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Joseph F. DeBold
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Department of Psychology
Tufts University
Psychology Building
Room 221
Medford, MA 02155

Tel: 617-627-5901
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Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1975

Dr. DeBold conducts research examining the neural and hormonal control of animal sexual behavior, the neuroanatomy of brain systems necessary for animal social behavior, hormone-drug interactions, and aggressive behavior.

Representative Publications

  • Floody, O.R. and DeBold, J.F. (2004) Effects of midbrain lesions on lordosis and ultrasound production. Physiology and Behavior 82: 791-804.
  • Miczek, K.A., Fish, E.W., de Almeida, R.M.M., Faccidomo, S. and De Bold, J.F. (2004) Role of alcohol consumption in escalations to violence. In Youth Violence: Scientific Approaches to prevention. Devine, J., Gilligan, J., Miczek, K.A., Pfaff, D.W., and Shaikh, R. (Eds). Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 1036: 278-289.
  • Miczek, K.A., Faccidomo, S., de Almeida, R.M.M., Bannai, M., Fish, E.W. and De Bold, J.F. (2004) Escalated aggressive behavior: New Pharmacotherapeutic approaches and opportunities. In Youth Violence: Scientific Approaches to prevention. Devine, J., Gilligan, J., Miczek, K.A., Pfaff, D.W., and Shaikh, R. (Eds). Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 1036: 336-355.
  • Gourley, S.L., DeBold, J.F., Cook, J., Yin, W., and Miczek, K.A. (2005) Benzodiazepines and heightened aggressive behavior in rats: reduction by GABAA/a1 receptor antagonists. Psychopharmacology 178: 232-240.
  • Fish, E.W., DeBold, J.F. and Miczek, K.A. (2005) Escalated aggression as a reward: Corticosterone and GABAA receptor positive modulators in mice. Psychopharmacology, 182(1):116-27.
  • Miczek, K.A., Faccidomo, S., Fish, E.W. and De Bold, J.F. (2006) Neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology of aggressive behavior. In Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, Vol 21. Lathja, A., and Blaustein, J.D. (Eds). (in press).
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