NPOD seminar Karolina Skibicka (Penn State - College of Health and Human Development)
“Gut feelings about anxiety: gut-brain communication in anxiety-like behavior control”
12:00 pm –
1:00 pm
Nebraska East Union
Room: Arbor Suite
Target Audiences:
1705 Arbor Dr
Lincoln NE 68503
Lincoln NE 68503
Additional Info: NEU
Contact:
Verona Skomski, (402) 472-3862, vskomski@unl.edu
Dr. Skibicka is an Associate Professor of Metabolic Physiology at Penn State and Lloyd & Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences.
Research Interests:
1) Gut-brain axis control of motivated behavior for food and substances of abuse.
2) Novel behavioral consequences of gut-brain axis activation: investigation of impulsivity, stress, anxiety, and sociability.
3) Neuroanatomical and neurochemical mediators of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and GLP-1 analogs.
4) Neural substrates underlying estrogen’s control of behavior.
Research Interests:
1) Gut-brain axis control of motivated behavior for food and substances of abuse.
2) Novel behavioral consequences of gut-brain axis activation: investigation of impulsivity, stress, anxiety, and sociability.
3) Neuroanatomical and neurochemical mediators of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and GLP-1 analogs.
4) Neural substrates underlying estrogen’s control of behavior.
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This event originated in Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases.