Ethan Gahtan
Professor
Biography:
Ethan received a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Macalester College and PhD in Cognitive and Biological Psychology from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on molecular and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior and neurological disease, with a secondary focus on evolutionary psychology. Ethan is a long-serving member of Humboldt’s IRB and IACUC.
Areas of Interest:
Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy of Psychology
Research:
Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavioral Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology
Courses Taught:
Intro and Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience
Psychopharmacology
Substance Use & Addiction
Evolutionary Psychology
Research Methods
History and Systems of Psychology
Research Supervision
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Publications:
1. Bishop, B.H., Spence-Chorman, N., Gahtan, E. (2016). Three-dimensional motion tracking reveals a diving component to visual and auditory escape swims in zebrafish larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(Pt 24): 3981-3987.
2. Stednitz SJ, Freshner B, Shelton S, Shen T, Black D, Gahtan E. (2015). Selective toxicity of L-DOPA to dopamine transporter-expressing neurons and locomotor behavior in zebrafish larvae. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 52(Pt A):51-6.
3. Ellyn Charlotte Bass, Sarah Josephine Stednitz, Kevin Simonson, Tori Shen, Ethan Gahtan (2014). Physiological stress reactivity and empathy following social exclusion: a test of the defensive emotional analgesia hypothesis. Soc Neurosci. 9(5):504-13.
4. Ellyn Charlotte Bass 1, Sarah Josephine Stednitz, Kevin Simonson, Tori Shen, Ethan Gahtan Griffiths, B.B., Schoonheim, P.J., Ziv, L., Voelker, L., Baier, H., Gahtan, E. (2012). A zebrafish model of glucocorticoid resistance shows serotonergic modulatio
5. Stobb, M., Peterson, J.M., Mazzag, B., Gahtan, E. (2012). Graph theoretical model of a sensorimotorconnectome in zebrafish. PLoS One, 7(5):e37292.
6. Lapolla NJ, Bishop BH, Gahtan E. Social context modulates autonomic responses to direct eye contact. Physiol Behav. 2023 May 1;263:114119. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114119. Epub 2023 Feb 12. PMID: 36787812.
7. Jones EF, Butler MG, Trendafilova D, Mendez MS, Jernigan LA, Gahtan E, Steele J. In vivo tracking of KCC2b expression during early brain development. J Comp Neurol. 2023 Jan;531(1):48-57. doi: 10.1002/cne.25411. Epub 2022 Oct 10. PMID: 36217249.
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