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  • Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg Profile

    Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology

    Department: Psychology, Adult Degree and Continuing Studies

    Office: Library 312

    Email Dr. Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg

    814.472.3056

    About Dr. Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg

    Education 

    • Postdoctoral, Behavioral Neuroscience & Molecular Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, USA
    • Ph.D., Psychology (Neuroscience), Tel-Aviv University, Israel
    • M.A., Psychology (Psychobiology), Tel-Aviv University, Israel
    • B.A., Social Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

     

    Research Interest

    Dr. Flaisher-Grinberg’s interests include the neuropharmacology of mood and anxiety disorders, the neurobiology of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders (with an emphasis on autism spectrum disorders), and the development of novel animal models for different psychopathological conditions (such as obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder). Investigation and research are focused on the reciprocal relationship between environmental/behavioral processes and genetic/molecular factors. Methodological approach combines animal behavioral models, pharmacological interventions and molecular procedures, all designated to further our understanding of complex behaviors and mental illness.

  • Teaching Activities
    • PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology 
    • PSYC 314 Biopsychology 
    • PSYC 303 Learning
    • PSYC 302 Sensation & Perception
    • PSYC 425 Canine Learning and Behavior
    • PSYC 430 Psychopharmacology
    • CORE 113 Animal Minds
    • NEUR 450 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Neuroscience
    Papers & Publications

    Flaisher-Grinberg S., Einat H. Amphetamine-induced conditioned place preference test and modeling domains of bipolar disorder (Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011, 4, 18-24).

    Flaisher-GrinbergS., Persaud SD., Loh HH, Wei LN. Stress-induced epigenetic regulation of κ-opioid receptor gene involves transcription factor c-Myc (PNAS, 2012, 109(23):9167-72).

    Flaisher-Grinberg S., Tsai HC,. Feng X., Wei LN. Emotional regulatory function of Receptor Interacting protein 140 revealed in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 2014, 40:226-234).

    Einat H., Flaisher-Grinberg S., Kara NZ. Partial effects of the AMPAkine CX717 in a strain specific battery of tests for manic-like behavior in black Swiss mice (Pharmacological Reports, 2015, 67(5):928-933).

    Kara NZ,Flaisher-Grinberg S, Anderson GW, Agam G, Einat H. Antimanic-like effects of rapamycin in black Swiss mice: possible relevance to autophagy (accepted to Behavioural Pharmacology, 2017).

    Professional Memberships
    • Pennsylvania Academy of Science 
    • APA Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) 
    • Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Organization (FUN) – Member
    • APA Division 2 (Society for Teaching of Psychology, STP) 
    • The American Psychological Association (APA)
    • Society for Neuroscience (SFN) 
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