Dr Elena Paci
Current positions
Honorary Lecturer
School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
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Research interests
I am interested in understanding the neurobiology underlying fear, anxiety and stress.
Publications
Recent publications
07/01/2025Facing the fear
Frontiers in Education
Dynamic causal modeling reveals increased cerebellar- periaqueductal gray communication during fear extinction
Frontiers
Mapping Structure–Function Relationships within Cerebellar Circuits
Neuromethods
Cerebellar modulation of memory encoding in the periaqueductal grey and fear behaviour
eLife
In utero exposure to dexamethasone causes a persistent and age-dependent exacerbation of the neurotoxic effects and glia activation induced by MDMA in dopaminergic brain regions of C57BL/6J mice
NeuroToxicology
Thesis
Physiological and behavioural relevance of the cerebellar-periaqueductal grey pathway in fear responses
Supervisors
Award date
24/06/2021
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