Dr. Craig H. Kinsley
Professor of Psychology
103 Richmond Hall
Office: (804) 289-8132
Fax: (804) 287-1905
http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ckinsley/
Teaching:
Behavioral Neuroscience
Research:
The neurobiology and neurochemistry underlying social behaviors in animals, particularly the effects of reproductive experience (pregnancy, lactation and exposure to offspring) on the maternal and paternal brain.
Education:
Ph.D. - University at Albany, State University of New York
Selected Publications:
Presentations:
In Press
Hucke, E.T.S., Gilberto, F.X., Kinsley, C.H. and Felicio, L.F. Does the reproductive experience of adult and middle-aged female rats modulate reference and working memory in the Morris water-maze? Physiology and Behavior, submitted.
Gerecke, K., Kishore, R., Jasnow, A., Quadros-Menella, P., Parker, S., Wightman-Hester, N., Kozub, F.J., Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. Prenatal Stress Modifies Medial Preoptic Area Neuronal Morphology in Rats. Hormones and Behavior, submitted.
Lambert, K.G. and Kinsley, C.H. How becoming or being a parent changes the brain. Parenting: Science and Practice, in press.
Rima, B.N., Bardi, M., Friedenberg, J.M., Christon, L.M., Karelina, E., Lambert, K.G., Kinsley, C.H. Reproductive experience and the female Sprague-Dawley rat’s response to fear and stress. Comparative Medicine, in press.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: The Death of Sigmund Freud by Mark Edmundson. New York, Bloomsbury, 2007. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), in press.
Lambert, K.G., Tu, K., Everette, A., Love, G., McNamara, I.M., Bardi, M. & Kinsley, C.H. Explorations of coping strategies, learned persistence, and resilience in Long Evans rats: Innate vs. acquired characteristics. Stress, in press.
Lambert, K.G and Kinsley, C.H.. Clinical Neuroscience: The Neurobiological Foundations of Mental Health. Oxford University Press, New York, revision in preparation
2009
Gonzalez-Mariscal, G. & Kinsley, C.H. From indifference to ardor: The onset, maintenance and meaning of the maternal brain. In Pfaff, D.W., Arnold, A.P., Etgen, A.M., Fahrbach, S.E. and Rubin, R.T. (eds.), Hormones, Brain and Behavior (2nd edition, vol. 1), 109-136, San Diego: Academic Press, 2009.
Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. The neuroeconomics of motherhood: the costs and benefits of maternal investment. In Bridges, R.S. (ed.), The Neurobiology of the Parental Brain, 481- 492, Academic Press, 2009.
2008
Kinsley, C.H. and Lambert, K.G. Reproduction-induced neuroplasticity: natural behavioral and neuronal alterations associated with the production and care of offspring. J. Neuroendocrinology, 20, 515-525, 2008.
Kinsley, C.H., Bardi, M., Karelina, K., Rima, B., Christon, L., Friedenberg, J., Griffin, G. Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan in the Rat. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37, 43-56, 2008.
Kinsley, C.H. The neuroplastic maternal brain. Hormones and Behavior, 54, 1-4, 2008.
2007
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: The Secret Sex Lives of Animals by David Lambert and the Diagram Group. New York, Sterling, 2005. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2007.
Lambert, K.G., Tu, K., Everette, A., Love, G., McNamara, I., Bardi, M. & Kinsley, C.H. (2007). Explorations of coping strategies, learned persistence, and resilience in Long-Evans rats: Innate versus acquired characteristics. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1094, 319-324.
2006
Kinsley, C.H. & Lambert, K.G. Sabedoria de Mae: A gravidez e a maternidade mudam a estrutura do cerebro das femeas de mamifero, melhoram sua memoria e capacidade especial, tornando as maes mais atentas a suas crias e melhor preparadas para cuidar delas. Scientific American Brasil, February, 2006. (Cover article for the Brazilian edition: “CEREBRO DE MAE: MATERNIDADE FORTALECE MEMORIA E APRENDIZADO EM FEMEAS DE MAMIFERO”)
Kinsley, C.H. & Lambert, K.G. The Maternal Brain: Pregnancy and motherhood change the structure of the female mammal’s brain, making mothers attentive to their young and better at caring for them. Scientific American, January, 2006.
Kinsley, C.H., Trainer, R., Stafisso-Sandoz, G., Quadros, P. Keyser-Marcus, L., Hearon, C., Wightman, N., Morgan, M.D., Kozub, F.J. & Lambert, K.G. Motherhood and pregnancy hormones modify concentrations of hippocampal neuronal dendritic spines. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 131-142, 2006.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Exploring Animal Behavior. Readings from American Scientist. Fourth Edition Edited by Paul Sherman and John Alcock. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 42, 33, 2006.
2005
Love, G., Torrey, N., McNamara, I., Morgan, M., Banks, M., Wightman, N., Glasper, E.R., DeVries, A.C., Kinsley, C.H., & Lambert, K.G. (2005). Maternal experience produces long lasting behavioral modifications in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1084-1096.
Lambert, K.G., Berry, A.E., Griffin, G, Amory-Meyer, E.A., Madonia-Lomas, L.F., Love, G. & Kinsley, C.H. Pup exposure differentially enhances foraging ability in primiparous and nulliparous rats. Physiology and Behavior, 85, 799-806, 2005.
Gatewood, J.D., Morgan, M.D. Eaton, M., McNamara, I.M., Stevens, L.F., Macbeth, A.H., Meyers, E.A.A., Lomas, L.M., Kozub, F.J., Lambert, K.G. and Kinsley, C.H. Motherhood mitigates aging-related decrements in learning and memory. Brain Research Bulletin, 59, 267-283, 2005.
Kinsley, C.H. Movie review of: Wild Moves: Insights into Animal Physiology; land mammals running and hopping. The Open University and Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 41, 182, 2005.
2004
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Animal Cognition: The Mental Lives of Animals by Clive D.L. Wynne. New York, Palgrave-Macmillan Press, 2003. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
2003
Wartella, J., Amory, E., Madonia-Lomas, L., Macbeth, A.H., McNamara, I. Stevens, L., Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. Single or multiple reproductive experiences attenuate neurobehavioral stress and fear responses in the female rat. Physiology and Behavior, 79, 373-381, 2003.
2002
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: What is Hibernation? by John Crossingham & Bobbie Kalman. Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 2001. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: What is Migration? by John Crossingham & Bobbie Kalman. Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 2001. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Predator: Big Game by Sandy Schofield. Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1999. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
2001
Keyser, L., Stafisso-Sandoz, G., Gerecke, K., Jasnow, A., Nightingale, L., Lambert, K.G., Gatewood, J. & Kinsley, C.H. Alterations of medial preoptic area neurons following pregnancy and pregnancy-like steroidal treatment in the rat. Brain Research Bulletin, 55, 737-745, 2001.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour. Edited by Dennis C. Turner & Patrick Bateson (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2000. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2001, 37, 152.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Sexing the Brain by Lesley Rogers. Columbia University Press, New York. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2001, 37, 165.
2000
Lambert, K.G., Quadros, P., Gerecke, K., Doudera, E., Jasnow, A.M. & Kinsley, C.H. Chronic stress increases density of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes in the rat hippocampus. Stress, 3, 275-284, 2000
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Sensory Exotica: A World Beyond Human Experience, by Howard C. Hughes. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1999, 36, 169.
1999
Kinsley, C.H., Madonia, L., Gifford, G.W., Tureski, K., Griffin, G.R., Lowry, C., Williams, J., Collins, J., McLearie, H. & Lambert, K.G. Motherhood improves learning and memory: Neural activity in rats is enhanced by pregnancy and the demands of rearing offspring. Nature, 402, 137-138, 1999.
Miller, S., Mueller, E., Gifford, G. & Kinsley, C.H. Prenatal stress-induced modifications of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in amygdala and medial preoptic area are associated with reductions in sexual and aggressive behavior in the rat. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1999, 877, 760-763.
Lambert, K.G., Quadros, P., Aurentz, C., Lowry, C. & Kinsley, C.H. Does chronic activity-stress produce hippocampal atrophy and basal forebrain lesions? A preliminary analysis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1999, 877, 742-746.
1998
Lambert, K.G., Buckeluw, S.K., Stafisso-Sandoz, G., Gaffga, S., Carpenter, W. Fisher, J. Kinsley, C.H. Activity stress induces atrophy of apical dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons in male rats. Physiology and Behavior, 1998, 65, 43-49.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Bringing up Baby: Wild Animal Families by Kit Carlson. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1998. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1998, 34, 211.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Animalogy: Weird and Wacky Animal Facts by Rita Thievon Mullin. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1998. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1998, 34, 211-212.
Stafisso-Sandoz, G., Polley, D., Holt, E., Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. Opiate disruption of maternal behavior: Morphine reduces, and naloxone restores, c-fos activity in the medial preoptic area of lactating rats. Brain Research Bulletin, 1998, 45, 307-313.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Sex on the Brain by Deborah Blum. Viking Press, New York, 1997. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1998, 34, 42-43.
1997
Kinsley, C.H., Lambert, K.G. & Jones, H.E. Experimental alterations of prenatal determinants of sexual orientation and sex-typical behavior in non-human mammals. In: Ellis, L. & Ebertz, L (Eds.), Sexual Orientation: Toward a Biological Understanding. New York: Praeger Press, 21-40, 1997.
Wellman, J., Carr, D., Graham, A., Jones, H., Humm, J.L., Ruscio, M., Billack, B. & Kinsley, C.H. Preoptic area infusions of morphine disrupt -- and naloxone restores -- parental-like behavior in juvenile rats. Brain Research Bulletin, 1997, 44, 183-191.
Jones, H.E., Ruscio, M., Keyser, L., Gonzalez, C., Billack, B., Rowe, R., Hancock, C., Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. Prenatal stress alters the size of the rostral anterior commissure in the rat brain. Brain Research Bulletin, 1997, 42, 341-346.
1996
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Readings in Animal Cognition by Bekoff, M. & Jamieson, D. (Eds.). Cambridge, MA: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1996. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1996, 32, 135.
1995
Kinsley, C.H. Software review of: Biology Explorer -- The Cardiovascular System, by Logal Educational Software and Systems. East Arlington, MA, 1995. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1995, 31, 280.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, by Randy Nelson. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 1995. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1995, 31, 201-202.
Humm, J.L., Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. Paucity of c-fos expression in the medial preoptic area of prenatally-stressed male rats following exposure to sexually-receptive females. Brain Research Bulletin, 1995, 37, 363-368.
Lambert, K.G., Kinsley, C.H., Jones, H., Klein, S., Peretti, S. & Stewart, K. Prenatal stress attenuates ulceration in the activity-stress paradigm. Physiology and Behavior, 1995, 57, 989-994.
Kinsley, C.H., Morse, A., Zoumas, C., Corl, S & Billack, B.C. Intracerebroventricular infusions of morphine, and blockade with naloxone, modify the olfactory preferences for pup odors in lactating rats. Brain Research Bulletin, 1995, 37, 103-107.
1994
Kinsley, C.H. Developmental psychobiological influences on rodent parental behavior. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 1994, 18, 269-280.
Kinsley, C.H., Turco, D., Bauer, A., Beverly, M. Wellman, J. & Graham, A.L. Cocaine alters the onset and maintenance of maternal behavior in lactating rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 1994, 47, 857-864.
Kinsley, Craig H. Book review of: The Sex Imperative: An Evolutionary Tale of Sexual Survival, by Kenneth Maxwell. New York: Plenum Press, 1994. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1994, 30, 231.
Kinsley, C.H. The B.R.A.I.N. (Basic Research And Instruction in the Neurosciences) program at the University of Richmond. Article in University of Richmond Faculty Exchange, 1994, 6, 14-19.
Kinsley, Craig H. Book review of: Vive' la Difference, by Anthony Walsh & Grace J. Walsh. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1993. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1994, 30, 36-37.
1993
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Schizophrenia, by Douglas W. Smith. New York: Watts, 1993. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1993, 29, 203-204.
Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. Sex differences and gonadal hormones influence susceptibility to the activity-stress paradigm. Physiology and Behavior, 1993, 53, 1085-1090.
Kinsley, C.H., Wellman, J.C., Carr, D.B. & Graham, A. Opioid regulation of parental behavior in juvenile rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 1993, 44, 763-768.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Nature's Mind: The Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language and Intelligence, by Michael Gazzaniga. New York: BasicBooks, 1992. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1993, 29, 5-6.
Kinsley, C.H. A review of the first annual Teaching Workshop of the Associated Colleges of the South. Article in University of Richmond Faculty Exchange, 1993, 5, 18.
1992
Kinsley, C.H., Mann, P.E. & Bridges, R.S. Diminished luteinizing hormone release in prenatally-stressed male rats after exposure to sexually-receptive females . Physiology and Behavior, 1992, 52, 925-928.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Individual Development and Evolution: The Genesis of Novel Behavior, by Gilbert Gottlieb. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1992, 28, 103.
1991
Mann, P.E., Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Opioid receptor subtype involvement in maternal behavior in lactating rats. Neuroendocrinology, 1991, 53, 487-492.
1990
(Letter to Science): All-women conference: Did it discriminate? Science, 250, # 4986, 1990, P. 1319.
Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Morphine and reproductive condition alter olfactory preferences for pup and adult male odors in female rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 1990, 23, 331-347.
Insel, T.I., Kinsley, C.H., Mann, P.E. & Bridges, R.S. Prenatal stress has long-term effects on brain opiate receptors. Brain Research, 1990, 511, 93-97.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Before the Sun Dies: The Story of Evolution, by R.A. Gallant. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Press, 1990. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1990, (May/June), 25, 258.
Kinsley, C.H. Prenatal and postnatal influences on parental behavior in rodents. In N. Krasnegor & R.S. Bridges (Eds.), Parental Behavior in Man and Animals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990, 347-371.
1989
Mann, P.E., Kinsley, C.H., Ronsheim, P.M. & Bridges, R.S. Long-term effects of parity on opioid and nonopioid behavioral and endocrine responses. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 1989, 34, 83-88.
Kinsley, C.H., Mann, P.E. & Bridges, R.S. Influences of parity (numbers of parturitions) on maternal behavior and reproductive physiology in rodents. In R.J. Blanchard, P.B. Brain, D.C. Blanchard & S. Parmigiani, (Eds.), Ethoexperimental Approaches to the Study of Behaviour, (NATO Advanced Study Institute Proceedings). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989, 311-319.
Kinsley, C.H., Mann, P.E. & Bridges, R.S. Alterations in stress-induced prolactin release in adult female and male rats exposed to stress, in utero. Physiology and Behavior, 1989, 45, 1073-1076.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: Did Darwin Get It Right? Essays on Games, Sex and Evolution, by John Maynard Smith. New York, N.Y.: Chapman and Hall, 1989. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1989, (September/October), 25, 17.
Kinsley, C.H. Book review of: The Role of Behavior in Evolution, by H.C. Plotkin (Ed.). Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1988. For: Science, Books and Films (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1989, (March/April), 24, 233-234.
1988
Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Parity associated reductions in behavioral sensitivity to opiates. Biology of Reproduction, 1988, 39, 270-278.
Kinsley, C.H., Mann, P.E., & Bridges, R.S. Prenatal stress alters morphine and stress-induced analgesia in male and female rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 1988, 30, 123-128.
Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Prenatal stress and maternal behavior in intact virgin rats: Response latencies are decreased in males and increased in females. Hormones and Behavior, 1988, 22, 76-89.
Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Prolactin modulation of the maternal-like behavior exhibited by juvenile rats. Hormones and Behavior, 1988, 22, 49-65.
Kinsley, C.H. and Svare, B.B. Prenatal stress alters maternal aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 1988, 42, 7-13.
1987
Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Prenatal stress reduces estradiol-induced prolactin release in male and female rats. Physiology and Behavior, 1987, 40, 647-653.
Kinsley, C.H. & Svare, B.B. Genotype modulates prenatal stress effects on aggression in male and female mice. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 1987, 47, 138-150.
Kinsley, C.H. & Svare, B.B. Adrenal modulation of parental behavior in neonatally-gonadectomized C57BL/6J male mice. Physiology and Behavior, 1987, 41, 519-521.
Svare, B.B. & Kinsley, C.H. Hormones and sex related behavior: A comparative analysis. In K. Kelley (Ed.), Females, males, and sexuality, (Vol. 1), New York: State University of New York Press, 1987, pp. 13-58.
1986
(Letter to Science): The New Format. Science, 231, Issue # 4738, 1986, p. 536.
Kinsley, C.H. & Bridges, R.S. Opiate involvement in postpartum aggression in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 1986, 25, 1007-1011.
Kinsley, C.H., Konen, C.M., Ghiraldi, L., Miele, J.L. Broida, J.P., & Svare, B.B. Prior
intrauterine position influences body weight in male and female mice. Hormones and Behavior, 1986, 20, 201-211.
Kinsley, C.H., Konen, C.M., Miele, J., Ghiraldi, L., & Svare, B.B. Intrauterine position modulates maternal behaviors in female mice. Physiology and Behavior, 1986, 36, 793-799.
Kinsley, C.H., Miele, J.L., Konen, C.M., Ghiraldi, L., & Svare, B.B. Intrauterine contiguity influences regulatory activity in adult female and male mice. Hormones and Behavior, 1986, 20, 7-12.
Kinsley, C.H. & Svare, B.B. Prenatal stress reduces intermale aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 1986, 36, 783-786.
Kinsley, C.H., & Svare, B.B. Prenatal stress: Are the effects mediated by reductions in maternal food and water intake and body weight? Physiology and Behavior, 1986, 37, 191-193.
Konen, C.M., Kinsley, C.H., & Svare, B.B. Mice: Postpartum aggression is elevated following prenatal progesterone exposure. Hormones and Behavior, 1986, 20, 212-221.
Svare, B.B., Miele, J.L., & Kinsley, C.H. Progesterone stimulates aggression in pregnancy-terminated mice. Hormones and Behavior, 1986, 20, 194-200.
1984
Svare, B.B., Broida, J.P., Kinsley, C.H., & Mann, M.A. Psychobiological mechanisms underlying infanticide in small mammals. In G. Hausfater & S. Hrdy (Eds.), Infanticide: Comparative and evolutionary perspectives. New York: Aldine Press, 1984, pp. 387-400.
Svare, B.B., Kinsley, C.H., Mann, M.A., & Broida, J.P. Infanticide: Accounting for genetic variation. Physiology and Behavior (Monograph), 1984, 33, 137-152.
Svare, B.B., Mann, M.A., Broida, J.P., Kinsley, C.H., Ghiraldi, L., Miele, J.L. & Konen, C.M. Intermale aggression and infanticide in aged C57BL/6J male mice: Behavioral deficits are not related to serum testosterone (T) levels, and are not recovered by supplemental T. Neurobiology of Aging, 1984, 4, 305-312.
1983
Mann, M.A., Kinsley, C.H., Broida, J.P., & Svare, B.B. Infanticide exhibited by female mice: Genetic, developmental, and hormonal influences. Physiology and Behavior, 1983, 30, 697-702.
Mann, M.A., Miele, J.L., Kinsley, C.H., & Svare, B.B. Postpartum behavior in the mouse: The contribution of suckling stimulation to water intake, food intake, and body weight regulation. Physiology and Behavior, 1983, 31, 633-638.
1981
Rauh, A. & Kinsley, C.H. An instrument to assess the efficacy of in-house alcohol treatment programs. Government report prepared for the National Institute of Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse, 1981.
Ryder, J.M., Kinsley, C.H., & Malin, S. The effects of alcohol and fatigue on highway safety. (U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration Publication, No. DTNH-22-80-C07053) Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981.
