Biography

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Courses:  
Brain Behavior and Disease (graduate program, St. Joseph's University) 
Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience  (Rowan University)  
Introduction to Neuroscience
Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders (St. Joseph's University) 
Neurobiology of Stress (Rowan University, St. Joseph's University) 
Neuroscience Orientation  (St. Joseph's University) 
Neuroscience Seminar  (St. Joseph's University) 

Education:
BA (Biology), Minor in Psychology, Rutgers University (2007)
PhD (Pharmacology and Physiology), Drexel University College of Medicine (2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (2016-2019)

Research Expertise:
Molecular mechanisms underlying the behavioral effects of chronic stress| how gene expression and molecular mechanisms are affected by disease state and drug treatment| bioinformatics | regulatory factors in gene expression | neuroscience

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Recent Publications: (*undergraduate student or ^#graduate student trained by M.T.Manners)

Elias^#, A.Y. Zhang^#, A.G. White^*, M.J.Pyle^*, M.T. Manners, “Voluntary exercise induces a sex-specific behavioral effect in a chronic stress paradigm.” Stress (2023)

Elias^#, A.Y Zhang^#, M.T. Manners, “Novel Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Depression.” Life (2022).

M.D. Carpenter, M.T. Manners, E.A. Heller, J.A. Blendy, “Adolescent oxycodone exposure inhibits withdrawal-induced expression of genes associated with the dopamine transmission.” Addiction Biology (2020)

M.T. Manners, J.K. Brynildsen^#, M. Schechter^* X Liu^*, D.Eacret^#, J.A. Blendy. “CREB deletion increases resilience to stress and downregulates inflammatory gene expression in the hippocampus.” Brain, Behavior, Immunity (2019).

M.T. Manners, N.L. Yohn^#, N.F. Lahens, G.R. Grant, M.S. Bartolomei. J.A. Blendy. “Transgenerational inheritance of chronic adolescent stress: Effects of stress response and the amygdala transcriptome.” Genes, Brain and Behavior (2018).

Gao, X, J. Xia, F. Munoz, M.T. Manners, R. Pan, O. Meucci, Y. Dai, H. Hu. “STIMS and Orai1 regulate cytokine production in spinal astrocytes.” Journal of Neuroinflammation (2016).

M.T. Manners, A. Ertel, Y. Tian, S.K. Ajit, “Genome-wdie redistribution of MeCP2 in dorsal root ganglia after peripheral nerve injury.” Epigenetics & Chromatin (2016).