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Karin Gill

Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of Neuroscience Program

Offices & Programs

Neuroscience

Education

BS Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
MS and PhD Experimental Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Psychopharmacology, University of Kentucky

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BIOGRAPHY

Karin Gill joined Centre’s faculty in 2015 and is an associate professor of neuroscience. 

Her research interests include the investigation of sex hormones and their role in drug abuse and dependence, particularly how sex hormones affect brain mechanisms when exposed to psychostimulants in female Japanese quail. 

Gill received a B.S. in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, an M.S., and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology: behavioral neuroscience and psychopharmacology from the University of Kentucky. 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

KY Branch of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Organization for the Study of Sex Differences
Midwestern Psychological Association
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience

COURSES TAUGHT

  • NRO 225: Experimental Neuroscience
  • NRO 350: Bed, Brain, & Beyond: Neuroendocrinology
  • NRO 340: Mind-Altering Molecules: Neuropharmacology
  • NRO 400: Neuroscience Research Immersion
  • PSY 110: Introduction to Psychological Science

PUBLICATIONS

  • Gill, K.E., McGarrigle, W.J., Neel, A.I., Tonto, D.O., & Greenleaf, K.L. (2022). D2 receptor antagonism enhances cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization in female, but not male Japanese quail. Behavioural Pharmacology, 33(5), 355-363. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000686
  • Akins, C.K., Bolin, B.L., & Gill, K.E. (2017). Cocaine pre-exposure enhances sexual conditioning and increases resistance to extinction in male Japanese quail. Learning & Behavior, 45 (3), 313-322.
  • Gill, K.E., Reynolds, A.R., Prendergast, M.A., & Akins, C.K. (2016). Female Japanese quail with high levels of estradiol demonstrate cocaine-induced conditioned place preference. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 24 (3), 185-192.
  • Gill, K.E., Madison, F.N., & Akins, C.K. (2015). Cocaine-induced sensitization correlates with testosterone in male Japanese quail but not with estradiol in female Japanese quail. Hormones & Behavior, 67, 21-27. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.11.006
  • Gill, K.E., Rice, B.A., & Akins, C.K. (2015). Cocaine induces state-dependent learning of sexual conditioning in male Japanese quail. Physiology & Behavior, 138, 150-153. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.020
  • Bolin, B.L., Cornett, H.L., Barnes, A.F., Gill, K.E., & Akins, C.K. (2012). Nicotine induces a conditioned place preference in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Physiology & Behavior, 107 (3), 364-367. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.08.005 

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