Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Neuroscience by Creator "Forcelli, Patrick A"
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Midbrain Contributions to Innate Defense and Anxiety Behaviors
(Georgetown University, 2018)The central nervous system (CNS) comprises the necessary components for converting sensation into behavior, a phenomenon fundamental to mammalian survival. One way that sensation can be converted into behavior is via a ... -
Neural Circuits of Sensorimotor Gating and Social Behavior in Nonhuman Primates
(Georgetown University, 2022)The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a critical limbic-motor interface that is important for both processing reward and generating voluntary and reflexive motor outcomes. The NAc receives dense dopaminergic input from the ventral ... -
Regulation of Primate Social Behavior by the Amygdala and Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST)
(Georgetown University, 2023)The amygdala and extended amygdala, which includes the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis(BNST), are two areas implicated in the regulation of social behavior. Lesions of the amygdala in nonhuman primates impact various ...
