Dr. Mark Kristal
Professor
Ph.D., Kansas State University
Office: 228 Park Hall
Phone: (716) 645-3650 x. 348
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Summary of Research Interests:

• Opioid and hormonal mechanisms underlying periparturitional phenomena (maternal behavior, analgesia, postpartum estrus, etc.)
• Psychobiology of motivated behaviors

Representative Publications:

• Thompson, A.C. & Kristal, M.B. (1996). Opioid stimulation in the ventral tegmental area facilitates the onset of maternal behavior in rats. Brain Research, 743, 184-201.
  
• Robinson-Vanderwerf, T.M., Di Pirro, J.M., Caggiula, A.R. & Kristal, M.B. (1997). The analgesia-enhancing component of ingested amniotic fluid does not affect nicotine-induced antinociception in naltrexone-treated rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 58, 147-151.
  
• Horowitz, J.M., Kristal, M.B. & Torres, G. (1997). Differential behavioral responses to cocaethylene of Long-Evans and Sprague-Dawley rats: Role of serotonin. Synapse, 26, 11-21.
  
• Baumann, M.H., Horowitz, J.M., Kristal, M.B. & Torres, G. (1998). Effects of cocaethylene on dopamine and serotonin synthesis in Long-Evans and Sprague-Dawley brains. Brain Research, 804, 316-319.
  
• Corpening, J.W., Doerr, J.C. & Kristal, M.B. (2000). Ingested bovine amniotic fluid enhances morphine antinociception in rats. Physiology & Behavior, 70, 15-18.
  
• Martin, L.B.E., Thompson, A.C., Martin, T., & Kristal, M.B. (2001). Analgesic efficacy of orally administered buprenorphine in rats. Comparative Medicine, 51, 43-48.
  
• DiPirro, J.M. & Kristal, M.B. (2004). Placenta ingestion by rats enhances kappa- and delta-opioid antinociception, but suppresses µ-opioid antinociception. Brain Research, 1014, 22-33.
  
• Thompson, A.C.; Kristal, M.B.; Salaj, A.; Acheson, A.; Martin, L.B.; & Martin, T. (2004). Analgesic efficacy of oral buprenorphine in rats: Methodological considerations. Comparative Medicine, 54, 293-300.