Expertise

Mechanisms of action of drugs of abuse; neurochemical correlates of movement and motivation; real-time assessments of neurotransmitter function during behavior; genetic and neurotoxic models of neurodegenerative disease

  • Molecular and Systems Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Transgenic models of neurodegenerative disease
  • Behavior-related neuronal processing in forebrain networks
  • Cortico-limbic circuits underlying drug addiction
  • Mechanisms of information exchange in cortico-striatal circuits

We are especially interested in cortical interactions with the basal ganglia and related limbic nuclei.

Past Affiliations
Degrees
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1975
MA, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1974
BA, Villanova University, 1971
Keywords
drugs or drug abuse psychology physiological psychology psychobiology brain drug metabolism electrophysiology neurophysiology nutrition or dietetics pharmacy & pharmacology neurotransmitters peptides receptors neuropharmacology biological sciences neuroscience neurochemistry
Associations
Society for Neuroscience