Elizabeth Glover PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry, UIC
Contact
Email:
ejglover [at] uic.edu
Office Phone:
(312) 355-4548
Building & Room:
School of Public Health / Psychiatric Institute (SPHPI) 418
Address:
1601 W. Taylor St. SPHPI MC 912 Chicago IL 60612
About
Dr. Glover completed her BS in Zoology at Arizona State University in 2001 and subsequently worked as a research assistant studying nonhuman primate behavior at the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, TX. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience in 2012 from Wake Forest University School of Medicine where she investigated the effects of chronic alcohol self-administration on the serotonin system in nonhuman primates under the mentorship of Dr. David Friedman. Following her graduate training, Dr. Glover completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Judson Chandler where she developed interests in alcohol-induced cortical plasticity and the role that aversion plays in the path to dependence. Dr. Glover joined UIC’s Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics as an Assistant Professor in 2018. Her research focuses on understanding the neurocircuitry underlying reward and aversion and how it is altered in neuropsychiatric illnesses. Visit Dr. Glover’s lab website at www.ejgloverlab.com for more info.
Interests
PSYCHIATRY
Addiction
Alcohol abuse & dependence
Mechanisms of reward & aversion
Mood disorders
Fear
Publications
Research Projects
| Title | Description | Investigator(s) | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy & function of cortical inputs to the RMTg | Little is known about the anatomy and function of inputs from the PFC to the RMTg. |
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Glover Lab | On-going |
| Effect of chronic alcohol exposure on mPFC-RMTg circuitry | Aversion plays a significant role in addiction, but it is not well understood how the neurocircuitry responsible for aversive signaling is altered during alcohol exposure. The PFC undergoes significant plasticity following chronic alcohol exposure but few studies have explored how that plasticity differs within discrete subcortical projections. |
|
Glover Lab | On-going |
| LHb modulation of VTA neurons | In addition to sending a dense projection to the RMTg, the LHb also projects directly to the VTA. Using a virally-mediated approach in combination with double and triple immunofluorescence, we are performing an in-depth assessment of the types of connections LHb neurons make onto neurochemically distinct VTA neurons. |
|
Glover Lab | On-going |
| Research Project 4 | This project investigates how alcohol withdrawal alters the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) to promote cognitive deficits and heightened pain sensitivity during early abstinence. |
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Alcohol Research Center | On-going |
*System-generated list from psychiatry research website.
Seminars and Lectures
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| Date | Topic | Lecture/Seminar Series | Status |
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| 05/30/2024 | Disrupted Cortical Regulation of Aversive Signaling after Chronic Ethanol Exposure |
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Past Event |
| 11/17/2022 | From concepts to treatment … |
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Past Event |
| 11/19/2020 | Using animal models to investigate neurobiological markers underlying motivation to drink |
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Past Event |
| 05/14/2020 | Neural circuits that encode aversion and their involvement in AUD |
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Past Event |
| 08/16/2018 | DART - Drugs Acutely Restricted by Tethering |
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Past Event |
| 07/17/2018 | The role of cortical inputs to the RMTg in aversive signaling and its implications for alcohol use disorders |
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Past Event |
| 08/08/2017 | The neurocircuitry of aversion and its role in addiction |
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Past Event |