Publications

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Genes, Behavioral Control and Personality
Stoltenberg, S.F., *Lehmann, M.K., Anderson, C., Nag, P. & Anagnopoulos, C. (2011). Serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and childhood trauma are associated with individual differences in decision making.  Frontiers in Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics 2:33. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00033.  
Stoltenberg, S. F. & *Vandever, J. M.  (2010). Gender moderates the association between 5-HTTLPR and decision-making under ambiguity but not under risk.  Neuropharmacology, 58, 423-428.
Stoltenberg, S. F., Glass, J. M., Chermack, S. T., Flynn, H. A., Li, S., *Weston, M. E. & Burmeister, M. (2006). Possible Association Between Response Inhibition and a Variant in the Brain-Expressed Tryptophan Hydroxylase Gene (TPH2). Psychiatric Genetics, 16(1), 35-38.
 *Sen, S., Nesse, R., Li, S., Stoltenberg, S. F., Gleiberman, L. Burmeister, M., & Weder, A. B. (2005).  Association Between a Dopamine-4 Receptor Polymorphism and Blood Pressure.  American Journal of Hypertension, 18(9), 1206-1210.
 *Sen S., Villafuerte S., Nesse R., Stoltenberg S.F., Hopcian J., Gleiberman L., Weder A., Burmeister M. (2004).  Serotonin transporter and GABAA alpha 6 receptor variants are associated with neuroticism.  Biological Psychiatry, 55(3), 244-249.
 *Sen, S., Nesse, R.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Li, S., Gleiberman, L., Chakravarti, A., Weder, A.B. & Burmeister, M. (2003). A BDNF Coding Variant is Associated with the NEO Personality Inventory Domain Neuroticism, a Risk Factor for Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 28, 397-401.
 Stoltenberg, S.F., *Twitchell, G.R., Hanna, G.L, Cook, E.H., Fitzgerald, H.E., Zucker, R.A., & Little, K.Y. (2002). Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, peripheral indices of serotonin function, and personality measures in families with alcoholism. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 114:230-234.
 *Twitchell, G.R., Hanna, G.L, Cook, E.H., Stoltenberg, S.F., Fitzgerald, H.E., & Zucker, R.A., (2001). Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) genotype is associated with behavioral disinhibition and negative affect in children of alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 25 (7) 953-959.
 
Simulating the Serotonin System
Stoltenberg, S. F. & Nag, P. (2010).  Description and Validation of a Dynamical Systems Model of Presynaptic Serotonin Function: Genetic Variation, Brain Activation and Impulsivity.  Behavior Genetics.  DOI 10.1007/s10519-010-9335-3.   
Stoltenberg S. F. & Nag, P. (2007). Applying Control System Modelling to understand How Genetic Variation influences Serotonin Function and Behavior, pp. 133-171.  In Lassau, J. A. (ed.) Neural Synapse Research Trends.  Nova Publishers,  Hauppauge, NY.
Stoltenberg, S.F. (2005). Epistatic Interactions among Presynaptic Serotonergic System Components.  Behavior Genetics, 35(2), 199-209.
Stoltenberg S.F. (2003).  Serotonergic agents and alcoholism treatment: a simulation. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(12), 1853-1859.
 
Addictive behaviors
Grant, K.M., LeVan, T., Wells, S., Li, M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Carlo, G., & Bevins, R.A. (in press).  Methamphetamine psychosis: A review.  Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology.
Stoltenberg S. F., *Lehmann, M. K., Christ, C. C., *Hersrud, S. L., & Davies, G. E. (in press).  Associations among types of impulsivity, substance use problems and Neurexin-3 polymorphisms.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 
*Hersrud, S. & Stoltenberg, S. F. (2009).  Epistatic interaction between COMT and DAT1 genes on eating behavior: A pilot study.  Eating Behaviors 10, 131-133.
Stoltenberg, S.F., *Batien, B.D. & *Birgenheir, D.G. (2008). Does Gender Moderate Associations Among Impulsivity and Health-Risk Behaviors?  Addictive Behaviors, 33(2), 252-265.
Hill, E.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Bullard, K.H., Li, S., Zucker, R.A. & Burmeister, M. (2002). Antisocial alcoholism and serotonin-related polymorphisms: association tests. Psychiatric Genetics, 12 (3), 143-153.
Stoltenberg, S.F. & Burmeister, M. (2000). Recent progress in psychiatric genetics - some hope but no hype. Human Molecular Genetics, 9(6), 927-935.
Chermack, S.T., Stoltenberg, S.F., Fuller, B.E. & Blow, F.C. (2000). Gender differences in the development of substance-related problems: The impact of family history of alcoholism, family history of violence, and childhood conduct problems. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61(6), 845-852.
Stoltenberg, S.F., Hill, E.M., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. & Zucker, R.A. (1999). Birth cohort differences in features of antisocial alcoholism among men and women. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 23 (12), 1884-1891.
Curran, G.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Hill, E.M., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. and Zucker, R.A. (1999) Gender differences in the relationships among SES, family history of alcoholism and alcohol dependence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60 (6), 825-832.
Hill, E.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Burmeister, M., Closser, M., & Zucker, R.A. (1999). Potential associations among genetic markers in the serotonergic system and the antisocial alcoholism subtype. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 7, 103-121.
Stoltenberg, S. F., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. & Hill, E.M. (1998). Evaluating measures of family history of alcoholism: Density versus dichotomy. Addiction, 93, 1511-1520.
 
Heritability
Stoltenberg, S. F. (1997a). Coming to terms with heritability. Genetica, 99, 89-96.
Stoltenberg, S. F. (1997b). Heritability estimates provide a crumbling foundation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 20, (3) 525. (Continuing commentary on Mealey, 1995)
Geotaxis
Stoltenberg, S. F., & Hirsch, J. (1997). A Y chromosome effect on geotaxis in Drosophila melanogaster whose detection depends on genetic and/or cytoplasmic background. Animal Behaviour, 53(4), 853-864.
Stoltenberg, S. F., & Hirsch, J. (1996). A gene correlate of geotaxis near Adh (2-50.1) in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 252-259.
Stoltenberg, S. F., Hirsch, J., & Berlocher, S. H. (1995). Analyzing correlations of three types in selected lines of Drosophila melanogaster that have evolved stable extreme geotactic performance. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 109, 85-94.
 

Alternatively, you can go to the List of Psychology Department Publications at the UNL Digital Commons and search for "Stoltenberg".

Peer-Reviewed Publications (*student co-author)

Simons, J.S, Simons, R.M., Grimm, K.J., Keith, J.A., & Stoltenberg, S.F. (in press).  Affective dynamics among veterans: Associations with distress tolerance and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Emotion. 

*Sullivan, G. A., Gervais, S. J., Brock, R., L., & Stoltenberg, S. F. (2020). Social responsiveness and objectification: The moderating roles of serotonin transporter and serotonin receptor 2A genotypes in an objectification theory model of disordered eating.  Sex Roles, 82(9), 584-599.  https:// 10.1007/s11199-019-01075-3.

Simons, J.S., Simons, R.M., Walters, K.J., Keith, J.A., O’Brien, C., Andal, K. & Stoltenberg, S.F. (2019).  Nexus of despair: A network analysis of suicidal ideation among veterans.  Archives of Suicide Research.  Feb 8:1-23. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2019.1574689.

*Niitsu, K., Rice, M.J., Houfek, J.F., Stoltenberg, S.F., Kupzyk, K.A., & Barron, C.R. (2019).  A Systematic Review of Genetic Influence on Psychological Resilience.  Biological Research for Nursing. 21(1): 61-71.  doi: 10.1177/1099800418800396

Simons, J.S., Simons, R.M., Keith, J.A., Grimm, K.J., Stoltenberg, S.F., O’Brien, C., & Andal, K. (2018).  PTSD symptoms and alcohol-related problems among veterans: Temporal associations and vulnerability. 127(8): 733-750.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 

*Christ, C.C., *Watkins, L.E., DiLillo, D., Stoltenberg, S.F. (2018).  Alcohol Intoxication Moderates the Association between a Polygenic Risk Score and Unprovoked Intimate Partner Aggression. Journal of Family Violence. 33(1): 83-94.  DOI 10.1007/s10896-017-9908-5

*Christ, C.C., Schwartz, J.A., Stoltenberg, S.F., Brauer, J.R. & Savolainen, J. (2018).  The effect of MAOA and stress sensitivity on crime and delinquency: An attempted replication. 34(3): 336-353. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.

*Niitsu, K., Houfek, F. J., Barron, C. R., Stoltenberg, S. F., Kupzyk, K. A., Rice, M. J. (2017). A concept analysis of resilience integrating genetics. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38(11), 896-906. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1350225

Simons, J.S., Simons, R.M., O’Brien, C., Stoltenberg, S.F., Keith, J.A., & Hudson, J.A. (2017). PTSD, Alcohol Dependence, and Conduct Problems: Distinct pathways via lability and disinhibition.  Addictive Behaviors, 64:185-193. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.044. 

Rozenblat, V., Ong, D., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M.,  Akkermann, K., Collier, D., Engels, R., Fernandez-Aranda, F., Harro, J., Homberg, J.R., Karwautz, A., Kiive, E., Klump, K.L., Larson, C.L., Racine, S.E., Richardson, J., Steiger, H., Stoltenberg, S.F., van Strien, T., Wagner, G., Treasure, J. & Krug, I. (2017).  A systematic review and secondary data analysis of the interactions between the serotonin transporter 5-HTTLPR polymorphism and environmental and psychological factors in eating disorders.  Journal of Psychiatric Research. 84:62-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.09.023

*Mills, M., *Reinert-Gehman, O., Stoltenberg, S.F. & Dodd, M.D.  (2016). Emotion moderates the association between HTR2A (rs6313) genotype and antisaccade latency. Experimental Brain Research. 234(9):2653-65.  DOI 10.1007/s00221-016-4669-6

*Christ, C.C., Carlo, G. & Stoltenberg, S.F (2016). Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Indirectly Predict Prosocial Behavior through Perspective Taking and Empathic Concern.  Journal of Personality, 84(2):204-13. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12152

*Lundahl, A., Wahlstrom, L.C., *Christ, C.C. & Stoltenberg, S.F. (2015).  Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Impulsivity and Disordered Eating Behaviors and Attitudes.  Eating Behaviors 18:120-4. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.05.004. Epub 2015 May 21.

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Christ, C.C. & Carlo, G. (2013).  Afraid to help:  Social anxiety partially mediates the association between 5-HTTLPR triallelic genotype and prosocial behavior.  Social Neuroscience, 8(5): 400-406.

Villafuerte, S., Strumba, V., Stoltenberg, S.F., Zucker, R.A. & Burmeister, M. (2013).  Impulsiveness mediates the association between GABRA2 SNPs and lifetime alcohol problems.  Genes, Brain & Behavior, 12(5):525-31; doi: 10.1111/gbb.12039.

*Deppe, K.D., Stoltenberg, S.F., Smith, K.B., & Hibbing, J.R. (2013).  Candidate Genes and Voter Turnout: Further Evidence on the Role of 5-HTTLPR.  American Political Science Review, 107(2): 375-381.

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Christ, C.C. & *Highland, K.B. (2012). Serotonin system gene polymorphisms are associated with impulsivity in a context dependent manner.  Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 39, 182-191.  doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.06.012

Stoltenberg, S.F., Anderson, C., Nag, P. & Anagnopoulos, C. (2012).  Association Between the Serotonin Transporter Triallelic Genotype and Eating Problems is Moderated by the Experience of Childhood Trauma in Women.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45(4):492-500.  doi: 10.1002/eat.20976

*Herschl, L.C., McChargue, D.E., MacKillop, J. & Stoltenberg, S.F. (2012).  Implicit and explicit alcohol-related motivations among college binge drinkers.  Psychopharmacology, 221(4):685-92.  DOI 10.1007/s00213-011-2613-9

Grant, K.M., LeVan, T., Wells, S., Li, M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Carlo, G., & Bevins, R.A. (2012).  Methamphetamine psychosis: A review.  Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 7(1):113-39.  DOI: 10.1007/s11481-011-9288-1. 

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Lehmann, M.K., Anderson, C., Nag, P. & Anagnopoulos, C. (2011a). Serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and childhood trauma are associated with individual differences in decision making.  Frontiers in Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics 2:33. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00033. 

Stoltenberg S. F., *Lehmann, M. K., Christ, C. C., *Hersrud, S. L., & Davies, G. E. (2011b).  Associations among types of impulsivity, substance use problems and Neurexin-3 polymorphisms.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 119: e31-e38.

Stoltenberg, S. F. & Nag, P. (2010).  Description and Validation of a Dynamical Systems Model of Presynaptic Serotonin Function: Genetic Variation, Brain Activation and Impulsivity.  Behavior Genetics, 40: 262-279. 

Stoltenberg, S. F. & *Vandever, J. M. (2010). Gender moderates the association between 5-HTTLPR and decision-making under ambiguity but not under risk.  Neuropharmacology, 58, 423-428.

*Hersrud, S. & Stoltenberg, S. F. (2009).  Epistatic interaction between COMT and DAT1 genes on eating behavior: A pilot study.  Eating Behaviors 10, 131-133.

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Batien, B.D. & *Birgenheir, D.G. (2008). Does Gender Moderate Associations Among Impulsivity and Health-Risk Behaviors?  Addictive Behaviors, 33(2), 252-265.

Stoltenberg, S. F., Glass, J. M., Chermack, S. T., Flynn, H. A., Li, S., *Weston, M. E. & Burmeister, M. (2006). Possible Association Between Response Inhibition and a Variant in the Brain-Expressed Tryptophan Hydroxylase Gene (TPH2). Psychiatric Genetics, 16(1), 35-38.

*Sen, S., Nesse, R., Li, S., Stoltenberg, S. F., Gleiberman, L. Burmeister, M., & Weder, A. B. (2005).  Association Between a Dopamine-4 Receptor Polymorphism and Blood Pressure.  American Journal of Hypertension, 18(9), 1206-1210. 

Stoltenberg, S.F. (2005). Epistatic Interactions among Presynaptic Serotonergic System Components.  Behavior Genetics, 35(2), 199-209.

*Sen S., Villafuerte S., Nesse R., Stoltenberg S.F., *Hopcian J., Gleiberman L., Weder A., Burmeister M. (2004).  Serotonin transporter and GABAA alpha 6 receptor variants are associated with neuroticism.  Biological Psychiatry, 55(3), 244-249.

Stoltenberg S.F. (2003).  Serotonergic agents and alcoholism treatment: a simulation. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(12), 1853-1859.

*Sen, S., Nesse, R.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Li, S., Gleiberman, L., Chakravarti, A., Weder, A.B. & Burmeister, M. (2003). A BDNF Coding Variant is Associated with the NEO Personality Inventory Domain Neuroticism, a Risk Factor for Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 28, 397-401.

Hill, E.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Bullard, K.H., Li, S., Zucker, R.A. & Burmeister, M. (2002). Antisocial alcoholism and serotonin-related polymorphisms: association tests. Psychiatric Genetics, 12 (3), 143-153.

Stoltenberg, S.F., *Twitchell, G.R., Hanna, G.L, Cook, E.H., Fitzgerald, H.E., Zucker, R.A., & Little, K.Y. (2002). Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, peripheral indices of serotonin function, and personality measures in families with alcoholism. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B:Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 114:230-234.

*Twitchell, G.R., Hanna, G.L, Cook, E.H., Stoltenberg, S.F., Fitzgerald, H.E., & Zucker, R.A., (2001). Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) genotype is associated with behavioral disinhibition and negative affect in children of alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 25 (7) 953-959.

Stoltenberg, S.F. & Burmeister, M. (2000). Recent progress in psychiatric genetics - some hope but no hype. Human Molecular Genetics, 9(6), 927-935.

Chermack, S.T., Stoltenberg, S.F., Fuller, B.E. & Blow, F.C. (2000). Gender differences in the development of substance-related problems: The impact of family history of alcoholism, family history of violence, and childhood conduct problems. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61(6), 845-852.

Stoltenberg, S.F., Hill, E.M., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. & Zucker, R.A. (1999). Birth cohort differences in features of antisocial alcoholism among men and women. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 23 (12), 1884-1891.

Curran, G.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Hill, E.M., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. and Zucker, R.A. (1999) Gender differences in the relationships among SES, family history of alcoholism and alcohol dependence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60 (6), 825-832.

Hill, E.M., Stoltenberg, S.F., Burmeister, M., Closser, M., & Zucker, R.A. (1999). Potential associations among genetic markers in the serotonergic system and the antisocial alcoholism subtype. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 7, 103-121.

Stoltenberg, S. F., Mudd, S.A., Blow, F.C. & Hill, E.M. (1998). Evaluating measures of family history of alcoholism: Density versus dichotomy. Addiction, 93, 1511-1520.

Stoltenberg, S. F. (1997a). Coming to terms with heritability. Genetica, 99, 89-96.

Stoltenberg, S. F. (1997b). Heritability estimates provide a crumbling foundation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 20, (3) 525. (Continuing commentary on Mealey, 1995)

Stoltenberg, S. F., & Hirsch, J. (1997). Y chromosome effects on Drosophila geotaxis interact with genetic or cytoplasmic background. Animal Behaviour, 53(4), 853-864.

Stoltenberg, S. F., & Hirsch, J. (1996). A gene correlate of geotaxis near Adh (2-50.1) in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 252-259.

Stoltenberg, S. F., Hirsch, J., & Berlocher, S. H. (1995). Analyzing correlations of three types in selected lines of Drosophila melanogaster that have evolved stable extreme geotactic performance. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 109, 85-94.

 

Chapters in Books

Stoltenberg, S. F. (2014).  Do Genes Motivate Substance Use? Pp. 1-4. In S. F. Stoltenberg (Ed.). Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation 61, Springer, New York.

Stoltenberg, S. F. (2011).  Dynamic and Systems-Based Models for Evaluating Hypotheses Related to Predicting Treatment Response, pp. 1291-1304.  In B. A. Johnson, (Ed.), Addiction Medicine: Science and Practice.  New York, NY, Springer.

Stoltenberg S. F. & Nag, P. (2007). Applying Control System Modelling to understand How Genetic Variation influences Serotonin Function and Behavior, pp. 133-171.  In Lassau, J. A. (Ed.) Neural Synapse Research Trends.  Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers. 

Stoltenberg, S. F., & Hirsch, J. (1998). Behavior Genetic Analysis. In G. Greenberg & M. Haraway (Eds.) Comparative Psychology: A Handbook (pp. 226-235). New York: Garland.

 

Books

Stoltenberg, S. F. (Ed.). (2014). Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation 61, Springer, New York.

Stoltenberg, S.F. Foundations of Behavior Genetics.  Cambridge University Press.  In progress.  Expected publication in 2022.