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Laboratory of Stress and Resilience

Mission


The broad goals of the latboratory are to:

  1. Define cross-species similarities and differences in the normal anatomy of structures engaged in stress and coping behaviors, including the amygdala, extended amygdala, hypothalmus, limbic and serotonin system.

  2. Create reliable and naturalistic animal models of chronic stress for both infant and adult animals.

  3. Create reliable coping paradigms that lower stress (measured by hormonal and behavioral outcomes)

  4. To examine structural and chemical changes in a) the serotonin system,
    b) glucocorticoid system, c) neuroplastic markers after stress.



  5. To develop stress paradigms applicable to humans and primates in order to begin to identify 'stress-vulnerable' curcuits in human populations.