Caitlyn Edwards
- Graduate Student
- Psychology
- PDB C370C
- 645-8716
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cedwards@neuro.fsu.edu
- Interest
- I am interested in dissecting the circuitry contributing to learned avoidance behaviors. Currently, I am using the passive avoidance memory paradigm to understand the role of the A2 noradrenergic neuron population in the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) in the consolidation and expression of these avoidance behaviors. Through my research, I would like to provide insight into the neural mechanisms behind maladaptive/excessive avoidance behaviors that characterizes stress-related mental health disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety.
- Recent Publications
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Edwards CM, Small D, Bell T, David-Drori J, Hansen C, Morris-Schaffer K, Canale C, Ng J, Markowski VP (2020). Early postnatal decabromodiphenyl ether exposure reduces thyroid hormone and astrocyte density in the juvenile mouse dentate gyrus.. Physiol Behav, . PubMed Maniscalco JW, Edwards CM, Rinaman L (2020). Ghrelin signaling contributes to fasting-induced attenuation of hindbrain neural activation and hypophagic responses to systemic cholecystokinin in rats.. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 318, R1014-R1023. PubMed Edwards CM, Strother J, Zheng H, Rinaman L. (2019). Amphetamine-induced activation of neurons within the rat nucleus of the solitary tract.. Physiol Behav, 204:355-363. PubMed Mauna JC, Harris SS, Pino JA, Edwards CM, DeChellis-Marks MR, Bassi CD, Garcia-Olivares J, Amara SG, Guajardo FG, Sotomayor-Zarate R, Terminel M, Castañeda E, Vergara M, Baust T, Thiels E, Torres GE. (2019). G protein βγ subunits play a critical role in the actions of amphetamine.. Transl Psychiatry, 9(1):81. PubMed Kirschmann EK, McCalley DM, Edwards CM, Torregrossa MM (2017). Consequences of Adolescent Exposure to the Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist WIN55,212-2 on Working Memory in Female Rats. . Front Behav Neurosci, 11:137. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00137. PubMed
Faculty Advisor
Linda Rinaman, Psychology