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Faculty Member associated with: David A. Levitsky Keywords: Aging (4), Cognitive Neuroscience (14), Genetics (3), Hippocampus (4), Learning and memory (11), Mouse (2), Social behavior (13), Stress (4) In my lab, we are using rodent models to study human developmental cognitive disorders. This research is designed to identify the specific cognitive and affective processes that are affected and link these with underlying neural changes. The ultimate goals are to improve therapeutic intervention and elucidate basic brain-cognition relationships. Two projects, concerning prenatal cocaine exposure and early lead exposure, utilize rat models, whereas two other projects involve mouse models of Down syndrome (the Ts65Dn mouse, which has a partial trisomy of chromosome 16) and Fragile X syndrome (the fmr1 "knockout" mouse). Another project, in the planning stages, involves the role of folate status in neurogenesis and aging-related cognitive disorders, using mice with alterations in the folate metabolic pathway. Also visit my Research/Photo Gallery entry |
Psychology Department
Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601
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