Neuroscience

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The St. Mary’s neuroscience curriculum creates a cross-disciplinary approach to the neurosciences with each student gaining experience and perspectives from the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and psychology.

Aileen M Bailey

- Program Coordinator

(240) 895-4258

137 Goodpaster Hall

Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Neuroscience Letters

November 30, 2020

Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of biology and neuroscience, has recently been published in Neuroscience Letters titled, “Acute 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure in adult mice does not alter the morphology or inflammatory response of cortical microglia.”
In this article, Latchney and… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

February 13, 2020

Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of biology and neuroscience, has recently been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) titled, “B cells migrate into remote areas and support neurogenesis and functional recovery after focal stroke in mice.”
In this article, Latchney… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College Students, Faculty, and Alumni Present at Society for Neuroscience

November 19, 2019

Students gathered in front of Celebrating 50 years of scientific exchange banner

St. Mary’s College students, faculty, and alumni recently presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Alumna Brooke Steinhoff ’19 presented her joint St. Mary’s Project (completed with alumna Katie Robey ’19) “Antidepressant Efficacy of L-655,708 Following Infusions into… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College Undergraduate Research Fellows Present Final Projects, Wednesday, July 3

June 27, 2019

For eight weeks this summer, eight students and their faculty mentors participated in the annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. SURF provides students opportunities to engage deeply in independent research, laboratory, and creative work across disciplines, including… Find Out More

Professor Bailey Published in the Journal Neuropharmacology

March 12, 2019

Aileen Bailey, professor of psychology and neuroscience minor coordinator, has published the article, “Chronic Fluoxetine Treatment In vivo Enhances Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus,” in the journal Neuropharmacology.

In this article, Bailey and her co-authors address the… Find Out More

Katie Robey ’19 Awarded $992 Research Grant from Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program

February 18, 2019

St. Mary’s College student Katie Robey ’19 was awarded a $992 research grant from Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program for her research, “Antidepressant Efficacy of L-655,708 Following Infusion into the Medial Prefrontal Cortex.” Robey, a biochemistry major and neuroscience minor, is working… Find Out More

Brooke Steinhoff ’19 Awarded $500 Research Grant from Beta Beta Beta Biological Society

February 8, 2019

St. Mary’s College student Brooke Steinhoff ’19 was awarded a $500 research grant from the Beta Beta Beta Biological Society for her research, “Antidepressant Efficacy of L-655,708 Following Infusion into the Medial Prefrontal Cortex.” Steinhoff, a biology major and neuroscience minor, is working… Find Out More

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