Please Join us for a seminar featuring
Dr. Lynn Dobrunz, PhD
March 13 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Cancer Research Building Auditorium
Dr. Lynn Dobrunz, PhD
Simon R. Bruesch Professor and Department Chair, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Director, Neuroscience Institute
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Seminar Title: Role of the Anti-Anxiety factor Neuropeptide Y in Synaptic Plasticity and Traumatic Stress
Summary of Presentation: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has robust anxiolytic properties and is implicated in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. However, the mechanisms by which NPY modulates circuit function to reduce anxiety behavior are poorly understood. Through a combination of electrophysiological, behavioral and in vivo imaging experiments my lab is exploring how NPY modulates synaptic plasticity and how its function is impaired by traumatic stress.