Abel Bult-Ito's Home Page Academic Background and Degrees: Employment Teaching Experience Master's and Ph.D. Studies Undergraduate Research Student Awards Peer-Reviewed Publications Published Meeting Abstracts Invited Seminars and Symposia Research Funding Awards Honors Public Service University Service Scholarly Service Memberships Research Interests Peer-Reviewed Publication Abstracts
 Abel Bult-Ito, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Behavioral and Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory Alaskan Basic Neuroscience Program Institute of Arctic Biology & Department of Biology and Wildlife University of Alaska Fairbanks P.O. Box 757000 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000 Tel: 907-474-7158 Fax: 907-474-6967 E-mail: ffab@uaf.edu
 
Peer-Reviewed Publications:

25. K.J. Hochstetler, T. Garland, Jr., J.G. Swallow, P.A. Carter, and A. Bult-Ito. Number of arginine-vasopressin neurons in the suprachiasmatic nuclei is not related to level or circadian characteristics of wheel-running activity in house mice. Behavior Genetics, in press.

24. L.Yan, K.J. Hochstetler, R.Silver, and A. Bult-Ito. Relationship between Phase Shifts and Per Gene Expression in Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. NeuroReport, in press.

23. S.J. Kuhlman, R. Silver, J. Le Sauter, A. Bult-Ito, and D. G. McMahon (2003) Phase Resetting Light Pulses Induce Per1 and Persistent Spike Activity in a Subpopulation of Biological Clock Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 23:1441-1450.

22. A. Bult, M.E. Kobylk, and E.A. Van der Zee (2001) Differential expression of protein kinase C bI (PKCbI) but not PKCa and PKCbII in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of selected house mouse lines, and the relationship to arginine-vasopressin. Brain Research 914:123-133. Abstract

21. M. Mahoney, A. Bult, and L. Smale. Phase response curve and light induced Fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and adjacent hypothalamus of Arvicanthis niloticus. J. Biol. Rhythms 16:149-162. Abstract

20. A. Bult and C.B. Lynch. (2000) Breaking through artificial selection limits of an adaptive behavior in mice and the consequences for correlated responses. Behav. Genet. 30:193-206. Abstract

19. S.P. Amy, R. Chari, and A. Bult (2000) Fos in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of house mouse lines that reveal a different phase-delay response to the same light pulse. J. Biol. Rhythms 15:95-102. Abstract

18. S.T. Marshall, A.I. Fa'anunu, and A. Bult (2000) Calretinin is not a marker for subdivisions within the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Brain Res. 854:216-219. Abstract

17. A.A. Nunez, A. Bult, T.L. McElhinny, and L. Smale (1999) Daily rhythms of Fos expression in hypothalamic targets of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in diurnal and nocturnal rodents. J. Biol. Rhythms 14:300-306. Abstract

16. A. Bult and L. Smale (1999) Distribution of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase C-isoforms in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the diurnal murid rodent, Arvicanthis niloticus. Brain Res. 816:190-199. Abstract

15. F. Sluyter, A. Bult, F. Meeter, G.A. Van Oortmerssen, and C.B. Lynch (1997) A comparison between Fl reciprocal hybrids of house mouse lines bidirectionally selected for attack latency or nest-building behavior: no Y chromosomal effects on altcrnative behavioral strategies. Behav. Genet. 27:477-482. Abstract

14. A. Bult and C.B. Lynch (1997) Nesting and Fitness: Lifetime reproductive success in house mice bidirectionally selected for thermoregulatory nest-building behavior. Behav. Genet. 27:231-240. Abstract

13. A. Bult, F. Zhao, R.A. Dirkx, E. Sharma, M. Solimena, and P.J. Lombroso (1997) STEP: a family of brain-enriched PTPs-Alternative splicing produces transmembrane, cytosolic, and truncated isoforms. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 72:337-344. Abstract

12. D.M. Tucker, J.F. Leckman, L. Scahill, G. Epstein Wilf, R. LaCamera, L. Cardona, P. Cohen, S. Heidmann, J. Goldstein, J. Judge, Ei Snyder, A. Bult, B.S. Peterson, R. King, and P. Lombroso (1996) A putative post-streptococcal case of OCD with chronic tic disorder, not otherwise specified. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 35:1684-1691. Abstract

11. A. Bult, F. Zhao, R.A. Dirkx, E. Sharma, E. Lukacsi, M. Solimena, J.R. Naegele, and P.J. Lombroso (1996) STEP61: a new member of a family of brain-enriched PTPs is targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum. J. Neurosci. 16:7821-7831. Abstract

10. E. Nuyts, A. Bult, and E.A. Van der Zee (1996) The influence of age on the assignment of a perch in the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus L.): new data and a review of the literature. Can. J. Zool. 74:1713-1720. Abstract

9. A. Bult and C.B. Lynch (1996) Multiple selection responses in house mice bidirectionally selected for thermoregulatory nest-building behavior: crosses of replicate lines. Behav. Genet. 26:439-446. Abstract

8. E.A. Van der Zee and A. Bult (1995) Distribution of AVP and Ca2+-dependent PKC-isozymes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the mouse and rabbit. Brain Res. 701:99-107. Abstract

7. E. Sharma, F.S. Zhao, A. Bult, and P.J. Lombroso (1995) Identification of two alternatively spliced transcripts of STEP: a subfamily of brain-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatases. Mol. Brain Res. 32:87-93. Abstract

6. F. Sluyter, A. Bult, C.B. Lynch, G.A. van Oortmerssen and J.M. Koolhaas (1995) A comparison between house mouse lines selected for attack latency or nest-building: evidence for a genetic basis for alternative behavioral strategies. Behav. Genet. 25:247-252. Abstract

5. A. Bult, J.R. Naegele, E. Sharma, and P.J. Lombroso (1995) Identifying and characterizing protein-tyrosine phosphatases in the brain. NeuroProtocols: A Companion to Methods in Neurosciences 6:91-104. Abstract

4. A. Bult, L. Hiestand, E.A. Van der Zee, and C.B. Lynch (1993) Circadian rhythms differ between selected mouse lines: a model to study the role of vasopressin neurons in the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Brain Res. Bull. 32:623-627. Abstract

3. A. Bult, E.A. Van der Zee, J.C. Compaan, and C.B. Lynch (1992) Differences in the number of arginine-vasopressin-immunoreactive neurons exist in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of house mice selected for differences in nest-building behavior. Brain Res. 578:335-338. Abstract

2. C. Dijkstra, A. Bult, S. Bijlsma, S. Daan, T. Meijer, and M. Zijlstra (1990) Brood size manipulations in the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus): effects on offspring and parent survival. J. Animal Ecol. 59:269-285. Abstract

1. D. Masman, C. Dijkstra, S. Daan, and A. Bult (1989) Energetic limitation of avian parental effort: field experiments in the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). J. Evol. Biol. 2: 435-455. Abstract

A. Bult (1993) An analysis of quantitative genetic, neural, and circadian aspects of thermoregulatory nest-building behavior in the house mouse, Mus domesticus. Ph.D. Dissertation, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Abstract

 

 Renewed Selection for Thermoregulatory Nest-Building Behavior: A Behavior with a Truely Polygenic Basis

A. Bult and C.B. Lynch. (2000) Breaking through artificial selection limits of an adaptive behavior in mice and the consequences for correlated responses. Behavior Genetics 30:193-206.