School of Medicine

Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Meghan Hibicke, PhD

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Lab

MEB 5258

Phone

504 568 5227

Education

B.S., Biology, Dixie State University

 

PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mercer University College of Pharmacy

Research Interests 

Alternative pharmacotherapies for cognitive and mood disorders.

Sex differences in animal modeling of cognitive and mood disorders.

Associations

Genetics Society of America                             

The Society for Neuroscience                           

The International Stress and Behavior Society                                                      

The American Society for Pharmacology and

Experimental Therapeutics           

The American Association of University Women      

Publications  

Peer Reviewed Research Articles

Hibicke, M. Development and Evaluation of an Adolescent Chronic Restraint Stress (aCRS)
Protocol to Model Adult Depression in Female Rats. PhD Dissertation, Mercer University College of Pharmacy, 2017

Hibicke, M, MA Graham, and RL Hayslett. Adolescent Chronic Restraint Stress (aCRS) Elicits
Robust Depressive-Like Behavior in Freely Cycling, Adult Female Rats Without Increasing
Anxiety-Like Behaviors. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology for the special issue Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Substance Use Disorders: Progress and Gaps. 2017. 25(2):74-83

Kandi, P, M Hibicke, RL Hayslett. Acute Cytisine and Diarylpropionitrile Independently and
Additively Reduce Depressive-Like Behavior in Female Ovariectomized Rats. Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology. 2015. 2:250-258.

Peer Reviewed Review Articles

Hibicke, M, and RL Hayslett. Cognitive Impairments of Major Depressive Disorder: Hippocampal Involvement and Modulation by Estrogen Receptor β (Erβ) and Acetylcholine. Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology Research. 2015. 2(1):1-17.