Rosemary C. Bagot Assistant Professor Department of Psychology McGill University

Rosemary C Bagot, Phd

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

McGill University

Seminar Title: “Transcriptional networks of stress susceptibility”

Host Lab: Dr. Paul Clarke

Seminar:                  

Monday, April 3, 2017

12:00pm  Room 1345

McIntyre Medical Sciences Building

https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/rosemary-c-bagot

Research Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Summary:

Dr. Bagot’s research focuses on the mechanisms of altered brain circuit function in depression. Epidemiological studies highlight the importance of stress in the etiology of depression. However, not all people who experience stress become depressed. Uncovering the brain circuit changes and behavioural characteristics associated with increased stress susceptibility is key to understanding differences in resilience and susceptibility to depression. Dr. Bagot’s research employs a multi-disciplinary approach integrating in vitro electrophysiology, in vivo optogenetics, in vivo calcium imaging and next-generation sequencing in robust mouse behavioural models to elucidate the brain circuit changes that drive maladaptive behaviours and the underlying gene expression networks that mediate altered circuit function.