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Prof. Brian Trainor is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, specializing in behavioral neuroendocrinology. His research focuses on neural mechanisms underlying social behavior, stress responses, and hormonal regulation in rodents. He uses the monogamous California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) as a model organism to study sex differences in aggression, social bonding, and stress-related behaviors.
Key research themes include oxytocin/vasopressin circuitry, hypocretin modulation of social behaviors, and epigenetic factors influencing stress resilience. Trainor’s work integrates optogenetics, CRISPR gene editing, and transcriptomic analyses to dissect neural circuits involved in social decision-making and anxiety.
- Expertise: Social neuroendocrinology, stress physiology, rodent behavioral modeling
- Techniques: CRISPR-Cas9, chemogenetics, calcium imaging, transcriptomics
- Model Systems: California mice, C57BL/6J mice
Recent studies emphasize sex-specific neurobiological responses to social defeat stress and the role of epigenetic modifications in parental behavior. His lab explores translational implications for anxiety disorders and depression through neuroendocrine mechanisms.
