Heather C. Brenhouse

This study shows that early life adversity increases prosocial helping behavior in rats and is associated with changes in brain-wide neural activity and network organization.

This study examines differences in conditioned fear responses between male rats, Darters, and Non-darters, finding no heightened reactivity in Darters to aversive stimuli.

This study shows that adverse rearing environments alter maternal responsiveness to infant ultrasonic vocalizations, with sex-specific effects observed in maternal behavior.

This study investigates how early life adversity and adolescent BLA inhibition affect corticolimbic connectivity and anxiety behaviors in animals.

This study shows that CRF in the insular cortex affects social decision making differently in males and females through sex-specific interactions with CRF1 and CB1 receptors.

This study shows that repeated early life adversity affects PFC structure and behavior differently in male and female rats, with females showing reduced PV cells and PNN integrity.

This study shows that early life stress affects corticolimbic development differently in male and female rats, with females showing earlier and more persistent changes in axonal innervation and functional connectivity.

This study examines how 22kHz and 55kHz ultrasonic vocalizations affect neural and behavioral outcomes in rats, showing distinct cFos activation patterns in anxiety-related brain regions.