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Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz

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Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz

Assistant Professor

castil71@msu.edu

Google Scholar

castilloruizlab.org

Area of Expertise

Behavioral Neuroscience

Biography

I investigate the role that birth plays in brain and behavioral development. Birth is arguably the most dramatic event in the life of a placental mammal, yet, perhaps because of its ubiquity, has been overlooked as an important orchestrator of brain development. To address this, my lab manipulates events and milestones associated with birth in our animal model: the mouse. Current projects in the lab include investigating the effects of the microbiota (the microorganisms that inhabit all our body

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PhD, Psychology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior, Michigan State University

MA, Psychology, Michigan State University

BS, Biology, Agrarian La Molina University

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