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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Brain regions and their functions

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[Note: this infographic is intended for use in my online class, The Canine Brain: From Neurons to Behavior , which starts tomorrow (M...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Do spayed and neutered dogs get cancer more often?

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[Note: this post was originally published at the lovely Julie Hecht's Dog Spies blog at Scientific American.] Where I live, in Am...
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Monday, February 2, 2015

The rough guide to the fight-or-flight response

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[Note: This post is intended as reading material for my upcoming online course, “ Canine Hormones: From molecules to behavior .” This is an ...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

The rough guide to the stress response

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[Note: This post is intended as reading material for my upcoming online course, " Canine Hormones: From molecules to behavior ." T...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The stress of life

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[Note: This post is intended as reading material for my upcoming online course, " Canine Hormones: From molecules to behavior ." T...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Hormone regulation: it's all about control

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[Note: This post is intended as reading material for my upcoming online course, " Canine Hormones: From molecules to behavior ." T...
Monday, January 12, 2015

How I got my dog back

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I was in Boston, seeing some old friends. My dogs were two hours away in Connecticut, with the friend I was staying with. My shy dog Jenny h...
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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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