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Undergraduate Bella Orsucci Bella is a senior undergraduate research assistant majoring in Psychology and minoring in Cognitive Science and Law, Justice, and Public Policy. In the lab, she studies the neural connectivity of orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone cells. Bella hopes to go to graduate school to study cognitive psychology or neuroscience, with the end goal being […]
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Undergrad Victoria (Toria) Fex Victoria Fex is a third-year undergraduate student studying neuroscience with a minor in bioethics. She plans to pursue a DO/ Ph.D. or a MD/ Ph.D. dual degree in neuroscience to further pursue her passion for research within medicine as a neurosurgeon. Victoria’s research focuses most heavily on dopamine signaling within the […]
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Undergrad Kate Sapkowski Kate is an senior undergraduate research assistant majoring in behavioral neuroscience and minoring in psychology. In the lab, she studies the effects of estrogen on feeding behavior using the peak interval paradigm, as well as examining the role of melanin-concentrating hormone and orexin in overconsumption. In the future, Kate hopes to go […]
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Grad Student Bingxin (Bing) Mo Bing joined the lab in July 2022. She is currently a first-year graduate student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program at MSU. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Developmental Psychology, and later received her Master’s in Anatomy & Neurobiology from Boston University […]
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Undergraduate Tim Stokes Flavor Text (~100 Words)
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Pub - Dopamine and Learning / Pub - Neuropsychiatric Illness / Publications 2022-09-23
READ MOREIn: Psychological Medicine PMID: 36138518 DOI: 10.1017/S0033291722002100 Abstract: Hallucinations occur in the absence of sensory stimulation and result in vivid perceptual experiences of nonexistent events that manifest across a range of sensory modalities. Approaches from the field of experimental and cognitive psychology have leveraged the idea that associative learning experiences can evoke conditioning-induced hallucinations in […]
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READ MOREWe Return to UURAF! Victoria Fex took first place in the Neuroscience Division for her presentation on Midbrain Dopamine Projections to the Insular Cortex for DISC-1 Mice! She later remarked on how UURAF both sharpened her presenting skills, and afforded her a great opportunity to see other research going on at MSU. Kate Zapkoeski and […]
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In: Current Psychiatry Reports PMID: PMC8576863 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-021-01287-z Abstract: Purpose of review: Binge eating is a transdiagnostic symptom that disproportionately affects females. Sexually dimorphic gonadal hormones (e.g., estradiol, testosterone) substantially impact eating behavior and may contribute to sex differences in binge eating. We examine recent evidence for the role of gonadal hormones in binge eating risk […]