ABOUT THE LAB
Our laboratory is interested in topics in behavioral neuroendocrinology, including reproduction and sexual differentiation. We use an integrative systems approach, allowing for a comprehensive examination of the environmental and neuroendocrine regulation of social behaviors in mammals at multiple levels of analyses. We use a mouse model to investigate the mechanisms underlying individual differences found in social behaviors. Specifically, we study B6D2F1 hybrid mice, a strain in which males retain the full repertoire of reproductive behaviors months after castration. Our goal is to understand the genetic and neural mechanisms underlying social behaviors in order to improve quality of life by improving treatments for sexual dysfunction and developmental disorders.
ABOUT THE PI:
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Swarthmore College
B.A. in Psycho-biology
Anxiety and Steroid-independent Male Reproduction
-Madison Lemire
Villanova University
M.S. in Experimental Psychology
University of CA, Berkeley
Ph.D. in Psychology
Advancing methods for studying the neuroscience of sexual diversity
-Vic Chiang
Neuron- and microglial specific immunoexpression in steroid-independent male sexual behaviour in castrated B6D2F1 male mice
-Vic Chiang