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People >Graduate Students
 Jared Schwartzer
My initial research in the Melloni Lab investigated the anti-aggressive properties of the atypical antipsychotic risperidone and its metabolite paliperidone. Currently, my research focuses on the role of dopamine in the neurocircuitry of aggression. Specifically, I am examining the effects of adolescent anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) exposure on the dopamine system within the aggression centers of the hamster brain. My work explores the dopaminergic interactions with hypothalamic GABA and neuropeptide systems implicated in aggression. Using behavioral, pharmacological, and histological manipulations, I am developing a working model of the neuropathways within the anterior hypothalamus responsible for producing the AAS-induced offensive aggressive response.
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