PETER C. BRUNJES
Commonwealth Professor
Department
of Psychology
Life
Sciences Laboratories
102
Gilmer Hall
Charlottesville,
VA 22904
Phone:
804-924-0687
E-Mail:
brunjes@virginia.edu,
http://www.virginia.edu/~neurolab
Academic Background
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1971-1974 |
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BS in Psychology Magna cum laude |
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1975-1979 |
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PhD in Psychology Development/Animal Behavior |
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1979-1980 |
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Postdoctoral Fellow |
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1980- |
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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.
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
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
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:
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