Cheryl Sisk
University Distinguished Professor, Emerita
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Biography
Research in the Sisk Lab is directed toward understanding the neural, endocrine, and behavioral changes that take place during puberty and adolescence. Adult cognition, social behaviors, responses to sensory stimuli, and responses to environmental stressors are remarkably different from those of the juvenile organism. Thus, the juvenile-to-adult transition is a fundamental period of neural development. Some recent work in the Sisk lab has focused on structural changes in the hamster amygdala dur
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PhD, Psychobiology/Neuroscience, Florida State University, 1980
MA, Psychobiology/Neuroscience, Florida State University, 1976
BS, Psychology, Baylor University, 1974