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People who work in Behavioral neurobiology

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Name Email/phone Interests include:
Andrews, Anne  
  • Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology
ama11@psu.edu
814-865-2970
   (University Park) 		Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases. In vivo neurotransmitter sensing, nanobiosensor design and functional proteomics.
Bixler, Edward  
  • Professor of Psychiatry
  • Vice-Chair of Research
ebixler@psu.edu
717-531-5556
   (Hershey) 		Patterns and mechanisms of sleep.
Cavigelli, Sonia  
  • Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
s-cavigelli@psu.edu
814-863-0210
   (University Park) 		Influence of temperament and social status on stress and health; individual differences in stress and health in the natural environment; development of temperament/personality.
Corwin, Rebecca  
  • Associate Professor of Nutrution and Neuroscience
rxc13@psu.edu
814-865-6519
   (University Park) 		Neurobiology of binge-type behavior.
Dworkin, Barry  
  • Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
brd1@psu.edu
717-531-8560
   (Hershey) 		Learning and physiological regulation.
Fang, Jidong  
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry
jfang@psu.edu
717-531-5435
   (University Park) 		Regulation and function of sleep
Grigson, Patricia  
  • Associate Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
psg6@psu.edu
717-531-5772
   (Hershey) 		Neural basis of reward comparison.
Hajnal, Andras  
  • Assistant Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
ahajnal@psu.edu
717-531-6916
   (Hershey) 		Neural correlates of obesity, type-2 diabetes, and body weight reduction; relevance to taste preferences and diet selection.
Klein, Laura  
  • Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
lxk8@psu.edu
814-865-8813
   (University Park) 		Biobehavioral effects of stress on drug abuse in humans and animals; sex differences in neuroendocrine and behavioral stress responses; nicotine regulation of stress reactivity.
Luscher, Bernhard  
  • Professor of Biology
  • Interim Co-Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute
bxl25@psu.edu
814-865-5549
   (University Park) 		Development and regulation of GABAergic inhibitory synapses; neural substrates regulating anxiety and cognition.
Norgren, Ralph  
  • Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
rxn5@psu.edu
717-531-6921
   (Hershey) 		Neural bases of motivation and reward.
Yang, Qing  
  • Professor of Radiology
qyang@psu.edu
717-531-5858
   (Hershey) 		Brain mapping with functional MRI and in vivo pathological evaluation of Alzheimer's disease with quantitative MRI.