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Anika Toorie

photo of Anika Toorie Fogarty Life Science (FLS) 238
(401) 456-9793
atoorie@ric.edu

Academic Background

Ph.D., Brown University.

Courses Taught

BIOL 100 Fundamental concepts of Biology
BIOL 335 Human Physiology
BIOL 320 Cell and Molecular Biology

Research Interests

The Toorie lab focuses on identifying neural and endocrine mechanisms that are disrupted under conditions of metabolic stress. We induce metabolic stress by exposing rodents to obesogenic diets (i.e., high-fat/high-sugar diets) or drugs of abuse (i.e., opioids). Our lab examines the central reward and homeostatic centers in the rodent brain to identify both common and unique molecular targets (i.e., metabolic sensor proteins, neuropeptides, transcription factors, etc.) associated with addiction and/or the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome.​​

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