Jonathan Karp
- Email Address: jkarp@rider.edu
- Phone: (609)895-5658
- Fax: (609)895-5782
- Office: Science Hall 339E
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- Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road , Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
B.A., Colgate University; Ph.D.,Vanderbilt University. He studies the effects of stress on health and disease, neural-immune interactions, and environmental influences on behavior. Dr. Karp came to Rider in 1997.
| Education | |
| 1996-1997 |
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
| 1992-1995 |
NIH Post Doctoral Fellow, Behavioral & Psychosocial Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
| 1991 |
Ph.D., Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
| 1986 |
B.A., Neuroscience, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY |
| Research Interests | |
| Psychoneuroimmunology Neural-Immune Interactions Behavioral Neuroscience Reproductive Biology | |
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| Research Funding | |
| Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program, co-investigator, 2004-2006 | |
| Noradrenergic Interactions and Immunity, NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) 1-R15-AI50956-01, 2002-2005 | |
| Stress and Infection in Immunocompromized Hosts, NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA), , 1-R15-MH58457-01, 1998-2001 | |
| Psychosocial Modulation of Immunity, Rider University Summer Research Fellowship, 1998 | |
| Undergraduate Courses Taught | |
| Life Sciences: Human Emphasis (BIO 100) | |
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Life Sciences: Biopsychology Emphasis (BPY 107) | |
| Behavioral Neuroscience with Lab (BPY 275) | |
| Neurobiology with Lab (BPY 310) | |
| Vertebrate Physiology (BIO 305) | |
| Statistics and Computer Applications Lab (ENV 200L) | |
| Introduction to the Integrated Sciences (ISM 100) | |
| Seminar in Biopsychology (BPY 415) | |
| Corporate Instruction Experience | |
| Cell Biology: Cell Membrane Emphasis (with James Riggs, Ph.D.) | |
| Short Courses in Neurobiology | |
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| Selected Publications | |
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Pennello, A., Taylor, J., Matlack, R., Karp, J. and Riggs, J. Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) do not respond to thymus-independent type 2 antigens. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 30:1181-1190, 2006. Maxwell, C.R., Ehrlichman, R.S., Liang, Y., Trief, D., Kanes, S.J., Karp, J., and Siegel, S.J. Ketamine Produces Lasting Disruptions in Encoding of Sensory Stimuli. The Journal of Pharmaology and Experimental Therapeutics 316:315–324, 2006. Maxwell, C.R., Ehrlichman, R.S., Liang, Y., Gettes, D.R., Evans, D.L., Kanes, S.J., Abel, T., Karp, J., and Siegel, S.J. Corticosterone Modulates Auditory Gating in Mouse. Neuropsychopharmacology, 1–7, 2005. Karp, J.D. and Szczytkowski, J. L., Cyclophosphamide induces dose- and time-dependent elevations in spleen norepinephrine levels of BALB/c mice. Neuroscience Letters 344:117-121, 2003. Karp, J.D. Book Review of Stress, Immune Function, and Health: The Connection, by Bruce Rabin, Wiley-Liss Publishers, NY, 1999. 371 pages. Brain Behav Immunity 14:225-227, 2000. Moynihan, J.A., Karp, J.D., Cohen, N, and Ader, R. Immune system deviation by stress odor exposure: role of endogenous opioids. J. Neuroimmunology 102:145-153, 2000. Bloom, D., Karp. J. D., and Cohen, N. The Ph.D. School Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate Studies in the Sciences.Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-19-511900-2), 1998. Karp, J.D. Book Review of The Physiology of Immunity, edited by James A. Marsh and Marion D. Kendall, CRC Press, NY, 1996. 446 pages.Brain Behav Immunity 12:247-248, 1998. Karp, J.D., Moynihan, J.A. and Ader, R. Psychosocial influences on immune responses to herpes simplex virus infection in BALB/c mice. Brain Behavior Immunity 11:47-62, 1997. Cohen, N., Karp, J. D., Ader, R. A. and Moynihan, J. A. Behaviorale Regulation der Immunitat (Behavioral Regulation of Immunity). Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie (Journal of Medical Psychology) 2:86-94, 1997. Karp, J.D., Cohen, N. and Moynihan, J.A. Quantitative differences in interleukin-2 and interleukin-4 production by antigen-stimulated splenocytes from individually- and group-housed mice. Life Sci. 55:789-795, 1994. Moynihan, J.A., Karp J.D., Cocke, R., and Cohen, N. Alterations in IL-4 and antibody production following pheromone exposure: potential mediation by glucocorticoids. J. Neuroimmunol. 54:51-58, 1994. Moynihan, J.A., Brenner, G.J., Cocke, R., Karp, J.D., Breneman, S.M., Dopp, J.M., Ader, R., Cohen, N., Grota, L.J., Felten, S.Y. Stress-Induced Modulation of Immune Function in Mice. Handbook of Human Stress and Immunity . Edited by R. Glaser and J. Kiecolt-Glaser, Academic Press Inc., New York, 1994, pp. 1-22. Karp, J.D., Moynihan, J.A. and Ader, R. Effects of differential housing on the primary and secondary antibody responses of male C57Bl/6 and BALB/c mice. Brain Behav. Immunity 7:326-333, 1993. Karp, J. D. and Powers, J. B. Influence of the pineal gland on photoperiodic modulation of estrogen-facilitated behaviors in female Syrian hamsters. Physiol Behav. 54:19-28, 1993. Maywood, E.S., Grosse, J., Lyndsay, J., Karp, J., Powers, J. B., Ebling, F.J., Herbert, J., and Hastings, M.H. The effect of signal frequency on the gonadal response of male Syrian hamsters to programmed infusions of melatonin. J. Neuroendocrinology 4:37-43, 1992. Maywood, E., Lyndsay, J., Karp, J., Powers, B., Williams, L., Titchener, L., Ebling, F., Herbert, J., and Hastings, M. Occlusion of the melatonin-free interval blocks the gonadal response to programmed melatonin infusions in the male hamster. J. Neuroendocrinology, 3:331-338, 1991. Karp, J. D., Hastings, M. H., and Powers, J. B. Melatonin and the coding of daylength in male Syrian hamsters. J. Pineal Research, 10:210-217, 1991. Pospichal, M. W., Karp, J. D., and Powers, J. B. Influence of daylength on male hamster sexual behavior: masking effects of testosterone. Physiol. Behav., 49:417-422, 1991. Miernicki, M., Karp, J. D., and Powers, J. B. Pinealectomy prevents short photoperiod inhibition of male hamster sexual behavior. Physiol. Behav. 47:293-299, 1990. Karp, J. D., Dixon, M. E., and Powers, J. B. Photoperiod history, melatonin and reproductive responses of male Syrian hamsters. J. Pineal Res. 8:137-152, 1990. | |
