About Our Work...
The Bell lab is broadly interested in how the environment can affect brain development, especially during adolescence. We're also interested in how these processes depend on an individual's sex. Currently, our research is focused on the effects of a chronic and ubiquitous environmental contaminant, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs are a model endocrine disrupting chemical, and are known to independently affect brain function, hormone actions, and immune processes. As such, our lab is interested in understanding how PCBs affect interactions between the neural, endocrine, and immune systems across development, and their long-term consequences on brain and behavior. We use molecular, histological, cell culture, and behavioral techniques to study this in a rat model. Take a look around our website to get to know more about us and our work!
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Last edited July 2020.