Meenakshi Alreja PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology; Director, Minority Recruitment, Psychiatry Department; Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, Psychiatry Department
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): NeuroscienceInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Neurobiology
Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center
Research Interests
Prefrontal cortex; Interneurons; Nicotine; Acetylcholine; Electrophysiology; GABA; glutamate; Hypocretin; MCH; Learning and Memory; Neurotransmitters; Signal Transduction; GnRH; Puberty; Fertility; HPG axis; Kisspeptin
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Education
- Ph.D., Delhi University , 1987
Selected Publication
- Wu M, Dumalska I, Morozova E, van den Pol A and Alreja M Melanin-concentrating hormone directly inhibits GnRH neurons and blocks kisspeptin activation: link between energy balance and reproduction. PNAS 106(40):17217-22. 2009.
Articles
Winter 2010
How hunger blocks fertility
A molecule that may play a key role in obesity, drug addiction, and depression also turns off the reproductive system...
Winter 2002
19 faculty members receive awards for research on brain disorders
Five Yale researchers have received Independent Investigator grants totaling almost $500,000 from the National Alliance...
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