MARTHA MCCLINTOCK

Email address: mkm1@ccp.uchicago.edu

My research focuses on the interaction between behavior and reproductive endocrinology. Because endocrine function and behavior are linked reciprocally, I focus on the behavioral control of endocrinology, as well as the neuroendocrine mechanisms of behavior. Working with animals and humans, I have concentrated on the social and behavioral control of fertility and reproductive hormones. In addition, I am interested in the role of hormone-behavior interactions in development throughout the life span. My current interests are: mechanisms and function of estrous and menstrual synchrony; facultative adjustment of sex ratios; pheromonal communication; reproductive senescence; psychosomatics in obstetrics and gynecology; and the behavioral modulation of the immune function. (Biopsychology, Human Development, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health)

Publications:

1. McClintock, Martha K. (1983) Pheromonal regulation of the ovarian cycle: Enchancement, suppression and synchrony, In J.G. Vanderbergh (ed.). Pheromones and reproduction in mammals, New York, Academic Press, pp. 113-119.

2. Hedricks, C. and McClintock, M.K., (1990) Timing of insemination is correlated with the secondary sex ratio of Norway rats. Physio. Behavior. 48, pp. 625-632.

3. LeFevre, J. and McClintock, M.K., (1991) Isolation accelerates reproductive senescense and alters its predictors in female rats. 25, pp. 258-272.

4. LeFevre, J., Hedricks, C., Church, R.B., Marquette, L., McClintock, M.K. (1992) Psychological state and social behavior of couples during a menstrual cycle: "On-the-spot" sampling of everyday life. In A. Dan and L. Lewis (Eds.) Menstrual Health in Womens Lives, Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press, pp. 75-82.

5. Schank, J. and McClintock, M.K. A coupled oscillator model of ovarian cycle synchrony among rats: Fuctions for experimental research, Journal of Theoretical Biology.