About the lab
The overall goal of the Ferguson lab research program is to use a multi-level approach, combining molecular biology, circuit-mapping and behavioral neuroscience, to understand the role of cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic circuitry in the development of behaviors that are associated with drug reward and addiction, as well as in the processes that underlie decision-making, motivation and impulsivity. In addition, we are examining how environmental factors, such as extended exposure to sensory stimulation during childhood and adolescence, modulate the development of these behaviors.
AFFILIATIONS GET IN TOUCH
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Center for Integrative Brain Research
Seattle Children's Research Institute Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Neuroscience Program University of Washington |
Ferguson Laboratory
Seattle Children's Research Institute 1900 Ninth Ave. Seattle, WA 98109 Phone: 206-884-3279 Email: smfergus@uw.edu |
