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I joined the lab of Dr. Debra Bangasser at the Neuroscience Institute of Georgia State University as a research scientist in February 2023.

The lab studies the effects of early life adversity on brain development, cognition, and motivated behavior in males and females. 


Publications


Exercise mitigates the effects of a cafeteria diet on antidepressant-like behavior associated with plasma and microbial metabolites in adult male rats


Nota MHC*, Nicolas S*, Dohm-Hansen S, Harris EP, Foley T, O’Leary OF, Nolan YM

Brain Medicine, issue 5, pp. 52-66


Mineralocorticoid receptor knockout alters hippocampal CA2 neurons to become like those in CA1


Erin P Harris, Başak Kandemir, Stephanie M Jones, Georgia M Alexander, James M Ward, TianYuan Wang, Stephanie Proaño, Xin Xu, Serena M Dudek

Communications Biology, vol. 8(1), 2025, p. 1037


Sex differences in central endozepine expression and regulation of appetite


Geisler CE, Applebey SV, Chichura KS, Pelletier CM, Belser DL, Hu J, Harris EP, Levine CM, Parent MB, Bangasser DA, Doyle RP, Hayes MR

Physiology & Behavior , 2025


Characterizing Brainstem GLP-1 Control of Sensory-Specific Satiety in Male and Female Rats Across the Estrous Cycle


Sarah V Applebey, Allison G Xiao, Erin P Harris, Caleb Levine, Drew L Belser, Caroline E Geisler, Marise B Parent, Debra A Bangasser, Richard C Crist, Benjamin C Reiner, Matthew R Hayes

Biological Psychiatry, 2025


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Media


Nov 30, 2025

Brain.wav Podcast

The Center for Behavioral Neursocience at Georgia State University sponsors the Institute on Neuroscience (ION), a summer research program for high school students. In 2025, the Bangasser Lab had the pleasure of hosting two exceptional ION students. On...


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Mar 18, 2025

Dana Foundation Virtual Panel: Careers in Science Communication & Science Writing

I was invited to speak on a panel hosted by the Dana Foundation Career Network in Neuroscience & Society on careers in science commnication and science writing. Fellow speakers included Jared Boyce and Dr. Gertrude Nonterah. Thank you to the Dana Found... (Link)


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Sep 1, 2022

2022 Brain Awareness Video Contest

For the 2022 Brain Awareness Video Contest, members of the Dudek lab created this video "I Can See Clearly Now, The Brain is Gone: Tissue Clearing as a Tool To Visualize Neuronal Projections and Pathways." Our video was selected for the top 10 of the ...


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Erin Harris, PhD
Neuroscientist


Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University


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