Our Faculty
Stefany Primeaux, 
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department/Laboratory:
Joint Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism Program
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(225) 763-2525
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Education:
Louisiana State University, Psychology, B.S. 1994
Southeastern Louisiana University, Psychology, M.A. 1996
University of Georgia, Psychology, Ph.D., 2000
Research Interests:

1) factors that affect the intake of dietary fat 2) effects of dietary fat on central and peripheral nervous systems 3) Neurotrauma and nutrition 4) comorbidity of obesity and depression 5) anxiety-related behaviors
Selected Publications:

1. Primeaux, S.D., Tong, M. & Holmes, G.M. (2007; Epub July 18). Effects of spinal cord injury on body weight and body composition in rats fed a standard chow diet. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
2. Primeaux, S.D., Barnes, M.J., & Bray, G.A. (2007). Olfactory bulbectomy increases food intake and hypothalamic neuropeptide Y in obesity-prone but not obesity-resistant rats. Behavioural Brain Research 180(2), 190-6.
3. Primeaux, S.D., Wilson, S.P., McDonald, A.J. Mascagni, F., & Wilson, M.A. (2006). The role of delta opioid receptors in the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepines. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior.
4. Barnes, M.J., Holmes, G., Primeaux, S.D., York, D.A. & Bray, G.A. (2006) Increased expression of mu opioid receptors in animals susceptible to diet-induced obesity. Peptides, 27(12),3292-3298.
5. Primeaux, S.D., Wilson, S.P., Bray, G.A., York, D.A. & Wilson, M.A. (2006). Overexpression of neuropeptide Y in the central nucleus of the amygdala decreases ethanol self-administration in “anxious” rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30 (5), 791-801.
6. Primeaux, S.D., York, D.A., & Bray, G.A. (2006). Neuropeptide Y administration into the amygdala alters high fat food intake. Peptides 27 (7), 1644-1651.
7. Primeaux, S.D., Wilson, S.P. Cusick, M.C., York, D.A. & Wilson, M.A. (2005) Effects of altered amygdalar neuropeptide Y expression on anxiety-related behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 9, 1589-1597.
8. Wilson, M.A., Burghardt, P.R., Ford, K.A., Wilkinson, M.B. & Primeaux, S.D. (2004). Anxiolytic effects of diazepam and ethanol in two behavioral models: Comparison of males and females. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 78, 445-458.
9. Primeaux, S.D., Wilson, M.A., Wilson, S.P., Guth, A.N., Lelutiu, N.B., & Holmes, P.V. (2003) Herpes Virus-Mediated Prepro-Enkephalin Gene Transfer in the Ventral Striatum Mimics Behavioral Changes Produced by Olfactory Bulbectomy in Rats, Brain Research 988(1-2), 43-55.
10. Wilson, M.A., Burghardt, P.R., Lugo Jr., J. N., Primeaux, S.D., & Wilson, S.P. (2003). Effect of amygdalar opioids on the anxiolytic properties of ethanol. New York Academy of Science, 985, 472-476
11. Holmes, P.V., Masini, C.V., Primeaux, S.D. Garrett, J.L. Zellner, A., Stogner, K.S., Duncan, A.A. & Crystal, J.D. (2002). Intravenous self-administration of amphetamine is increased in a rat model of depression. Synapse 46(1), 4-10.
12. Primeaux, S. D. & Holmes, P. V. (2000). Olfactory bulbectomy increases met-enkephalin and neuropeptide-Y-like immunoreactivity in rat limbic structures. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 67, 331-337.
13. Primeaux, S.D., Holmes, P.V., Martin, R.J., Dean, R. G., & Edwards, G.L. (2000). Experimentally induced attenuation of neuropeptide-Y gene expression in transgenic mice increases mortality rate following seizures. Neuroscience Letters, 287 (1), 61-64.
14. Primeaux, S. D. & Holmes, P. V. (1999). Role of aversively-motivated behavior in the olfactory bulbectomy syndrome. Physiology & Behavior, 67 (1), 41-47.
15. Holmes, P.V., Davis, R.C., Masini, C.V., & Primeaux, S.D. (1998) Effects of olfactory bulbectomy on neuropeptide gene expression in the rat olfactory/limbic system. Neuroscience, 86 (2),587-596.
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