PETER C. BRUNJES

Commonwealth Professor

Department of Psychology

Life Sciences Laboratories

102 Gilmer Hall

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA 22904

Phone: 804-924-0687

E-Mail: brunjes@virginia.edu,

http://www.virginia.edu/~neurolab

Academic Background

1971-1974

Michigan State University

BS in Psychology

Magna cum laude

1975-1979

Indiana University

PhD in Psychology

Development/Animal Behavior

1979-1980

University of Illinois

Postdoctoral Fellow

1980-

University of Virginia

1980-1986: Assistant Prof. Psychology

1986-1993: Associate Prof. Psychology

1993-: Professor of Psychology

2001- Commonwealth Professor of Psychology

 

1980- Member, Program in Neuroscience

Associate Director, 1995-1998

 

1998-2001 Chair, Dept. of Psychology

2002-2006 Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research

2006-2009 Associate Dean for the Sciences

Journal Publications

Alberts, J. R., & Brunjes, P. C. Ontogeny of thermal and olfactory determinants of huddling in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92, 897-906, 1978.

Brunjes, P. C., & Alberts, J. R. Olfactory stimulation induces filial preferences for huddling in rat pups. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93, 548-555, 1979.

Brunjes, P. C., & Alberts, J. R. Precocious nasal chemosensitivity in hyperthyroid rat pups. Hormones and Behavior 14, 76-85, 1980.

Brunjes, P. C., & Alberts, J. R. Early auditory and visual function in normal and hyperthyroid rat pups. Behavioral and Neural Biology 31, 393-412, 1981.

Brunjes, P. C., Schwark, H. D., & Greenough, W. T. Olfactory granule cell development in normal and hyperthyroid rats. Developmental Brain Research 5, 149-159, 1982.

Brunjes, P. C. Olfactory bulb maturation in Acomys cahirinus: Is neural growth similar in Precocial and altricial murids? Developmental Brain Research 8, 335-341, 1983.

McCarty, R., Kirby, R. F., & Brunjes, P. C. Neonatal hyperthyroidism: Effects on sympathetic nervous system responses of adult rats to acute stress. American Journal of Physiology 245, R95-R99, 1983.

Brunjes, P. C., & Borror, M. J. Unilateral odor deprivation: Differential effects due to time of onset. Brain Research Bulletin 11, 501-503, 1983.

Brunjes, P. C. A versatile and inexpensive planimeter system. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 8, 99-102, 1983.

Brunjes, P. C. Hippocampal maturation in the precocial murid rodent Acomys cahirinus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 24, 58-74, 1984.

Brunjes, P. C. A stereological study of neocortical maturation in the precocial mouse Acomys cahirinus. Developmental Brain Research 19, 279-287, 1985.

Brunjes. P. C., Smith-Crafts, L. K, & McCarty, R. Unilateral odor deprivation: effects on the development of olfactory bulb catecholamines and behavior. Developmental Brain Research 22, 1-6, 1985.

Brunjes, P. C. Unilateral odor deprivation: Time course of changes in laminar volume. Brain Research Bulletin 14, 233-237, 1985.

Brunjes, P. C., & Frazier, L. L. Maturation and plasticity in the olfactory system of vertebrates. Brain Research Reviews 11, 1-45, 1986.

Cullinan, W. E., & Brunjes, P. C. Unilateral odor deprivation: Effects on the development of staining for olfactory bulb succinate dehydrogenase. Developmental Brain Research 35, 35-42, 1987.

Brunjes. P. C. Plasticity and precocity: Odor deprivation and brain development in the precocial mouse Acomys cahirinus. Neuroscience 24, 579-582, 1988.

Frazier, L. L., & Brunjes, P. C. Unilateral odor deprivation: Early postnatal changes in olfactory bulb cell density and number. Journal of Comparative Neurology 269, 355-370, 1988.

Farbman, A. I., Brunjes. P. C., Rentfro, L., Michas, J., and Ritz, S. The effect of unilateral naris occlusion on cell dynamics in the developing rat olfactory epithelium. Journal of Neuroscience 8, 3290-3295, 1988.

Croul, C. and Brunjes, P. C. NADPH-diaphorase staining within the developing olfactory bulbs of normal and unilaterally odor-deprived rats. Brain Research 460, 323-328, 1988.

Tessitore, C. T., & Brunjes, P. C. A comparative study of myelination in precocial and altricial murid rodents. Developmental Brain Research 43, 139-147, 1988.

Frazier-Cierpial, L. L., and Brunjes, P. C. Early postnatal differentiation of granule cell dendrites in the olfactory bulbs of normal and unilaterally-odor deprived rats. Developmental Brain Research 47, 129-136, 1989.

Brunjes, P. C. A comparative study of prenatal development in the olfactory bulb, neocortex and hippocampal region of the precocial mouse Acomys cahirinus and the rat. Developmental Brain Research 49, 7-25, 1989.

Frazier-Cierpial, L. L., & Brunjes, P. C. Early postnatal cellular proliferation and survival in the olfactory bulb and rostral migratory stream of normal and unilaterally odor-deprived rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 289, 481-492, 1989.

Brunjes, P. C., Korol, D. L., and Stern, K. G. Prenatal neurogenesis in the telencephalon of the precocial mouse Acomys cahirinus. Neuroscience Letters 107, 114-119, 1989.

Korol, D. L., & Brunjes, P. C. Rapid changes in 2-DG uptake and amino acid incorporation following unilateral odor deprivation: a laminar analysis. Developmental Brain Research 52, 75-85, 1990.

Brunjes, P. C. The precocial mouse Acomys cahirinus. Psychobiology 18, 339-350, 1990.

Stewart, J. S., and Brunjes, P. C. Olfactory bulb and sensory epithelium in goldfish: morphological alterations accompanying growth. Developmental Brain Research 54, 187-194, 1990.

Brown, J. L., and Brunjes, P. C. Development of the anterior olfactory nucleus in normal and unilaterally odor-deprived rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 301, 15-22, 1990.

Brunjes, P. C., Caggiano, A. O., Korol, D. L., and Stewart, J. S. Unilateral olfactory deprivation: Effects on succinate dehydrogenase histochemistry and 3-H-leucine incorporation in the olfactory mucosa. Developmental Brain Research 62, 239-244, 1991.

Korol, D. L., and Brunjes, P. C. Unilateral naris closure and vascular development in the rat olfactory bulb. Neuroscience, 46, 631-642, 1992.

Brunjes, P. C., Jazaeri, A. and Sutherland, M. J. Olfactory bulb organization and development in Monodelphis domestica (the grey, short-tailed opossum). Journal of Comparative Neurology 320, 544-554, 1992.

Caggiano, A. O., and Brunjes, P. C. Microglia and the developing olfactory bulb. Neuroscience. 52 717-724, 1993

Brunjes, P. C. Lessons from lesions: the effects of olfactory bulbectomy. Chemical Senses. 17 729-763, 1992

Stewart, J. S., and Brunjes, P. C. Spatial organization and plasticity of the primary and secondary olfactory projections in goldfish. Brain Research 628, 243-253, 1993.

Philpot, B. D., Jazaeri, A. A., and Brunjes, P. C. The development of serotonergic projections to the olfactory bulb of Monodelphis domestica (the grey, short-tailed opossum). Developmental Brain Research, 77, 265-270, 1994.

Brunjes, Peter C. Unilateral naris closure and olfactory system development. Brain Research Reviews, 19, 146-160, 1994.

Cummings, D. M., and Brunjes, P. C. Changes in cell proliferation in the developing olfactory epithelium following neonatal unilateral naris occlusion. Experimental Neurology 128 124-128, 1994.

Paternostro, M. P., Reyher, C. K. H., and Brunjes, P. C. Evidence for columnar organization on the developing rat olfactory bulb: intracellular injections of lucifer yellow into lightly fixed mitral cells. Developmental Brain Research. 46 1-10, 1995.

Klintsova, A. Y., Philpot, B. D., and Brunjes, P. C. Fos protein immunoreactivity in the developing olfactory bulb of normal and naris-occluded rats. Developmental Brain Research 86, 114-122, 1995.

Byrd, C. A., and Brunjes, P. C. Organization of the olfactory system in adult zebrafish: histological, immunohistochemical and quantitative analyses. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 358 247-259, 1995.

Philpot, B. D., Klintsova, A. Y., and Brunjes, P. C. Oligodendrocyte/myelin immunoreactivity in the developing olfactory system. Neuroscience 67 1009-1019, 1995

Cummings, D., and Brunjes, P. C. Migrating luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons and processes co-localize with a glial substrate that expresses S100. Developmental Brain Research 88, 148-157, 1995.

Byrd, C. A, Vogt, R. G., and Brunjes, P. C. Expression of odorant receptor proteins during postembryonic development in zebrafish. Journal of Neurobiology 29 445-458, 1996.

Malun, D., and Brunjes, P. The development of olfactory glomeruli: temporal and spatial interactions between olfactory receptor axons and mitral cells in opossums and rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 368 1-16, 1996.

Brunjes, P. C., and Armstrong, A. M. Apoptosis in the rostral migratory stream of the developing rat. Developmental Brain Research, 92, 219-222, 1996.

Clemow, D. B., and Brunjes, P. C. Development of 5'-Nucleotidase staining in the olfactory bulbs of normal and naris-occluded rats. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 14, 901-911, 1996

Cummings, D., Malun, D., and Brunjes, P. The development of the anterior commissure in the grey, short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica: Midline extracellular space and glia coincide with early axon decussation., Journal of Neurobiology 32, 403-414, 1997

Cummings, D. M., Henning, H. E., and Brunjes, P. C. Olfactory bulb recovery following early sensory deprivation. Journal of Neuroscience 17, 7433-7440, 1997.

Armstrong, A. M., and Brunjes, P. C. Immunohistochemical changes in the anterior olfactory nucleus of the developing rat. Developmental Psychobiology. 30, 181-192, 1997

Philpot, B. D., Foster, T. C., and Brunjes, P. C. Mitral/tufted cell activity is attenuated and becomes uncoupled from respiration following naris closure. Journal of. Neurobiology 33, 374-387, 1997.

Philpot, B. D., Lim, J. H., and Brunjes, P. C. Activity-dependent regulation of calcium-binding proteins in the developing rat olfactory bulb. Journal of Comparative Neurology 387, 12-26, 1997.

Cummings, D. M., Knab, B. R., and Brunjes, P. C. The effects of unilateral olfactory deprivation on the developing opossum, Monodelphis domestica. Journal of. Neurobiology 33, 429-438, 1997.

Cummings, D. M, and Brunjes, P. C. The effects of variable periods of functional deprivation on olfactory bulb development in rats. Experimental Neurology 148, 360-366, 1997.

Philpot, B. D., Lim, J. H., Halpain, S., and Brunjes, P. C. Experience-dependent modification in MAP2 phosphorylation in rat olfactory bulb. Journal of Neuroscience 17, 9596-9604, 1997

Philpot, B. D., Men, D.-S. McCarty, R. and Brunjes, P. C. Activity-dependent regulation of dopamine and DOPAC content in the olfactory bulbs of naris-occluded rats. Neuroscience 85, 969-977, 1998.

Philpot, B. D., Lyders, E., and Brunjes, P. C. The NMDA receptor participates in respiratory-related mitral cell synchrony. Experimental Brain Research 118, 205-209, 1998.

Brunjes, P. C., Fisher, M., and Grainger, R. The Small-eye mutation results in abnormalities in the lateral cortical migratory stream. Developmental Brain Research 110, 121-125, 1998.

Brunjes, P. C., and Kishore, R. Unilateral naris occlusion and the accessory olfactory bulb. Chemical Senses 23, 717-719, 1998.

Byrd, C.A., Brunjes,P.C.  Addition of new cells to the olfactory bulb of adult zebrafish Ann .NY Acad.Sci. 855:274-276 (1998)

Lim, J. H., and Brunjes, P. C.  (1999) Calcium binding proteins: differential expression in the rat olfactory cortex after neonatal unilateral olfactory bulbectomy.  Journal of  Neurobiology 39, 207-217.

Fiske, B. K., and Brunjes, P. C.  (1999) Ribosomal RNA expression in the developing rat olfactory bulb.  Developmental. Brain Research. 113, 55-60.

Couper-Leo, J., and Brunjes, P. C. (1999) Developmental analysis of the peripheral olfactory organ of the opossum Monodelphis domestica Developmental Brain Research 114, 43-48.

Lim, J. H., and Brunjes, P. C. (1999) Interleukin-1b immunoreactivity in the developing rat olfactory bulb. Neuroscience  93, 371-374.

Couper Leo, J. M., Devine A. M.,  and Brunjes P. C. (2000) Focal denervation alters cellular phenotypes and survival in the developing rat olfactory bulb. Journal of Comparative Neurology  417, 325-336

Wilson, D. A., Best,  A. R., and Brunjes, P. C. (2000) Trans-neuronal modification of anterior piriform cortical circuitry in the rat.  in press,  Brain Research Brain 853, 317-322

 Poling, K. R., and Brunjes, P. C., Sensory deafferentation and olfactory bulb morphology  in the zebrafish and related species. Brain Research, 21, 135-141, 2000

Fiske, B. K., and Brunjes, P. C. Microglia activation and the developing rat olfactory bulb. Neuroscience 96, 807-815, 2000.

 

Couper Leo, J. M.,  Devine, A. M., and Brunjes P. C. Focal denervation alters cellular phenotypes and survival in the developing rat olfactory bulb: developmental analysis.  J. Comp. Neurol. 425, 409-421, 2000.

 

Fiske, B. K., and Brunjes, P. C. Cell death in the developing and sensory deprived rat olfactory bulb. Journal of Comparative Neurology 431, 311-319, 2001.

 

Fiske, B. K., and Brunjes, P. NMDA receptor regulation of cell death in the rat olfactory bulb. Journal of  Neurobiology 47, 223-232, 2001.

 

Mirich, J. M., and Brunjes, P. C. Activity modulates neuronal proliferation in the developing olfactory epithelium. Developmental Brain Research 127:77-80, 2001

 

Byrd, C.A., and Brunjes, P. C. Neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb of adult zebrafish.  Neuroscience 105, 793-801, 2001.

 

Mirich, J.M., Williams, N. C., Berlau, D. J., and Brunjes, P. C. A comparative study of the aging mouse olfactory bulb.  J. Comp. Neurol., 454, 361-372, 2002.

 

Couper Leo, J. M., and Brunjes P. C. Neonatal focal denervation of the rat olfactory bulb alters cell structure and survival: a Golgi and Nissl and confocal study.  Developmental Brain Research. 140, 277-286, 2003.

 

Brunjes, P. C., and Shurling, D. C. Cell death in the nasal septum of normal and naris-occluded rats. Developmental Brain Research, 146 25-28, 2003.

 

Hendricks, S. H., Brunjes, P. C. and Hill, D. L. Taste bud cell dynamics during normal and sodium-restricted development . J. Comp. Neurol. 472,  173-182, 2004.

 

Mirich, J. M., Illig, K. R., and Brunjes, P. C. Experience-dependent activation of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) in the olfactory bulb.  J. Comp. Neurol.  479, 234-241, 2004.

 

Brunjes, P.C., Illig, K. R., and Meyer, E. A. A field guide to the anterior olfactory nucleus/cortex. Brain Res. Reviews. 50, 305-335, 2005.

 

Meyer, E.A. Illig, K. R., and Brunjes, P. C.  Differences in chemo- and cytoarchitectural features within pars principalis of the rat anterior olfactory nucleus suggest functional specialization. J. Comp. Neurol. 498, 786-795, 2006.

Non-refereed papers

Brunjes, P. C., and Greer, C. A.  Progress and directions in olfactory development. Neuron 38, 371-374, 2003.

Brunjes, P. C., and Greenough, W. T. Review of Slotnick and Leonard's Stereotaxic Atlas of the Albino Mouse Forebrain. Contemporary Psychology, 15, 1980.

Brunjes, P. C. Review of S. Oyama's Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution. Contemporary Psychology 32, 946-947, 1987.

Brunjes, P. C. Review of E. Blass' (Ed.). Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology Vol 8. Developmental Psychobiology and Developmental Neurobiology. Contemporary Psychology 32, 258, 1987.

Brunjes, P. C. Experience and the developing olfactory bulb. In K. B. Døving (Ed.) Olfaction and Taste X. Oslo:University of Oslo Press, pages 206-215, 1990.

Brunjes, P. C. The olfactory epithelium, in Proceedings of the NIDCD Symposium on Development, Growth and Senescence in the Chemical Senses, J. Pearl, Ed. 3, 17-22, 1993