Ph.D.
Mailing Address:
Damian G. Zuloaga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
SUNY Albany
Albany, NY, 12222
Email:
Education:
Ph.D. Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience Michigan State University 2008
M.A. Psychology San Diego State University2003
B.A. Psychology San Diego State University1999
Areas of Interest:
Neuroendocrinology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Stress,Stress Hormones, Gonadal Hormones, Endocrinology,Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, Depression/Anxiety, Development, Neuropeptides, Sex Differences, Drugs of Abuse.
Research Experience:
2011-2014Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.
2008-2011Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.
2003-2008Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
1999-2003Research Assistant/Master’s Student, Department of Psychology, San
Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Professional Memberships:
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
Behavioural Brain Research
Neuroscience Research
Chronobiology International
Academic and Professional Honors
1999 Graduated Cum Laude with Academic Distinction in Psychology, SDSU.
2003 Awarded a Competitive Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship, MSU.
2006 Awarded a NIH NRSA Predoctoral Grant fellowship, MSU.
2008 Received a travel award for the US/Japan Neurosteroid Symposium, Gifu, Japan
2009Received a travel award for Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, E. Lansing, MI
2011 Awarded NIDA Postdoctoral Training Grant, OHSU.
2012 Awarded a Tartar Fellowship, OHSU.
2012 Received a travel award for NIDA Minisymposium, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA
2013 Received a travel award for NIDA Minisymposium, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA
Teaching and Associated Activities
Teaching Assistant 2005-2006 for “Brains and Behavior” course at Michigan State University
Organizer for Brain Awareness Week 2003-2008.
Organizer for OHSU NIDA Journal Club 2012-2013.
Oregon Health & Science University Research Week Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Trainee Organizing SubcommitteeMember (2013).
Mentor for “Saturday Academy” Students at Oregon Health and Science University (2012-2014).
Research Support
Graduate: MSU Competitive Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship and NIMH, F31MH078273-02.
Postdoctoral at UA: Diversity Supplement to Dr. Handa’s RO1, MH082679.
Postdoctoral at OHSU: NIDA Training Grant T32DA007262 and OHSU Foundation Tartar Award.
Publications
1. Joca, L.,Zuloaga, D.G., Raber, J., & Siegel, J.A. (2014). Long-term effects of early adolescent methamphetamine exposure on depression-like behavior and the hypothalamic vasopressin system in mice. Developmental Neuroscience.36:108-18.
2. Zuloaga, D.G., Johnson, L.A., Agam, M., Raber, J. (2014). Sex differences in methamphetamine activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Journal of Neurochemistry.129(3):495-508
3. Zuloaga, D.G., Zuloaga, K.L., Hinds, L., Handa, R.J. (2014). Estrogen Receptor Beta Expression in the Mouse Forebrain: Age and Sex Differences. Journal of Comparative Neurology.522(2):358-71.
4. Zuloaga, D.G., Siegel, J.A., Agam, M., Raber, J. (2013). Developmental methamphetamine exposure results in short- and long-term alterations in HPA axis-associated proteins. Developmental Neuroscience. 35(4):338-46.
5. Olsen, R.H.J., Johnson, L.A., Zuloaga, D.G., Limoli, C., Raber, J.(2013) Enhanced hippocampus-dependent memory and reduced anxiety in mice over-expressing human catalase in mitochondria. Journal of Neurochemistry. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12187.
6. Villasana L.E., Rosenthal R., Doctrow S., Pfankuch T., Zuloaga D.G., Garfinkel A.M., Raber J. (2013) Effects of alpha-lipoic acid on associative and spatial memory of sham-irradiated and (56)Fe-irradiated C57BL/6J male mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 103(3):487-493.
7. Carbone, D.L., Zuloaga, D.G., Lacagnina, A.F., Handa, R.J. (2012) Prepro-thyrotropin releasing hormone expressing neurons in the juxtaparaventricular region of the lateral hypothalamus are activated by leptin and altered by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure. Brain Research.1477:19-26.
8. Carbone, D.L., Zuloaga, D.G., Lacagnina, A.F., McGivern, R.F., Handa, R.J. (2012) Exposure to dexamethasone during late gestation causes female-specific decreases in core body temperature and prepro-thyrotropin-releasing hormone expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in rats. Physiology and Behavior.108:6-12.
9. Zuloaga, D.G., Yahn, S.L., Pang, Y., Quihuis, A.M., Oyola, M.G., Reyna, A., Thomas, P., Handa, R.J., Mani, S.K. (2012). Distribution and Estrogen Regulation of Membrane Progesterone Receptor-β in the Female Rat Brain. Endocrinology 153(9):4432-43.
10. Zuloaga, D.G., Carbone, D., Handa, R.J. (2012). Prenatal dexamethasone selectively decreases calretinin expression in the adult female lateral amygdala. Neuroscience Letters 19;521(2):109-14.
11. Zuloaga, D.G., Carbone, D., Hiroi, R., Chong, D., Handa, R.J. (2012). Perinatal Dexamethasone-induced alterations in apoptosis within the hippocampus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus are age- and sex-dependent. Journal of Neuroscience Research 90(7):1403-12.
12.Carbone, D.L., Zuloaga, D.G., Hiroi, R., Foradori, C., Legarie, M, Handa, R.J. (2012) Prenatal dexamethasone exposure potentiates diet-induced hepatosteatosis and decreases plasma IGF-1 in a sex-specific fashion. Endocrinology 153(1):295-306.
13. Zuloaga, D.G., Carbone, D., Hiroi, R., Chong, D., Handa, R.J. (2011). Dexamethasone induces apoptosis in the developing rat amygdala in an age, region, and sex specific manner. Neuroscience 199:535-47.
14. Zuloaga, D.G., Poort, J.E., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. M. (2011). Elevated Anxiety-Related Behavior and Corticosterone Response in Rats with the Testicular Feminization Mutation. Hormones and Behavior. 60(4):380-8.
15. Zuloaga, D.G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. M. (2011). The organizational role of androgens and the androgen receptor in anxiety-related behaviors and sensorimotor gating. Endocrinology, 152(4):1572-81.
16.Sakamoto H, Takanami K, Zuloaga DG, Matsuda K, Jordan CL, Breedlove SM, Kawata M. (2009). Androgen regulates the sexually dimorphic gastrin-releasing peptide system in the lumbar spinal cord that mediates male sexual function. Endocrinology 150(8):3672-9.
17. McGivern, R.F., Zuloaga, D.G., Handa, R.J. (2009). Sex differences in stress-induced hyperthermia in rats: restraint versus confinement. Physiology and Behavior, 98(4):416-20.
18. Zuloaga, D.G., McGivern, R.F., Handa, R.J. (2009).Organizational Influence of the Postnatal Testosterone Surge on the Circadian Rhythm of Core Body Temperature of Adult Male Rats. Brain Research, 1268:68-75.
19. Handa, R.J., Weiser, M.J., Zuloaga D.G. (2009). A role for the androgen metabolite, 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol, in modulating oestrogen receptor beta-mediated regulation of hormonal stress reactivity. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 21(4):351-8.
20. Sakamoto, H., Matsuda, K., Zuloaga, D.G., Nishiura, N., Takanami, K., Jordan, C.L., Breedlove, S.M., & Kawata, M. (2009) Stress affects a gastrin-releasing peptide system in the spinal cord that mediates sexual function: Implications for psychogenic erectile dysfunction. PLoS ONE 4(1): e4276.
21. Zuloaga, D. G., Morris, J. A., Jordan, C.L., & Breedlove S. M., & Jordan, C. L. (2008). Mice with the Testicular Feminization Mutation Demonstrate a Role for Androgen Receptors in the Regulation of Anxiety-Related Behaviors and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. Hormones and Behavior, 54(5):758-66.
22. Sakamoto, H., Matsuda, K., Zuloaga, D.G., Nishiura, N., Takanami, K., Jordan, C.L., Breedlove, S.M., & Kawata, M. (2008) Sexually dimorphic gastrin releasing peptide system in the spinal cord controlling male reproductive functions. Nature Neuroscience, 11(6):634-6.
23. Zuloaga, D.G., Puts, D.A., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. M. (2008) The role of the androgen receptor in the masculinization of brain and behavior: What we’ve learned from the testicular feminization mutation. Hormones and Behavior, 53(5):613-26.
24. Zuloaga, D.G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. M. (2008). Sexual differentiation of the brain. In Squire, L. R. (ed) New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Elsevier.
25. Handa, R.J., Zuloaga, D.G., McGivern, R.F. (2007) Prenatal ethanol exposure alters core body temperature and corticosterone rhythms in adult male rats. Alcohol. 41(8):567-75.
26. Zuloaga, D.G., Morris, J.A., Breedlove S.M., & Jordan, C.L. (2007) Androgen-sensitivity of somata and dendrites of spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) motoneurons in male C57BL6J mice. Hormones and Behavior. 51(2):207-12.
27. Ottem, E.N., Zuloaga, D.G., & Breedlove, S.M. (2004) Brain gender: prostaglandins have their say. Nature Neuroscience 7:570-2.
Pending Publications
1. Slaker, M., Churchill, L., Todd, R., Blacktop, J., Zuloaga, D.G., Raber, J., Darling, R., Brown, T., Sorg B.A. (2013). Removal of perineuronal nets in the medial prefrontal cortex impairs the consolidation and reconsolidation of cocaine-associated memory.Submitted.
2. Zuloaga, D.G.,Wang, J. Murphy, S., Raber, J. Chronic Methamphetamine prior to Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Increases Infarct Volume and Cognitve Dysfunction.In Preparation.
3. Zuloaga, D.G.,Etzel, D., Marzulla, T., Stewart, B., Raber, J. The immediate early gene response to methamphetamine is dependent on Light/Dark phase.In preparation.
4. Zuloaga, D.G.,Johnson, L., Phan, C., Raber, J. Chronic Methamphetamine exposure results in immediate and lasting effects on activation of cells within Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis associated brain region. In preparation.
Selected Presentations/Abstracts
1.Zuloaga, D.G. (2013) "Methamphetamine Induced Alterations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis". Invited talk at Washington State University.
2. Zuloaga, D.G., Johnson, L.A., Agam, A., Raber, J. (2013). Sex differences in activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by methamphetamine. Society for Neuroscience.
3. Slaker, M., Churchill, L., Todd, R., Zuloaga, D.G., Raber, J., Sorg, B.A. (2013).Impact of Perineuronal Nets on Cocaine-Induced Plasticity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience.
4. Zuloaga, D.G., Siegel, J.A., Raber, J. (2012). The effects of developmental methamphetamine exposure on expression of HPA axis associated proteins. Society for Neuroscience.
5. Zuloaga, D.G., Thomas, P., Handa, R.J., Mani, S. (2010). The Distribution of Membrane Progesterone Receptors Alpha and Beta in the Female Rat Brain. Society for Neuroscience.
6. Zuloaga, D.G., Carbone, D.L., Handa, R.J. (2010). Prenatal Dexamethasone Treatment Increases Apoptosis in Select Subregions of the Neonatal Rat Amygdala. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
7. Zuloaga, D.G., Foradori, C.D., Handa, R.J. (2009). Apoptosis in the Neonatal Rat Ventromedial Hypothalamus: Role of Gender and Prenatal Dexamethasone Treatment. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
8. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M. (2008). The organizational role of androgens and the androgen receptor in anxiety-related behaviors and sensorimotor gating. Society for Neuroscience.
9. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M. (2008). The role of the androgen receptor in anxiety-related behaviors, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: Studies in rodents with the testicular feminization mutation. US/Japan Neurosteroid Symposium.
10. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M. (2007). Acoustic startle response is decreased while prepulse inhibition is increased in neonatally castrated rats. Society for Neuroscience.
11. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M. (2007). Increased corticosterone response in mice and rats with the testicular feminization mutation (TFM) following exposure to the open field/novel object test. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
12. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M. (2006). Rats with the testicular feminization show increased indices of anxiety. Society for Neuroscience.
13. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M., (2006). Mice with the testicular feminization show increased indices of anxiety. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
14. Zuloaga, D. G., Morris, J. A., Breedlove S. M., & Jordan, C. L. (2005) C57BL6J mice show reduced soma size and dendritic arborization in motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) after castration in adulthood. Society for Neuroscience.
15. Zuloaga, D. G., Morris, J. A., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove S. M. (2005) Prepulse Inhibition is reduced in mice with the testicular feminization mutation. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
16. Zuloaga, D. G., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. M. (2004) Distribution of perineal motoneurons in the mouse spinal cord. Society for Neuroscience.