Dr. Christine Tenk
Dr. Christine Tenk
Division of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology,
Office: BR 211
Email: ctenk2@uwo.ca
Telephone: (519) 432-8353 ext 28242
Academic Background
- Honors B.Sc., Biology & Psychology, University of Toronto
- M.Sc., Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario
Post-doctoral experience:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario
Research and Scholarly Interests
- Sex differences in humans and animals with a focus on drug-seeking behaviour & reward, immune function, and psychopathologies
- Long-term effects of early developmental stressors on behaviour, physiology, neural structures, and brain development
- Animal models of human behavioural disorders
Teaching
- Drugs and Behaviour, Psychology 2020A
- Psychological Measurement and Statistics, Psychology 2885
- Motivation and Emotion, Psychology 3209F/G
- Special Topics in Psychology: Sex Differences in Brain and Behaviour, Psychology 3990G
Representative Publications
- Tenk, C.M., Pitchers, K.K., Coolen, L.M. (2008). Behavioral and neural changes following sexual experience in male rats. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Abstracts, P1.53
- Tenk, C.M., Kavaliers, M., & Ossenkopp, K.-P. (2008). Sexually dimorphic effects of neonatal immune system activation with lipopolysaccharide on the behavioural response to a homotypic adult immune challenge. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 26: 331-338
- Hampson, E., Ellis, C.L., & Tenk, C.M. (2008). On the relation between 2D:4D and sex-dimorphic personality traits. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 37:133-144
- Tenk, C.M., Foley, K.A., Kavaliers, M., & Ossenkopp, K.-P. (2007). Neonatal immune system activation with lipopolysaccharide increases behavioural sensitization to the dopamine agonist, quinpirole, in adult female but not male rats. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 21: 935-945
Community Links
- Let’s Talk Science Outreach Program