Jeremy Trott

Jeremy Trott is a Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, affiliated with the Psychology Department and the undergraduate Neuroscience program. He holds a B.S. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Vermont and UCLA, respectively.

• Educational Background:
  • B.S. in Neuroscience, University of Vermont
  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles

His research and teaching focus on the behavioral and biological aspects of neuroscience. Key areas include:

• Contextual fear learning and generalization
• Defensive behavior systems and stress responses
• Sex differences in neural mechanisms
• Role of neurotransmitter systems (e.g., muscarinic, dopaminergic, PACAP) in fear and reward processing
• Synaptic physiology and plasticity
• Computational modeling of neural circuits

His work spans both behavioral experiments and computational analyses, emphasizing hippocampal and amygdala microcircuits.

Publications highlight trends in:

• Neurobiological basis of fear conditioning and extinction
• Interactions between substance use and trauma-induced fear sensitization
• Sexual dimorphism in neural modulation
• Temporal dynamics of reward-related motor behaviors