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Larry W. Swanson

An expert on Antarctica, from policy to penguins
  • Holder of Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professorship in Biological Sciences
  • Member, USC Program in Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences
  • Professor of Biological Sciences (Division of Neurosciences) and Psychology
Office: (213) 740-5892
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Expertise

  • neuroanatomy
  • neurochemistry and neurochemicallyinduced behavior
  • stress and its physiological effects at themolecular level
  • hunger and thirst
  • motivation
  • biological basis of behavior
  • genes and behavior

Additional Information

  • Author of Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain (1992) and Brain Maps: Computer Graphics Files (1993)
  • Co-author of The Ratlas: A Photographic Guide to the Cell and Fiber Architecture of the Rat Brain Illustrated in Three Planes with Stereotaxic Coordinates (in press)
  • Co-editor of Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy, vols. 5 and 7, Integrated Systems of the Central Nervous System, pts. 1 and 2 (1987, 1989)
  • Member, Committee on Neuroscience Literacy, Society for Neuroscience (1992)