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PhD Student Ben Fry Ben Fry is a Ph.D. Candidate and University Distinguished Fellow in Behavioral Neuroscience at Michigan State University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a focus in Neuroscience Summa Cum Laude from Bowling Green State University in May of 2017. In August of 2019 he was awarded the degree of […]
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Lauren Raycraft is a third-year graduate student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program. She graduated from Michigan State in 2016 with an Honors Bachelor of Science in Psychology, as well as minors in: Nutritional Science, Women and Gender studies, Health Promotion, and Bioethics. Lauren’s research interests focus on the neuropeptide Melanin concentrating hormone and its role […]
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Alex presented recent lab findings on the role of dopamine in ingestive behavior at the 15th Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Seminar (BFLS) in Frejus, France. The meeting brought together ~80 scientists from diverse fields to discuss contemporary ingestive behavior research.
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News / Pub - Dopamine and Learning / Pub - Neuropsychiatric Illness / Publications 2019-05-31
In: Schizophrenia Bulletin PMID: 31150554 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz043 Abstract: Impairments in reality testing are core features of numerous neuropsychiatric conditions. However, relatively few animal models have been developed to assess this critical facet of neuropsychiatric illness, thus impeding our understanding of the underlying central systems and circuits. Using mice in which dominant-negative Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 is expressed throughout […]
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The Johnson Lab attended the MSU Neuroscience Program’s Motivated Behaviors Symposium, several members presenting posters alongside many other MSU students. In addition to excellent catering by Swagath Indian Cuisine, the event featured speeches by Yeka Aponte, Zachary Knight, Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida and UofM’s Terry Robinson.
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Hosted by Western Michigan University, the Michigan Society for Neuroscience’s annual chapter meeting celebrated its 50th anniversary! Much of the Johnson lab attended, and many members presented posters, bringing our research to the attention of Michigan’s broader Neuroscience community. Besides poster presentations, a Data Blitz and several engaging speakers throughout the day, MI SfN provided […]
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Our lab attended MSU’s University Undergraduate Research and Arts forum, where several undergraduate members constructed posters summarizing research they’d been involved in. UURAF not only benefits the broader academic community through communicating ongoing developments in many fields; the event often provides undergrads their first experience speaking publicly about their research, nurturing their experience in communicating […]
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In: Physiology & Behavior PMID: 30858100 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.03.005 Abstract: Binge eating is characterized by the consumption of a large amount of palatable food in a short period of time and is a core feature of many eating disorders. Patients with eating disorders are also known to display impairments in inhibitory control, cognition and decision-making, which […]
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In: Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research PMID: 30320886 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13905 ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Recent reviews have highlighted the potential use of blood-based methylation biomarkers as diagnostic and prognostic tools of current and future alcohol use and addiction. Due to the substantial overlap that often exists between methylation patterns across different tissues, including blood and brain, blood-based […]
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Pub - Ingestive Behavior / Pub - Learning and Motivation / Publications 2018-02-01
In: Learning and Motivation PMID: 30082927 DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2017.07.001 Abstract: In the current study, groups of mice were trained with either short (20 s) or long (120 s) conditioned stimulus (CS) durations associated with different rates of sucrose unconditioned stimulus (US) delivery, to examine whether different behavioral forms of cue-potentiated feeding in sated mice would be […]