In order to view this page properly, you must have javascript and style sheets enabled in your browser. Make sure that Enable Javascript and Enable Style Sheets are checked. Press Reload to reload this page. The overall approach is to identify alterations in human behavior and physiology and model those changes in nonhuman mammals to gain an understanding of the neuropharmacological, neurophysiological and neurobehavioral basis for these changes. The laboratory routinely employs standard behavioral neuroscience techniques such as acoustic startle, instrumental learning, and classical conditioning of the eyeblink response.
Physiological parameters measured include endocrine, neurochemical and electrophysiological signals.
These techniques have been adapted for humans and rodents, facilitating interspecies comparisons.