Area of research
Clinical Psychology · Pharmacology
Research interest
Research topics from publications: Acute, Chronic, and Prenatal Exposure to Cannabidiol (CBD) Differentially Affects Anxiety and Successful Birthrate in Mice. Representative work: As the medicalization of marijuana occurs across the United States, the main non‐psychoactive component of the marijuana, cannabidiol (CBD), has gained recognition. Given that anxiety is the most common type of mental illness in the United States, our objective was to access the therapeutic potential of CBD administration. We hypothesized that CBD could mitigate anxiety for chronic but not acute treatments in mice and would not have long‐term behavioral consequences when administered perinatally. Our methods employed 3‐mo. Kv1.3‐/‐ (KO) anxiety prone mice, or wildtype (WT) mice that were treated either acutely (daily for 1 wk), chronically (18 doses over 1 mo.), or throughout gestation and l