Cornell College B.A.

The University of Tennessee, PhD (Biopsycholgy)

The University of Iowa, Post-Doctoral training.

Health Psychology

Biological Basis of Behavior

Drugs and Behavior

Neurobiology of stress

Mechanisms of environmentally-induced hypertension

Developmental psychobiology

Stress-Induced diseases

For more information, please visit Dr. Sander's laboratory website at:
http://www.drake.edu/artsci/neuroscience/SandersLab.html

Sanders, B. J. and Antecevic, A. (2004), Early maternal separation increases stress-induced Fos expression in the PVN of borderline hypertensive rats. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, June 2004.

Kobsa, S., B. J. Sanders, A. Anticevic, and D. Dale (2003). Central effects of early experience in the borderline hypertensive rat. Presented at annual meeting of International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, April 2003.

Sanders, B.J. and M.J. Gray. (1997). Early environmental factors can attenuate the blood pressure response to acute stress in borderline hypertensive rats. Physiology and Behavior, 61(5), 749-754

Solltis, R. P., J. C. Cook, A. E. Gregg, and B. J. Sanders. (1997). Interaction of GABA and excitatory amino acids in teh basolateral amygdala: Role in cardiovascular regulation. Journal of Neuroscience, 17(23) , 9367-9374

NIH, "Excitatory Amino Acids and CNS Cardiovascular Control", 6/1/97-5/31/00, (Co-Principal Investigator along with Dr. Robert P. Soltis), $74,104.

NIH, “Early Experience and Adult Responsiveness to Stress”, 8/15/03-5/30/06; direct cost $100,000.

NSF, "Enhancement of Psychological Science Laboratories", (principal author, co-authors: J. Allen, J. Rankin, S. Faux, and W. Klipec) $137,000.

Member, NIH Safety and Occupational Health Study Section; Clinical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, April, 1995.

Member, Iowa Heart Association Research Committee; 1995-1999

Member, Heartland Affiliate (AHA) Research Committee, 1997-2000

Member, AHA Behavioral Science, Epidemiology, and Prevention Study Committee; July 1, 1996 to 6/30/00; 4/1/04- present.

Society for Neuroscience

International Society for Developmental Psychobiology

International Behavioral Neuroscience Society

Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience