Research Description

Defining the neuroendocrine mechanisms by which GLP-1 receptor activation reduces alcohol intake

Awards

• Fellow at Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence, and Success at Marine Biological Laboratory
• Graduate Student Senate Travel Award
• Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Grant Award
• Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (T32 GM144636), 2024-2026
   

Publications

• Khan KM, Bierlein-De La Rosa G, Biggerstaff N, Pushpavathi Selvakumar G, Wang R, Mason S, Dailey ME, Marcinkiewcz CA. Adolescent ethanol drinking promotes hyperalgesia, neuroinflammation and serotonergic deficits in mice that persist into adulthood. Brain Behav Immun. 2023 Jan;107:419-431. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.07.160. Epub 2022 Jul 28. PMID: 35907582; PMCID: PMC10289137.
• Marcinkiewcz CA, Bierlein-De La Rosa G, Dorrier CE, McKnight M, DiBerto JF, Pati D, Gianessi CA, Hon OJ, Tipton G, McElligott ZA, Delpire E, Kash TL. Sex-Dependent Modulation of Anxiety and Fear by 5-HT_1A Receptors in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis.  ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 Jul 17;10(7):3154-3166. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00594. Epub 2019 Jun 17. PMCID: PMC6996028