My lab uses animal models to identify the neurobiological processes underlying alcohol and substance misuse, pain, and traumatic stress reactivity. Much of my lab’s effort goes toward understanding the mechanisms that underlie highly comorbid psychiatric and neurological disorders, for example drug effects on pain-related outcomes or traumatic stress effects on drug use. To achieve this, we use a combination of behavioral pharmacology, circuit based approaches, slice electrophysiology, anatomical tracing, and molecular approaches. The overall goal of the lab is to improve human health by increasing our understanding of psychiatric and neurological diseases.

Dr. Gilpin is also the Director of the LSUHSC Alcohol & Drug Center of Excellence. To learn more about that Center and the work they do, please click here.

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