Jessica Santollo

Research Interests:
neuroendocrinology
Estrogen Receptor Signaling
Sex Differences
Motivated Behavior
Ingestive Behaviors
Education:

Postdoctoral Fellow, University at Buffalo, 2011-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2010-2011

Ph.D., Neuroscience, Florida State University, 2010
M.S., Biological Psychology, Florida State University, 2007
B.A., Psychology, Rutgers College, Rutgers University, 2005

Research Program:

My research is focused on understanding how gonadal hormones, specifically estrogens, contribute to sex differences in fluid and energy homeostasis. Estrogens reduce water, salt, and food intakes and blood pressure in females but the exact mechanisms by which this occurs is unknown. Current research projects focus on (1) identifying the estrogen receptor subtypes and populations which underlie these behavioral changes, (2), investigating estrogen receptor specific effects on the cell signaling pathways downstream of the angiotensin type 1 receptor, (3) investigating the role of aging on fluid and energy homeostasis in females, and (3) identifying and exploring sex differences in the renin-angiotensin system.

PubMed Publications*: 
  • KL Volcko; DJ Brakey; TE McNamara; MJ Meyer; NJ McKay; J Santollo; D Daniels"Control of water intake by a pathway from the nucleus of the solitary tract to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus."Appetite172.(2022):105943.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; AA Edwards; JA Howell; KE Myers"Bidirectional effects of estradiol on the control of water intake in female rats."Hormones and behavior133.(2021):104996.Details. Full text
  • EG Mietlicki-Baase; J Santollo; D Daniels"Fluid intake, what's dopamine got to do with it?"Physiology & behavior236.(2021):113418.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; AA Edwards"How predictive is body weight on fluid intake in rats? It depends on sex."Physiology & behavior229.(2021):113262.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; KE Myers; IL Rainer; AA Edwards"Gonadal hormones in female rats protect against dehydration-induced memory impairments in the novel object recognition paradigm."Hormones and behavior114.(2019):104547.Details. Full text
  • HW Pang; A Linares; L Couling; J Santollo; L Ancheta; D Daniels; RC Speth"Novel high molecular weight albumin-conjugated angiotensin II activates β-arrestin and G-protein pathways."Endocrine66.2(2019):349-359.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; D Daniels"Anorexigenic effects of estradiol in the medial preoptic area occur through membrane-associated estrogen receptors and metabotropic glutamate receptors."Hormones and behavior107.(2019):20-25.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; KL Volcko; D Daniels"Sex Differences in the Behavioral Desensitization of Water Intake Observed After Repeated Central Injections of Angiotensin II."Endocrinology159.2(2018):676-684.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo"Sex differences in angiotensin II-stimulated fluid intake."Experimental physiology102.11(2017):1380-1384.Details. Full text
  • M Postolache; J Santollo; D Daniels"Associative learning contributes to the increased water intake observed after daily injections of angiotensin II."Physiology & behavior179.(2017):340-345.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; AM Torregrossa; D Daniels"Sex differences in the drinking response to angiotensin II (AngII): Effect of body weight."Hormones and behavior93.(2017):128-136.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; A Marshall; KS Curtis; RC Speth; SD Clark; D Daniels"Divergent effects of ERα and ERβ on fluid intake by female rats are not dependent on concomitant changes in AT1R expression or body weight."American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology311.1(2016):R14-23.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; D Daniels"Activation of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER-1) decreases fluid intake in female rats."Hormones and behavior73.(2015):39-46.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; D Daniels"Multiple estrogen receptor subtypes influence ingestive behavior in female rodents."Physiology & behavior152.Pt B(2015):431-7.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; PE Whalen; RC Speth; SD Clark; D Daniels"Properly timed exposure to central ANG II prevents behavioral sensitization and changes in angiotensin receptor expression."American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology307.12(2014):R1396-404.Details. Full text
  • A Marshall; J Santollo; C Corteville; TA Lutz; D Daniels"Roux-en-Y gastric bypass does not affect daily water intake or the drinking response to dipsogenic stimuli in rats."American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology307.2(2014):R114-20.Details. Full text
  • CH Halpern; A Tekriwal; J Santollo; JG Keating; JA Wolf; D Daniels; TL Bale"Amelioration of binge eating by nucleus accumbens shell deep brain stimulation in mice involves D2 receptor modulation."The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience33.17(2013):7122-9.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; LA Eckel"Oestradiol decreases melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and MCH receptor expression in the hypothalamus of female rats."Journal of neuroendocrinology25.6(2013):570-9.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; A Marshall; D Daniels"Activation of membrane-associated estrogen receptors decreases food and water intake in ovariectomized rats."Endocrinology154.1(2013):320-9.Details. Full text
  • HM Rivera; J Santollo; LV Nikonova; LA Eckel"Estradiol increases the anorexia associated with increased 5-HT(2C) receptor activation in ovariectomized rats."Physiology & behavior105.2(2012):188-94.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; D Yao; G Neal-Perry; AM Etgen"Middle-aged female rats retain sensitivity to the anorexigenic effect of exogenous estradiol."Behavioural brain research232.1(2012):159-64.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; AM Torregrossa; LA Eckel"Estradiol acts in the medial preoptic area, arcuate nucleus, and dorsal raphe nucleus to reduce food intake in ovariectomized rats."Hormones and behavior60.1(2011):86-93.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; BS Katzenellenbogen; JA Katzenellenbogen; LA Eckel"Activation of ERα is necessary for estradiol's anorexigenic effect in female rats."Hormones and behavior58.5(2010):872-7.Details. Full text
  • GE Hodes; L Yang; J Van Kooy; J Santollo; TJ Shors"Prozac during puberty: distinctive effects on neurogenesis as a function of age and sex."Neuroscience163.2(2009):609-17.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; LA Eckel"Effect of a putative ERalpha antagonist, MPP, on food intake in cycling and ovariectomized rats."Physiology & behavior97.2(2009):193-8.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; LA Eckel"The orexigenic effect of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is influenced by sex and stage of the estrous cycle."Physiology & behavior93.4-5(2008):842-50.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; LA Eckel"Estradiol decreases the orexigenic effect of neuropeptide Y, but not agouti-related protein, in ovariectomized rats."Behavioural brain research191.2(2008):173-7.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; MD Wiley; LA Eckel"Acute activation of ER alpha decreases food intake, meal size, and body weight in ovariectomized rats."American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology293.6(2007):R2194-201.Details. Full text
  • DA Bangasser; DE Waxler; J Santollo; TJ Shors"Trace conditioning and the hippocampus: the importance of contiguity."The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience26.34(2006):8702-6.Details. Full text
  • DA Bangasser; J Santollo; TJ Shors"The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critically involved in enhancing associative learning after stressful experience."Behavioral neuroscience119.6(2005):1459-66.Details. Full text
  • J Santollo; D Daniels"Control of fluid intake by estrogens in the female rat: role of the hypothalamus."Frontiers in systems neuroscience9.(0):25.Details. Full text
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