Ralph Joseph DiLeone, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Neurobiology
Psychiatry: Molecular Psychiatry | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program
Research Interests
Addictions; Animal Behavior Or Ethology; Animal Nutrition; Diseases and Disorders; Drugs Or Drug Abuse; Eating Disorders; Etiology; Evolution; Genetic Manipulation; Natural History; Obesity; Psychiatry more...
Education
- B.A., Skidmore College, 1992
- Ph.D., Stanford University, 1998
Selected Publications
- Guarnieri, D.J., et al., (2011) Gene profiling reveals a role for stress hormones in the molecular and behavioral response to food restriction. Biological Psychiatry, Published online, August 17th, 2011.
- Sears, R.M., et al, (2010) Regulation of nucleus accumbens activity by the hypothalamic neuropeptide melanin-concentrating hormone. J. Neurosci. 30(24): 8263-8273.
- Narayanan, N.S., et al., (2010). Metabolic hormones, dopamine circuits, and feeding. Front. Neurendocrinology 31(1): 104-112.
