Behavioral Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology
Neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and pharmacology of sexual behavior
Effects of conditioning on sexual behavior, place and partner preference, and mate choice
Mechanisms of sexual arousal, desire, pleasure, and inhibition
Animal models of human sexual response and dysfunction
Effects of drugs of abuse on sexual function
Human Sexual Function and Dysfunction
Sexual desire and cognitive function
Assessment of sexual incentives
Subjective and objective tests of sexual arousal, desire, and orgasm
Effects of stress on sexual function
Sexual function of sexual minorities
Paraphilias
Hormones and Behavior (YMPC005)
Neurobiology of Motivation (YMPC006)
Sex Differences and Similarities (YMPC008)
The Nature and Nurture of Sex (YMPC009)
Current appointments
2021-present - Department of Psychology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic - Visiting Professor, Researcher
2022- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic - Senior Researcher
Previous academic appointments
2019-2021 - Centro de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER, México - Visiting Honorary Senior Investigador
Jan-Aug 2019 - Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada - Visiting Professeur associé
2005-2018 - Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN), Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Professor (Tenured)
1997-2005 - Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN), Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Associate Professor (Tenured)
1992-1997 - Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN), Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Assistant Professor
2013-2018 - Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH), Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Associate Member
2009-2018 - Science College, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Fellow
2008-2018 - Cross-appointment to the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Graduate Faculty, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
1999-2018 - Cross-appointment to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Faculty, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
1997-2018 - Cross-appointment to the Department of Biology Graduate Faculty, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
2007-2008 - Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN), Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Acting Director
1998, 2000, 2004, 2013 - Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER, México - Visiting Professor
1999 - Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada - Adjunct Professor (for a day)
Postdoctoral research
1990-1992 - Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA - NIH/National Public Health Service Postdoctoral Fellowship
Education
1986-1990 - Ph.D. - Psychology/Neuroscience - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1983-1986 - M.A. - Psychology/Neuroscience - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1980-1983 - B.A. (Honors) Psychology - American University, Washington, DC, USA
1977-1980 - Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, USA
Laboratory and research employment
1981-1983 - Physiological Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA - Staff Research Assistant
1979-1983 - Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, USA - Staff Laboratory Assistant/Counselor
1977-1981 - Tyler Business Services, Washington, DC, USA - Graphic Artist
2019-2024 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Project Grant 162264)
Title: Preclinical models of sexual arousal, desire, and orgasm disorders in women
2018-2023 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Title: Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sexual behavior (renewal)
2018-2019 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Bridge funding)
Title: Preclinical models of sexual arousal, desire, and orgasm disorders in women
2013-2014 - Concordia University Research Fellowship
Title: Researcher award for strategic research cluster "The person and society"
2012-2013 - Concordia University Seed Funding Team Program (with Aaron Johnson)
Title: A quantitative measure of desire: The sexual Stroop task
2012-2018 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery grant)
Title: Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sexual behavior (renewal)
2011-2016 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Operating grant)
Title: Neural and behavioral mechanisms of conditioned sexual excitation and inhibition: Sex differences and similarities
2011-2015 - Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRQS Group de recherche)
(with S. Amir, A. Arvanitogiannis, W. Brake, A. Chapman. N. Chaudhri, S. Chudassama, P. Clarke, R. Courtemanche, M. Leyton, David Mumby, P.-P. Rompré, U. Shalev, P. Shizgal, and B. Woodside)
Title: Groupe de recherche en neurobiologie comportementale
2010-2011 - Syracuse University Mind Science Foundation Team Grant (with Stephanie Cacioppo and Francesco Bianchi-Demicheli)
Title: Consciousness of sexual desire
2007-2009 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Accelerator supplement)
Title: Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sexual behavior (renewal)
2007-2012 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery grant)
Title: Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sexual behavior (renewal)
2007-2011 - Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ Group de recherche) (with Shimon Amir, Andreas Arvanitogiannis, Wayne Brake, Andrew Chapman, Richard Courtemanche, David Mumby, Uri Shalev, Peter Shizgal, Jane Stewart, and Barbara Woodside)
Title: Groupe de recherche en neurobiologie comportementale
2005-2009 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Operating grant)
Title: Neural and behavioral mechanisms of conditioned sexual response
2002-2007 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery grant)
Title: Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sexual behavior (renewal)
2002-2004 - Fonds FCAR (NATEQ): Programme Soutien aux équipes de recherche (with Andrew Chapman, Alain Gratton, Pierre-Paul Rompré, Jane Stewart, and Louis-Eric Trudeau)
Title: Les bases neurobiologiques des comportements d’appétence
1998-2000 - National Institutes on Drug Abuse, NIH, USA (R21 Exploratory Development Grant)
Title: Modification of sexual behavior by drugs of abuse
1998-2001 - Fonds FCAR: Programme Soutien aux équipes de recherche (with Alain Gratton, Pierre-Paul Rompré, Jane Stewart, and Roy Wise)
1997-2002 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Research grant)
Title: Brain Monoamines and Sexual Behavior (renewal)
1995-1999 - Medical Research Council of Canada (Operating grant)
Title: Neural and behavioral consequences of sexual stimulation
1995-1997 - Seagram Fund for Academic Innovation, Concordia University
Title: Reciprocal effects of drug addiction on sexual motivation and performance
1995-1998 - Fonds FCAR: Programme Soutien aux équipes de recherche (with Alain Gratton, Pierre-Paul Rompré, Jane Stewart, and Roy Wise)
Title: Neurones dopaminergiques et comportement
1994-1997 - Fonds FCAR: Programme Établissement de nouveaux chercheurs (Operating grant)
Title: Les systèmes dopaminergiques cérébraux et le comportement sexuel: interactions avec les hormones stéroïdes
1994-1995 - Fonds FCAR: Programme Établissement de nouveaux chercheurs (Equipement grant)
Title: Les systèmes dopaminergiques cérébraux et le comportement sexuel: interactions avec les hormones stéroïdes
1994-1997 - Fonds FCAR: Programme Centres de recherche (with Shimon Amir, Zalman Amit, Alain Gratton, Peter Shizgal, Jane Stewart, Roy Wise, and Barbara Woodside)
Title: Centre d'études en neurobiologie comportmentale
1994-1995 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Equipment grant)
Title: Cryostat: Motor-driven cryotome (with Roy Wise)
1993-1997 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Operating grant)
Title: Brain Monoamines and Sexual Behaviour
1993-1994 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Equipment grant)
Title: Brain Monoamines and Sexual Behaviour
1992-1995 - Concordia University Faculty Research Development Program
Title: Neurochemical Correlates of Reproductive Behaviour in the Male and Female Rat: Interactions with Steroid Hormones
1990-1992 - National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(U.S. Public Health Service National Research Service Award NS08621)
Title: Ovarian Hormones and the Synthesis of Opioid Peptides
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6953-3663
Scopus ID: 7004237224
Web of Science Researcher ID: AAL-8613-2020
Google Scholar ID: JvSfYHAAAAAJ
H-index: 60 (Google Scholar), 51 (Scopus), 49 (Web of Science)
Posledních 10 publikací:
Pfaus, J.G., & Tsarski, K. (2022). A case of female orgasm without genital stimulation. Sexual Medicine, in press.
Coria-Avila, G.A., Pfaus, J.G., Orihuela, A., Domínguez-Oliva, A., José-Pérez, N., Hernández, L.A., & Mota-Rojas, D. (2022). The neurobiology of animal behavior and welfare: basic aspects. Animals, in
press.
García-Juárez, M. Luna-Hernández, A., Tapia-Hernández, S., Montes-Narvaez, O., Domínguez-Ordoñez, R., Pfaus, J.G., & González-Flores, O. (2022). Apelin-13 facilitates lordosis behavior following infusions to the ventromedial hypothalamus or preoptic area in ovariectomized, estrogen-primed rats. Neuroscience Letters, in press.
Graham, M.D., Payne, J.W., Germé, K., & Pfaus, J.G. (2022). Steroid hormones modulate dopamine receptor subtypes on glutamate and GABA projections from the medial preoptic area to the ventromedial hypothalamus and ventral tegmental area of female rats: A triple-labelling study. European Journal of Neuroscience, in press.
Pfaus, J.G. (2021). Neuroelectrical activity and sexual stimluation: Deconstructing a Tower of Babel.
Archives of Sexual Behavior, in press.
Pfaus, J.G. (2021). TRPC2: A pheromonal funnel into same sex sexual behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 2299-2300.
Pfaus, J.G., Sadiq, A., Spana, C., Clayton, A.H. (2021). The neurobiology of bremelanotide for the
treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women. CNS Spectrums, 18, 1-29.
Androvičová, R., Pfaus, J.G., & Ovsepian, SV. Estrogen pendulum in schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease: Review of therapeutic benefits and outstanding questions. Neuroscience Letters, 759, 136038.
Domínguez-Ordoñez, R., Garcia-Juárez, M., Tapia-Hernández, S., Luna Hernández, A., Galindo Madrid, M.E., Tecamachaltzi-Silvarán, M.B., Pfaus, J.G., & González-Flores, O. (2021). Oxytocin induces lordosis behavior in female rats through the prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system. Hormones and Behavior, 136, 105081.
Garcia-Juárez, M., Lima-Hernández, F.J., Pfaus, J.G., & González-Flores, O. (2021). Tibolone induces lordosis behavior, but not concurrent or sequential inhibition, in Sprague Dawley rats. Neuroscience Letters, 755, 135916.
Navazující magisterský studijní program
Teoreticko-výzkumná psychologie
Univerzita Karlova
Fakulta humanitních studií
Pátkova 2137/5
182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň
