The Dog Zombie

Dogs! Brains! Science!

Monday, December 29, 2014

Upcoming classes: Dogs! Brains! Hormones!

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I have two new courses being offered online with the APDT that I’m really looking forward to teaching: Canine Hormones: from molecules to...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

The history of dog breeds: Victorians, genetics, and the importance of diversity

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Note: there is an interview with me at the Huffington Post about this story. Dog breeds are amazing creations. I can own a series of Gol...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Testing behavioral assessment

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My Bark article, Testing the Tests , is now available on the web for free. I did a lot of background reading for this story and I learned a...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

How antidepressants work: the good parts version

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[Author’s note: Please consider my last post, How do antidepressants work (in dogs and the rest of us)? , to be the director’s cut of this t...
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Sunday, November 2, 2014

How do antidepressants work (in dogs and the rest of us)?

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There are plenty of humans and dogs on antidepressants, and we believe that the mechanisms of these medications are much the same in both hu...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Can prenatal stress be reversed?

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I was scanning the titles of new journal articles a while back, and came across one that made me think, hey, that may be about rats, but it ...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Domestication and human evolution, streaming!

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Domesticated humans, domesticated canids, domesticated finches! The Center for Academic Training & Research in Anthropogeny held a confe...
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Marlborough, MA, United States
Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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