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Anna Radke

Entering Class - 2006

E-mail: aradke@umn.edu


Undergraduate Institution and Major/Degree:

  • St. Olaf College, BA, Biology, 2006

Major Advisor(s):

Research Description:

Anxiety is a common symptom reported during opiate withdrawal.  In the Gewirtz lab, I am investigating the neural substrates of this negative affective state.  Our primary model is the withdrawal-potentiated startle phenomenon in which withdrawal from an acute dose of morphine results in potentiation of the acoustic startle reflex.  Current focus is on the role of corticotropin-releasing factor, norepinephrine, and dopamine systems.

Lab Rotations:

  • Yasushi Nakagawa
  • Marilyn Carroll
  • Jonathan Gewirtz

Courses Taken Beyond the Core Courses:

  • Statistics 5303: Designing Experiments
  • Psychology 5012: Learning & Cognition in Animals
  • Psychology 5064: Brain and Emotion
  • Psychology 8061: Neuropsychopharmacology  

Graduate Level Minor:

  • Supporting Program

Committee Members:

  • Jonathan Gewirtz
  • William Engeland
  • Mark Thomas
  • Marilyn Carroll

Conferences Attended:

  • Society for Neuroscience annual meeting - Fall 2006, 2007, 2008

Selected Publications and Presentations:

  • Radke AK & Gewirtz JC. Effects of CRF receptor subtype antagonists on opiate withdrawal-potentiated startle. Society for Neuroscience Conference. November 2008. 765.4.

Professional Memberships:

  • Society for Neuroscience

Awards and Honors:

  • Center for Cognitive Sciences Training Award, 2007-2009

Home Town:

  • Cary, IL