Tracy Doucette
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Prince Edward Island
Canada
Biography
She did his Phd from UPEI, Canada & Started her career there itself as Assistant professor of Department of Psychology.
Research Interest
Dr. Tracy Doucette and two UPEI researchers were awarded a US patent for creating an animal model to understand changes in brain development and function that lead to seizures in Epilepsy, a disorder that affects more than 50 million people worldwide. Her research focuses on the role of kainate receptors in learning, memory, and neurobehavioural development.
Publications
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Marriott AL, Tasker RA, Ryan CL, Doucette TA. Neonatal domoic acid abolishes latent inhibition in male but not female rats and has differential interactions with social isolation. Neuroscience letters. 2014 Aug 22;578:22-6.
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Robbins MA, Ryan CL, Doucette TA. Alterations in caspase-3 in juvenile rats treated neonatally with domoic acid. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science. 2016 Aug 15;6(09):357-63.
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Doucette TA, Tasker RA. Perinatal domoic acid as a neuroteratogen. InNeurotoxin modeling of brain disorders—Life-long outcomes in behavioral teratology 2015 (pp. 87-110). Springer International Publishing.
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Marriott AL, Tasker RA, Ryan CL, Doucette TA. Alterations to prepulse inhibition magnitude and latency in adult rats following neonatal treatment with domoic acid and social isolation rearing. Behavioural brain research. 2016 Feb 1;298:310-7.
