SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Tracy Doucette
Email
tdoucette@upei.ca
Position
Faculty Member
Department(s)
Psychology
Phone
902-566-6055
Building
Memorial Hall 211
Website
https://www.upei.ca/profile?u=tdoucette
Status
Current
Biography

Associate Professor

BA, PhD (UPEI)

Dr. Tracy Doucette and two UPEI researchers were awarded a US patent for creating an animal model to understand changes in brain development and function that lead to seizures in Epilepsy, a disorder that affects more than 50 million people worldwide. Her research focuses on the role of kainate receptors in learning, memory, and neurobehavioural development.

Recent Citations
Perinatal domoic acid as a neuroteratogen
Neurotoxin modeling of brain disorders — Life-long outcomes in behavioral teratology, 2016
Alterations in caspase-3 in juvenile rats treated neonatally with domoic acid
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 2016
Alterations to prepulse inhibition magnitude and latency in adult rats following neonatal treatment with domoic acid and social isolation rearing
Behavioural Brain Research, 2016
Neonatal domoic acid abolishes latent inhibition in male but not female rats and has differential interactions with social isolation.
Neuroscience letters, 2014
Neonatal domoic acid abolishes latent inhibition in male but not female rats and has differential interactions with social isolation
Neuroscience Letters, 2014
Research Interests
Behavioural neuroscience
Impact of early environmental factors on brain development