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Meghan Morgan-Smith, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. William Snider’s lab has found that the protein glycogen synthase kinase-3, or GSK-3, is crucial for proper brain development early in life. The discovery in the journal eLife, also has implications for the study of neurodevelopmental disorders, which can result from abnormal brain formation...

Jason Cook, PhD from Morrow lab publishes first author “Overexpression of the Steroidogenic Enzyme Cytochrome P450 Side Chain Cleavage in the Ventral Tegmental Area Increases 3α,5α-THP and Reduces Long-Term Operant Ethanol Self-Administration” in the Journal of Neuroscience. He is also first author in Neuropsychopharmacology, “Ethanol Alters Local Cellular Levels of...

Graduate student Alice Stamatakis uses optogenetics to study the complicated circuitry behind reward, addiction, and aversion. Click here for the feature.

Nick Boyer publishes in Neuroscience, “Three Structurally Similar Odorants Trigger Distinct Signaling Pathways in a Mouse Olfactory Neuron”

Cortney Winkle publishes first auther paper in JCB. Her work is featured on the inside cover.

Jane Hartung from Nackley lab publishes first-author in Pain.

Congratulations to Josh Jennings from Stuber lab. He received an NRSA from NIMH, titled “Lateral Hypothalamic Circuit Dynamics Underlying Binge Eating.”

    Michael Wallace will present his PhD defense on March 7, 2014 at 1:00pm in Bondurant G100. His talk is titled: “Circuit and Neuron Type-specific Roles for Ube3a in the Visual Cortex.” Advisor: Ben Philpot Chris Smith will present his PhD defense on March 18, 2014 at 2:00pm in...

May 7, 2015 in MBRB G202 Our guest speaker next year is Dr. Gary Aston-Jones. Dr. Aston-Jones is a Professor, a Murray Chair of Excellence in Neuroscience, and the Director of Cognitive Neuro Center and the Neuroscience Institute. His research interests are in the brain neuromodulatory system, and their roles...

PhD student Chris Smith published a first author paper in the Journal of Neuroscience. The title of his paper is “Ovarian Cycle Effects on Immediate Reward Selection Bias in Humans: A Role for Estradiol.” Chris is a member of Dr. Boettiger’s lab. To read the full paper, click here.