Education

Undergraduate
Degree: Institution: Major: Minor:		BA Rutgers University Psychology Evolutionary Anthropology

Research Interest

I am interested in estrogen's control in food intake. Specifically, how estrogen decreases the strength of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone and also determining the nuclei in the brain where estrogen is acting to exert its anorectic effect.

Reasons for selecting FSU

I really liked the structure of the program and the faculty.

Other Interests

Spending time with friends, reading, the beach, the Yankees, playing with my pets and baking cakes and pies.

Abstract Presentations at Meetings

• Santollo J & Eckel LA. (2008) Central infusions of water soluble estradiol produces dose-related decreases in food intake in ovariectomized rats. Society for Neuroscience.
• Santollo J, Norbin SC & Eckel, L.A. (2008) Diet induced obesity is influenced by sex and exercise. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior.
• Santollo J, Wiley MD, & Eckel LA (2007) Acute activation of ERα decreases food intake, meal size and body weight in the ovariectomized rat. Society for Neuroscience.
• Rivera HM, Santollo J, & Eckel LA (2007) The anorexigenic effect of the 5- HT2C/1B agonist (mCPP) is increased by estradiol treatment in the ovariectomized rat. Society for Neuroscience.
• Santollo J & Eckel LA (2007) Estradiol decreases the orexigenic effect of NPY, but not AgRP, in ovariectomized rats. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior.
• Santollo J and Eckel LA (2006) Patterns of food and water intake in male and female rats: evidence for a sex difference. Society for Neuroscience.
• Santollo J and Eckel LA (2006) Sex Differences in the Behavioral Responses to Melanin- Concentrating Hormone. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior.
• Bangasser DA, Waxler DE, Santollo J & Shors TJ (2005) Hippocampus lesions prevent the acquisition of trace fear conditioning even when the CS and US have been previously associated. Society for Neuroscience.
• Bangasser, D.A., Santollo J. & Shors, T.J (2004) The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is necessary for the long-term effect of stress on learning. Pavlovian Society.
• Bangasser, D.A., Santollo J. & Shors, T.J (2004) The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is necessary for the long-term effect of stress on learning. Society for Neuroscience.

Publications

• Santollo J & Eckel LA (2008) Estradiol decreases the orexigenic effect of neuropeptide Y, but not agouti-related protein, in ovariectomized rats. Behavioral Brain Research, 191: 173-177.
• Santollo J & Eckel LA (2008) The orexigenic effect of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is influenced by sex and stage of the estrous cycle. Physiology and Behavior, 93: 842-850.
• Santollo J, Wiley MD, & Eckel LA (2007). Acute activation of ER alpha decreases food intake, meal size, and body weight in ovariectomized rats. American Journal of Physiology, 293: R2194-R2201.
• Santollo J and Eckel LA (2006) Patterns of food and water intake in male and female rats: evidence for a sex difference. Society for Neuroscience Press Book.
• Bangasser DA, Waxler DE, Santollo J & Shors TJ (2006) Trace Conditioning and the hippocampus: The Importance of Contiguity. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26(34):8702-8706.
• Bangasser DA, Santollo J & Shors TJ (2005) The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critically involved in the stress-induced facilitation of eyeblink conditioning in the male rat. Behavioral Neuroscience,19(6):1459- 66.

Supported By

NIH Predoctoral Training Grant (2005-2007)
National Institutes of Health, Ruth L. Kirschestein National Research
Service Award grant, "Estradiol, MCH and Food Intake" (NINDS 2008-2011)