Research Interests:
Presently we are interested in learning about the various factors which influence mammalian forebrain structures and functions, especially the cerebral neocortex, including effects of enriched and impoverished experiential environments, aging, sex differences and immune responses. Enrichment in Action in a Cambodian orphanage is my most recent research project.
Selected Publications:
Journal Articles:
Diamond, Marian C., Weidner, Jeanne, Schow, Peter, Grell, Stanley, and Everett, Marian. Mental stimulation increases circulating CD4-positive T lymphocytes: a preliminary study. Cognitive Brain Research 12 (2001) 329-331.
Diamond, Marian C., Enrichment, response of the brain. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 3rd edition, Elsevier Science, 2001.
Diamond, Marian C. Response of the Brain to Enrichment. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Vol 73 (2) June 2001.
Gaufo, G. O., and M. C. Diamond. 1997. Thymus graft reverses morphological deficits in dorsolateral frontal cortex of congenitally athymic nude mice. Brain Res. 756:191-99.
Gaufo, G. O., and M. C. Diamond. 1996. Prolactin increases CD4/CD8 cell ratio in thymus-grafted congenitally athymic nude mouse. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:4165-69.
Lewis, D. W., and M. C. Diamond. 1995. The influences of gonadal steroids on the asymmetry of the cerebral cortex. In Brain asymmetry, ed. E. R. J. Davidson and K. Hugdahl, 31-50. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press
Books:
Hormonal Contraceptives, Estrogens, and Human Welfare. Eds. Marian Cleeves Diamond and Carol Cleaves Korenbrot, Academic Press, New York, 1978
The Human Brain Coloring Book. M.C.Diamond, A.B. Scheibel, and L.M. Elson, Harper and Row, New York, 1985. (Translations in German and Spanish)
Enriching Heredity. Marian Cleeves Diamond, The Free Press, New York, 1988. (Translation in Japanese)
Learning about Learning. J. Barber, K. Barrett, K. Beals, L. Bergman, M.C. Diamond, Great exploration in Math and Science, Lawrence Hall of Science, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1996.
Magic Trees of the Mind. Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson. Dutton, New York, 1998. (Translations in Chinese, Portuguese, Croatian)
Chapter:
History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Marian Cleeves Diamond, Volume 6, p.63-94, Oxford University Press, 2009.