Gary P. Dohanich

Dr. Dohanich and his students have studied the influences of ovarian and adrenal steroids and biological sex on behavior. Employing a rodent model, early work focused on the interaction of estrogen and acetylcholine in mediating reproductive behaviors.  Subsequent projects investigated the interaction of estrogen and acetylcholine in modulating learning and memory.  More recent studies explored the expression and development of sex differences in learning and behavior, and their relationship to anxiety.

Dr. Dohanich no longer mentors graduate or undergraduate students in his laboratory, and now concentrates his efforts on educational activities that include offering new graduate and undergraduate courses and expanding his teaching methodologies.