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Monika R. Fleshner
Monika R. Fleshner, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0354
phone: 303-492-1483
fax: 303-492-6778
e-mail:monika.fleshner@colorado.edu
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Research Interests
- Exposure to acute and chronic physical and psychological
stressors results in changes in neuroendocrine and immune
system function. Changes in these systems can lead to alterations
in learning and memory, hormonal mileu, immune function,
and ultimately may lead to increased susceptibility to disease.
Exercise may buffer many of the deleterious consequences
of stress.
- Neuroimmunophysiology
Laboratory.
Education
- 1982-1984, B.S., Department of Pscyhology, Iowa
State University.
- 1986-1988, M.A., Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department
of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.
- 1988-1990, Ph.D., Behavioral
Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, University
of Colorado at Boulder.
Professional Experience
- 1990-1991, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology/Immunology
& Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center,
Denver, CO.
- 1991-1992, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
- 1991-1995, Instructor, Behavioral Neuroscience Program,
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.
- 1993-1996, Instructor, Department of Psychology, University
of Colorado at Denver.
- 1996-1997, Assistant Research Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience
Program, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado
at Boulder.
- 1997-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
& Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
- 2003-2004, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
- 2004-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Honors and Awards
- 1990-1994, Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Colorado
at Boulder, National Institutes of Health, and National
Institutes of Mental Health.
- 1998, Young Investigator Award, Pscyhoneuroimmunology
Research Society.
- 2005, Independent Investigator Award, NARSAD.
Recent Publications
- Campbell AM,Park CF, Zoladz PR, Munoz C, Fleshner M, Diamond DM. Pretraining administration of tianeptine, but not propranolol, protects hippocampus-dependent memory from being impaired by predator stress. European Neuropsychopharmacology 18: 87-98, 2008.
- Foley TE, Fleshner M. Neuroplasticity of dopamine circuits after exercise: implications for central fatigue. Neuromolecular Medicine 10: 67-80, 2008.
- Grant RW, Mariani RA, Veira VJ, Fleshner M, Smith TP, Keylock DT, Lowder TW, McAuley E, Hu L, Chapman-Novakofski K, Woods JA. Cardiovascular exercise intervention improves the primary antibody response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) in previously sedentary older adults. Brain, Behavior and Immunity 22: 923-932, 2008.
- Greenwood BN, Fleshner M. Exercise, learned helplessness, and the stress resistant brain. Neuromolecular Medicine 10: 81-98, 2008.
- Greenwood BN, Strong PV, Brooks L, Fleshner M. Anxiety-like behaviors produced by acute fluoxetine administration in male F344 rates are prevented by prior exercise. Psychopharmacology 199: 209-222, 2008.
- Johnson JD, Cortez VC, Kennedy SL, Foley TE, Hanson II HH, Fleshner M. Role of central and peripheral adrenergic receptors in regulating proinflammatory cytokine responses to a peripheral bacterial challenge. Brain, Behavior and Immunity 22: 1071-1086, 2008.
- Zoladz PR, Conrad CD, Fleshner M, Diamond DM. Acute episodes of predator exposure in conjuction with chronic social instability as an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 11: 259-281, 2008.
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