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Joseph Andrew Seggio
Faculty Fellow in Biology
Biology


Office: Olin Science Center 216
Phone: 207-859-5715
Fax: 859-5705
Email:
jaseggio@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5720 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8857

Semester Schedule

Education

Ph.D. 2009, University of Maine
Biological Sciences
Circadian Rhythms, Behavioral Neuroscience


B.A. 2004, Skidmore College
Biology, History, Classical Studies

Other Courses Taught
Course Course Title
Bi 274L Neuroscience Laboratory
Current Research

The effects of acute and chronic ethanol exposure on circadian rhythms in mammals, particularly rodent models. 1. The effects of chronic ethanol intake and ethanol preference on the mammalian circadian pacemaker. 2. Characterizing circadian pacemaker functioning in high and low ethanol-preferring animals. 3. The effects of other GABAergic drugs (e.g. benzodiazepines) on the mammalian circadian pacemaker. 4. Characterizing the chronobiological correlates of ethanol preference in mice.

Publications

Logan, R.W., Seggio, J.A., Robinson, S.L., Richard, G.R., Rosenwasser, A.M. (in review) Circadian wheel-running activity during withdrawal from chronic intermittent ethanol exposure in mice; Alcohol,

Seggio, J.A., Fixaris, M.C., Reed, J.D., Logan, R.W. Rosenwasser, A.M. (2009) Chronic ethanol intake alters circadian function in C57BL/6J mice; Journal of Biological Rhythms,

Seggio, J.A., Logan, R.W. and Rosenwasser, A.M. Chronic ethanol intake modulates photic and non-photic circadian phase shifting in the Syrian hamster. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 87, 297-305. 2007.

Rosenwasser, A.M., Fecteau, M.E., Logan, R.W., Reed, J.D., Cotter, S.J.N. and Seggio, J.A. Circadian activity rhythms in selectively bred ethanol-preferring and nonpreferring rats. Alcohol, 36, 69-81, 2005.