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Journal of Neurology and Neurological Disorders

Editorial Board Member - JNND

Wayne Brake

Professor
Department of Psychology
Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology
Concordia University
Canada
BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Wayne Brake was hired as an Assistant Professor in Psychology in 2005. Prior to joining Concordia University, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara. Dr. Brake earned his Ph.D. in Neurological Sciences at McGill University and completed post-doctoral studies in Neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University in New York. Dr. Brake is the Director of the MA Graduate Program in Psychology as well as a Fellow of the Science College at Concordia University. Globally, Dr. Brake’s research addresses women’s health in the context of how hormonal status affects brain function and behavior. His NSERC funded research program examines the effects of the female ovarian hormone, estrogen, on brain dopamine physiology and learning and memory. This work has generated several important findings that have gained extensive interest from the press worldwide. A second line of research examines the critical link between ovarian hormones and the brain’s response to antipsychotic medication. Dr. Brake has active, ongoing collaborations with colleagues locally at the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology as well as national and international collaborations including researchers at Cornell Medical School in the USA. In addition, he is a member of the editorial board of the international journal, Advances in Endocrinology.



RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The mechanisms by which the early environment in rodent models affects development of brain function and behavior. His lab investigates how birth complications and early maternal-infant relationships affect brain development; specifically the dopamine system. These studies are carried out to understand the mechanisms underlying disorders such as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia as well as why, upon adulthood, some are more susceptible to the ill-effects of repeated stress and the incentive values of drugs of abuse.

Another line of research examines how ovarian steroids (e.g. estrogen) affect plasticity of the brain and subsequent behavior. Dr. Brake's lab employs behavioral tests, modern anatomical techniques and cutting edge methods to measure changes in neurochemistry to ultimately understand how our early environment and hormonal milieu shape our adult life.





Other Editorial Board Members - JNND

Tapas K Makar

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Maryland
United States

Dominique M. Durand

Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland
United States

Wei Liu

Assistant Professor
Director of Rehabilitation Biomechanics Lab
Auburn University
United States

Hongbin Fang

Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics
Georgetown University
United States

Tatjana Rundek

Professor
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
United States

Tang Wai Kwong

Professor
Department of Psychiatry
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Karen Kathleen Szumlinski

Professor
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California
USA

GIHAN INDRAGITH TENNEKOON

Professor
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
United States

Wei-Yen Hsu

Professor
Department of Information Engineering and Management
National Chung Cheng University
Taiwan

James Tao

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
The University of Chicago
United States
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