Evelyn Satinoff
Professor 
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1963
satinoff@udel.edu
Chair, Department
of Psychology
Phone: (302) 831-2271: Office (302)
Office: Room 220 Wolf Hall 831-3173: Lab (302) 831-3645:
Fax
Research Interests
Work in my laboratory focusses on neural control of aging, with particular
attention to the poor thermoregulatory responses of old rats. Old
rats, like old humans, do not get as high a fever as do young animals when
they are infected. We work on this from an endocrinological (stress)
and immunological perspective. Other areas of interest include stress
an development, behavioral thermoregulation, sleep, cognitive deficits
in aging, and gender differences. In fact, there are many areas of
interest, depending on where the phenomena take us and what interests the
people in the lab.
In general, students in the lab have a primary project, and also collaborate
with others on their projects. This allows students to get a wide range
of techniques and knowledge and also gets their names on several research
papers, as both first or later author, something that is very important
when looking for a postdoctoral fellowship or a job. At present the lab
includes Maria Florez-Duquet, a senior postdoctoral fellow, Khalid Benamar,
a postdoctoral fellow from Morocco (Ph.D. from the University of Seville)
and Elizabeth Peloso, the best lab technician in the world. We also have
four undergraduates in the lab doing honors' projects or senior theses.
The lab is beautiful, having been built from scratch about three years
ago. We collaborate with the laboratory of Dr. Seymour Levine, a world-famous
neuroendocrinologist, who came here from Stanford to head our Neuroscience
Program, and Dr. Carlos Plata-Salaman, who is the Head of CNS pharmacology
at Johnson and Johnson.
Recent Publications
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Li, H., and Satinoff, E. Fetal tissue containing the suprachiasmatic nucleus
restores circadian rhythms in old rats. Amer. J. Physiol. 275 (Reg.
Integr. Comp. Physiol. 44), 1998, R1735-R1744
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Satinoff, E. Patterns of circadian body temperature rhythms in aged
rats. Clin. Exp. Pharmac. Physiol. 1998, 25:135-140.
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Plata-Salaman, C., Peloso, E., and Satinoff, E. Cytokine-induced
fever in obese (fa/fa) and lean (Fa/Fa) Zucker rats. Amer. J.
Physiol. 275 (Reg. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 44), 1998, R1353-R1357.
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Plata-Salaman, C., Peloso, E., and Satinoff, E. IL-1Beta-induced
fever in young and old Long-Evans rats. Amer. J. Physiol.
275 (Reg. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 44), 1998, R1633-1638.
And the paper that guides the work.
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Satinoff, E. Neural organization and evolution of thermal regulation in
mammals. Science, 1978, 201:16-22.
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