Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor Rockefeller University
“The Resilient Brain: Epigenetics, Stress and the Lifecourse”
Friday, Jan.12, 2018
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
PSSB Auditorium, G300
For more information, please contact Morgan Luthi at
916-734-7523 or mluthi@ucdavis.edu
Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.
Neuroendocrinologist and head of the Harold and Margaret Milli-ken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University .
McEwen received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. in cell biolo-gy from Rockefeller University in 1964. The McEwen laboratory has been at the forefront of estrogen and glucocorticoid action in the brain for decades. McEwen's group demonstrated for the first time that estrogen can increase dendritic spine density in the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus. In addition, his lab also discovered stress-induced dendritic retrac-tion in the CA3 hippocampal sub-field. By pioneering the role of both gonadal and adrenal steroid action in the brain, the McEwen laboratory helped developing the modern concept of stress. His current research focuses on glucocorticoids, stress and neuronal degeneration.
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