
BA, Psychology, University of Illinois;
Ph.D., Biopsychology, University of Iowa
Behavioral pharmacology
Balu, D.T. and Lucki, I. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Function and implications in disease etiology. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2009, 33:232-252.
Balu, D.T., Hodes, G.E., Anderson, B.T. and Lucki, I. Enhanced sensitivity of the MRL/MpJ mouse to the neuroplastic and behavioral effects of chronic antidepressant treatments. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2009, 34(7):1764-73.
Balu, D.T., Hodes, G.E., Hill, T.E., Ho, N., Rahman, Z., Bender, C., Ring, R.H., Dwyer, J.M., Rosenzweig-Lipson, S., Hughes, Z.A., Schechter, L.E. and Lucki, I. Flow cytometric analysis of BrdU incorporation as a high-throughput method for measuring adult neurogenesis in the mouse. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, 2009, 59:100-107.
Hodes, G.E., Hill-Smith, T.E., Suckow, R.F., Cooper, T.B. and Lucki, I. Sex specific effects of chronic fluoxetine treatment on neuroplasticity and pharmacokinetics in mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2010, 332(1):266-73.
Carr, G.V., Bangasser, D.A., Bethea, T., Young, M., Valentino, R.J. and Lucki, I. Antidepressant-like effects of kappa opioid receptor antagonists in Wistar-Kyoto rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010, 35(3):752-63.