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Adolescent Development of Hormonal Stress Reactivity
Adolescent development is marked by substantial changes in many hormonal systems. One such system, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, controls the hormones released during times of stress. Our long-term goal is to identify how adolescent development and stressful experiences interact to modulate the HPA axis and the impact of these interactions on physiological and neurobiological function. We approach our research questions from complimentary levels of analyses, ranging from the molecular and anatomical to the hormonal and behavioral.
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2023 Summer Research Institute Poster Session
Congratulations to Sofia Cruz and Juliet Ortiz on their poster presentation at the 2023 SRI Lida Orzeck '68 Poster Session!
New Paper from the lab
Ziasmin Shahanoor 17' and Razia Sultana 19' publish their thesis work in Physiology and Behavior.
New Paper from the lab
"Pubertal changes in the pituitary and adrenal glands of male and female rats: Relevance to stress reactivity", published in Neurobiology of Stress