Research
Research
My main research interest is focused on the effects of stress on maternal care, maternal aggression, and anxiety during lactation in rats. I try to assign the specific effects to selected brain regions involved in mediating maternal behavior and stress-related responses by means of behavioral and molecular techniques.
Profile
Profile
2011 to date
PhD student in neurobiology in the group of PD Dr. Oliver Bosch (laboratory of Prof. Neumann) at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
2009 - 2011
M.Sc. in Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences (ECN) at the University of Regensburg (Master thesis: “The role of corticotropin-releasing factor on maternal behavior and anxiety in lactating rats”)
2006 – 2009
B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Regensburg (Bachelor thesis: “The oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin system in the brain of pregnant and lactating rats: activation after confrontation with a virgin intruder”)
born June 23rd 1986 in Vilshofen, Germany
Publications
Publications
2013
Klampfl SM, Neumann ID, Bosch OJ, 2013. Reduced brain CRF receptor activation is required for adequate maternal care and maternal aggression in lactating rats. Eur J Neurosci in press.
2011
Caughey, S.D., Klampfl, S.M., Bishop, V.R., Pfoertsch, J., Neumann, I.D., Bosch, O.J., Meddle, S.L., 2011. Changes in the intensity of maternal aggression and central oxytocin and vasopressin v1a receptors across the peripartum period in the rat. J. Neuroendocrinol. 23, 1113-1124.
2010
Bosch, O.J., Klampfl, S., Caughey, S.D., Kaczmarek, V., Neumann, I.D., Meddle, S.L., 2010. Hypothalamic and limbic vasopressin and oxytocin release facilitates maternal aggression in the lactating rat. Program No. 693.4/HHH16. 2010 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2010. Online.
