2020
Kuenzel, W.J., S.W. Kang and A. Jurkevich. 2020. The vasotocin system and its role in the regulation of stress in birds. In: Vasopressin (Vitamins and Hormones) (Ed.G. Litwack) Vol. 113:183-216, Academic Press/ Elsevier, Oxford, UK.
Kang,S.W., K.D. Christensen, D. Aldridge and W.J. Kuenzel. 2020. Effects of light intensity and dual light intensity choice on plasma corticosterone, central serotonergic and dopaminergic activities in birds, Gallus gallus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 285: 113289. doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113289.
Kang, S.W., M.T. Kidd Jr., H.J. Kadhim, S. Shouse, S.K. Orlowski, J. Hiltz, N.B. Anthony, W.J. Kuenzel and B.C. Kong. 2020. Characterization of stress response involved in chicken myopathy. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 295:113526. doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113526.
2019
Kadhim, H.K., S.W. Kang and W.J. Kuenzel. 2019. Differential and temporal expression of corticotropin releasing hormone and its receptors in the nucleus of the hippocampal commissure and paraventricular nucleus during the stress response in chickens (Gallus gallus). Brain Res. doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2019.02.018
Khatri, B., S. Kang, S. Shouse, N. Anthony, W. Kuenzel and B.C. Kong. 2019. Copy number variation study in Japanese quail associated with stress related traits using whole genome re-sequencing data. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0214543. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214543
Kadhim, H.K., S.W. Kong and W.J. Kuenzel. 2019. Differential delayed responses of arginine vasotocin and its receptors in septo-hypothalamic brain structures and anterior pituitary that susteain hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functions during acute stress. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113302.
2018
Kuenzel, W.J. 2018. Mapping the brain of the chicken (Gallus gallus), with emphasis on the septal-hypothalamic region. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 256: 4-15. doi:10.1016/j.ygen.2017.09.003.
Kang, S.W., S. Jayanthi, G. Nagarajan, T.K.S. Kumar and W.J. Kuenzel. 2018. Identification ofavian vasotocin receptor subtype specific antagonists involved in the stress response of the chicken, Gallus gallus. J. Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1464957
Piekarski, A., G. Nagarajan, P. Ishola, J. Flees, E.S. Greene, W.J. Kuenzel, T. Ohkubo, H. Maier, W.G. Bottje, M.A. Cline and S. Dridi. 2018. AMP-activated protein kinase mediates the effect of leptin on avian autophagy in a tissue-specific manner. Front. Physiology. 9:541. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00541
2017
Nagarajan, G., S.W. Kang, and W.J. Kuenzel. 2017a. Functional evidence that the nucleus of the hippocampal commissure shows an earlier activation from a stressor than the paraventricular nucleus: Implication of an additional structural component of the avian hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Neurosci. Letters 642:14-19. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.01.064.
Nagarajan, G., A. Jurkevich, S.W. Kang and W.J. Kuenzel. 2017b. Anatomical and functional implications of CRH neurons in a septal nucleus of the avian brain: An emphasis on glial-neuronal interaction via V1a receptors in vitro. J. Neuroendocrinol. 29: 1-11. doi: 10.1111/jne.12494. [Images in paper selected for the cover of July Issue; Podcast of paper made for Journal website by G. Nagarajan].
Kang, S.W., M. Madkour and W.J. Kuenzel. 2017. Tissue-specific expression of DNA methyltransferases involved in early-life nutritional stress of chicken, Gallus gallus. Front. Genetics. 8: 204. doi:10.3389/fgene.2017.00204.
2016
Aman, N.A., G. Nagarajan, S.W. Kang, M. Hancock and W.J. Kuenzel. 2016. Differential responses of the vasotocin 1a receptor (V1aR) and osmoreceptors to immobilization and osmotic stress in circumventricular organs of the chicken (Gallus gallus) brain. Brain Res. 1649:67-78.
Nagarajan, G., A. Jurkevich, S.W. Kang and W.J. Kuenzel. 2016. Diencephalic and septal structures containing the avian vasotocin receptor (V1aR) involved in the regulation of food intake in chickens, Gallus gallus. Physiol. Behav. 164:268-276.
Kuenzel, Wayne J., Megan Hancock, Gurueswar Nagarajan, N. Alphonse Aman and Seong W. Kang. 2016. Central effect of vasotocin 4 receptor (VT4R/V1aR) antagonists on the stress response and food intake in chicks given neuropeptide Y (NPY). Neurosci. Letters 620:57-61.
2015
Kuenzel, W.J., S.W. Kang and Z,J. Zhou. 2015. Exploring avian deep-brain photoreceptors and their role in activating the neuroendocrine regulation of gonadal development. Poultry Sci. 94:786-798., doi: 10.3382/ps. 2014-04370.
Selvam, R., A. Jurkevich and W.J. Kuenzel. 2015. Distribution of the vasotocin type four receptor (VT4R) throughout the brain of the chicken, Gallus gallus. J. Comp. Neurol. 523:335-358., doi: 10.1002/cne.2014.23684.
Kang, S.W. and W.J. Kuenzel. 2015. Deep-brain photoreceptors (DBPs) involved in the photoperiodic gonadal response in an avian species, Gallus gallus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 211:106-113., doi: 10.1016/j.ygen.2014.11.020.
2014
Jayanthi, S., S.W. Kang, D.Bingham, B.A. Tessaro, T.K. S. Kumar and W.J. Kuenzel. 2014.
Identification of antagonists to the vasotocin receptor subtype 4 (VT4R) involved in stress by
molecular modeling and verification using anterior pituitary cells. J. Biomolecular Structure &
Dynamics 32:648-660. , doi: 10.1080/07391102.2013.787025.
Nagarajan, G., B.A. Tessaro, S.W. Kang and W.J. Kuenzel. 2014. Identification of arginine vasotocin (AVT) neurons activated by acute and chronic restraint stress in the avian septum and anterior diencephalon. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 202:59-68., doi: 10:1016/j.ygen.2013.02.029.
Kang, S.W. and W.J. Kuenzel. 2014. Regulation of gene expression of vasotocin and corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors in the avian anterior pituitary by corticosterone. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 204:25-32., doi: 10:1016/j.ygen.2014.04.018.
Kuenzel, W.J. 2014. Research advances made in the avian brain and their relevance to poultry scientists. Poultry Sci. 93:2945-2952., doi: 10.3382/ps.2014-04408
2013
Kuenzel, W.J., S.W. Kang and A. Jurkevich. 2013. Neuroendocrine regulation of stress in birds with
an emphasis on vasotocin receptors (VTRs). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 190:18-23.
Cornett, L.E., S.W. Kang and W.J. Kuenzel. 2013. A possible mechanism contributing to the synergistic action of vasotocin (VT) and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) receptors on corticosterone release in birds. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 188:46-53.
2012
Selvam, R., A. Jurkevich, S. Kang, M. Mikhailova, L. Cornett, and W. Kuenzel. 2012. Distribution of
the vasotocin subtype four receptor (VT4R) in the anterior pituitary gland of the chicken, Gallus
gallus, and its possible role in the avian stress response. J. Neuroendocrinol. .doi 10.111/July 1365
2826.2012.02370.x. print: 2013, 25:56-66.
2011
Kuenzel, W.J., L. Medina, A. Csillag, D.J. Perkel and A. Reiner. 2011. The avian subpallium: new
insights into structural and functional subdivisions occupying the lateral subpallial wall and their
embryological origins. Brain Res. 1424: 67-101.
Xie, J., W.J. Kuenzel, P.J. Sharp and A. Jurkevich. 2011. Appetitive and consummatory
sexual and agonistic behaviour elicits FOS expression in aromatase and vasotocin
neurons within the preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of male domestic
chickens. J. Neuroendocrinol. 23: 232–243.
2010
Kuenzel, W.J. and A. Jurkevich. 2010. Molecular neuroendocrine events during stress in poultry. Poultry Sci. 89:832-840.
Xie, J., W.J. Kuenzel, N.B. Anthony and A. Jurkevich. 2010. Subpallial and hypothalamic areas activated following sexual and agonistic encounters in male chickens. Physiol. Behav. 101:344-359.
2009
Li, H., J.A. Proudman and W.J. Kuenzel. 2009. Differential regulation of gene expression and release of FSH and prolactin by long day and sulfamethazine in chicks. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 161:262-266.
Kuenzel, W.J. 2009. A landmark contribution to Poultry Science – a possible mode of action of sulfamethazine on the reproductive system of Leghorn cockerels. Poultry Sci. 88:824-831.
Henderson, S.N., J.T. Barton, A.D. Wolfenden, S.E. Higgins, J.P. Higgins, W.J. Kuenzel, C.A. Lester, G. Tellez and B.M. Hargis. 2009. Comparison of beak-trimming methods on early broiler breeder performance. Poultry. Sci. 88:57-60.
2008
Jurkevich, A., L.R. Berghman, L.E. Cornett and W.J. Kuenzel. 2008. Immunohistochemical characterization of chicken pituitary cells containing the vasotocin VT2 receptor. Cell Tissue Res. 333:253-262
Madison, F.N., A. Jurkevich and W.J. Kuenzel. 2008. Sex differences in plasma corticosterone release in undisturbed chickens (Gallus gallus) in response to arginine vasotocin and corticotropin releasing hormone. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 155:566-573.
Li, H. and W.J. Kuenzel. 2008. A possible neural cascade involving the photoneuroendocrine system (PNES) responsible for regulating gonadal development in an avian species, Gallus gallus. Brain Res. Bull. 76:586-596.
2007
Mikhailova, M.V., P.R. Mayeux, A. Jurkevich, W.J. Kuenzel, F. Madison, A. Periasamy, Y. Chen, and L.E. Cornett. 2007. Heterooligomerization between vasotocin and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) receptors augments CRH-stimulated 3’, 5’-cyclic adenosine monophosphate production. Mol. Endocrinol. 21:2178-2188.
Kuenzel, W.J. 2007. Neurobiological basis of sensory perception: welfare implications of beak trimming. Poultry Sci. 86:1273-1282.
Sparling, D.W., J. Eisemann and W. Kuenzel. 2007. Nesting and foraging behavior of Red-winged
Blackbirds in stormwater wetlands. Urban Ecosystems 10(1):1-15.
2006
Kuenzel, W.J. and C.D. Golden. 2006. Distribution and change in number of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-1 neurons following activation of the photoneuroendocrine system in the chick, Gallus gallus. Cell Tissue Res. 325:501-512.
Kuenzel, W.J., A.M. Rowland, P.B. Pillai, T.I. O’Connor-Dennie, J.L. Emmert and R.F. Wideman. 2006. The use of vitamin A-deficient diets and jugular vein ligation to increase intracranial pressure in chickens (Gallus gallus). Poultry Sci. 85:537-545.
2005
Jurkevich, A., L.R. Berghman, L.E. Cornett and W.J. Kuenzel. 2005. Characterization and immunohistochemical visualization of the vasotocin VT2 receptor in the pituitary gland of the chicken, Gallus gallus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 143:82-91. NOTE: One of the photomicrographs in the article was chosen for the cover of the August, 2005 issue of the journal.
Jarvis, E.D., O. Güntürkün, L. Bruce, A. Csillag, H. Karten, W. Kuenzel, L. Medina, G. Paxinos, D.J. Perkel, T. Shimizu, G. Striedter, J.M. Wild, G.F. Ball, J. Dugas-Ford, S.E. Durand, G.E. Hough, S. Husband, L.Kubikova, D.W. Lee, C.V. Mello, A. Powers, C. Stang, T.V. Smulders, K. Wada, S.A. White, K. Yamamoto, J. Yu, A. Reiner and A.B. Butler. 2005. Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution. Nature Rev. Neurosci. 6(2):151-159.
Rathinam, T., and W.J. Kuenzel. 2005. Attenuation of gonadal response to photostimulation following ablation of neurons in the lateral septal organ of chicks. Brain Res. Bull. 64:455-461.
2004
Reiner, A., D.J. Perkel, L.L. Bruce, A.B. Butler, A. Csillag, W. Kuenzel, L. Medina, G. Paxinos, T. Shimizu, G. Striedter, M. Wild, G.F. Ball, S. Durand, O. Güntürkün, D.W. Lee, C.V. Mello, A. Powers, S.A. White, G. Hough, L. Kubikova, T.V. Smulders, K. Wada, J. Dugas-Ford, S. Husband, K. Yamamoto, J. Yu, C. Siang, and E.D. Jarvis. 2004. Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei. J. Comp. Neurol. 473:377-414.
Reiner, A., D.J. Perkel, L.L. Bruce, A.B. Butler, A. Csillag, W. Kuenzel, L. Medina, G. Paxinos, T. Shimizu, G. Striedter, M. Wild, G.F. Ball, S. Durand, O. Güntürkün, D.W. Lee, C.V. Mello, A. Powers, S.A. White, G. Hough, L. Kubikova, T.V. Smulders, K. Wada, J. Dugas-Ford, S. Husband, K. Yamamoto, J. Yu, C. Siang, and E.D. Jarvis. 2004. The avian brain nomenclature forum: Terminology for a new century in comparative neuroanatomy. J. Comp. Neurol. 473:E1-E6.
Li, H., M.B. Ferrari and W.J. Kuenzel. 2004. Light-induced reduction of cytoplasmic free calcium in neurons proposed to be encephalic photoreceptors in chick brain. Develop. Brain Res. 153:153-161.
Kuenzel, W.J., M.M. Abdel-Maksoud, T. Elsasser and J.A. Proudman. 2004. Sulfamethazine advances puberty in male chicks by effecting a rapid increase in gonadotropins. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 137:349-355.
Sparling, D.W., J. D. Eisemann and W.J. Kuenzel. 2004. Contaminant exposure and effects in Red winged Blackbirds inhabiting stormwater retention ponds. Environmental Managmt. 33(5):719-729.