Bio

The Meitzen lab are neuroscientists and neuroendocrinologists who are particularly interested in natural variables in nervous system function.

Awards

2024, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor
2020, Outstanding Teacher Award
2018, University Faculty Scholar

Publications

• Neuron soma size and density measurements in rat striatal regions disaggregated by sex and estrous cycle phase , Brain Structure and Function (2025)
• How Sex Hormones Affect Migraine: An Interdisciplinary Preclinical Research Panel Review , Journal of Personalized Medicine (2024)
• Medium spiny neuron electrophysiological properties across male rats and female rats in different estrous cycle phases in the nucleus accumbens core: Excitatory synaptic input, action potential, and intrinsic properties , DRYAD (2024)
• A Nonparametric Test of Group Distributional Differences for Hierarchically Clustered Functional Data , Biometrics (2023)
• Data from: No evidence for sex differences in the electrophysiological properties and excitatory synaptic input onto nucleus accumbens shell medium spiny neurons , Open MIND (2023)
• ERα Stimulation Rapidly Modulates Excitatory Synapse Properties in Female Rat Nucleus Accumbens Core , Neuroendocrinology (2023)
• Estrous cycle impacts on dendritic spine plasticity in rat nucleus accumbens core and shell and caudate–putamen , Journal of Comparative Neurology (2023)
• Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system , Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023)
• No detectable changes in anxiety-related and locomotor behaviors in adult ovariectomized female rats exposed to estradiol, the ERβ agonist DPN or the ERα agonist PPT , Hormones and Behavior (2023)
• Sex steroid hormones, the estrous cycle, and rapid modulation of glutamatergic synapse properties in the striatal brain regions with a focus on 17β-estradiol and the nucleus accumbens , Steroids (2023)