Alana Conti
Laboratory Web Site
Research Interests
Experiments designed to examine ethanol action at the cellular level and to define the signaling pathways that mediate the synaptic response to ethanol in the adult and juvenile brain. Additional studies focus on behavioral outcome following ethanol exposure. Of particular interest are the proteins, adenylyl cyclase 1 and 8, which promote neuronal survival in the neonatal brain following ethanol treatment in studies related to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Future projects will focus on development of a novel in vitro model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and defining the cellular mechanisms that regulate ethanol sensitivity following traumatic brain injury using both adult and juvenile mouse models.
Species
Mice
Disease/Disorder Research
Traumatic brain injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and alcohol sensitivity.
Research Key Collaborators
Don Kuhn, Scott Bowen, Tiffany Mathews, Shane Perrine, John Hannigan
Research Methods
Molecular Biology, Immunohistochemistry, Primary Neuronal Cultures, Behavioral Animal Models.
Publications
Courses taught by Alana Conti
Spring-Summer Term 2025 (future)
Winter Term 2024
Winter Term 2023
Recent university news spotlights
- TRAIN@wayne NIDA T32 Predoctoral Addiction Training Program Recruiting PhD Students
- Wayne State University research reveals new data in how the brain learns new information
- National Institutes of Health awards Wayne State $1.19 million for addiction neuroscience predoctoral training
- Translational Neuroscience Symposium and Research Day celebrates research of program faculty and trainees
- Doctoral candidate Liza Hinchey and advisor Francesca Pernice receive $10,000 grant from the Wayne State University Social Sciences Research Support Program