Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

I am using electrophysiological techniques to investigate the actions of various drugs and neuropeptides on neuronal responses in the amygdala formation.

Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Psychiatry, 1989-1992

Transitional Internship, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, San Diego, California, 1988-1989

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1986-1988

Ph.D., University of Virginia, Neuroscience, 1986

M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1986

B.A., Bridgewater College, 1977

Chung, L. and Moore, S.D. “Cholecystokinin excites interneurons in rat basolateral amygdala”, J. Neurophysiol., 102 (2009) 272-284.

Kang-Park, M.H., Kieffer, B.L., Roberts, A.J., Roberto, M., Madamba, S. G., Siggins, G.R., and Moore, S.D., “Mu opioid receptors selectively regulate basal inhibitory transmission in the central amygdala: lack of ethanol interactions”, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 328 (2009) 284-293.

Chung, L. and Moore, S.D. “Cholecystokinin enhances GABAergic inhibitory transmission in basolateral amygdala” Neuropeptides, 41 (2007) 453-463.