Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CampusÌýBoxÌý345
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Dr. Day received her Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of Cambridge, England. She spent 5 years as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Huda Akil at the University of Michigan, where she became interested in the neural circuitry involved in stress responsiveness. She joined the Psychology Department at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø fall 1999.
Dr. Day is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Director of the neuroscience major. She is no longer active in research.
Selected Publications:
Day, H.E.W., Badiani, A., Uslaner, J.M., Oates, M.M., Vittoz, N.M., Robinson, T.E., Watson, S.J. and Akil, H. (2001) Environmental novelty differentially affects c-fos mRNA expression induced by amphetamine or cocaine in subregions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala. J. Neurosci., 21, 732 Ì 740
Day, H.E.W., Curran, E.J., Watson S.J. and Akil, H. (1999) Distinct neurochemical populations in the rat central nucleus of the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: evidence for their selective activation by interleukin-1beta. J. Comp. Neurol., 413, 113-128
Day, H.E.W., Campeau, S, Watson, S.J. and Akil, H. (1999) Expression of alpha-1b adrenoceptor mRNA in corticotropin-releasing hormone-containing cells of the rat hypothalamus and its regulation by corticosterone. J. Neurosci., 19, 10098-10106.