CROWLEY LAB
Avery Sicher (she/her)
PhD Candidate, Neuroscience Graduate Program
NIH F31 NRSA Fellow
President, Huck Graduate Student Association
previously: Training Fellow, Physiological Adaptations to Stress T32
2020 Huck Graduate Fellow
Avery is a fourth year student in the Neuroscience PhD program. She graduated from Ursinus College with majors in neuroscience and biology. She is interested in the neurobiology of alcohol use and neuropsychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression. Outside of lab, she enjoys exploring State College and watching PSU and Philadelphia sports.
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in the news:
Avery Sicher elected as the Huck Graduate Student Association co-president
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Read about Avery's paper in Neuropharmacology
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New student spotlight video highlights Avery Sicher (Huck youtube)
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Neuroscience grad student awarded grant to study adolescent binge drinking
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papers:
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ADOLESCENT BINGE DRINKING LEADS TO LONG-LASTING CHANGES IN CORTICAL MICROCIRCUITS IN MICE
Neuropharmacology
Sicher, Starnes, Griffith, Dao, Smith, Brockway, & Crowley
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ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND STRESS EXPOSURE REWIRES KEY CORITCAL NEUROCIRCUITRY // 2022
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Sicher, Duerr, Starnes, & Crowley
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SOMATOSTATIN NEURONS IN THE BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS PLAY A SEX-DEPENDENT ROLE IN BINGE DRINKING // 2022
Brain Research Bulletin
Suresh Nair, Dao, Lopez Melean, Griffith, Starnes, Moyer, Sicher, Brockway, Meeks, & Crowley
SOMATOSTATIN NEURONS CONTROL AN ALCOHOL BINGE DRINKING PRELIMBIC MICROCIRCUIT IN MICE // 2021
Neuropsychopharmacology
Dao, Brockway, Suresh Nair, Sicher, & Crowley
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MODERATE PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE INCREASES TOTAL LENGHT OF LI-EXPRESSING AXONS IN E15.5 MICE // 2021
Neurotoxicology and Teratology
Sicher, Kiss, Springmann, Herrera, McElroy, ... Favero