Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology
Office: Ramaley N189 ÌıÌı
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Our main focus is the neural mechanisms underlying stress-related physiology and emotional behavior with a focus on the role of serotonergic systems. Current projects address four main topics:
- Mechanisms of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and CRF-related neuropeptides underlying control of acute and chronic anxiety states
- Effects on serotonergic systems, physiology, and emotional behavior by
- glucocorticoid hormones
- thermal signals
- peripheral immune activation (with a focus on the microbiome-gut-brain axis)