Pei-San Tsai

Integrative Physiology; Member of the Center for Neuroscience

Department of Integrative Physiology
N122 Ramaley
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0334

email: pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu
Voice (303) 735-1877
FAX (303) 492-4009
Website: http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~tsaip/

Dr. Pei-San Tsai is an assistant professor of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She received her B.S. from Texas A&M University, and both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Tsai's research focuses on the evolution of the structure and function of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), a neurohormone that is central to the initiation and maintenance of reproduction in vertebrates, and the development of a small population of neurons that synthesize GnRH. Current efforts involve the utilization of molecular, cellular, and physiological techniques and various vertebrate and invertebrate models to study the biology of GnRH.

Selected Publications:

Tsai, P.-S., Moenter, S.M., Postigo, H.R., El Majdoubi, M., Pak, T.R., Gill, J.C., Paruthiyil, S., Werner, S., and Weiner, R.I. (2005). Targeted expression of a dominant negative FGF receptor in GnRH neurons reduces FGF responsiveness and the size of GnRH neuronal population. Mol Endocrinol 19:225-236.

Tsai, P.-S., Kessler, A.E., Jones, J.T. and Wahr, K.B. (2005). Alteration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in estrogen- and androgen-treated adult male leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 3:2.

Tsai, P.-S. and Jones, J.T. (2005). Steroid-induced changes in the morphology of GnRH neurons in the male leopard frog, Rana pipiens: Correlation with plasma gonadotropin and gonadal size. Gen Comp Endocrinol 141:152-160.

Gill, J.C. and Tsai, P.-S. (2006). Expression of a dominant negative FGF receptor in developing GnRH1 neurons disrupts axon outgrowth and targeting to the median eminence. Biol Reprod.,in Press.