Colin J. Saldanha

Currently: Associate Professor, Lehigh University

Formerly: Post-doctoral trainee, Department of Physiological Science, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute, UCLA

Principle Research Interests:
Integrative systems neuroscience. Neuroendocrine mediators of anatomical and behavioral plasticity. Memory performance in ecologically relevant paradigms. Observation and measurement of species-specific behaviors. Estrogenic modulation of neural structure and function. Neuroanatomy. In situ hybridization, immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy, electrophoresis, stereotaxic surgery, cell culture, steroid biochemistry.

E-mail: colin@physci.ucla.edu
             colin@lehigh.edu

Education:
Ph.D., MPhil, MA Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
BA Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, MN 56082

Doctoral Thesis:
Brain photoreceptors and their relationship to the avian reproductive axis.

Recent Publications:
Saldanha, CJ, Schultz, JD, London, SE & Schlinger, BA (2000). Telencephalic aromatase, but not a song circuit in a sub-oscine passerine, the golden collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Brain Behavior and Evolution. 56(1) 29-37

Saldanha, CJ, Tuerk, MJ, Kim, Y-H, Fernandes, AO, Arnold, AP & Schlinger, BA. (2000). The distribution and regulation of telencephalic aromatase in the zebra finch revealed with a novel antibody. The Journal of Comparative Neurology
423: 619-630.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/72509488/START

Saldanha, CJ, Schlinger, BA & Clayton, NS. (2000). Rapid effects of corticosterone on cache-recovery in mountain chickadees (Parus gambeli). Hormones and Behavior. 37: 109-115.
http://www.idealibrary.com/links/citation/0018-506X/37/109

Saldanha, CJ, Clayton, NS & Schlinger, BA. (1999). Androgen metabolism in the juvenile oscine forebrain: a cross?species analysis at neural sites implicated in memory function. Journal of Neurobiology. 40: 397-406.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/63000373/START

Saldanha, CJ, Popper P, Micevych PE & Schlinger, BA. (1998) The passerine hippocampus is a site of high aromatase: inter-and intra-species comparisons. Hormones and Behavior. Special Issue on Estrogen effects on Cognition across the Lifespan. 34(2) 85-97.
http://www.idealibrary.com/links/citation/0018-506X/34/85

Soma, K., B.A. Schlinger, J.C. Wingfield and C.J. Saldanha. 2003. Brain aromatase, 5- and 5-reductase change seasonally in wild male song sparrows: relationship to territorial aggression. Journal of Neurobiology. 56: 209-221.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12884261

Saldanha, C.J., Schlinger, B.A. Micevych, P.E. and T.L. Horvath. 2004. Pre-synaptic NMDA-receptor expression is increased by estradiol in an aromatase-rich area of the zebra finch hippocampus.   Journal of Comparative Neurology  469: 522-534.
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14755533&dopt=Books