Dr. Kinzeler earned her B.A. in psychology from Wittenberg University in 2004 and earned her M.A. (2007) and PH.D (2011) from The Ohio State University.  In 2009, she earned the Excellence in Teaching Award from the psychology department at The Ohio State University.  Dr. Kinzeler joined the Wittenberg faculty in 2011.  She teaches courses such as the physiological proseminar, health psychology, and behavioral neuroscience, as well as a research course.  Dr. Kinzeler’s research is broadly focused on eating behavior; in particular the different neurochemicals in the brain that signal us to start and stop eating.  She is also interested in the psychological and physiological causes of various eating disorders. 

Publications:

-Kinzeler, N.R. & Travers, S.P. (2011).  Mu-opioid modulation in the rostral solitary nucleus and reticular formation alters taste reactivity: evidence for a suppressive effect on consummatory behavior. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, 301(3): R690-700.

 -Kinzeler, N.R. & Edwards, K.S. (2009).  Functional implications for modulating neuropeptide Y gene expression in the dorsomedial hypothalamus.  Journal of Neuroscience, 29(23): 7389-91.

 -Kinzeler, N.R. & Travers, S.P. (2008).  Licking and gaping elicited by microstimulation of the nucleus of the solitary tract.  American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 295(2): R436-48.

Presentations:

 - Kinzeler, N.R., Yanagawa, Y., Travers, S.P. (2011).  Topographic organization of endogenous opiates in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract: functional implications. Presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, St Petersburg, FL.

-Kinzeler, N.R. & Travers, S.P. (2009).  Localized injections of mu opiates into the NST significantly alter affective oromotor responses.  Poster presented at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Research Day, Columbus, OH.

-Kinzeler, N.R. & Travers, S.P. (2008).  Mu opiates infused into the NST significantly alter fluid-induced licking and gaping.  Poster presented at the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, San Franscisco, CA.

 -Travers, S.P., Geran, L, and Kinzeler, N.R. (2008) Neurophysiological and functional studies of the gustatory brainstem. Meeting of the Physiological Society.

 -Kinzeler, N.R. & Travers, S.P. (2007).  Effects of microstimulation at different NST locations. Poster presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, FL.

 -Kinzeler, N.R. & Travers, S.P. (2006). Licking and gaping elicited by NST microstimulation.  Poster presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, FL.