Publications
Basic Studies
Claflin, D.I., Gallimore, D.M., Koraym, A., Costello, A., Hennessy, M.B., & Quinn, J.J. Social buffering of plasma corticosterone and amygdala responses of young rats following periorbital shock: implications for eyeblink conditioning development. Behavioral Neuroscience, 135, 622-628.
Hennessy, M.B., Sensenbaugh, J.D., Molina, A.L., Schiml, P.A., & Deak, T. (2020). Presence of mother prompts dissociation of sickness behavior, fever, and hypothalamic gene expression in lipopolysaccharide-injected guinea pig pups, Developmental Psychobiology, 62, 749-757.
Sachser, N., Zimmerman, T.D., Hennessy, M.B., & Kaiser, S. (2020). Sensitive phases in the development of rodent social behavior. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 36, 1-8.
Hennessy, M.B., Tai, F., Carter, K.A., Watanasriyakul, W.T., Gallimore, D.M, Molina, A.L., & Schiml, P.A. (2019). Central oxytocin alters cortisol and behavioral responses of guinea pig pups during isolation in a novel environment. Physiology and Behavior, 212, 112710.
Hennessy, M.B., Schiml, P.A., Berberich, K., Beasley, N.L., & Deak, T. (2019). Early attachment disruption, inflammation, and vulnerability for depression in rodent and primate models. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12:314. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00314.
Hennessy, M.B., Deak, T., Sensenbaugh, J.D., Gallimore, D.M., Garybush, A.M., Mondello, J.E., & Schiml, P.A. (2019). Central neuroimmune activity and depressive-like behavior in response to repeated maternal separation and injection of LPS. Physiology and Behavior, 199, 366-374.
Applied Studies
Hennessy, M.B., Willen, R.M., & Schiml, P.A. (2020). Psychological stress, its reduction, and long-term consequences: what studies with laboratory animals might teach us about life in the dog shelter. Animals, 10, 2061, doi:ani10112061.
Willen, R.M., Schiml, P.A., & Hennessy, M.B. (2019) Enrichment centered on human interaction moderates fear-induced aggression and increases positive expectancy in fearful shelter dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 217, 57-62.
