Principal Investigator
Christa McIntyre, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Email: christa.mcintyre@utdallas.edu
Post Doctoral Researchers
LUCAS CANTO DE SOUZA – Visiting postdoctoral researcher
PhD Students – Cognition and Neuroscience
DEBORA CALDERON – PhD Candidate
Role of the Locus Coeruleus on Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhanced Fear Extinction
Debora examines the effects of optogenetic inhibition of the locus coeruleus on vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) enhanced extinction of conditioned fear in rats.
MELISSA KRAUTH – PhD Candidate
Melissa studies fear and anxiety in a genetic rat model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
TABITHA RISTVEDT – PhD student
Tabitha examines potential mechanisms of VNS-enhanced memory using in-vivo recording techniques. She is currently focused on using fiber photometry to examine norepinephrine dynamics during VNS-paired behavior.
YARA EL ZOUGHBY – PhD student
Lab Technician
Manager & Colony
Current Undergraduate Students
