Expertise

My research program examines the impact of the early environment on drug-taking and relapse to drug taking in adulthood. Below are two ongoing projects in the laboratory.

  • Glutamate transmission
  • Hedonic value

Keywords:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience/Animal Learning
  • Neurobiology of addiction, differential rearing, novelty & individual differences

Expertise: Psychological Sciences - Studies how the post-weaning rearing environment alters neuronal structure and function in adulthood. 

Past Affiliations

Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky (past)

Communities
Psychology
Degrees
PhD, University of Vermont, Experimental Psychology, 2002
Keywords
substance abuse
Associations
Society for Prevention Research