Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Email: thgreen@utmb.edu
Education:
B.S. 1996 Texas A&M University
M.S. 2000 University of Kentucky
Ph.D. 2002 University of Kentucky
Research Interests:
There is almost unanimous agreement among scientists that complex psychiatric conditions such as addiction, depression and anxiety are a function of interactions between genes and environment. Exposure to environmental factors such as drugs of abuse or stress activate signaling cascades within neurons that in turn alter gene transcription in specific brain regions involved in addiction, depression and anxiety. These changes in gene transcription are typically homeostatic, leaving the person better adapted to the changing environment. However, in a minority of cases the drug or stress insult triggers maladaptive changes in brain chemistry, leading to psychiatric conditions such as addiction or depression. Research Information Continued
Biographical Information
Selected Publications
-
PubMed Search for T.A. Green
Green Laboratory
|
|
|
|
|
|
