Ep 76: Dr. Anne Andrews & Brain Chemistry

The Nik Hawks Show

Principle Investigator at the Anne Andrews Research Group at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Psychiatry is the study and treatment of mental illness, emotional disturbance, and abnormal behavior

Leads research on anxiety & depression

Trying to understand how neurotransmitters are used in chemical communication by coming up with new sensors to measure what’s going on.

[Eavesdropping on Neurochemical Signaling in Vivo]

Focus on serotonin system & how serotonin transporters influence behavior.