Juan
M. Dominguez
Assistant Professor
E-mail: jdomingu@american.edu
Phone: (202) 885-2681
Office: Asbury 131; Lab: Asbury 130, x1739
The Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, 2002
Research interests:
Neural regulation of motivated behaviors; sexual behavior as a prototypic
model for understanding motivation and its associated disorders; neuroendocrinological
factors of depression and addiction.
Sample Publications (for a complete list see CV):
Research articles:
J.M. Dominguez, M. Gil, E.M. Hull (2006) Preoptic glutamate facilitates
male sexual behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26: 1699-1703.
J.M. Dominguez, J.W. Muschamp, J.M. Schmich, E.M. Hull (2004) Nitric
oxide mediates glutamate-evoked dopamine release in the medial preoptic
area. Neuroscience, 125: 203-210.
J. Dominguez, J.V. Riolo, Z. Xu, E.M. Hull (2001) Regulation by the medial
amygdala of copulation and medial preoptic dopamine release. The Journal
of Neuroscience, 21: 349-355.
Review Articles:
J.M. Dominguez and E.M. Hull (2005) Dopamine, the medial preoptic area,
and male sexual behavior. Physiology & Behavior, 86: 356-368.
"E.M. Hull and J.M. Dominguez (2007). Sexual behavior in male rodents.
Hormones and Behavior, 52: 45-55."
E.M. Hull and J.M. Dominguez (2006). Getting His Act Together: Roles of
Glutamate, Nitric Oxide, and Dopamine in the Medial Preoptic Area. Brain
Research, 1126: 66-75.
Book chapters:
E.M. Hull and J.M. Dominguez (2003) Sex Behavior. In: Handbook of Psychology,
Biological Psychology (Vol. 3), M. Gallagher, R.J. Nelson, and I.B. Weiner
(Eds). Wiley & Sons (part of a 12 vol. series covering all of Psychology):
pp. 321-354.
E.M. Hull, J.M. Dominguez , J. W. Muschamp (2006). Neurochemical mediators of
male sexual behavior. In: Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular
Neurobiology (3rd Ed.), Abel Lajtha (editor-in-chief) and Jeffrey Blaustein
(volume editor). Springer Publishers, New York, NY.
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