PUBLICATIONS (Selected Publications)
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† denotes a student author
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- N.E. Cyr (2017). “Brevity is the soul of wit”: Use of a stepwise project to teach concise scientific writing. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE) 16:A46-A51. http://www.funjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/june-16-46.pdf?x91298
- AM Toorie, N.E. Cyr, JS Steger†, R Beckman†, G Farah*, EA Nillni. (2016). The Nutrient and Energy Sensor Sirt1 Regulates the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis by Altering the Production of the Prohormone Convertase 2 (PC2) Essential in the Maturation of Corticotropin-releasing Hormone (CRH) from Its Prohormone in Male Rats. J Biol Chem 29:5844-59. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786719/
- N.E. Cyr, JS Steger†, AM Toorie, JZ Yang, R Stuart, EA Nillni. (2014). Central Sirt1 regulates body weight and energy expenditure along with the POMC-derived peptide α-MSH and the processing enzyme CPE production in diet-induced obesity male rats. Endocrinology 155(7):2423-35. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330311/
- Çakir*, N.E. Cyr*, M. Perello*, B. Patedakis Litvinov†, A. Romero. et al. (2013). Obesity induces hypothalamic endoplasmic reticulum stress and impairs proopiomelanocortin (POMC) post-translational processing. Journal of Biological Chemistry 288(24):17675-88. * these 3 authors contributed equally to the work. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682568/
- N.E. Cyr, A. M. Toorie, J. S. Steger, S†. Hyner, M. Sochat†, M. Perello, R. Stuart, and E. A. Nillni (2013) Mechanisms by which the orexigen Neuropeptide Y (NPY) regulates anorexigenic α -melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 304:E640-50. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3602689/
- N.E. Cyr, R.C Stuart, X.Zhu, D. F. Steiner, and E.. A. Nillni. (2012) Biosynthesis of proTRH-derived peptides in prohormone convertase 1 and 2 knockout mice. Peptides 35: 42-48. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196978112001155?via%3Dihub
- Cabral, S. Valdivia, M. Reynaldo, N.E. Cyr, E.A. Nillni, M. Perello. (2012). Short-term cold exposure activates TRH neurons exclusively in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and raphe pallidus Neurosci Lett. 518:86-91. 518:86-91. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394012006052?via%3Dihub
- A.J. Wolfson, N.E. Cyr, L.A. Bruce, J.W. Qiao†, C.C. DeFries, and M.J. Tetel (2012) Regulation of neuropeptidases involved in reproductive physiology by estradiol. In: Estrogen Receptors: Mechanisms, Structure and Role in Disease, G.C. Chen, editor,. New York: Nova Science Publishers. pp. 61-67. ISBN: 978-1-62257-180-2 https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=34561
- L.A. Bruce, L.A., N.E. Cyr, J.W. Qiao†, C.C. DeFries, M.J. Tetel, and A.J. Wolfson. (2012). Neuropeptidase activity is down-regulated by estradiol in steroid sensitive regions of the hypothalamus in female mice. Neuropeptides. 46:167-172. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404208/
- BC. De Jonghe, MR. Hayes, R. Banno, K.P. Skibicka, D.J. Zimmer, K.A. Bowen, T.M. Leichner, A.L. Alhadeff, S.E. Kanoski, N.E. Cyr, E.A. Nillni, H.J. Grill, K.K. Bence (2011). Deficiency of PTP1B in POMC neurons leads to alterations in energy balance and homeostatic response to cold exposure. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 300: E1002-11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118594/
- C. M. Bauer , L. W. Glassman, N. E. Cyr , L. M. Romero (2011). Effects of predictable and unpredictable food restriction on the stress response in molting and non-molting European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 160: 390-399. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643311002121?via%3Dihub
- M. Perello, I. Çakir, N. E. Cyr, A. Romero, R. C. Stuart, F. Chiappini, A. N. Hollenberg, and E. A. Nillni (2010) Maintenance of the thyroid axis during diet-induced obesity in rodents is controlled at the central level. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism 299: E976-89. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3006258/
- N.E. Cyr, L. Kua†, J. G. Chadwick, L. A. Bruce, M. J. Tetel and A.J. Wolfson (2010) Nuclear thimet oligopeptidase is coexpressed with oestrogen receptor alpha in hypothalamic cells and regulated by oestradiol in female mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 22: 936-943. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921797/
- M.N. Vitousek, L.M. Romero, E. Tarlow, N.E. Cyr, M. Wikelski (2010). Island tameness: an altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas. Physiology and Behavior 99: 544-8. (Cover article). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938410000296
- N.E. Cyr, M.J. Dickens, and L.M. Romero (2009) Heart rate and heart rate variability responses to acute and chronic stress in a wild-caught passerine bird. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82: 332-344. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/589839
- L.M. Romero, M. J. Dickens, N.E. Cyr (2009) The reactive scope model — A new model integrating homeostasis, allostasis, and stress. Hormones and Behavior 55: 375-389. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X08003383?via%3Dihub
- N.E. Cyr, L.M. Romero (2009) Identifying hormonal habituation in field studies of stress. General and Comparative Endocrinology 161: 295-303. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648009000665?via%3Dihub
- M.J. Dickens, L.M. Romero, N.E. Cyr, S. L. Meddle (2009) Chronic stress alters glucocorticoid receptor and mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 21: 832-840. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19686439
- N.E. Cyr., M. Wikelski, L.M. Romero (2008) Increased energy expenditure but decreased stress responsiveness during molt. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 452–462. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/589547
- N.E. Cyr and L.M. Romero (2008) Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites of experimentally stressed captive and free-living starlings: implications for conservation research. General and Comparative Endocrinology 158: 20–28. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648008001901?via%3Dihub
- L.M. Romero, C. J. Meister, N.E. Cyr, G.J. Kenagy, J. C. Wingfield (2008) Seasonal glucocorticoid responses to capture in wild free-living mammals. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 294: R614-R622. http://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/ajpregu.00752.2007?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
- N.E. Cyr, K. Earle, C. Tam†, and L. M. Romero (2007) Changes in corticosterone, plasma metabolite, and immune responsiveness of European Starlings subjected to chronic psychological stress. General and Comparative Endocrinology 154: 59-66. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648007002432?via%3Dihub
- N.E. Cyr and L.M. Romero. (2007) Chronic stress in free-living European starlings reduces corticosterone concentrations and reproductive success. General and Comparative Endocrinology 151: 82-89. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648006003832?via%3Dihub
- L. M. Romero, N.E. Cyr, and R.C. Romero (2006) Corticosterone responses change seasonally in free-living house sparrows (Passer domesticus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 149: 58-69. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648006001481?via%3Dihub
- N.E. Poirier, L.A. Whittingham, and P.O. Dunn (2004) Males achieve greater reproductive success through multiple broods, than through extrapair mating in house wrens. Animal Behaviour 67: 1109-1116. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347204000673
- D.M. Bauer, N.E. Cyr, S.K. Swallow (2004) Public preferences for compensatory mitigation of salt marsh losses: a contingent choice of alternatives. Conservation biology 18: 401-411. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3589219?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- N.E. Poirier, L.A. Whittingham, and P.O. Dunn (2003) Effects of paternity and mate availability on mate switching in house wrens. The Condor 105: 816-821. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1370585?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- L.A. Whittingham, S.M. Valkenaar†, N.E. Poirier and P.O. Dunn. (2002) Maternal condition and nestling sex ratio in house wrens. The Auk 119: 125-131. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4090017?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents