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Dr. Day received her Ph.D. in 1994 from Cambridge University,
England. She spent 5 years as a post-doctoral fellow in the
laboratory of Dr. Huda Akil at the University of Michigan,
where she became interested in the neural circuitry involved
in stress responsiveness. She joined the Psychology Department
at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Fall of 1999
as a research associate in Dr. Serge Campeau's laboratory.
She has been a member of the Society for Neuroscience since
1995.
Dr. Day's research has continued to focus on understanding
the neural circuitry underlying stress responses. Currently
she is investigating the circuitry involved in the hormonal
response to exposure psychological stress, using the model
of exposure to a predator odor in rat. In particular, Dr Day
has a special interest in the central nucleus of the amygdala
and related bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, structures
associated with emotional processing, and their response to
psychological stress.
Selected Publications:
Day, H.E.W., Badiani, A., Uslaner, J.M., Oates, M.M., Vittoz,
N.M., Robinson, T.E., Watson, S.J. and Akil, H. (2001) Environmental
novelty differentially affects c-fos mRNA expression induced
by amphetamine or cocaine in subregions of the bed nucleus
of the stria terminalis and amygdala. J. Neurosci., 21, 732
Ì 740
Day, H.E.W., Curran, E.J., Watson S.J. and Akil, H. (1999)
Distinct neurochemical populations in the rat central nucleus
of the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: evidence
for their selective activation by interleukin-1beta. J. Comp.
Neurol., 413, 113-128
Day, H.E.W., Campeau, S, Watson, S.J. and Akil, H. (1999)
Expression of alpha-1b adrenoceptor mRNA in corticotropin-releasing
hormone-containing cells of the rat hypothalamus and its regulation
by corticosterone. J. Neurosci., 19, 10098-10106.
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