CURRICULUM VITAE

 

NAME AND POSITION: Yvon Delville, Assistant Professor.

EDUCATION:

University of Liège, Belgium 1980, "Candidat en Biologie".

University of Liège, Belgium 1983, "Licencié en Zoologie".

University of Liège, Belgium 1983, "Aggregé Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur".

University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, 1992, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Behavior.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Royal Atheneum, Spa, Belgium 1983-4, High School Teacher.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, 1985-90, Research Assistant, Neuroscience and Behavior Program.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, 1987-90, Teaching Assistant, Psychology Department.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Physiology Department, Worcester MA, 1991-93, Post-Doctoral Fellow.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Psychiatry Department, Worcester MA, 1993-94, Instructor.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Psychiatry Department, Worcester MA, 1994-99, Assistant Professor

University of Texas, Psychology Department, Austin TX, 1999-2003, Assistant Professor.

University of Texas, Psychology Department, Austin TX, 2003-present, Associate Professor.

 

WORK ADDRESS:

Psychology Department, University of Texas, Seay Psychology Building, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX 78712.

Phone: Office: (512) 232 5731; Lab: (512) 232 7953.

FAX: (512) 471 6175.

Email: Delville@psy.utexas.edu

 

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Society for Neuroscience, member since 1987.

American Association for the Advancement of Science, member since 1995.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, member since 1996.

Behavioral Teratology Society, member since 1998.

International Society for Research on Aggression, member since 2001.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Research Articles:

-Delville, Y., J.-C. Hendrick, J. Sulon, and J, Balthazart. (1984). Testosterone metabolism and testosterone-dependent

characteristics in Japanese quail. Physiol. Behav., 33, 817-823.

-Delville, Y., J. Sulon, J.-C. Hendrick, and J. Balthazart. (1984). Effect of the presence of females on the pituitary-

testicular activity in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 55, 295-305.

-Delville, Y., J. Sulon, and J. Balthazart. (1985). Hormonal correlates of gonadal regression and spontaneous

recovery in Japanese quail exposed to short day-lenghts. Arch. Int. Physiol. Biochimie, 93, 123-133.

-Delville, Y., J. Sulon, and J. Balthazart. (1986). Diurnal varations of sexual receptivity in the female Japanese quail

(Coturnix coturnix japonica). Horm. Behav., 20, 13-33.

-Delville, Y. and J. Balthazart. (1987). Hormonal control of female sexual behavior in the Japanese quail.  Horm.

Behav., 21, 288-309.

-Blaustein, J.D., R. Finkbohner, and Y. Delville. (1987). Estrogen-induced and estrogen-facilitated female rat sexual

behavior is not mediated by progestin receptors. Neuroendocrinol., 45, 152-159.

-Deviche, P., Y. Delville, and J. Balthazart. (1987). Central and peripheral metabolism of 5a-dihydrotestosterone

in the male Japanese quail: biochemical characterization and relationship with reproductive behavior.  Brain Res., 421,

Brain Res., 421, 105-116.

-Delville, Y. and J.D. Blaustein. (1989). Long-term ovariectomy and hormone-induced sexual behavior, progestin

receptors, and hypothalamic morphology in female rats. Horm. Behav. 23, 269-278.

-Delville, Y. and J.D. Blaustein. (1991). A site for estradiol priming of progesterone-facilitated sexual receptivity in

the ventrolateral hypothalamus of female guinea pigs. Brain Res., 559, 191-199.

-Delville, Y. and C.F. Ferris. (1992). Existence of a sexual dimorphism in vasopressin binding in the area of the

ventromedial hypothalamus in hamsters. Ann N.Y. Acad. Sci., 652, 470-471.

-Delville, Y., C. Stires, and C.F. Ferris. (1992). Distribution of corticotropin-releasing immunoreactivity in golden

hamster brain. Brain Res. Bull., 29, 681-684.

-Ferris, C.F., Y. Delville, Z. Grzonka, J. Luber-Narod, and T.R. Insel. (1993). An iodinated vasopressin (V1)

antagonist blocks flank marking and selectively labels neural binding sites in golden hamsters. Physiol. Behav., 54,

737-747.

-Delville, Y. and J.D. Blaustein. (1993). Estrogen receptor-immunoreactive forebrain neurons project to the

ventrolateral hypothalamus in female guinea pigs. J. Comp. Neurol., 334, 571-589.

-Delville, Y., E.T. Koh, and C.F. Ferris. (1994). Sexual differences in the magnocellular vasopressinergic system in

golden hamsters. Brain Res. Bull., 33, 535-540.

-Ferris, C.F., Y. Delville, R.W. Irvin, and M. Potegal. (1994). Septo-hypothalamic organization of a stereotypic

behavior controlled by vasopressin in golden hamsters. Physiol. Behav., 55, 755-759.

-Delville, Y., K.M. Mansour, E.W. Quan, B.M. Yules, and C.F. Ferris. (1994). Postnatal development of the

vasopressinergic system in golden hamsters. Dev. Brain Res., 81, 230-239.

-Delville, Y. and C.F. Ferris. (1995). Vasopressin receptor binding in the ventrolateral hypothalamus of golden

hamsters is sexually different and testosterone-dependent. Brain Res., 681, 91-96.

-Delville, Y., L.S. Conklin, and C.F. Ferris. (1995). Differential expression of vasopressin receptor binding in the

hypothalamus during lactation in golden hamsters. Brain Res., 689, 147-150.

-Ferris, C.F., Y. Delville, M.A. Miller, D.M. Dorsa, and G.J. De Vries. (1995) Distribution of small

vasopressinergic neurons in golden hamsters. J. Comp. Neurol., 360, 589-598.

-Delville, Y., K.M. Mansour and C.F. Ferris. (1996). Serotonin blocks vasopressin-facilitated offesnive aggression:

interactions within the ventrolateral hypothalamus of golden hamsters. Physiol. Behav., 59, 813-816.

-Delville, Y., K.M. Mansour, and C.F. Ferris. (1996). Testosterone facilitates offensive aggression by modulating

vasopressin receptors in the hypothalamus. Physiol. Behav., 60, 25-29.

-Ferris, C.F., Y. Delville, J.A. Brewer, K.M. Mansour, B. Yules and R.H. Melloni Jr. (1996). Vasopressin and the

developmental onset of flank marking in golden hamsters. J. Neurobiol., 30, 192-204.

-Ferris, C.F., R.H. Melloni Jr., G. Kopel, K.W. Perry, R.W. Fuller, and Y. Delville. (1997). Vasopressin/serotonin

interactions in the anterior hypothalamus control aggressive behavior in golden hamsters. J. Neurosci., 17, 4331-

4340.

-Delville, Y., R.H. Melloni Jr., and C.F. Ferris. (1998). Behavioral and neurobiological consequences of social

subjugation during puberty in golden hamsters. J. Neurosci., 18, 2667-2672.

-Delville, Y., G.J. De Vries, W.J. Schwartz, and C.F. Ferris. (1998). Flank-marking behavior and the neural

distribution of vasopressin innervation in golden hamsters with suprachiasmatic lesions.  Behav. Neurosci., 112,

1486-1501.

-Ferris, C.F., Y. Delville, S. Bonigut, and M.A. Miller. (1999). Galanin antagonizes vasopressin-stimulated flank

marking in male golden hamsters. Brain Res., 832, 1-6.

-Delville, Y. (1999). Exposure to lead during development alters aggressive behavior in golden hamsters. 

Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 21, 445-449.

-Ferris, C.F., T.L. Stolberg, and Y. Delville. (1999). Serotonin regulation of aggressive behavior in male golden

hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Behav. Neurosci., 113, 804-815.

-King, J.A., R.A. Barkley, Y. Delville, and C.F. Ferris. (2000). Early androgen treatment decreases cognitive

functioning and catecholamine innervation of the frontal cortex in an animal model of ADHD.  Behav. Brain Res.,

107, 35-43.

-Lambert, J.F., B.O. Benoit, G.A. Colvin, J. Carlson, Y. Delville, and P.J. Quesenberry. (2000).  Quick sex

determination of mouse fetuses. J. Neurosci. Methods, 95, 127-132.

-Delville, Y., G.J. De Vries, and C.F. Ferris. (2000). Neural connections of the anterior hypothalamus and agonistic

behavior in golden hamsters. Brain Behav. Evol., 55, 53-76.

-King, J.A., T.-A.N. Kelly, and Y. Delville. (2000) Adult levels of testosterone alter catecholamine innervation in an

animal model of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychobiol., 42, 163-168.

-Wommack, J.C., and Y. Delville. (2002). Social subjugation during puberty and tyrosine hydroxylase expression in

the extended amygdala in golden hamsters. Brain Res., 933, 139-143.

-Wommack, J.C., K. Taravosh-Lahn, J.T. David, and Y. Delville. (2003). Repeated exposure to social stress alters

the development of agonistic behavior in male golden hamsters. Horm. Behav., 43, 229-236.

-Wommack, J.C., Y. Delville. (2003).  Repeated social stress and the development of agonistic behavior: individual

Differences in coping responses in male golden hamsters.  Physiol. Behav., 80. 303-308.

-David, J.T., M.C. Cervantes, K.A. Trosky, J.A. Salinas, and Y. Delville. (2004).  A neural network underlying

Individual differences in emotion and aggression in male golden hamsters.  Neuroscience, 126, 567-578.

-Wommack, J.C., A. Salinas, R.H. Melloni Jr., and Y. Delville. (2004).  Behavioural and neuroendocrine adaptations

To repeated stress during puberty in male golden hamsters.  J. Neuroendocrinol., 16, 767-775.

-Fleming, S.F., Y. Delville, and T. Schallert. (2005).  An intermittent, controlled-rate, slow progressive degeneration model

of Parkinson’s disease: antiparkinson effects of Sinemet and protective effects of methylphenidate.  Behav. Brain Res., 156,

201-213.

 

Reviews:

-Blaustein, J.D., D.H. Olster, Y. Delville, K.H. Nielsen, M.J. Tetel, and J.C. Turcotte. (1990).  Hypothalamic sex

steroid hormone receptors and female sexual behavior: New insights from immunocytochemical studies.  In: J.

Balthazart (ed.), Hormones, brain and behaviour in vertebrates. 2. Behavioural activation in males and females- Social

Interaction and reproductive endocrinology. Comp. Physiol. Basel, Karger, vol. 9, pp 75-90.

-Delville, Y. (1991). Progesterone-facilitated sexual receptivity: A review of arguments supporting a non-genomic

mechanism. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev., 15, 407-414.

-Ferris, C.F. and Y. Delville. (1994). Vasopressin and agonistic behaviors in golden hamsters.

Psychoneuroendocrinol., 19, 593-601.

-Blaustein, J.D., M.J. Tetel, K.H. Nielsen-Ricciardi, Y. Delville, J.C. Turcotte. (1994). Studies of the ventrolateral

hypothalamus and its connections with reference to female sexual behavior. Psychoneuroendocrinol., 19, 505-516.

-Delville, Y, J.T. David, K. Taravosh-Lahn, and J.C. Wommack. (2003).  Stress and the development of agonistic

Behavior in golden hamsters.  Horm. Behav., 44, 263-270.