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  1. Mental and physical skill training increases neurogenesis via cell survival in the adolescent hippocampus

    Article • Brain Research, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  2. Sex Differences in Depression & Rumination

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Research, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  3. Sexual trauma and the female brain

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  4. Running and meditation reduce depression

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, February 2016, Nature

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  5. Sex Differences in the Brain

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  6. Sexual aggression and female brain

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2016, Nature

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  7. The motirod: a novel physical skill task that enhances motivation to learn and thereby increases neurogenesis especially in the female hippocampus

    Article • Brain Research, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  8. Rumination and Depression and Brain Activity

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, May 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  9. Richard F. Thompson (1930–2014).

    Article • American Psychologist, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  10. MAP TRAIN MY BRAIN: Combining meditation and aerobic exercise to enhance brain health

    Article • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  11. Neurogenesis and its role in Learning and Memory

    Article • Current Directions in Psychological Science, October 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  12. Neurogenesis in Adolescents

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, April 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  13. Stress, anxiety, and dendritic spines: What are the connections?

    Article • Neuroscience, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  14. Neurogenesis and Physical Activity

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  15. Training the Brain

    Article • Neuropharmacology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  16. The stressed female brain: neuronal activity in the prelimbic but not infralimbic region of the medial prefrontal cortex suppresses learning after acute stress

    Article • Frontiers in Neural Circuits, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  17. Moderate drinking? Alcohol consumption significantly decreases neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Article • Neuroscience, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  18. Neurogenesis, Chemobrain and Learning

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  19. Learning to learn and neurogenesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2012, PLOS

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  20. Once a mother, always a mother: Maternal experience protects females from the negative effects of stress on learning.

    Article • Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  21. Effortful Learning and Neurogenesis

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, September 2011, The MIT Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  22. Individual differences in learning and neurogenesis

    Article • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  23. Associative learning increases adult neurogenesis during a critical period

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  24. Stress and Learning

    Article • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  25. d-cycloserine reverses the detrimental effects of stress on learning in females and enhances retention in males

    Article • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  26. Synapse Formation and Memory

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  27. Neurogenesis and Memory

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  28. Sex differences in learning processes of classical and operant conditioning

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  29. Neurogenesis and Learning

    Article • Scientific American, March 2009, Nature

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  30. Steroids, Learning and Memory

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  31. Associative learning enhances the survival of new neurons in the male and female hippocampus

    Article • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2009, Frontiers

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  32. From Stem Cells to Grandmother Cells: How Neurogenesis Relates to Learning and Memory

    Article • Cell Stem Cell, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  33. Neurogenesis, learning and associative strength

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  34. Developmental mercury exposure elicits acute hippocampal cell death, reductions in neurogenesis, and severe learning deficits during puberty

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  35. The hippocampus is necessary for enhancements and impairments of learning following stress

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, September 2007, Nature

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  36. Neurogenesis and Helplessness Are Mediated by Controllability in Males But Not in Females

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  37. Neurogenesis and learning: Acquisition and asymptotic performance predict how many new cells survive in the hippocampus

    Article • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  38. Learning during motherhood: A resistance to stress

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  39. Is there a link between adult neurogenesis and learning?

    Article • Hippocampus, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  40. Stressful Experience and Learning Across the Lifespan

    Article • Annual Review of Psychology, January 2006, Annual Reviews

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  41. Distinctive stress effects on learning during puberty

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  42. Estrogen and learning: Strategy over parsimony

    Article • Learning & Memory, March 2005, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  43. The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critically involved in enhancing associative learning after stressful experience.

    Article • Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2005, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  44. Males and females respond differently to controllability and antidepressant treatment

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, December 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  45. High levels of estrogen enhance associative memory formation in ovariectomized females

    Article • Psychoneuroendocrinology, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  46. Memory traces of trace memories: neurogenesis, synaptogenesis and awareness

    Article • Trends in Neurosciences, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  47. Learning During Stressful Times

    Article • Learning & Memory, March 2004, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  48. New Spines, New Memories

    Article • Molecular Neurobiology, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  49. Can New Neurons Replace Memories Lost?

    Article • Science of Aging Knowledge Environment, December 2003, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  50. Neurogenesis Relates to Learning and Memory

    Article • Hippocampus, January 2002, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  51. Transcriptional profiling reveals regulated genes in the hippocampus during memory formation

    Article • Hippocampus, January 2002, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  52. The Role of the Hippocampus in Trace Conditioning: Temporal Discontinuity or Task Difficulty?

    Article • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, November 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  53. Stress, Neural Basis of

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  54. The modulation of Pavlovian memory

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, June 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  55. The status of LTP as a mechanism of memory formation in the mammalian brain

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  56. ■ REVIEW : Stress and Sex Effects on Associative Learning: For Better or for Worse

    Article • The Neuroscientist, September 1998, SAGE Publications

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  57. Stages of estrous mediate the stress-induced impairment of associative learning in the female rat

    Article • Neuroreport, February 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  58. LTP and Learning

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, December 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  59. LTP: Memory, arousal, neither, both

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, December 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  60. Early acquisition, but not retention, of the classically conditioned eyeblink response is N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor dependent.

    Article • Behavioral Neuroscience, January 1996, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  61. Early acquisition, but not retention, of the classically conditioned eyeblink response is N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor dependent.

    Article • Behavioral Neuroscience, January 1996, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  62. Contribution of stress and gender to exploratory preferences for familiar versus unfamiliar conspecifics

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, November 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  63. Enhanced glutamatergic neurotransmission facilitates classical conditioning in the freely moving rat

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, February 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  64. What is Stress, Anyway?

    Article • PsycCRITIQUES, January 1994, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  65. Vasopressin induction of long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate gyrus

    Article • Hippocampus, April 1993, Wiley

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  66. Stress-induced facilitation of classical conditioning

    Article • Science, July 1992, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  67. Control of interocular suppression as a function of differential image blur

    Article • Vision Research, June 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  68. Long-term potentiation is associated with increased [3H]AMPA binding in rat hippocampus

    Article • Brain Research, February 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  69. Increased synthesis of two polypeptides in area CA1 of the hippocampus in response to repetitive electrical stimulation

    Article • Brain Research, December 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  70. A negative correlation between the induction of long-term potentiation and activation of immediate early genes

    Article • Molecular Brain Research, August 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  71. P100 amplitude variability of the pattern visual evoked potential

    Article • Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section, July 1986, Elsevier

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  72. Mental and Physical (MAP) Training Keeps New Neurons Alive

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  73. A Stress-Induced Facilitation of Associative Learning

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey J. Shors

  74. Long-Term Potentiation and Associative Learning: Can the Mechanism Subserve the Process?

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Tracey J. Shors