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Investigating neural circuits driving stress and decision-making

RESEARCH

Past, Present, and Future

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HOW DOES STRESS FUEL DRUG TAKING?
Graduate Work

Role of CRF in the VTA during stress on dopamine and behavior

 

Importance of sex and individual differences
 

WHAT NEURAL SYSTEMS DRIVE LEARNING AND DECISION-MAKING?
Postdoctoral & Independent Work

Local striatal interneuron circuits during goal-directed behaviors

funded by NIMH F32 2017-2020

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Striatal integration of cortical afferents during decision-making

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HOW DOES STRESS IMPACT LATER DECISION MAKING?
Independent Work

Stress across development on adult value-based decision making

funded by NIMH K01 2021-2025

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Effects of stress on corticostriatal and mesolimbic neurophysiology

funded by NIMH K01 2021-2025

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©2021 by Elizabeth N Holly, PhD.

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