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Investigating neural circuits driving stress and decision-making
RESEARCH
Past, Present, and Future



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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