Neuroscience Presentation and Summaries
Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (2023)
Title:
Characterization of Oxytocin Receptor Binding Density in the OXTR-iCre Rat Line Targeting Brain Regions Associated with Social Behavior
Summary:
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Undergraduate Student Outstanding Poster Award on June 9th, 2023
Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (2022)
Title:
Chemogenetic Inhibition of Oxytocin Receptor Expressing Neurons in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis has Sex-Specific Effects on Juvenile Social Behavior
Summary:
Using chemogenetic techniques and behavioral testing paradigms, we found a sex-specific role of oxytocin receptor expressing neurons in the anterior Bed Nuc
Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (2021)
Title
Ovarian Hormones Influence the Development of Social Discrimination in Female Rats
Summary
Through prepubertal ovariectomies and acute administration of estradiol benzoate, we found that long-term increases in ovarian hormones have organizational effects that are necessary for the development of social discrimination abilitie