Dr. Mark Kristal

Dr. Mark Kristal

Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience Area Head
Ph.D., Kansas State University
Office: B71 Park Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0262
E-mail: kristal@buffalo.edu
Url: Personally maintained website

 

Summary of Research Interests:

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

Representative Publications:

  • Kristal, M.B. (2009).The biopsychology of maternal behavior in nonhuman mammals. ILAR Journal, 50, 51-63.
  • Curtin, L.I., Grakowsky, J.A., Suarez, M, Thompson, A.C., DiPirro, J.M., Martin, L.B.E., & Kristal, M.B. (2009). Evaluation of buprenorphine in a post-operative pain model in rats. Comparative Medicine, 59, 60-71.
  • Neumann, A, Hoey, R.F., Daigler, L.B., Thompson, A.C., & Kristal, M.B. (2009). Ingestion of amniotic fluid enhances the facilitative effect of VTA morphine on the onset of maternal behavior in virgin rats. Brain Research, 1261, 29-36.
  • Thompson, A.C., DiPirro, J.M., Sylvester, A.R., Martin, L.B.E., & Kristal, M.B. (2006). Lack of analgesic efficacy in female rats of the commonly recommended dose of oral buprenorphine. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 45, 13-16.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kristal, M.B. (1991). Enhancement of opioid-mediated analgesia: A solution to the enigma of placentophagia. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 15, 425-435.