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Psychological Sciences
College of Health and Human Sciences
 

Psychological Sciences Faculty

Edward FoxEdward Fox

Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience Area

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
703 Third Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081 USA

Campus Address:
Psychological Sciences, Room 3128

E-mail: au_gc@psych.purdue.edu

Telephone: (765) 494-5917


Degree: Ph.D. Purdue University, 1989

Research Interests:

Our research focuses on brain-gut interactions mediated by the vagus nerve that regulate eating and bodyweight.

Recent Publications:

Murphy, M. C. & Fox, E. A. (2010). Mice deficient in brain-derived neurotrophic factor have altered development of vagal gastric sensory innervation. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(15), 2934-2951.

Fox, E. A. & McAdams, J. (2010). Smooth muscle-specific expression of neurotrophin-3 in the embryonic and neonatal gastrointestinal tract of the mouse. Cell and Tissue Research, 340(2), 267-286.

Biddinger, J. E. & Fox, E. A. (2010). Meal parameters and vagal gastrointestinal afferents in mice that experienced early postnatal overnutrition. Physiology and Behavior, 101, 184–191.

Ratcliffe, E. M., Farrar, N. & Fox, E. A. (2011). Development of vagal innervation of the gut: steering the wanderer. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 23(10), 898-911.

Fox, E. A. (2012). Treating diet-induced obesity: A new role for vagal afferents? Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 57, 1115-1117.

Fox, E. A. & Biddinger, J. E. (2012). Early postnatal overnutrition: potential roles of gastrointestinal vagal afferents and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Physiology and Behavior, 106, 400-412.