Publications from Studies on Fish
Carpenter RE, B Sabirzhanov, TR Summers, TG Clark, J Keifer and CH Summers 2023 Anxiolytic reversal of classically conditioned /
chronic stress-induced gene expression and learning in the stress alternatives model. Behavioural Brain Research
114258: 440: 1-10
Summers TR, TL Summers, RE Carpenter, JP Smith, SL Young, B Meyerink, TZ Orr, DH Arendt, and CH Summers 2017 Learning and CRF-induced
indecision during escape and submission in rainbow trout during socially aggressive interactions in the Stress-Alternatives Model
Frontiers in Neuroscience 11: 515: 1-13
Sørensen C, GE Nilsson, CH Summers and Ø Øverli 2011 Social stress reduces forebrain
cell proliferation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Behav Brain Res in press doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.01.041
Clotfelter ED, MM McNitt, RE Carpenter and CH Summers 2010 Modulation of monoamine
neurotransmitters in fighting fish Betta splendens exposed to waterborne
phytoestrogens Fish Physiol Biochem 36: 933-943
Carpenter RE and CH Summers 2009 Learning strategies during fear conditioning
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 91: 415-423
Carpenter RE, WJ Korzan, C Bockholt, MJ Watt, GL Forster, KJ Renner and CH Summers
2009 Corticotropin releasing factor influences aggression and monoamines:
Modulation of attacks and retreats. Neuroscience 158: 412-425
Lorenzi V, RE Carpenter, CH Summers, RL Earley and MS Grober 2009 Serotonin, social status and
sex change in the bluebanded goby Lythrypnus dalli. Physiol Behav 97: 476-483
Shaw JC, WJ Korzan, RE Carpenter, AM Kuris, KD Lafferty, CH Summers, Ø Øverli 2009
Parasite manipulation of brain monoamines in California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis)
by the trematode Euhaplorchis californiensis. Proc R Soc B 276: 1137-1146
Carpenter RE, MJ Watt, GL Forster, Ø Øverli, C Bockholt, KJ Renner and CH Summers
2007 Corticotropin releasing factor induces anxiogenic locomotion in trout and
alters serotonergic and dopaminergic activity. Horm & Behav 52: 600-611
Clotfelter ED, EP O'Hare, MM McNitt, RE Carpenter and CH Summers 2007
Pharmacological manipulation of the serotonergic system affects aggressive
behavior and brain monoamine levels in the fighting fish Betta splendens.
Pharmacol, Biochem Behav 87: 222-31
Øverli Ø, C Sørensen, KGT Pulman, TG Pottinger, WJ Korzan, CH Summers
and G Nilsson 2007 Evolutionary background for stress coping styles:
Relationships between physiological, behavioral, and cognitive
traits in non-mammalian vertebrates Neurosci Biobehav Rev 31:
396-412
Ronan PJ, MP Gaikowski, SJ Hamilton, KJ Buhl and CH Summers 2007
Ammonia causes decreased brain monoamines in fathead minnows
(Pimephales promelas). Brain Res 1147: 184-191
Sørensen C, Ø Øverli, CH Summers, G Nilsson 2007 Social regulation
of neurogenesis in teleosts. Brain Behav Evol 70: 239-246
Summers CH and S Winberg 2006 Interactions between the neural
regulation of stress and aggression J Exp Biol 209: 4581-4589
Summers, CH, MJ Watt, TL Ling, GL Forster, RE Carpenter, WJ Korzan,
JL Lukkes, Ø Øverli 2005 Glucocorticoid interaction with
aggression in non-mammalian vertebrates: Reciprocal action.
Eur J Parmacol 526: 21-35
Larson, ET, S Winberg, I Mayer, O LePage, CH Summers and Ø Øverli 2004
Social stress affects circulating melatonin levels in rainbow trout.
Geneneral and Compomparative Endocrinology 136: 322-327
Øverli, Ø, WJ Korzan, E Höglund, S Winberg, H Bollig, MJ Watt, GL Forster,
BA Barton, E Øverli, KJ Renner and CH Summers 2004 Stress coping style
predicts aggression and social dominance in rainbow trout.
Hormones & Behavior 45: 235-241
Øverli, Ø, WJ Korzan, ET Larson, O Lepage, TG Pottinger, S Winberg, KJ Renner
and CH Summers 2004 Behavioral and neuroendocrine correlates of
displaced aggression in trout Hormones & Behavior 45: 324-329
Larson, ET, DO Norris, EG Grau and CH Summers 2003 Monoamines stimulate
sex reversal in the saddleback wrasse General and Comparative
Endocrinology 130: 289-298
Larson, ET, DO Norris and CH Summers 2003 Monoaminergic
changes associated with socially induced sex reversal
in the saddleback wrasse Neuroscience 119: 251-263
Larson, ET, DO Norris, EG Grau and CH Summers 1999 Central monoaminergic
changes accompany sex reversal in the saddleback wrasse In
Norberg, B, OS Kjesbu, GL Taranger et. al. (eds.) Proc 6th Int Symp
Repro Physiol Fish, 53-55
Gaikowski, MP, SJ Hamilton, KJ Buhl, SF McDonald, and CH Summers 1996
Acute toxicity of three fire retardant and two fire suppressant foam
formulations to the early life stages of rainbow trout
(Onchorhynchus mykiss) Env Toxicol Chem 15: 1365-1374.
Gaikowski, MP, SJ Hamilton, KJ Buhl, SF McDonald, and CH Summers 1996
Acute toxicity of fire fighting chemical formulations to four life
stages of fathead minnow. Ecotoxicol. Env. Safety 34: 252-263.
Recent Abstracts
Carpenter RE, B Sabirzhanov and CH Summers 2009 Molecular substrates of social
fear conditioning in the dorsolateral pallium (hippocampus) of Rainbow trout
Soc Neurosci Abs 35: in press
Arendt DH, RE Carpenter, JP Smith, KJ Renner and CH Summers 2008 Aggression
modifies regionally specific serotonergic and dopaminergic activities in
corticotropin releasing factor treated trout Soc Neurosci Abs 34: 394.14
Carpenter RE, I Sabirzhanov, DH Arendt, JP Smith, TG Clark and CH Summers 2008
Brain derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in the hippocampus (dorsolateral pallium)
of rainbow trout is differentially regulated by coping strategy, revealed in
a new model of fear conditioning Soc Neurosci Abs 34: 292.11
Carpenter RE and CH Summers 2008 Is the dorsolateral pallium of rainbow trout
important for learning during aggression? Brain Behav Evol 72: 79
Summers CH, RE Carpenter and DH Arendt 2007 A new model of fear learning
Soc Neurosci Abs 33: 529.1