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B.S.  University of California, Irvine 1977

M.S.  Kent State University 1981

Ph.D.  Kent State University 1983

Post-doctorate  Stanford University 1983 - 1986

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Teacher of the Year, LMU Psi Chi Society  2000 - 2001

Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science  2006

Elected Fellow, Western Psychological Association  2007

Biological Psychology

Neural Plasticity

Hormone Action on Brain

Dr. Foy's research and scholarly interests occur within the broad field of neuroscience, with special emphasis on the electrophysiology of learning and memory function. His research efforts have resulted in the discovery of hormonal, stress and aging factors that impact how neurons communicate within the hippocampus, a structure known to be involved in memory.

Foy, M.R., Baudry, R., Brinton, R.D. & Thompson, R.F. (2011). Estrogen, progesterone and hippocampal plasticity in rodent models. In G. Casadesus (Ed), Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease (pp. 109-127). IOS Press. 

Foy, M.R. (2011). Ovarian hormones, aging and stress on hippocampal synaptic plasticity, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 95, 134-144.

Foy, M.R., Baudry, M., Akopian, G.K. & Thompson, R.F. (2010). Regulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity by estrogen and progesterone. In G. Litwack (Ed), Vitamins and Hormones, Vol. 82: Hormones of the Limbic System (pp. 219-239). Academic Press.

Woodruff-Pak, D.S., Foy, M.R., Akopian, G.K., Lee, K.H., Zach, J., Nguyen, K.P.T., Comalli, D.M., Kennard, J.A., Agelan, A. & Thompson, R.F. (2010). Differential effects and rates of normal aging in cerebellum and hippocampus, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 107, 1624-1629.

Foy, M.R. & Foy, J.G. (2009). Conditioned Taste Aversion. In L.R. Squire (Ed), New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Vol. 3 (pp. 35-41). Academic Press.

Zadran, S., Qingyu, Q., Bi, X., Zadran, H., Kim, Y., Foy, M.R., Thompson, R. & Baudry, M. (2009). 17beta-estradiol increases neuronal excitability through MAP kinase-induced calpain activation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 106, 21936-21941.

Woodruff-Pak, D.S., Thompson, R.F. & Foy, M.R. (2009). Contribution of a mouse model system to neuroscientific theories of learning, memory and aging. In V. Bentson, M. Silverstein, N. Putney & D. Gans (Eds), Handbook of Theories of Aging (pp. 193-213). Springer Publishing Company.

Foy, M.R., Baudry, M., Foy, J.G. & Thompson, R.F. (2008). 17beta-estradiol modifies stress-induced and age-related changes in hippocampal synaptic plasticity, Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 301-309.

Brinton, R.D., Thompson, R.F., Foy, M.R., Baudry, M., Wang, J.M. Finch, C.E., Morgan, T.E., Pike, C.J., Mack, W.J. Stancyk, F.Z. & Nilsen, J. (2008). Progesterone receptors: Form and function in brain, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 29, 313-339.

Foy, M.R., Akopian, G. & Thompson, R.F. (2008). Progesterone regulation of synaptic transmission and plasticity in rodent hippocampus, Learning and Memory, 15, 820-822.

Foy, M., Baudry, M. & Thompson, R.F. (2008). Estrogen and hippocampal synaptic plasticity. In R.D. Fields (Ed), Beyond the Synapse: Cell-Cell Signaling and Synaptic Plasticity (pp. 97-110). Cambridge University Press.

Foy, M.R., Baudry, M., Brinton, R.D. & Thompson, R.F. (2008). Estrogen and hippocampal plasticity in rodent models, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 15, 589-603.