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Dr. LaCrosse mentors both Undergraduate and Graduate students in research. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience, participate in focused discussion groups, present at local and national conferences, and make scholarly contributions to science.
Highlighted Student Research
Wells, M., Hoffmann, J., Stage, A., Enger, I., Pomper, J., Briggs, L., & LaCrosse, A. (2024). Efficacy of Fluoxetine and (R, S) Ketamine in Attenuating Conditioned Fear Behaviors in Male Mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Delgado X, Marion N, LaCrosse AL. (2021). Fluoxetine as a novel treatment to attenuate cisplatin-induced cognitive impairment. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 8-11, Chicago, IL
Rechsteiner C, Martin E, LaCrosse AL. (2021). The effects of chronic cannabidiol (CBD) use in adolescent female mice on the prevalence of anxiety symptoms. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 8-11, Chicago, IL
CURRENT PROJECTS
GRADUATE RESEARCH
Rebecca's Thesis
Rebecca's Thesis
Rebecca's thesis project consists of looking at the ST3GAL3 gene at specific SNP, rs3952787, to see if it could potentially predict attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, and depression.
Alex's Thesis
Alex's Thesis
Alex's thesis studies how epigenetic factors impacts GABAergic metabolism in PTSD. Specifically, how Fluoxetine and Ketamine impact the functional status of parvalbumin networks in the central fear memory circuit.
Heba's Thesis
Heba's Thesis
Heba's thesis is on the MTHFR gene mutation at SNP C677T and how it potentially correlates with symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
CPP
CPP
Molly, Caden, and Haley evaluate the abuse potential of Gabapentin in combination with Buprenorphine using Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) in mice.
PTSD
PTSD
Luz and Emily measure the effects of acute R-S Ketamine and chronic Fluoxetine on fear behavior in mice.
Cognitive Flexibility
Cognitive Flexibility
Andrew and Graham are using a delayed match-to-sample operant task to assess working memory in mice.
PHOTO GALLERY
SfN CPP Poster
SfN CPP Poster
Undergraduate students Alyssa, Andrew, Molly, Haley, and Caden presenting the CPP project at the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience conference - or SfN - in Green Bay, Wisconsin in October of 2024.
SfN ST3GAL3 Poster
SfN ST3GAL3 Poster
Graduate students Heba and Rebecca, and undergraduate student Jessica presenting Rebecca's thesis project at the SfN conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin in October of 2024.
Lab Members!
Lab Members!
Graduate student Alex, undergraduate student Ava, and former lab member Alyssa, pose with Dr. Amber LaCrosse in front of the lab.
CPP Apparatus
CPP Apparatus
One of the operant boxes used in our CPP study, with a mouse currently in the striped room.
Rebecca
Rebecca
Rebecca working on her thesis project by testing DNA snips.
Alex
Alex
Alex working on his thesis project.
Congratulations to Nicole Thomas (pictured right) for winning first prize for her research proposal poster at the Department of Psychological Science Biannual Poster Session in December 2021.
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