Biography
The focus of research in the Lonstein lab is to better understand the neurobiology of parenting and other social behaviors in mammals. Non-postpartum females of most species do not act very maternally toward infants, although a dramatic change in responding occurs after females are pregnant and their infants are born. Research in the Lonstein lab is devoted to understanding how the hormones of pregnancy and lactation alter neurochemistry in the laboratory rodent brain to promote nurturant behavi
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PhD, Biopsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 1997
MA, Biopsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 1995
BA, Biology & Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1992