Joanna Dabrowska

Associate Professor

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Affiliations

Chicago Medical School

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Midwest Proteome Center

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Clinical Sciences

Department Of Foundational Sciences And Humanities

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Department of Humanities & Health Care

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Laboratories Of Kastor Neurobiology Of Aging

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Joanna Dabrowska is currently serving as a Chicago Medical School Associate Professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine And Science.

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Joanna Dabrowska

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Associate Professor

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DATASET: Activity of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Neurons in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Reduces Anxiety-Potentiated Startle in Female Rats in an Estrous Phase-Dependent Manner. (2025)

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DATASET: Like Sisters but Not Twins, Vasopressin and Oxytocin Excite Bnst Neurons Through Cell Type-Specific Expression of Oxytocin Receptors, Which Reduce Anxious Arousal. (2025)

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Vasopressin and Oxytocin Excite Bnst Neurons via Oxytocin Receptors, Which Reduce Anxious Arousal. Cell Reports (2025)

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Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Neurons of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Demonstrate Sex- and Estrous Phase-Dependent Differences in Synaptic Activity and in Their Role in Anxiety-Potentiated Startle. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

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337. Fear-Conditioning to Unpredictable Threats Uncovers Sex Differences in Rat Fear-Potentiated Startle (Fps). Biological Psychiatry (2023)

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Distinct Populations of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (Crf) Neurons Mediate Divergent yet Complementary Defensive Behaviors in Response to a Threat. Neuropharmacology (2023)

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Fear-Conditioning to Unpredictable Threats Reveals Sex and Strain Differences in Rat Fear-Potentiated Startle (Fps). Neuroscience (2023)

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From Recent Advances in Underlying Neurocircuitry of Fear and Anxiety to Promising Pharmacotherapies for Ptsd: The Saga of Heart, Sex and the Developing Brain. Neuropharmacology (2023)

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P110. Cued Fear Conditioning Inhibits Dorsolateral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis. Biological Psychiatry (2022)

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P612. Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Neurons in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis in Modulating Anxiety-Like Behavior in Male and Female Rats. Biological Psychiatry (2022)

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