Does prenatal cannabis exposure lead to externalizing problems and substance misuse? Ami Ikeda (BGA-LAB graduate student) with Emory Psychology faculty, Dr. Valerie Knopik, @StephParadePhD & Dr. Bidwell discuss lingering gaps and future study directions: doi.org/10.3390/toxics…

Nervous system of a mouse embryo. The image shows motor (red) and sensory (magenta) nerves and nerve endings (cyan): by Dr. Gist F. Croft, Lauren Pietila, Dr. Ali H. Brivanlou #neuroscience

Check out this study examining the effect of prenatal exposure to e-cigarette nicotine vape and/or edible THC on cognitive behaviors in adolescent rats. Nicotine/THC groups exhibited reduced bodyweight! Short-term memory deficits also found in THC group! academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-ar…

petition to change statistically “significant” to “slaying.” more specifically: p<0.05 = slaying p<0.01 = slaying the boots house down p<0.001 = slaying the boots house down mawma yas gawd 💅🏼

Cannabinoid receptor expressing, primarily GABAergic basket cell axons, surrounding hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells expressing GFP from the Nr4a1 promoter. #neuroscience #SciArt #hippocampus

Congratulations Natalia Jaume-Feliciosi on successfully defending your MA thesis today!! Just one of the many milestones you will accomplish!!!

Our latest publication is out! Huge congrats to the team, including ⁦Cristina 🦝⁩ & ⁦@hussain_samirah⁩ ! ⁦⁦The Breit Lab 🧠✨⁩ Effects of prenatal alcohol and delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol exposure via electronic cigarettes on motor development onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

⭐️ TOMORROW Marvin Diaz & I are co-chairing our symposium featuring new data from Marvin Diaz , @AdamCollierPhD , @BradyAtwood , & Jen Thomas looking at prenatal drug exposures effects on later-life intake and other behaviors 🍷 💨 💊 🐀 Hope to see you there! RSoA

Neuronal axons are shown using the brainbow technique: #neuroscience by R. Egawa

Can we PLEASE stop using stigmatizing language when discussing substance use in neuro/pharmacology?? Reading terms like "opioid addicts" and "marijuana abusers" in a paper published in 2022 is frustrating.

Four years ago, I wrote a blog post about the PhD application process. I've now written an updated *2nd edition* with content additions, including all my application materials free to download 🎉 Please RT and share with anyone applying this Fall! 😊 lucy-lai.com/blog/gradapps

We are excited to share new work out of the BGA Lab! Great work Spencer Huggett Ami Ikeda Qingyue(Emerald) Yuan Chelsie Benca-Bachman and Rohan H C Palmer, PhD nature.com/articles/s4159…

I am excited to share that the Emory Psychology was chosen as U.S. National Science Foundation REU site (Mind, Brain, Body, & Behavior [MB3]) to provide underrepresented undergraduates with an intensive year-long research and graduate school preparation experience for a career in the psychological sciences.

Congratulations to Ami Ikeda of Emory University, one of our well-deserved Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellows!🎉 APF is proud to support this innovative and impactful work. ✨

Thank you so much American Psychological Foundation! I'm so grateful for the support for my dissertation project. Stay tuned for updates on my findings. Emory Psychology Emory University BGA-LAB