Publications

Shams S., Pawluski J.L., Chatterjee-Chakraborty M., Oatley H., Mastroianni A., Fleming A.S. (2012).  Dendritic morphology in the striatum and hypothalamus differentially exhibits experience-dependent changes in response to maternal care and early social isolation. [pdf]

Gonzalez A., Jenkins J.M., Steiner M., Fleming A.S. (2012).  Maternal early life experiences and parenting: The mediating role of cortisol and executive function. [pdf]

Mileva-Seitz V., Fleming A.S., Meaney M.J., Mastroianni A., Sinnwell J.P., Steiner M., Atkinson L., Levitan R.D., Matthews S.G., Kennedy J.L., Sokolowski M.B. (2012). Dopamine receptors D1 and D2 are related to observed maternal behavior. [pdf]

Barrett J., Wonch K.E., Gonzalez A., Ali N., Steiner M., Hall G.B., Fleming A.S. (2012).  Maternal affect and quality of parenting experiences are related to amygdala response to infant faces. [pdf]

Fleming A.S., Grusec J.E., Haley D.W. (2012).  The Arc of Parenting from Epigenomes to Ethics. [pdf]

Mileva-Seitz V., Kennedy J., Atkinson L., Steiner M., Levitan R., Matthews S.G., Meaney M.J., Sokolowski M.B., Fleming A.S. (2012).  Serotonin transporter allelic variation in mothers predicts maternal sensitivity, behavior and attitudes toward 6-month-old infants. [pdf]

Afonso V.M., King S.J., Novakov M., Burton C.L., Fleming A.S. (2011).  â€‹Accumbal dopamine function in postpartum rats that were raised without their mothers. [pdf]

Lovic V., Keen D., Fletcher P.J., Fleming A.S. (2011).  Early-life maternal separation and social isolation produce an increase in impulsive action but not impulsive choice. [pdf]

Belay H., Burton C.L., Lovic V., Meaney M.J., Sokolowski M., Fleming A.S. (2011).  Early Adversity and Serotonin Transporter Genotype Interact With Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptor mRNA Expression, Corticosterone, and Behavior in Adult Male Rats. [pdf]

Barrett J., Fleming A.S. (2011).  Annual research review: All mothers are not created equal: neural and psychobiological perspectives on mothering and the importance of individual differences. [pdf]

Mileva-Seitz V., Kennedy J., Atkinson L., Steiner M., Levitan R., Matthews S.G., Meaney M.J., Sokolowski M.B., Fleming A.S. (2011).  Serotonin transporter allelic variation in mothers predicts maternal sensitivity, behavior and attitudes toward 6-month-old infants. [pdf]

Lovic V., Palombo D.J., Fleming A.S. (2011).  Impulsive rats are less maternal. [pdf]

D'Cunha T.M., King S.J., Fleming A.S., Levy F. (2011).  Oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell are involved in the consolidation of maternal memory in postpartum rats. [pdf]

de Medeiros C.B., Rees S.L., Llinas M., Fleming A.S., Crews D. (2010).  Deconstructing Early Life Experiences: Distinguishing the Contributions of Prenatal and Postnatal Factors to Adult Male Sexual Behavior in the Rat.

Palombo D.J., Nowoslawski M., Fleming A.S. (2010).  Motherless rats show deficits in maternal behavior towards fostered pups. [pdf]

Coelho J.S., Polivy J., Fleming A., Hargreaves D., Herman C.P., Lao G.(2010).  Inaccessible food cues affect stress and weight gain in calorically-restricted and ad lib fed rats. [pdf]

De Medeiros, C.B., Fleming, A.S., Johnston, C.C., & Walker, C.D. (2009).  Artificial rearing of rat pups reveal the beneficial effects of mother care on neonatal inflammation and adult sensitivity to pain. [pdf]

Gonzalez A., Jenkins, J.M., Steiner, M., & Fleming, A.S. (2009).  The relationship between early life adversity, cortisol awakening responses and diurnal salivary cortisol levels in postpartum women. . [pdf]

Melo, A.I., Perez-Ledezma, M., Clapp, C., Arnold, E., Rivera, J.C., & Fleming, A.S. (2009).  Effects of prolactin deficiency during the neonatal period on the development of maternal behavior in female rats: Mother’s milk makes the difference. [pdf]

Maheu, M.E., Akbari, E.M., and Fleming, A.S.(2009).  Callosal oligodendrocyte number in postpartum Sprague-Dawley rats. [pdf ]

Afonso, V.M., King, S., Chatterjee, D., and Fleming, A.S.(2009). Hormones that increase maternal responsiveness affect accumbal dopaminergic responses to pup- and food-stimuli in the female rat.

Fleming, A.S., Numan, M., and Bridges, R.S. (2009).  Father of Mothering: Jay S. Rosenblatt. [pdf]

Shea A.K., Kamath, M.V., Fleming, A., Streiner, D.L., Redmond, K., Steiner, M. (2008).  The ect of depression on heart rate variability during pregnancy. [pdf]

Shea,A.K., Streiner, D.L., Fleming, A., Kamath, M.V., Broad, K., & Steiner, M.(2007). The effect of depression, anxiety, and early life trauma on the cortisol awakening response during pregnancy: preliminary results. [pdf]

Akbari EM, Budin R, Parada M, Fleming AS.(2008). The effects of early isolation on sexual behaviour and c-fos expression in naïve male Long-Evans rats.Dev Psychobiol. [pdf]

Rees SL, Akbari E, Steiner M, Fleming AS (2008).  Effects of early deprivation and maternal separation on pup-directed behavior and HPA axis measures in the juvenile female rat.Dev Psychobiol. [pdf]

Afonso, VM., Grella, SL., Chatterjee, D., & Fleming, AS. (2008).  Previous maternal experience affects accumbal dopaminergic responses to pup stimuli. [pdf]

Parada M, King S, Li M, & Fleming AS. (2008). The roles of accumbal dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in maternal memory in rats. [pdf]

Giardino J, Gonzalez A, Steiner M, Fleming AS (2008).  Effects of motherhood on physiological and subjective responses to infant cries in teenage mothers: A comparison with non-mothers and adult mothers. [pdf]

Lenz KM, Graham MD, Parada M, Fleming AS, Sengelaub DR, Monks DA. (2008). Tactile stimulation during artificial rearing influences adult function and morphology in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system. [pdf]

Perley CM, Gentry CA, Fleming AS, Sen KM. (2007)Conducting a user-centered information needs assessment: the Via Christi Libraries’ experience. [pdf]

Afonso VM, Sison M, Lovic V, Fleming AS. (2007).  Medial prefrontal cortex lesions in the female rat affect sexual and maternal behavior and their sequential organization. [pdf]

Chatterjee D, Chatterjee-Chakraborty M, Rees S, Cauchi J, de Medeiros CB, Fleming AS (2007).  Maternal isolation alters the expression of neural proteins during development: 'Stroking' stimulation reverses these effects. [pdf]

Burton CL, Chatterjee D, Chatterjee-Chakraborty M, Lovic V, Grella SL, Steiner M, Fleming AS. (2007). Prenatal restraint stress and motherless rearing disrupts expression of plasticity markers and stress-induced corticosterone release in adult female Sprague-Dawley rats. [pdf]

Fleming AS. (2007)The three faces of Jay S. Rosenblatt. [pdf]

Rees SL, Steiner M, Fleming AS. (2006).  Early deprivation, but not maternal separation, attenuates rise in corticosterone levels after exposure to a novel environment in both juvenile and adult female rats. [pdf]

Burton C, Lovic V, Fleming AS. (2006)Early adversity alters attention and locomotion in adult sprague-dawley rats. [pdf]

Rees SL, Panesar S, Steiner M, Fleming AS. (2006)The effects of adrenalectomy and corticosterone replacement on induction of maternal behavior in the virgin female rat. [pdf]

Graham, M.D., Rees, S.L., Steiner, M. and Fleming, A.S. (2006).  The effects of adrenalectomy and corticosteron replacement on maternal memory in postpartum rats. [pdf]

Lovic, V., Fleming, A.S. and Fletcher, P.J. (2006). Early Life Tactile Stimulation Changes Adult Rat  Responsiveness to Amphetamine. [pdf]

Melo, A.I., Lovic, V., Gonzalez, A., Madden, M., Sinopoli, K. and Fleming, A.S. (2006).  Maternal and littermate deprivation disrupts maternal behavior and social-learning of food preference in adulthood: tactile stimulation, nest odor, and social rearing prevent these effects. [pdf]

Krpan, K., Coombs, R., Zinga, D., Steiner, M. and Fleming, A.S. (2005).  Experiential and hormonal correlates of maternal behavior in teen and adult mothers. [pdf]

Li, M., Budin, R., Fleming, A.S. and Kapur, S. (2005).  Effects of novel antipsychotics, amisulpiride and aripiprazole, on maternal behaviour in rats.  [pdf]

Novokov, M. and Fleming, A.S .(2005).  The effects of early rearing environment on the hormonal induction of maternal behaviour in virgin rats.  [pdf]

Li, M., Davidson, P., Budin, R., Kapur, S. and Fleming, A.S. (2004). Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on maternal behavior in postpartum female rats. [pdf]

Lovic, V. and Fleming, A.S. (2004). Artificially-reared female rats show reduced prepulse inhibition and deficits in the attentional set shifting task-reversal of effects with maternal-like licking stimulation. [pdf]

Rees, S.L., Panesar, S., Steiner, M. and Fleming, A.S.(2004). The effects of adrenalectomy and Corticosterone replacement on maternal behaviour in the postpartum rats. [pdf]