Structured CV PFAUS, James G.

Research Interests

Neurochemistry and neuroanatomy of sexual arousal, desire, orgasm, and inhibition

Conditioning and sexual behaviour

Sexual dysfunctions

Paraphilias

Employment History

2022 – present: Director of Research Division and senior researcher, Center for Sexual Health and Interventions, Národní ústav duševního zdraví (NUDZ), Klecany.

2021 – present: Assistant professor and researcher, Department of Psychology and Life Sciences, FHS UK, Praha.

2019 – 2021: Visiting professor and researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER México.

1992 – 2018: Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Selected grant projects (2013-2023)

Cognitive models of sexual reward and arousal.

Nositel: Université du Québec en Outaouais; Poskytovatel: Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Project Grant 162264. 01.04.2019 – 31.03.2025 (co- investigator). $688,500 CAD.

Dose-response effects of pimavanserin on long-term fluoxetine.

Nositel: Concordia University; Poskytovatel: Acadia Pharmaceuticals; ID projektu: Acadia Pharmaceutical Research Contract. 01.06.2017 – 31.05.2018 (investigator). $75,000 USD

Neural and behavioral consequences of acute bremelanotide (BMT).

Nositel: Concordia University; Poskytovatel: Palatin Technologies; ID projektu: Palatin Technologies Research Contract. 01.06.2016 – 31.03.2019 (investigator). $68,418.77 USD.

Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of sexual behaviour (renewal).

Nositel: Concordia University; Poskytovatel: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; ID projektu: OGP-138878. 01.04.2012 – 31.03.2019 (investigator). $675,000 CAD

Neural and behavioral mechanisms of conditioned sexual excitation and inhibition.

Nositel: Concordia University; Poskytovatel: Canadian Institutes of Health Research; ID projektu: MOP-111254. 01.04.2011 – 31.03.2018 (investigator).

$668,765 CAD.

Selected publications (2013-2023)

2023

PFAUS, JG. (2023) The cancer of Cancel Culture: Spreading “correct” scientific ideologies across North American academia, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52:1, 43-47. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02452-y.

PFAUS, JG. (2023) Neuroelectrical activity and sexual stimuluation: Deconstructing a Tower of Babel, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52:2, 603-606. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02001-z.

PFAUS, JG., SAFRON, A., & ZAKRESKI, E. (2023). From distal to proximal to interactive: behavioral and brain synchrony during attraction, courtship, and sexual interaction -- implications for clinical assessments of relationship style and quality, Sexual Medicine Reviews, 11:4, 312-322. DOI:

MEUER-BAHLBURG, HFL., LOWREY, K., HOOVEN, CK, & PFAUS, JG. (2023) A Response to the Commentary by Sterling et al. (Political Views, Not Science: A Response to the Recent “Cancel Culture” Special Section), Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52:8, 3189-3191.

DOI: 10.1007/s10508-023-02705-4.

LUNA-HERNÁNDEZ, A., GARCÍA-JUÁREZ, M., PALAFOX-MORENOA, J., TÉLLEZ-ANGUOLA, B., DOMÍNGUEZ-ORDOÑEZ, R., PFAUS, JG., & GONZÁLEZ-FLORES, O. (2023) Participation of the nitric oxide (NO) pathway in lordosis induced by Apelin-13 in female rats, Hormones and Behavior, 156, 105449. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105449.

PALLIKARAS, V., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., FERNANDEZ-ROSALES, VC., ARVANITOGIANNIS, A., & PFAUS, JG. (2023) Reciprocal effects of single or repeated exposure to methylphenidate or sex in adult male rats, Psychopharmacology, 240:1, 227-237.

DOI: 10.1007/s00213-022-06300-8.

2022

PFAUS, JG. (2022) Politics of sexual desire, Current Sexual Health Reports, 14:3, 71-81. DOI: 10.1007/s11930-022-00335-w

PFAUS, JG., & TSARSKI, K. (2022) A case of female orgasm without genital stimulation, Sexual Medicine, 10:2, 100496. DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2022.100496.

PFAUS, JG., SADIQ, A., SPANA, C., & CLAYTON, AH. (2022) The neurobiology of bremelanotide for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women, CNS Spectrums, 27:3, 281-289. DOI: 10.1017/S109285292100002X.

CORIA-AVILA, GA., PFAUS, JG., ORIHUELA, A., DOMÍNGUEZ-OLIVA, A., JOSÉ-PÉREZ, N., HERNÁNDEZ, LA., & MOTA-ROJAS, D. (2022) The neurobiology of animal behavior and welfare: basic aspects, Animals, 12:7, 928. DOI: 10.3390/ani12070928.

GARCÍA-JUÁREZ, M., LUNA-HERNÁNDEZ, A., TAPIA-HERNÁNDEZ, S., MONTES-NAVAREZ, O., DOMÍNGUEZ-ORDOÑEZ, R., PFAUS, JG., & 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, 773, 136518. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136518.

GONZÁLEZ-FLORES, O., PFAUS, JG., LUNA-HERNÁNDE, A., DOMÍNGUEZ-ORDOÑEZ, R., MONTEZ-NAVAREZ, O., TECAMACHALTZI-SILVARÁN, MB, & GARCÍA-JUÁREZ, M. (2022) Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol

benzoate-primed rats, Hormones and Behavior, 146, 105257. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105257.

MÉNARD, S., GELEZ, H., CORIA-AVILA GA., & PFAUS, JG. (2022) Sexual experience increases oxytocin, but not vasopressin, receptor densities in the medial preoptic area, ventromedial hypothalamus, and central amygdala of male rats, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 146, 105900. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105900.

QUINTANA, GR., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., & PFAUS, JG. (2022) Behavioral, neural, and molecular mechanisms of conditioned mate preference: the role of opioids and first experiences of sexual reward, International Journal of Molecular Science, 23:16, 8928. DOI: 10.3390/ijms23168928.

WELLS, TJ., KREJČOVÁ, L., BINTER J., PFAUS, JG., & HORSLEY, RR. (2022) No significant effect of frequent online sexual behavior on Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer (PIT): Implications for Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder, PLoS One, 17:9, e0274913.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274913.

2021

PFAUS, JG. (2021) TRPC2: A pheromonal funnel into same sex sexual behaviour, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50:6, 2299-2300. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01699-7.

PFAUS, JG. (2021). Testosterone and the brain, AUA News, 26, 41-43.

ANDROVIČOVÁ, R., PFAUS, JG., & OVSEPIAN, SV. (2021) Estrogen pendulum in schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease: Review of therapeutic benefits and outstanding questions, Neuroscience Letters, 759, 136038. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136038.

DOMÍNGUEZ-ORDOÑEZ, R., GARCÍA-JUÁREZ, M., TAPIA-HERNÁNDEZ, S., LUNA-HERNÁNDEZ, A., GALINDO MADRID, ME., TECAMACHALTZI-SILVERÁN, MB., PFAUS, JG., & GONZÁLEZ-FLORES, O. (2021) Oxytocin induces lordosis behavior in female rats through the prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system, Hormones and Behavior, 136, 105081. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105081.

GARCÍA-JUÁREZ, M., GÓMORA-ARRATI, P., DOMÍNGUEZ-ORDÓÑEZ, R., TECAMACHALTZI-SILVERÁN, MB., PFAUS, JG., & GONZÁLEZ-FLORES, O. (2021) Tibolone induces lordosis behavior, but not concurrent or sequential inhibition, in Sprague Dawley rats Neuroscience Letters, 755, 135916. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135916.

GOLDSTEIN, I., KOMISARUK, BR., PUKALL, CF., KIM, NN., GOLDSTEIN, AT., GOLDSTEIN, SW., HARTZELL-CUSHANICK, R., KELLOGG-SPADT, S., KIM, C., JACKOWICH, R., PARISH, SJ., PATTERSON, A., PETERS, K., & PFAUS, J.G. (2021) International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) review of epidemiology and pathophysiology, and a consensus nomenclature and process of care

for the management of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia

(PGAD/GPD) Journal of Sexual Medicine, 18:4, 665-697. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.01.172.

GONZÁLEZ CATUELA, BV., QUINTANA, GR., ACKERMAN, J., & PFAUS, JG. (2021) Acute caffeine reverses the disruptive effects of chronic fluoxetine on the sexual behavior of female and male rats, Psychopharmacology, 238:3, 755-764. DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05728-0.

HÖHLE, D., VAN ROOIJ, K., BLOEMERS, J., PFAUS, JG., MICHIELS, F., JANSSEN, P., CLAASSEN, E., TUITEN, AA. (2021) A survival of the fittest strategy for the selection of genotypes by which drug responders and non-responders can be predicted in small groups, PLoS One, 16:3, e0246828. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246828.

LYNN, B., GRABENHORST, C., KOMISARUK, BR, GOLDSTEIN I., & PFAUS JG. (2021) The use of pramipexole to treat persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD): A case report, Sexual Medicine, 9:4, 100372. DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100372.

NOLET, K., EMOND, FC., PFAUS, JG., GAGNON, J., & ROULEAU, J-L. (2021) Sexual attentional bias in young adult heterosexual men: attention allocation following self-regulation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50:6, 2531-2542. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-01928-7.

RAMÍREZ-RODRÍGUEZ, R., LEÓN-SEQUEDA, I., SALOMÓN-LARA, L, PERUSQUIA-CABRERA, D., HERRERA- COVARRUBIAS, D., FERNÁNDEZ-CAÑEDO, L., GARCÍA, LI., MANZO, J., PFAUS, JG., LÓPEZ-MERAZ, M-L., & CORIA-AVILA, GA. (2021) Enhanced D2 agonism induces conditioned appetitive sexual responses toward non-reproductive conspecifics, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50:8, 3901-3912. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02023-7.

2020

PFAUS, JG., QUINTANA, GR., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., GERSON, CA., DUBÉ, D., & CORIA-AVILA, CA. (2020) Conditioning of sexual interests and paraphilias in humans is difficult to see, virtually impossible to test, and probably exactly how it happens: A comment on Hsu and Bailey (2019), Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49:5, 1403-1407. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01739-2.

GARCÍA-JUÁREZ, M., MONTES-NARVÁEZA, O., LIMA-HERNÁNDEZ, FJ., PFAUS, J.G., & GONZÁLEZ-FLORES, O. (2020) Tibolone facilitates lordosis behavior through estrogen, progestin, and GnRH-1 receptors in estrogen-primed rats, Neuroscience Letters, 736, 135299. 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135299.

LYNN, B., GEE, A., ZHANG, L., & PFAUS, JG. (2020) Effects of cannabinoids on female sexual function, Sexual Medicine Reviews, 8:1, 18-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2019.07.004.

MAC CIONNAITH, CE., LEMAY, A., GOMEZ-PERALES, EL., ROBERT, G., CERNIK, R., BRAKE, W., & PFAUS, JG. (2020) Fos expression is increased in oxytocin neurons of female rats with a sexually conditioned mate preference for an individual male rat, Hormones and Behavior, 117, 104612. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104612.

MASEROLI, E., SANTANGELO, A., LARA-FONTES, B., QUINTANA, GR., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., CASARRUBIA, M., RICCA, V., MAGGI, M., VIGNOZZI, L., & PFAUS, JG. (2020) The non-aromatizable

androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) facilitates sexual behavior in ovariectomized female rats primed with estradiol. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 115, 104616. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104606.

MÉNARD, S., GELEZ, H., JACUBOVICH, M., CORIA-AVILA, GA., & PFAUS, JG. (2020) Appetitive olfactory conditioning in the neonatal male rat facilitates subsequent sexual partner preference, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121, 104858. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104858.

2019

PFAUS, JG. (2019) From genital sensations to perturbed ejaculations: Reflections on the passions of Prof. Dr. Marcel D. Waldinger, Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16:9, 1319-1321. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.06.007

GERSON, CA., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., QUINTANA, GR., & PFAUS, JG. (2019) Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat, Hormones and Behavior, 109, 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.01.005.

GOLDSTEIN, I., ALTHOF, SE., MCMAHON, CG., VAN ROOIJ, K., JANSSEN, P., TUITEN, A., PFAUS, JG., GIRALDI. A. (2019) Marcel D. Waldinger January 17, 1955-May 1, 2019, Sexual Medicine Reviews, 7:3, 377-379. DOI: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2019.05.004

JONES, SL., ROSENBAUM, S., GARDNER GREGORY, J., & PFAUS, JG. (2019). Aromatization is not required for the facilitation of appetitive sexual behaviors in ovariectomized rats treated with estradiol and testosterone, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 798-811. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00798.

MÉNARD, S., GELEZ, H., GIRARD-BÉRIAULT, F., CORIA-AVILA, GA., & PFAUS, JG. (2019) Differential role of oxytocin and vasopressin in the conditioned ejaculatory preference of the male rat, Physiology & Behavior, 208, 112577. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112577.

QUINTANA, GR., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., & PFAUS, JG. (2019) Behavior is the ultimate arbiter: An alternative explanation for the effect of fluoxetine on the ovulatory homologue model of orgasm, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 116:51, 25382-25383. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1917908116.

QUINTANA, GR., DESBIENS, S., MARCEAU, S., KALANTARI, N., BOWDEN, J., & PFAUS, JG. (2019). Conditioned partner preference in male and female rats for a somatosensory cue, Behavioral Neuroscience, 133:2, 188-197. DOI: 10.1037/bne0000300.

QUINTANA, GR., GONZÁLEZ, B., BORDUAS, E., LEMAY, V., YARUR, F., & PFAUS, JG. (2019) Naloxone disrupts the development of a conditioned ejaculatory preference based on a somatosensory cue in male rats, Behavioral Neuroscience, 133:2, 198-202. DOI: 10.1037/bne0000302.

QUINTANA, GR., BIRREL, M., MARCEAU, S., KALANTARI, N., BOWDEN, J., BACHOURA, Y., BORDUAS, E., LEMAY, V., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., & PFAUS, JG. (2019) Differential disruption of conditioned ejaculatory preference in the male rat based on different sensory modalities by micro-infusions of naloxone to the medial preoptic area or ventral tegmental area, Psychopharmacology, 236:12, 3613-3623. DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05334-9.

ZAVORSKY, GS., VOUYOUKAS, E., & PFAUS, JG. (2019) Sexual activity the night before exercise does not affect various measures of physical exercise performance, Sexual Medicine, 7:2, 235-240. DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2018.12.002.

2018

CORIA-AVILA, GA., CIBRIAN-LLANDERAL, T., DÍAZ-ESTRADA, VX., GARCÍA, LI., TOLEDO-CÁRDENAS, R., PFAUS, JG., & MANZO, J. (2018) Brain activation associated to olfactory conditioned same-sex partner preference in male rats, Hormones and Behavior, 99, 50-56. DOI:

HOLLEY, A., JOULAKIAN, L., WENZEL, K., ROORDA, JR. S., GONZALEZ, B., SPARKS, L., & PFAUS, JG. (2018). Inhibition of lysine-specific demethylase enzyme disrupts sexually conditioned mate guarding in the female rat. Physiology & Behavior, 196, 78-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.005.

HYLAND, L., ROSENBAUM, S., EDWARDS, A., PALACIOS, D., GRAHAM, MD., PFAUS, JG., WOODSIDE, B., & ABIZAID, A. (2018). Central ghrelin receptor stimulation modulates sex motivation in male rats in a site dependent manner, Hormones and Behavior, 97, 56-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.10.012.

QUINTANA, GR., GUIZAR, A., RASSI, S., & PFAUS, JG. (2018) First sexual experiences determine the development of conditioned ejaculatory preference in male rats, Learning and Memory, 25:10, 513-521. DOI: 10.1101/lm.048090.118.

QUINTANA, GR., JACKSON, M., NASR, M., & PFAUS, JG. (2018) Effect of CS pre-exposure on the conditioned ejaculatory preference of the male rat: Behavioral analyses and neural correlates. Learning and Memory, 25:10, 522-532. DOI: 10.1101/lm.048108.118.

TUITEN, A., VAN ROOIJ, K., BLOEMERS, J., EISENEGGER, C., VAN HONK, J., KESSELS, R., KINGSBERG, S., DEROGATIS, LR., DE LEEDE, L., GERRITSEN, J., KOPPESCHAAR, HPF., OLIVIER, B., EVERAERD, W., FRIJLINK, HW., HÖHLE, D., DE LANGE, RPJ., BÖCKER, KBE., & PFAUS JG. (2018) Efficacy and safety of on-demand use of two treatments designed for different etiologies of female sexual interest/arousal disorder: Three randomized clinical trials. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 15:2, 201-216. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.11.226.

TUITEN, A., MICHIELS, F., BÖCKER, KB., HÖHLE, D., VAN HONK, J., DE LANGE, RP., VAN ROOIJ, K., KESSELS, R., BLOEMERS, J., GERRITSEN, J., JANSSEN, P., DE LEEDE, L., MEYER, JJ., EVERAERD, W., FRIJLINK, HW., KOPPESCHAAR, HP., OLIVIER, B., & PFAUS. JG. (2018). Genotype scores predict drug efficacy in subtypes

of female sexual interest/arousal disorder: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over trial. Womens Health (Lond). 14, 1745506518788970. DOI: 10.1177/1745506518788970.

2017

PFAUS, JG. (2017) Persistent genital arousal disorder -- Fact or fiction? Journal of Sexual Medicine, 14:3, 318-319. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.01.001.

PFAUS, JG., & GOLDSTEIN, I. (2017) Does gender matter? The prostate: male, female, or both? Sexual Medicine Reviews, 5:3, 253-255. DOI: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2017.06.001.

GOLDSTEIN, I., KIM, NN., CLAYTON, AH., DEROGATIS, LR., GIRALDI, A., PARISH, SJ., PFAUS, JG., SIMON, JA., KINGSBURG, SA., MESTON, C., STAHL, SM., WALLEN, K., & WORSLEY, R. (2017) Understanding the management of hypoactive sexual desrie disorder, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 92:1, 114-128. DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.09.018.

JONES, SL., ISMAIL, N., & PFAUS, JG. (2017) Facilitation of sexual behavior in ovariectomized rats by estradiol and testosterone: a preclinical model of androgen effects on female sexual desire, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 79, 122-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.02.018.

PRAUSE, N., JANSSEN, E., GEORGIADIS, J., FINN, P., & PFAUS, JG. (2017) Data do not support sex as addictive, Lancet Psychiatry, 4:12, 899. DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30441-8.

2016

PFAUS, JG., QUINTANA, GR., MAC CIONNAITH, CE., PARADA, M. (2016) The whole versus the sum of some of the parts: toward resolving the apparent controversy of clitoral versus vaginal orgasms, Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, 6, 32578. DOI: 10.3402/snp.v6.32578.

PFAUS, JG., SCORDOCHIO, T., PARADA, M., GERSON, CA., QUINTANA, GR., & CORIA-AVILA, GA. (2016) Do rats have orgasms? Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, 6, 31883. DOI: 10.3402/snp.v6.31883.

CORIA-AVILA, GA., HERRERA-COVARRUBIAS, D., ISMAIL, N., & PFAUS, JG. (2016) The role of orgasm in the development and shaping of partner preferences, Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, 6, 31815. DOI: 10.3402/snp.v6.31815.

JUSTER, RP., ALMEIDA, D., CARDOSO, C., RAYMOND, C., JOHNSON, PJ., PFAUS, JG., MENDREK, A., DUCHENSE, A., PRUESSNER, JC., & LUPIEN, SJ. (2016). Gonads and strife: Sex hormones vary according to sexual orientation for women and stress indices for both sexes, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 72, 119-130. DOI:

PARISH, SJ., GOLDSTEIN, AT., GOLDSTEIN, SW., GOLDSTEIN, I., PFAUS, JG., CLAYTON, AH., GIRALDI, A., SIMON, J., ALTHOF, SE., BACHMANN, G., KOMISARUK, BR., LEVIN, R., KELLOGG SPADT, S., KINGSBERG, SA., PERELMAN, MA., WALDINGER, M., & WHIPPLE, B. (2016) Toward a more evidence-based nosology and nomenclature for female sexual dysfunctions – Part II, Journal of Sexual Medicine, 13:12, 1888-1906. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.09.020.

PERSSON, TJ., RYDER, AG., & PFAUS, JG. (2016) Comparing subjective ratings of sexual arousal and desire in partnered sexual activities from women of different sexual orientations, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45:6, 1391-1402. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0468-y.

2015

PFAUS, JG. (2015) Treatment for hypoactive sexual desire, Cell, 163:3, 533. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.015.

FARISELLO, L., ELALOUF, K., APPLEBAUM, J., PFAUS, JG., JOHNSON, A. (2015) Quantifying the variance in eye movements while watching intact versus scrambled movies, Journal of Vision, 15, 1269. DOI: 10.1167/15.12.1269.

GRAHAM MD., GARDNER GREGORY, J., HUSSAIN, D., BRAKE, WG., & PFAUS, JG. (2015) Ovarian steroids alter dopamine receptor populations in the medial preoptic area of female rats: Implications for sexual motivation, desire, and behavior, European Journal of Neuroscience, 42:12, 3138-3148. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13121.

HOLLEY, A., BELLEVUE, S., VOSBERG, D., WENZEL, K., ROORDA, S. JR, & PFAUS, JG. (2015) The role of oxytocin and vasopressin in conditioned mate guarding in the female rat, Physiology and Behavior, 144, 7-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.02.039.

JONES, SL., ANTONIE, RA., & PFAUS, JG. (2015) The inhibitory effects of corncob bedding on sexual behavior in the ovariectomized Long-Evans rat treated with estradiol benzoate is overcome by male cues, Hormones and Behavior, 72, 39-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.05.002.

JONES, SL., CORDEAUX, E., GERMÉ, K., & PFAUS, JG. (2015) Behavioral defeminization by prenatal androgen treatment in rats can be overcome by sexual experience in adulthood, Hormones and Behavior, 73, 104-115. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.07.002.

JONES, SL., GARDNER GREGORY, J. & PFAUS, JG. (2015) RU486 facilitates or disrupts the sensitization of sexual behaviors by estradiol in the ovariectomized Long-Evans rat: Effect of timecourse, Hormones and Behavior, 75, 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.07.015.

JONES, SL., FARISELLO, L., MAYER-HEFT, N., & PFAUS, JG. (2015) Repeated administration of estradiol promotes mechanisms of sexual excitation and inhibition: glutamate signaling in the ventromedial hypothalamus attenuates excitation, Behavioural Brain Research, 291, 118-129. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.05.034.

JONES, SL., GERMÉ, K., GRAHAM, MD., ROY, P., GARDNER GREGORY, J., ROSENBAUM, S., PARADA, M. & PFAUS, JG. (2015) Vaginocervical stimulation attenuates the sensitization of appetitive sexual behaviors by estradiol benzoate in the female rat, Hormones and Behavior, 75, 70-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.08.003.

JUSTER, R-P., HATZENBUEHLER, ML., MENDREK, A., PFAUS, JG., SMITH, NG., JOHNSON, PJ., LEFEBVRE-LOUIS, J-P., RAYMOND, C., MARIN, M-F., SINDI, S., LUPIEN, SJ., & PRUESSNER, JC. (2015) Sexual orientation modulates endocrine stress reactivity, Biological Psychiatry, 77:7, 668-676. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.08.013.

KINGSBERG, SA., CLAYTON, AH., & PFAUS, JG. (2015). The female sexual response: Current models, neurobiological underpinnings, and agents currently available or under investigation for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder, CNS Drugs, 29:11, 915-933. DOI: 10.1007/s40263-015-0288-1.

LUTCHMAN, TM., PERSSON, TJ., PFAUS, JG., & RYDER, AG. (2015) The role of community and sexual identity centrality in non-monosexual women’s mental health, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators GLBT Knowledge Community White Paper, Spring 2015, 1-3. www.naspa.org/images/uploads/main/2015SPRINGNASPAGLBTKCWhitePaper.pdf.

PERSSON, TJ. & PFAUS, J.G. (2015). Bisexuality and mental health: Future research directions, Journal of Bisexuality, 15:1, 82-98. DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2014.994694

PERSSON, TJ., PFAUS, JG., & RYDER, AG. (2015) Reply to: Are stressful childhood experiences relevant in non-monosexual women? Social Science and Medicine, 128, 336-337

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.031.

PERSSON, TJ., PFAUS, JG., & RYDER AG. (2015) Explaining mental health disparities for bisexual women: abuse history and risky sex, or the burdens of non-disclosure? Social Science and Medicine, 128, 366-373. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.038.

PRAUSE, N. & PFAUS, J.G. (2015). Red herring: Hook, Line, and Stinker, Sexual Medicine, 3:3, 221-224. DOI: 10.1002/sm2.70.

PRAUSE, N. & PFAUS, J.G. (2015) Viewing sexual stimuli associated with greater sexual responsiveness, not erectile dysfunction, Sexual Medicine, 3:2, 90-98. DOI:

TRIANA-DEL RIO, R., TECAMACHALTZI-SILVARÁN, MB., DÍAZ-ESTRADA, VX., HERRERA-COVARRUBIAS, D., CORONA-M ORALES, AA., PFAUS, JG., & CORIA-AVILA, GA. (2015) Conditioned same-sex partner preference in male rats is facilitated by oxytocin and dopamine: Effect on sexually dimorphic brain nuclei, Behavioural Brain Research, 283, 69-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.01.019.

2014

CIBRIAN-LLANDERAL, T., TRIANA-DEL RIO, R, TECAMACHALTZI-SILVARAN, MB., PFAUS, JG., MANZO, J., GARCÍA, LI., & CORIA-AVILA, GA. (2014) Cohabitation between male rats after ejaculation: effects on conditioned partner preference, Physiology & Behavior, 128, 303-308. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.02.016.

CORIA-AVILA, GA., MANZO, J., GARCÍA, LI., CARILLO, P., MIQUEL, M., & PFAUS, JG. (2014). Neurobiology of social attachments. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 43, 173-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.04.004.

FARMER, MA., LEJA, A., FOXEN-CRAFT, E., CHAN, L., MACINTYRE, LC., NIAKI, T., CHEN, M., MAPPLEBECK, JCS., TABRY, V., TOPHAM, L., SUKOSD, M., BINIK, YM., PFAUS, JG., & MOGIL, JS. (2014) Pain reduces sexual motivation in female but not male mice, Journal of Neuroscience, 34:17, 5747-5753. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5337-13.2014.

GEORGESCU, M., AFONSO, VM., GRAHAM, MD., & PFAUS, JG. (2014) Glutamate release in the ventromedial hypothalamus of female rats during copulation: Modulation by ovarian hormones. Hormones and Behavior, 65:2, 119-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.003.

HOLLEY, A., SHALEV, S., BELLEVUE, S., & PFAUS, JG. (2014) Conditioned mate-guarding behavior in the female rat, Physiology & Behavior, 131, 136-141. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.034.

JONES, SL. & PFAUS, JG. (2014) Sensitization of sexual behaviors in ovariectomized Long-Evans rats is induced by a subthreshold dose of estradiol benzoate and attenuated by repeated copulation, Hormones and Behavior, 66:4, 655-662. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.09.009.

PARADA, M., SPARKS, LM., CENSI, S., & PFAUS, JG. (2014) Clitoral anesthesia disrupts paced copulation in the female rat, Physiology & Behavior, 123, 180-186. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.10.018.

2013

PFAUS, JG., ERICKSON, KA., & TALIANAKIS, S. (2013) Somatosensory conditioning of sexual arousal, desire, and copulatory behavior in the male rat: A model of fetish development, Physiology & Behavior, 120, 114-123. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.005.

BITZER J, GERALDI, A., PFAUS, JG. (2013) A standardized diagnostic interview for hypoactive sexual desore disorder. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP Part 2), Journal of Sexual Medicine,10:1, 50-57. DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02817.x.

BITZER J, GERALDI, A., PFAUS, JG. (2013) Sexual desire and hypoactive sexual desire disorder: Introduction and overview. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP, Part 1), Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10:1, 36-49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02818.x.

GELEZ, H, GREGGAIN-MOHR, J., PFAUS, JG., ALLERS. KA., GIULIANO, F. (2013) Flibanserin increases appetitive sexual motivation in the female rat. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10:5, 1231-1239. DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12094.

GERALDI, A., RELLINI, A., PFAUS, JG., LAAN, E. (2013). Sexual arousal disorders in women. Journal of Sexual Medicine,10:1, 58-73. DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02820.x.

GRAHAM, MD., & PFAUS, JG. (2013) Infusions of ascorbic acid into the medial preoptic area facilitate appetitive sexual behaviour in the female rat Physiology & Behavior, 122, 140-146. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.008.

JONES, SL., FARRELL, S., GARDNER GREGORY, J., & PFAUS, JG. (2013) Sensitization of sexual behavior in ovariectomized rats by chronic estradiol treatment. Hormones and Behavior, 64:1, 8-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.04.012.

KIM, SW., SCHENCK, CH., GRANT, JE., YOON, G., DOSA, PI., ODLAUG, BL., SCHREIBER, LRN., HURWITZ, TD., & PFAUS, JG. (2013) Neurobiology of sexual desire. NeuroQuantology, 11:2, 332-359. DOI:

PARADA, M., JAFARI, N., & PFAUS, J.G. (2013) Sexual experience blocks the ability of clitoral stimulation to induce a conditioned place preference in the rat. Physiology & Behavior, 119, 97-102. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.06.005.

Selected publications – books (2013-2023)

PFAUS, JG., CORIA-AVILA, GA., & RODRÍGUEZ-MANZO, G. (2023) Translational animal models for sexual health, In Caba, M.S., Manzo-Denes, J., & Komisaruk, B.R. (Eds), From Animal Models to Humans: Translational Research Toward Human Health (Pp 143-195). Xalapa, VER: Universidad Veracuruzana Press.

REISMAN, Y., PFAUS, JG., & LOWENSTEIN, L. (2022) Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), In Reisman, Y, Lowenstein L, Tripodi, F (Eds), Textbook of rare sexual medicine conditions (Pp 51-63). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

PFAUS, J.., & JONES, SL. (2018). Sexual desire and desire disorders, In Goldstein, I., Clayton, A.H., Goldstein, A.T., Kim, N.N., & Kingsberg, S.A. (Eds.) Textbook of female sexual function and dysfunction: Diagnosis and treatment. New York: Wiley.

PFAUS, JG. (2017) Management of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women: Awareness & Treatments (Chapter 3, HSDD Treatments). The Medical Xchange, https://themedicalxchange.com/en/page/18/.

PFAUS, JG. (2015) Sexuality and pleasure are phylogenetically linked and conserved. In Sexual Health and Sexual Ecology (Pp. 13-17). Milano: IBSA Foundation

PFAUS, JG., JONES, SL., FLANAGAN-CATO, LM, & BLAUSTEIN, JD. (2015) Chapter 50: Female sexual behavior, In Plant, A.M., Zeleznik, A.J. (Eds.), Knobil & Neill’s Physiology of Reproduction, Fourth Edition, (Pp. 2287-2370). New York: Elsevier.

PFAUS, JG., SCEPKOWSKI, LA., MARSON, L., & GEORGIADIS, J. (2014) Biology of the sexual response, In Tolman, D.L., & Diamond, L.M. (Eds.), APA Handbook of Sexuality and Psychology (Pp. 143-203). Washington DC: APA Press.

Academic Honours and Awards (2013-2023)

Josef Hynie Prize, Division of Sexology, Czech Medical Association, 2023

First Annual John Money Lectureship, World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), 2017

President, International Academy of Sex Research, 2016-2017

Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, 2014

Concordia Media Outreach Award -- Research Communicator (International), 2013

Concordia University Research Fellow, 2013-2018

Fellow, International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, 2011 – present

Research stays (2013-2023)

2013 (01.05.2013- 31.06.2013): Visiting Professor, Instituto de Neuroethología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER, Mexico.