The Dog Zombie

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Who funds dog research?

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As I move through my training and think ahead to my future career, I wonder: who will pay for all this research I want to do on dogs? I have...
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Monday, March 9, 2015

Contexts and cues: the reactive dog brain

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A dog on leash, seeing another dog, explodes into a fury of barking and lunging. Reactive dogs, dogs who respond with arousal or aggressi...
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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...
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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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