Shelley M. Warlow

Shelley M. Warlow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. Her research investigates neural mechanisms underlying motivated behaviors, focusing on reward-aversion circuitry in psychiatric conditions. She employs advanced techniques including optogenetics and behavioral modeling in murine systems.

Education includes a B.A./B.S. from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Recent publications explore neurotransmitter co-release dynamics in reward pathways and amygdala circuitry's role in incentive motivation.

Research spans neural basis of addiction, depression, and decision-making, with articles frequently published in high-impact journals like Neuron and Nature Communications. Her work integrates behavioral analysis with molecular neuroscience to examine how reward circuits drive maladaptive behaviors.