CLARISSA PARKER
cparker@bsd.uchicago.edu

Lab: Dr. Abe Palmer

Research Topic: Utilizing mice as a model genetic system to identify genes that influence sensitivity to the acute locomotor stimulant effects of methamphetamine.

Selected Publications:

Barr CS, Newman TK, Becker ML, Parker CC, Champoux M, Lesch KP, Goldman D, Suomi SJ, Higley JD  (2003)  The utility of the non-human primate model for studying gene by environment interaction in behavioral research. Genes, Brain, Behavior 2: 336-40. Paper


Barr CS, Newman TK, Shannon C, Parker CC, Dvoskin RL, Becker ML, Schwandt M, Champoux M, Lesch KP, Goldman D, Suomi SJ, Higley JD (2004) Rearing condition and rh5-HTTLPR interact to influence limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to stress in infant macaques. Biological Psychiatry 55: 733-8. Paper


Bennett B, Downing C, Parker CC, Johnson TE (2006)  Mouse genetic models in alcohol research. Trends in Genetics 22: 367-74. Paper


Parker CC, Ponicsan H, Spencer RL, Holmes A, Johnson TE (2008) Restraint stress and exogenous corticosterone differentially alter sensitivity to the sedative-hypnotic effects of ethanol in ILS and ISS mice.  Alcohol 42: 477-485. Paper