Susanne Brummelte
Office Address
5057 Woodward Ave. Room 8206.1
Division
Department of Psychology
Chair, Beahvioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Area
Education/Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia and Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2007-2012
Dr. rer. nat (~ Ph.D.), Biology, University of Bielefeld, Germany, 2007
Diplom (~ M.Sc.), Biology, University of Bielefeld, Germany, 2004
Laboratory Web Site
Research
My current research focuses on the effects of early adverse life experience on brain development and the subsequent behavioral and neuroanatomical changes in both males and females. I am particularly interested in the consequences of exposure to depression, stress or opioids during pregnancy or the postpartum period and how this affects brain neurochemistry and stress responsivity later in life.
Further, my lab studies the effects of early pain exposure as well as medications such as anti-depressants or medications for opioid use disorder on brain development and the maternal brain and behavior using rats as the animal model of choice. The research addresses important questions on how exposure to early adverse conditions such as pharmacological treatments can influence the mother-infant dyad, maturation of the nervous system and the long-term outcome of the offspring.
Please visit the https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/ff6300 for more info.
Research Interests
Developmental Neuroscience
Neuroendocrinology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Neuropsychopharmacology
Drug exposure during pregnancy
Species
Rats
Disease/Disorder Research
Maternal stress and depression,
Neonatal pain and early adversity
Addiction and its treatment during pregnancy and postpartum
Opioid and cannabis use
Research Key Collaborators
Drs. Shane Perrine, Scott Bowen, Justin Kenney, Pat Mueller, Carolyn Herrington, Kelly Bosse, Hilary Marusak
Research Methods
Behavioral testing, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, immunohistochemistry, ELISAs etc.